Aston Villa goalkeeper Tom Heaton and forward Wesley have been ruled out for the rest of the season, the Premier League club announced on Friday. Record signing Wesley and Heaton were injured during the New Year’s Day 2-1 win at Burnley. It has since been confirmed that both players have suffered knee ligament damage and […]

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp admits he has some tough decisions to make ahead of Sunday’s FA Cup meeting with Everton after the injury toll mounted for the Premier League leaders. Midfielder Naby Keita became the latest player to be added to the injured list, having sustained a groin problem before Thursday’s 2-0 win over Sheffield […]

THE people of Iseyin in Iseyin Local Government Area of Oyo State have lauded Governor Seyi Makinde on the choice of young individuals as caretaker chairmen of the local government council and its Local Community Development Areas (LCDAs), saying only the young and vibrant could reciprocate the agenda of the state administration at the local level.

A South African freelance photojournalist kidnapped in Syria returned home on Friday after almost three years in captivity, his family announced. Shiraaz Mohamed was kidnapped on January 10, 2017, while travelling out of the war-torn country into neighbouring Turkey. He was seized at a hospital run by South Africa-based charity Gift of The Givers in […]

Spanish driver Fernando Alonso is aiming to create history as the first Formula One world champion to win the Dakar Rally when the 12-day marathon gets underway in Saudi Arabia on Sunday. Alonso, who won the F1 championship with Renault in 2005 and 2006, is one of 351 starters in this year’s 7,500-kilometre race which […]

  Gunmen have killed no fewer than 19 people in Tawari community in the Kogi Local Government Area of Kogi State, burning buildings, including the palace of the king of the community. The Public Relations Officer of the Kogi State Police Command, Mr Williams Anya, confirmed the development in an interview with the News Agency of […]

Swedish star Zlatan Ibrahimovic warned Friday he was not back at AC Milan as a mascot but for the “last bit of adrenaline” and to lift a club he loved out of a difficult situation. “I’m not here as a mascot to dance for the fans next to the Devil (Milan mascot),” the 38-year-old told […]

The president of the European Council, who represents EU leaders in Brussels, on Friday, warned against further escalation in Iraq after US forces killed an Iranian general. “The cycle of violence, provocations and retaliations which we have witnessed In Iraq over the past few weeks has to stop,” former Belgian premier Charles Michel said. “Further […]

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Tehran to protest against American “crimes”, an AFP correspondent reported, after United States strikes killed a top Iranian commander in Baghdad Friday. Chanting “Death to America” and holding up posters of the slain commander, Qasem Soleimani, the demonstrators filled streets for several blocks in central […]

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide had studied diligently the recent vituperative rhetoric’s of fifth columnists and sponsored groups, and urged them not to allow themselves to be used as a medium to create disaffection and disunity in Igbo land.