Atletico Madrid maintained their excellent run of home form on Saturday by beating Espanyol 1-0 for a seventh win out of nine games at their Wanda Metropolitano stadium. The victory ensured that Atletico Madrid sustained the pressure on La Liga…
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VOTE FOR BUHARI IN 2019 TO PAVE WAY FOR SOUTH-WEST IN 2023 -OSINBAJO TELLS YORUBA
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Saturday, restated that the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 presidential election would guarantee the South-West a shot at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in 2023. Punch reports Osinbajo as saying this…
Read MoreTSUNAMI KILLS 62 IN INDONESIA
Indonesia has been hit by another Tsunami that has killed at least 62 people, with nearly 600 injured. The tsunami slammed without warning into tourist beaches and coastal areas around Indonesia’s Sunda Strait on Saturday night, sending panicked holidaymakers…
Read More5 PERSONS KILLED IN ZAMFARA COMMUNITY – POLICE
The Zamfara Police Command has confirmed the killing of five persons in Gidan Halilu village in Birnin-Magaji Local Government Area of the state. The Public Relations Officer of the Command, SP Muhammad Shehu, made the confirmation in a statement issued…
Read MoreBY-ELECTION: LASIEC PRESENTS CERTIFICATE OF RETURN TO COUNCILLOR-ELECT IN LAGOS
The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) has presented Certificate of Return to Mr Nurudeen Olufemi, the winner of Bariga (Ward C Owode Orile) by-election held in Bariga Local Council Development Area on Tuesday. Olufemi of the All Progressives Congress…
Read MorePHOTO: NOTORIUS BOKO HARAM SUSPECT APPREHENDED IN LAGOS
Operatives of the Inspector General of Police (IG) Intelligence Response Team (IRT) have arrested a notorious Boko Haram Commander, Abdulmalik Umar, at a nurse’s home where he was receiving treatment for a bullet wound in Lagos yesterday December 20th. According to the…
Read MoreHOUSE-HELP ARRESTED IN LAGOS FOR STEALING HIS BOSS’ CAR AND $5K AFTER JUST 11 DAYS ON THE JOB
Usang Basey Effiong, a househelp who told his employers he was Ben Peters, has confessed to the police in Lagos, that he sought employment with a 73-year-old retiree, Alexander Okoye, and his wife, Njideka Okoye, with an intention to…
Read MoreTHE DRIVER WHO WAS SHOT DURING THE ATTACK THAT LED TO ALEX BADEH’S DEATH IS ALIVE AND RECUPERATING – NIGERIAN NAVY
The Nigerian Navy has issued an official statement to address some issues surruonding the death of former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh. According to the Navy, the driver who was wounded in the attack is alive…
Read MorePOLICE MUST STOP TORTURE, EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS – BUHARI
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Wudil, Kano State, warned the police against acts that could bring the community in conflict with them. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, in a statement in…
Read More8 KILLED IN SUDAN AS PROTESTERS CLASH WITH POLICE
Eight demonstrators have been killed in clashes with armed police in northern and eastern Sudan, officials say. Six people died in anti-government protests in the eastern town of Gedaref in al-Qadarif state, leading to a state of emergency and…
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