Yobe gets 1,396 corps members
No fewer than 1,396 corps members under the 2018 Batch ‘B’ deployed to Yobe have taken oath of office to serve the state patriotically and diligently during their one-year compulsory service.
CAS dismisses Russian trio’s Olympic doping disqualifications
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Thursday dismissed appeals by Russian athletes Tatyana Lebedeva and Maria Abakumova and cyclist Ekaterina Gnidenko against their Olympic disqualifications for doping.
Nigeria’s Ekhorowa to face Lebanese opponent in int’l championship bout
The Nigerian Boxing Board of Control(NBBof C) has sanctioned the international boxing championship between Nigerian Germany-based Alex Rudd Ekhorowa and Lebanese Mohammed Ali to be held in Benin, Edo.
APC, Police plotting to Impeach Fayose – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party has warned the All Progressives Congress (APC) to stop what it described as APC’s nefarious plot to impeach the Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose. PDP warned APC to back off or attract dire consequences.
Man, 29, docked over alleged tricycle theft
A 29-year-old man, Chukwudi Ugo, on Thursday appeared in an Epe Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for alleged theft of a tricycle worth N670,000.
Defection was as a result of disagreements -Ahmed Lawan
Senate Majority Leader Ahmed Lawan has said members of the National Assembly who defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will return to the party before the general elections in 2019.
Brazil to have more elders than children by 2040, Statistics agency says
Brazil’s population is gradually aging and the country is expected to have more elders than children by 2040, local statistics agency said.
Films marking Mandela’s 100th posthumous birthday premieres at Durban Film Festival
Three films, with fascinating insights into the life and times of late South Africa’s former President Nelson Mandela, would premiere at the 39th Durban International Film Festival(DIFF).
‘War will destroy everything you own’, Iranian general warns Trump
Iran’s Quds force chief Qassem Soleimani has warned U.S. President Donald Trump against war on Thursday, saying it would “destroy all that you possess”, the website of Iran’s Arabic language Al Alam TV reported.
James Rodriguez latest footballer on Spanish taxman’s hit-list
Spain’s taxman wants Bayern Munich’s Colombian midfielder James Rodriguez to pay 11.65 million euros ($13.64m) for evading taxes when he played at Real Madrid, the El Mundo daily reported Thursday.
Adamu Abdullahi is now a merchant of lies for APC, says Senators
Two senators, Abdullahi Danbaba and Isa Hama Misau from Sokoto and Bauchi States have condemned the statements credited online to their colleague, Adamu Abdullahi (Nasarawa) in which the latter claimed the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, “merely collated the list of Senators he feels are not happy with the party (APC) and announced them as Defectors”, and said he was only spewing forth lies unbecoming of an elder.
