Garba emerges Speaker of Jigawa Assembly
Alhaji Idris Garba, member representing Jahun Constituency in Jigawa House of Assembly, has emerged the new Speaker of the sixth assembly. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports on Wednesday in Dutse...
View ArticleAnother FIFA executive resigns
Walter De Gregorio has decided to relinquish his office with immediate effect as Director of Communications & Public Affairs. Mr De Gregorio joined FIFA on 14 September 2011 and will serve FIFA on...
View ArticleAyew joins Swansea on 4yr deal
Ghana forward Andre Ayew has joined Swansea City on a free transfer, signing a four-year contract at the Premier League club. Ayew, 25, has been at Marseille since 2006 but his deal with the Ligue 1...
View ArticleFormer Chinese security chief jailed for life
China’s ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang has been jailed for life – the most senior politician to face corruption charges under Communist rule. He was found guilty of bribery, abuse of power and...
View ArticleVeteran British-actor Christopher Lee dies aged 93
Sir Christopher Lee, the veteran actor and star of many of the world’s biggest film franchises, has died aged 93. The English-born actor, who made his name playing Dracula and Frankenstein in the...
View ArticleAl-Shabaab threatens to attack Kenya during Ramadan
Somali terrorist group, Al-Shabaab, said on Thursday that it was planning to attack neighbouring Kenya during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which begins June 17. A senior al-Shabaab commander told...
View ArticleMan City set for Pogba, Sterling, De Bruyne raid
Manchester City will be back among the big spenders this summer after chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak promised that the club will be ruthless in their pursuit of success. Liverpool contract rebel Raheem...
View ArticleSanusi to head Blackstone Africa energy fund
Lamido Sanusi, Nigeria’s ousted central-bank governor, will head up Blackstone’s sub-Saharan Africa energy infrastructure fund, the giant private-equity firm has revealed. Sanusi was considered an...
View ArticleChelsea slap £73m price tag on Courtois
Chelsea warned Real Madrid off making a bid for Thibaut Courtois by demanding £73 million for the goalkeeper. The fee would have equalled the world record €100 million Real paid Tottenham Hotspur for...
View ArticleMourinho banned from driving in UK
The Blues manager must also pay a fine after being caught doing 60mph in a 50mph zone. Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has been banned from driving for six months for speeding. The football boss was also...
View ArticleUSAID, UN sign $10.5m grant deal to assist IDPs
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), UNICEF and WHO have signed 10.5 million-dollar grant agreement to assist Internally Displaced Persons...
View ArticleRetention of Bakassi LG in Nigeria fraudulent – Efik leaders
Elders and leaders under Efik Eburutu Patriotic Front, in Cross River State, have described the retention of Bakasi Local Government Area by the state government as a fraud. The organisation, in a...
View ArticleMassive roads construction excites Abia residents
Residents of Aba, the commercial nerve of Abia State, have expressed their happiness on the ongoing roads construction in the city. In an interview with Nigerian Pilot, Engr. Onyedikam of Kamalu Street...
View Article4 tourists fined, jailed for posing naked in Malaysia
Four Westerners who posed naked on Malaysia’s highest peak were sentenced Friday to three days in jail and fined for obscene behavior in a public place, news reports said. The four were among 10...
View ArticleLiverpool targets Falcao
Reds boss Brendan Rodgers is desperate to add some new firepower to his misfiring squad this summer and is keen on luring the Colombian flop to Anfield. But he will have to go head-to-head with former...
View ArticleNepal landslide: Death toll rises to 35
Rescuers Friday recovered 14 more bodies following a landslide triggered by heavy rains in northeast Nepal, taking the confirmed death toll to 35. Up to 20 people are still missing after the landslide,...
View ArticleBauchi Gov orders suspension of Poly Rector
Just 24 hours after students of Tatari Ali Polytechnic went on rampage blocking the major busy Bauchi-Jos road for about 2 hours and demanded for the removal of the Rector of the institution, Dr Bala...
View ArticleUNIPORT 4: Court adjourns trial of alleged killers to July 9
The trial of persons who allegedly killed four students of the University of Port Harcourt in Aluu – Lloyd, Tekena, Ugonna and Chidiaka – has been adjourned till Thursday, July 9, 2015. The trial of...
View ArticleI don’t speak Italian anymore, Balotelli tell journalists
Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli used an interesting method to stop questions from journalists in his native Italy after claiming to no longer speak Italian. Balotelli, who was born in Italy and plays...
View ArticleNASS: PDP BoT chairman endorses bi-partisan leadership
Chairman, Board of Trustees, BoT, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Bello Haliru Mohammed, has described the new bi-partisan leadership of the National Assembly as the best for the current...
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