Villarreal sack coach Calleja
Villarreal on Monday, sacked coach Javi Calleja with the club three points above the relegation zone in La Liga, the club said.
Travel agent charged with alleged N1.5m visa fraud
A 36-year-old travel agent, Simon Onwusaka, was on Monday brought before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly swindling a businessman of N1.5 million.
Amnesty accuses Nigeria, calls on ICC to fully probe Boko Haram conflict atrocities
Amnesty International on Monday said the International Criminal Court should start a full-blown investigation into atrocities committed in the Boko Haram insurgency, accusing Nigeria of failing to bring those responsible to justice.
You can’t win election in Delta except you’re sports inclined — Ogba
Former Delta Commissioner of Sports Solomon Ogba says that any candidate who wishes to be elected governor in the state must be sports inclined.
Lukaku confident he is over post-World Cup slump
Romelu Lukaku believes he has finally emerged from his post-World Cup slump, with the Manchester United striker revealing he had to shed muscle to adapt to the demands of the Premier League.
37 ships carrying various products expected at Lagos ports
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says it is expecting 36 ships to bring in petroleum products, food and other goods from Dec. 10 to Dec. 29, at Apapa and Tin Can Island Ports.
EFCC raids Atiku’s sons’ apartment In Abuja
Information reaching the PoliticsNGR newsdesk on Monday morning reveals that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC raided an apartment belonging to sons of the PDP presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar over the weekend.
Mauritius leads Africa in global online shopping rankings, Netherlands first
The Netherlands has placed top of UNCTAD’s Business-to-Consumer (B2C) E-commerce Index for 2018 as the most prepared country in the world for global online shopping. Mauritius leads Africa, ranked 55th.
Man, 49, docked over alleged assault, iPhone X theft
A 49-year-old man, Chidi Magnus, on Monday appeared before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly assaulting a man and stealing Apple iphone X valued at N550,000.
Kogi Christian elders in Kaduna endorse Attai Aidoko
Fresh crisis looms in Kogi State as information filtering in from the political circle in the state revealed that the current senator representing Kogi East Senatorial District at the red chamber of the National Assembly, Senator Attai Aidoko has been unanimously endorsed by Kogi Christian Elders Forum in Kaduna State ahead of the 2019 elections.
Middle Belt group decries Buhari’s veto of amended Electoral Act
The Middle Belt Movement for Justice and Peace, MBMJP, has decried the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to decline assent to the amended Electoral Act, warning that the decision could cast doubt on the credibility of the 2019 general elections.
