Man City score seven in FA Cup stroll, Oldham knock out Fulham
Premier League champions Manchester City began their FA Cup campaign with a 7-0 thrashing of Rotherham on Sunday but Fulham, battling to avoid relegation from English football's top-flight, were beaten 2-1 by fourth-tier Oldham.
Breaking: Soldiers shut down Daily Trust offices in Abuja, Borno, arrest editor, reporter
Gun-wielding soldiers have invaded and shut down Daily Trust’s office in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, Vanguard can confirm.
My re-election will be for sustenance of peace, Devt, equity – Okowa
DELTA State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has said his re-election will be premised on sustenance of peace, development and equity in line with rotation of political offices in the state.
Appoint new IGP now or …, CUPP tells Buhari
The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to announce a new Inspector General of Police, IGP, following what it called the end of the tenure of IGP Ibrahim Idris who has clocked the statutory 35 years in active service.
Spanish La Liga table
Spanish La Liga table after Sunday’s second match (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points):
Man City score seven in FA Cup stroll, Oldham knock out Fulham
Premier League champions Manchester City began their FA Cup campaign with a 7-0 thrashing of Rotherham on Sunday but Fulham, battling to avoid relegation from English football’s top-flight, were beaten 2-1 by fourth-tier Oldham.
Anybody that is for President Muhammadu Buhari is for me – Amosun
AS the intrigues over who becomes the next governor of Ogun state continue, President Muhammadu Buhari, Sunday met behind closed doors with Governor Ibikunle Amosun and the Ogun State governorship candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Adekunle Akinlade, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
JTF, Bayelsa residents debunk reported militants’ attack on Conoil pipeline
Military and community sources in Bayelsa have described some media reports of militants’ attack on an oil pipeline in Koluama 1, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state as “fake news.”
2019: Group rejects Amina Zakari’s new appointment
A group, the Accord Women and Youth Initiative has condemned the appointment of Amina Zakari, a National Commissioner with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as chairperson, National Collation Centre for the presidential election result.
Air Peace launches direct flights to Banjul, increases Accra service
West Africa’s leading carrier, Air Peace has said it will begin non-stop flights from Lagos to Banjul, The Gambia from Monday, January 7.
Threat to peace: Call Buhari to order, PDP tells National Peace Committee, UN
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of constituting a big threat to the conduct of credible elections in 2019 even as it called on the National Peace Committee led by former military Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd) and the United Nations, UN, to call the first citizen to order.
