The anticipated face-off between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in the final of this year’s UEFA Champions League will not happen. While Messi with two goals on Tuesday night helped Barcelona beat Manchester United 3-0, the solitary goal scored by…
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ANTHONY JOSHUA’S US DEBUT IS IN DOUBT AS OPPONENT JARRELL ‘BIG BABY’ MILLER ‘FAILS DRUGS TEST
British-Nigerian heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua‘s American debut is now a doubt after his supposed opponent Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller was reported to have failed a drugs test. The 29-year-old was scheduled to fight Miller at New York’s Madison Square Garden on June 1….
Read MoreTROOPS ARREST 5 KIDNAPPERS, RESCUE 5 HOSTAGES IN ONDO
Troops of 32 Artillery Brigade, Akure in Ondo state on Tuesday, raided a kidnappers hideout in Jugbere village in Owo local government area and arrested 5 kidnappers and rescued 5 hostages and 4 other abductees. A statement from the Nigerian Army says…
Read MoreEFCC EXPLAINS REASONS FOR REARRESTING JUSTICE OFILI-AJUMOGOBIA
“Consequent upon the fact that the Commission had presented Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia before the NJC for disciplinary action and that the NJC had taken a position, the Commission would now approach the court to prefer fresh charges her.” The Economic and…
Read MoreATIKU RELEASES DETAILS OF INEC SERVER ‘PROVING’ HIS VICTORY OVER BUHARI IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
“The Servers from which the said figures were derived belong to the first Respondent (INEC). The figures and votes were transmitted to the first Respondent’s Presidential Result’s Server 1 and thereafter aggregated in INEC_PRES_RSLT_SRV2019, whose Physical Address or unique Mac…
Read MorePOLICE CONFIRM KILLING OF TOWN UNION LEADER IN ANAMBRA
The Police Command in Anambra on Wednesday confirmed the killing of Chief Frank Igboka, the President-General of Nimo community in Njikoka Local Government Area of the state by unknown gunmen. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr Haruna Mohammed,…
Read MoreNNAMDI KANU: I’M VINDICATED BY APC’S CLAIM THAT ATIKU IS A CAMEROONIAN
Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu says he has been vindicated by claims by the All Progressives Congress, APC, that the Presidential candidate of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), in the last election, Alhaji Atiku Abubarkar is not…
Read MoreGROUP DEMANDS IMMEDIATE TRIAL OF POLICE OFFICERS THAT ‘KILLED’ NSCDC OFFICER JUMBO
Paul Edeh, convener of the group, stated that the IGP must not only ensure that the officers are tried, but also see that appropriate sanctions are issued to officers involved in the extra-judicial action. The Joint Civil Society Action Against…
Read MoreLABOUR UNION KICKS AS LASPOTECH MANAGEMENT ARRESTS UNION MEMBERS
Those arrested, who are members of the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics (SSANIP) and Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), are Salami Olugbenga, Seye Ero-Phillips, Muinat Ogunbmbi-Ibrahim, Alawada Abimbola, Semiu Fasasi, Abiodun Awoyemi, Tobi Oremule…
Read MoreBREAKING: COURT SETS JUSTICE OFILI-AJUMOGOBIA FREE BUT EFCC REARRESTS HER IMMEDIATELY
About 10 officials of the EFCC surrounded Ofili-Ajumogobia as she attempted to leave the courtroom at about 10:24 am on Tuesday after the ruling by Justice Hakeem Oshodi. Upon sighting the officials, the judge hastily retreated upstairs into Justice…
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