Wikki Tourists fought back to scrape a point in their Matchday 8 game against Rangers International in a 1-1 draw at the Pantami Stadium in Gombe on Saturday. Salisu Yusuf’s Rangers put up a very good performance in the course of the game and of course went away with a point after Idris Mohammed Guda […]

By Festus Ahon ASABA-SUSPECTED Fulani herdsmen have reportedly kidnapped the Parish Priest of St. Lawrence Catholic Church, Issele-Mkpitime in Aniocha North Local Government Area,  Rev. Fr. Samuel Agwameseh. The clergy according to sources was abducted along the Onicha-Olona/Issele-Mkpitime road in the Local Government Area, adding that the kidnappers who have established contact were demanding N20 […]

  Enyimba head coach Usman Abd’Allah was full of praises for Dakkada FC after his team went down 1-2 to the Nigeria Professional Football League newcomers in an intriguing Matchday 8 game decided at the Nest of Champions in Uyo on Sunday. Abd’Allah’s wards thought they had rescued a point from the game courtesy of […]

Plateau United maintained their two-point lead at the top of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) with a 5-1 win over FC Ifeanyiubah on Sunday after another high-scoring weekend. Indeed it was another weekend which again proved the attacking intent of the NPFL sides as 24 goals were scored. It was also a weekend that […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday arraigned one Malik Wakili at the Federal High Court, Lagos, for allegedly impersonating the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, and defrauding the minister to the tune of N3,106, 216. The Commission said allegedly committed the offence in March this year. The EFCC told Justice […]

By Abdulmumin Murtala A Federal High Court in Kano has on Monday dismissed a suit filed by a Kano based lawyer Bulama Bukarti seeking an order of the court compelling the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to investigate the state  Governor Abdullahi Ganduje for allegedly receiving graft from a contractor. The Judge dismissed the […]

Emma Ujah & Umoru Henry President Buhari has provided details on the new borrowing request. The President of Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan, disclosed this at a media briefing, in Abuja, this afternoon. His words, “The situations are not the same. In 2016 there were no details. I think the presidency has learnt its lesson. “This […]

Human remains discovered last month at a farm outside the city of Guadalajara have been confirmed as belonging to at least 50 people, authorities in Mexico’s west-central state of Jalisco reported. Jalisco state prosecutors said recovery work at the farm in Tlajomulco de Zuniga, which began Nov. 22 after the initial discovery, concluded Friday as […]

A motorist was lucky to escape with just minor injuries when his car exploded as he lit a cigarette. The blast was so powerful that his car was left misshapen and windows of nearby buildings in Halifax town centre were broken. Police said the explosion happened when the driver used an aerosol can air freshener […]

The estranged wife of Zimbabwe’s vice-president has been charged with attempting to murder him. Marry Chiwenga – already facing corruption charges – has been denied bail in Harare. It’s alleged that she tried to kill General Constantino Chiwenga while he was receiving medical treatment in South Africa. READ ALSO: Zimbabwe: First Lady begs retailers to lower food […]

Their team and South America’s champions, Flamingoes play Tuesday against Asia’s champions, Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia.

Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday directed the transfer of the Soku oil field from Bayelsa to Rivers State, the authentic owner of the oil field. He also asked the National Boundary Commission to rectify the error in its 11th edition of Administrative Map, which designated San Bartholomew River as […]

Sen. Chuck Schumer wants acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney and ex-national security adviser John Bolton to testify in President Trump’s expected impeachment trial. In a letter to Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Sunday, Schumer proposed having Mulvaney and Bolton subpoenaed, along with a Mulvaney adviser, Robert Blair, and a budget […]

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said on Monday its troops have killed some Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters during air raids on their hideout in Kollaram on the fringes of Lake Chad, Borno State. The insurgents, according to a statement issued in Abuja by the NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, […]

A briefing on violent extremism in West Africa is being held by the UN Security Council, a week after Niger suffered its worst jihadist attack in which 71 soldiers were killed. Militants linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State (IS) group have staged attacks in the Sahel region this year despite the presence of thousands […]