Mikel ends Middlesbrough romance

John Obi Mikel

 Nigeria national football team captain, John Obi Mikel, has hinted that he is not extending his contract with Middlesbrough, saying he has options elsewhere and wants to win trophies. Shortly after Boro’s 2-1 win against Rotherham United in which he scored his first goal for the club he joined in the winter transfer market, the … Read more

Six arrested over truckload of ‘poisonous ponmo’ in Lagos

Police Confirms The Arrest Of A Kano Man Who Locked 30-Year-Old Son In Car Garage For 7 Years

Days after it was announced that poisonous cow skins popularly as ponmo is in circulation, the Lagos State Police Command has arrested six persons over a truckload of same. The command’s spokesman, Bala Elkana, in a statement on Sunday, said the suspects, whose names were given as Adelowo Yinka, Olawumi Onabanjo, Omowumi Wasiu, Adeshokan Taiwo, … Read more

Following viral video, Francis Odega denies maltreating wife and daughter

Days after a video in which he threatened to stab his estranged wife and sister-in-law in a now-viral video, Nollywood actor, Francis Odega, has denied maltreating his wife and daughter. The actor, long known for his role in the popular sitcom, Clinic Matters, became an even more popular star after his “gerarahere” tag line became … Read more

Ramadan: Kano sharia police to arrest people seen eating in public

As Muslim faithfuls begin the annual Ramadan fast on Monday, The Commander-General of Kano sharia police known as Hisbah, Nabahani Usman says his men will begin to arrest adults who are seen eating in public. Usman said arrested persons would only be released if they can provide an exemption letter from a medical doctor or the person … Read more

Breaking: Unknown gunmen kidnap Taraba State permanent secretary, Susana Jonathan

Police Confirms The Arrest Of A Kano Man Who Locked 30-Year-Old Son In Car Garage For 7 Years

Unknown gunmen have abducted the Permanent Secretary in the Taraba State Ministry of Water Resources, Mrs. Susana Jonathan.   According to reports, she was kidnapped in her house around the ATC area of Jalingo at about 2:17am on Sunday.  This is coming barely five days after the Deputy Registrar of the Taraba State University Jalingo, Mr. … Read more

One dead as plane erupts into flames during an emergency landing in Moscow

At least one person has died after a passenger plane erupted into flames during an emergency landing in Moscow, Russia. The Aeroflot aircraft burst into flames at Sheremetyevo airport after hitting the runway this evening.     Video shared on Russian news channel Rossiya-24 showed the plane, a Sukhoi SSJ-100 regional jet, landing with large flames … Read more

El-Rufai Asks Air Force To End Attacks On Abuja-Kaduna Highway

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has appealed to the Nigerian Air Force to end attacks along the Abuja-Kaduna highway. The governor made this appeal on Saturday during the inauguration of military detachment base built by the Force in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of the state as part of the effort to end armed banditry … Read more

Army raises alarm over plans to scuttle presidential inauguration

The Nigerian Army yesterday said it has noted with great concern efforts by some unpatriotic individuals, groups and foreign interests determined to cause mischief and exacerbate the security situation in this country in particular and West African Sub-region. The spokesman of the Army, Colonel Sagir Musa made this known in a statement without being specific, … Read more

Pressure on for Brexit compromise after polls debacle

Brexit

Britain’s two biggest parties said there was renewed impetus Saturday to find a compromise on Brexit after taking a battering in local elections from voters exasperated by the impasse. Prime Minister Theresa May’s governing centre-right Conservatives had a disastrous result, losing more than a thousand seats in the English local authority polls. But the left-wing … Read more

Erdogan calls for Istanbul vote to be re-run

Erdogaan

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday called for the opposition’s local election victory in Istanbul to be declared invalid and the vote re-run, increasing the pressure on the country’s electoral authorities. “Clearly, there were irregularities and corruption,” Erdogan said in a speech at a business leaders’ meeting. “If the Supreme Electoral Council could dissipate … Read more

UN Security Council to hold first meeting on Cameroon

UN Council

The UN Security Council will hold a first informal meeting on Cameroon this month to discuss a worsening humanitarian crisis that has left three million people struggling for food. The United States is organizing the May 13 meeting after persuading African countries on the council to drop their initial reluctance to talks on the two-year … Read more

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