Trezeguet’s injury-time winner fired Aston Villa into the Carabao Cup final with victory over Leicester City on a dramatic night at Villa Park. The game had entered four minutes of stoppage time and penalties were looming when substitute Ahmed Elmohamedy sent over a superb cross for Trezeguet to drill a far-post finish across Leicester keeper … Read more
President of Barcelona, Josep Maria Bartomeu has said that Argentine superstar, Lionel Messi will be on the books of the La Liga club for as long as he wants. Messi, 32, has spent his whole playing career with Barca, but with the recent under-performance from the Catalan giants, there are insinuations he could be fed … Read more
Simona Halep progressed to the semi-finals of the Australian Open on Wednesday after powering past Estonia’s Anett Kontaveit. The Romanian dispatched Kontaveit 6-1, 6-1 in 53 minutes to book aplace in the last four where she would meet either former world number one Garbine Muguruza or Russian 30th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Read Also: Video: Fans Attack … Read more
Fernandinho has signed a one-year contract extension with Manchester City, the English Premier League champions announced on Tuesday. The 34-year-old Brazil midfielder, whose previous deal was due to expire at the end of the season, is now set to stay at the Etihad Stadium until 2021. Fernandinho has been a City mainstay since his arrival … Read more
A Nollywood Yoruba actor, Juwon, was killed by a stray bullet from suspected Fulani herdsmen who attacked some motorists and vehicle along Ogbomosho Ilorin Expressway on Monday. The incident that happened at Otte area of the expressway has left people doubting their safety in the country as reports claim that the herdsmen ran into the … Read more
Defending champion Novak Djokovic set up a tantalizing Australian Open semi-final against Roger Federer after producing another clinical performance to beat Canadian 32nd seed Milos Raonic. Djokovic dismantled Raonic’s potent serve to win 6-4 6-3 7-6 (7-1) despite an eye problem late in the third set. The Serb second seed, who is aiming for a … Read more
Bayern Munich bosses are urging Germany head coach Joachim Loew to recall Thomas Mueller to the national team and take the in-form forward to the Euro 2020 finals. Loew dropped a bombshell in March 2019 by axing Mueller, plus fellow 2014 World Cup winners Jerome Boateng and Mats Hummels. Loew ditched the trio to rebuild … Read more
Both chambers of the National assembly suspended Plenary today in Accordance with its tradition, in honour of the death of one of its members in the House of Representatives, Honorable Muhammad Gawo representing Garki/Babura constituency in Jigawa state. The National Assembly resumed sitting today after a six weeks long break for the Christmas and New … Read more
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday launched the ‘HeForShe’ campaign aimed at enlisting the support of men in the fight for gender equality in Lagos. At the event held at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium, Alausa in Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, Sanwo-Olu said the campaign was a clarion call on the male gender to sign … Read more
A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered that three farmers be remanded in a correctional facility, over alleged armed robbery. The police charged Hassan Markus, 29, Samaila Rabo, 26 and Mua’zu Musa, 29, with two counts of criminal conspiracy and armed robbery. The Magistrate, Umar Ibrahim, who refused to take the plea of the … Read more
15 persons have been confirmed dead in a road accident on Tuesday morning on Omen Bridge along Ijebu-ode/Ibadan highway, Oru-Ijebu area of Ogun State. The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement (TRACE) said that the road crash, involving a Mitsubishi Canter white truck, with registration number: XE 331MKA, was as a result of overspeeding and … Read more
Inter Milan announced the signing of Danish international midfielder Christian Eriksen from Tottenham Hotspur on Tuesday. The Serie A club said on its web site that Eriksen had signed a contract until June 2024 but did not mention a fee. Read Also: Senate President decries state of security in Nigeria, says loss of lives unacceptable The … Read more
The President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, has raised an alarm over the security challenges in various parts of the country. Speaking during Tuesday’s plenary at the Senate chamber of the National Assembly in Abuja, Lawan decried that the recent loss of lives recorded in the country was worrisome. “My distinguished colleagues, the security situation … Read more
An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, the State capital on Tuesday restrained the 68 sacked council chairmen and chairmen of Local Council Developmenr Areas(LCDAs) from forceful and illegal takeover of the council offices across the state. The Court, presided over by Justice Moshud A.A Abbas granted the four reliefs sought by the lead … Read more
An angry mob in Etitiama Nkporo in Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia State has killed one Kalu Ilum for allegedly murdering his wife. Ilum reportedly shot his wife in the mouth over a misunderstanding that started at home before the woman left for her shop. According to Sahara reporters, the corpse of Ilum was … Read more
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday varied the conditions attached to the bail granted former Chairman, Pension Reform Task Force, Abdulrasheed Maina. Justice Okon Abang, before who Maina is being tried on charges of money laundering, granted him conditional bail on November 25, 2015. Read Also: 17-yr-old student kidnapped in Abuja Among the … Read more
Reports reaching our quarters says a 17-year old student of Federal Government College, Rubochi, in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja was abducted by unknown gunmen in the early hours of Tuesday. It was learnt the male student, identified as Gift Abiikor, was abducted while he was sleeping around 1am in the residence of one … Read more
The Commander of Operation Awatse, Rear Admiral Oladele Daji, says Tarkwa-bay is a hideout for sea robbers and officially it is a non-residential area. Daji made the disclosure on Tuesday during a TV interview where he spoke on the eviction of Tarkwa-bay residents, he described the action as a clearance operation code-named Operation Kuronbe (Yoruba … Read more
A 35-year-old woman, Ganiat El-Hakeem, on Monday appeared in an Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, for allegedly pouring hot water on a 12 year-old girl. The police charged El-Hakeem, whose address was not provided, with causing grievous hurt. She pleaded not guilty. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp. John Iberedem, told the court that the defendant committed … Read more
The National Assembly complex in Abuja witnessed the presence of members of the Senate and House of Representatives following their resumption from recess. The lawmakers arrived in scanty numbers on Tuesday at their respective legislative chambers after the break which lasted almost six weeks. Read Also: About 100 shops razed as fire engulfs Sabo market … Read more