Businessman docked over alleged N1.3m fraud
A 43-year-old businessman, Lamidi Moruf, has been arraigned before a Lagos Chief Magistrate’s Court, sitting at Tinubu, by the police for allegedly obtaining the sum of N1.3million under false...
View ArticleBritish PM unveils new cabinet
British Prime Minister David Cameron unveiled his new cabinet on Monday after an unexpected election victory that gave his Conservative party a narrow majority in parliament for the first time in...
View ArticleFootballer dies on pitch
Lower-league footballer Tim Nicot has become the second Belgian player to die of cardiac arrest in the past two weeks. The 23-year-old left-back for fourth-tier Wilrijk-Beerschot was playing in a...
View ArticleUS rejects EU proposal for investment court
A senior US official rejected Monday an EU proposal to create an international investment court that was aimed at resolving one of the disputes holding up their free trade deal. The EU’s trade...
View ArticleOPEC predicts low oil prices until 2025
Oil prices will remain below the psychologically important $100-a-barrel mark until at least 2025, according to a draft report by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), seen by...
View ArticleMan City prepares £70m bid for Pogba
MANCHESTER CITY are willing to make Paul Pogba the highest-paid midfielder in the world. The big-spenders have made the France and Juventus ace their No.1 transfer target this summer and want him to...
View Article‘OPC not licenced to carry arms’
Dr Frederick Fasehun, the Founder of the O’dua Peoples Congress (OPC), on Monday said the group was not licensed to carry firearms. Fasehun spoke against the background of allegations of random...
View ArticleKwara Gov dissolves cabinet
The Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, has approved the immediate dissolution of the state executive council. Also affected by the dissolution are Special Advisers, Senior Special Assistants,...
View ArticleBuhari to diversify economy from oil to agriculture, mining
The President-elect, retired Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, on Sunday in Abuja said he would shift attention from oil to agricultural and mining sectors to create jobs. Buhari said this while receiving...
View ArticleBangladesh Court bans national anthem as ringtone
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh has upheld a High Court order that declared the use of the national anthem as a mobile phone ringtone illegal. A three-member Appellate...
View ArticleAdebayor accuses brother of theft
Tottenham striker Emmanuel Adebayor has launched another astonishing rant against members of his family. Writing on his official Facebook page, the Togolese forward accused his brother Rotimi of a...
View ArticleHeartland FC demand probe of Illegal release of three Players
The management of Heartland FC of Owerri has asked the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, to probe the purported release of three of their players, Orji Kalu Okagbue , Osas Okoro and Bobby Clement to...
View ArticleOkocha regrets Eagles’ last minute ouster at US ‘94
Twenty-one years after, Nigerian football legend, Austin ‘Jay-Jay’ Okocha has bemoaned the Super Eagles’ last minute ouster from the 1994 FIFA World Cup by the Azurris of Italy in the second round....
View ArticleTonight’s UCL fixture: Bayern Munich vs Barcelona
Bayern Munich will “battle to the end” as they bid to overhaul a 3-0 first-leg deficit in Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final with Barcelona. The German champions lost the first leg of their...
View ArticleAisha Buhari calls for legislation against early marriage
The wife of Nigeria’s President-elect, Aisha Buhari, has stressed the need for legislation that will protect the girl child from early marriage and women from other vices. Mrs Buhari was speaking on...
View ArticleBarrel bomb attack kills 20 in Syria
At least 20 people including children were killed on Tuesday in a regime barrel bomb attack on a mini-bus stand in Syria’s Aleppo city, a monitor said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human...
View ArticleBuhari, Obasanjo in attendance as Council of State meet
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday in Abuja presided over the National Council of State with Vice-President Namadi Sambo and all former Heads of State and Presidents in attendance. The News Agency...
View ArticleHazard named England’s footballer of the year
Eden Hazard was named England’s Footballer of the Year on Tuesday after his consistently outstanding performances throughout the season helped Chelsea win the Premier League title. Tottenham Hotspur...
View ArticlePolice council confirms Arase’s appointment
The Police Council presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Mr. Solomon Arase, as the substantive Inspector-General of Police.
View ArticleFloods kill 12 in Nairobi
Kenyan police on Tuesday in Nairobi confirmed that flooding sparked by heavy rains on Monday night killed 12 people in Nairobi. Benson Kibue, Provincial Police Commander, said the wall of a mosque...
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