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English Premier League

Football

Man City, Man U, Chelsea, Arsenal, 2 others rejoin ECA

The news on Monday follows on from the announcement of a “peace agreement” between European football governing body UEFA and…
Ekpe Akpove, middle with Maro, left and Kome

Lifestyle, Metro

Polygamist Akpove who married two women same day speaks

The Isoko-born Akpove said he loves the two women equally. And besides, each of them has given birth to three…
Zambia's President elect Hichilema speaking on Monday

World News

Buhari congratulates Hichilema Zambia’s President-elect

President Buhari commended President Edgar Lungu for accepting the outcome of the election and a peaceful transfer of power, said…
Ibrahim Babangida and Buhar with Abdulsalami, a grudging birthday message?

Headlines

Buhari sends loaded birthday message to Babangida

Buhari described Babangida and himself as privileged Nigerians and hoped Babangida will recommit to ongoing efforts to help the nation…
Hakainde Hichilema beats incumbent Edgar Lungu in Zambia's election

Top Stories, World News

‘Cattle boy’ Hichilema trounces Zambia’s President Lungu

Hichilema, 59, a former CEO at an accounting firm before entering politics, now faces the task of reviving Zambia’s fortunes.
Doris Chima

Entertainment, Nollywood

Doris Chima, Agboola: Nollywood hit with two deaths in 24 hours

Doris Chima was a foundation member of Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) and former vice chairperson of Lagos AGN.
The mining pit where a bus plunged on Saturday

News

Efforts to pull out bus from Abakaliki mining pit continue today

Governor Dave Umahi who visited the scene, was seen supervising the rescue operations and dishing out instructions on how to…
A view of Haiti earthquake aftermath

World News

Death toll in Haiti earthquake rises to 1,297

The full extent of the destruction and damage to homes and infrastructure is not yet clear.
Isaac Adedayo Omolafe House of Reps member dies

Headlines

House of Reps member Adedayo Omolafe dies

His Facebook account is now replete with grieving messages, with many expressing shock and disbelief.
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau

World News

Trudeau gambles with September snap election

Trudeau, 49, is betting that high vaccination rates against the virus and a post-pandemic economic rebound will help him prolong…
Mohammad Naeem, spokesman for the Taliban's political office

World News

Afghanistan war over: Taliban spokesman Naeem

Naeem said the type and form of the new regime in Afghanistan would be made clear soon.
Osinbajo, left, with Dr Israel Akanji and his wife

News

Osinbajo: God’s spirit in Nigeria, challenges will go

Some things may seem bleak and grave, with insecurity, economic difficulties, but even in the midst of these problems, the…
Roger Federer on Sunday night announcing third knee surgery

Sports

Federer pulls out of US Open, goes for third knee surgery

‘I’ll be on crutches for many weeks, and also out of the game for many months,’ Federer said in the…
Taliban delegates at a peace talk in Doha Qatar on 12 August

World News

Taliban set to declare Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

President Ashraf Gani has fled to Tajikistan and the Taliban had ruled out suggestions of a transitional government, opting instead…
Some of the victims of the Jos massacre. Photo credit Humangle

News

Plateau massacre victims identified

The muslim travellers heading to Ikare in Ondo State from Bauchi, were ambushed on Rukuba Road in Jos North LGA.
Ladoja

Politics

Buni, Badaru, Bagudu woo Rasheed Ladoja to APC

Governors Abubakar Badaru (Jigawa); Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi) and Buni (Yobe) have featured in past efforts to invite prominent opposition figures…
a house Knocked down by earthquake in Haiti

World News

Haiti earthquake death toll jumps to 724

The 7.2-magnitude earthquake flattened hundreds of homes and left nearly 3,000 people injured,
President Edgar Lungu complains about Zambian elections

World News

Zambian President Lungu flays polls, ministers lose seats

The ruling party has suffered huge losses at the parliamentary level with several former ministers losing their seats.
Ashraf Ghani: flees Kabul

Top Stories, World News

Afghan president Ghani flees as Taliban fighters enter Kabul

Although a senior Afghan Interior Ministry official confirmed Ghani's flight to Tajikistan, the president's office refused to make comment for…
Police react to committal of I-G Usman Baba to prison over alleged refusal to obey court judgment reinstating a police officer, Patrick Okoli

News

Plateau massacre: IGP Baba gives update, DIG Lemu leads P.I.T

Baba said he has ordered the immediate deployment of Police Intervention Team(P.I.T) to carry out on-the-spot assessment and ensure enhanced,…
Taliban orders female Tv presenters to cover their faces

World News

Breaking: Taliban fighters capture Jalalabad, next Kabul

The militants posted photos online early Sunday showing them in the governor’s office in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province.
Peace Ogor a.k.a Peace

Entertainment

BBNaija housemate Peace wins Eva soap task, gets N250K

The housemates during the task were made to wind the clock back many years to crawl like babies, search for…
President Buhari

Headlines, Top Stories

Buhari’s surname not his father’s name; how he dumped it

Buhari was named after prolific ninth-century Persian Hadith compiler by the name of Muhammad al-Bukhari who was born in a…
Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau: slams curfew on 3 LGAs

News

Plateau massacre: Lalong slams curfew on 3 LGAs

The governor warned against violation of the order, saying that security personnel would take all measures to maintain law and…
Governor Makinde: his state led with 4 COVID-19 deaths on Saturday

Headlines

19 Nigerians killed by COVID-19 in 48 hours

Of the daily COVID-19 cases reported by NCDC, Lagos accounted for 365 of the total 665. Anambra logged 68 cases,…
Haiti ruined by earthquake

Headlines, World News

Updated: 304 killed in Haiti earthquake, hundreds missing

In Les Cayes, locals said water had briefly flooded the coastal town of 126,000, causing panic amid fear of a…
Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu has said Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State is currently incapacitated and receiving treatment abroad. Akeredolu is understand to be suffering from leukemia and has been off duty for over a month to attend to his health.  But Adamu at a meeting between the national leadership of the party and APC state chairmen, said the governor is incapacitated. “We regret to announce the extreme incapacity of the Governor of Ondo state who we understand has been hospitalised overseas. We wish and pray for him for a speedy recovery,” Adamu was quoted as saying by Daily Trust. He also said the list of ministers to serve in the government of President Bola Tinubu was not ready as the president is still consulting wide to get the best team. According to him, Tinubu had just begun "and he is doing his extensive consultation before coming up with his nominees for ministers." He said the nomination of the ministers would come first, adding that "They will go through their screening until they are pronounced after they have been submitted by Mr. President. And Mr President will formally appoint his Ministers and swear them in."

Headlines, Top Stories

Akeredolu: Victims of Plateau massacre Ondo people heading to Ikare

The victims, according to preliminary reports, took a route where crisis between Muslims and Northern Christians had ensued for some…
President Muhammadu Buhari has broken several jinx.

News

Fish out the killers: Buhari speaks on massacre of 22 travellers in Jos

Acknowledging the peace-making efforts of Governor Simon Lalong to reduce herders-farmers clashes, the Presidency noted that Saturday's ambush was devoid…
Police arrest notorious Cross Rivers kidnap kingpin, Kufre Etim, aka Romance three years after he was declared wanted.

News

Plateau Killing: Army arrests 12 suspects

The Commander, Operation SAFE HAVEN, Major General Ibrahim Ali appealed to the people to volunteer credible information that would lead…
Mayor Gabriel Fortune, right among the dead in Cayes after Haiti earthquake

Top Stories, World News

Mayor Fortune among dozens killed by Haiti earthquake

The prime minister, Ariel Henry, later said on Twitter that the ″violent quake″ had caused loss of life and damage…
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