Cristiano Ronaldo scored for a record-equalling 11th consecutive Serie A game in his 1,000th professional match as Juventus extended their league lead on Saturday with a 2-1 win over basement club SPAL. The 35-year-old tapped in six minutes before the break to equal the mark held by Gabriel Batistuta and Fabio Quagliarella. The five-time Ballon […]
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The management of Remo Stars Football Club (RSFC) has announced that its Assistant Captain and Defender, Tiyamu Kazeem (Kaka) was killed by policemen attached to the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Ogun State Command on Saturday. The football club’s media manager, Oladimeji Oshode said the incident that led to the death of the […]
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Former deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, has described community policing as a fraud and total distraction. Ekweremadu, who represents Enugu west senatorial district, said this when he featured on a Channels TV programme on Friday. Mohammed Adamu, inspector-general of police (IGP), has pushed for community policing which he said will help address crime at the […]
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Men considered to be Boko Haram insurgents have killed many people in Garkida, a town in Gombi local government area of Adamawa state. According to residents, the insurgents broke into the town around 7pm on Friday, shooting sporadically. Soldiers who were said to have engaged them in a gun battle later pulled back for reinforcement. […]
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Nigeria: Good people, horrible people By Femi Adesina Sometime in 2009, Professor Dora Akunyili launched a rebranding campaign for Nigeria. She was then Minister for Information, and the slogan she brought was Nigeria: Good People, Great Nation. It was a most contentious issue then. Was Nigeria truly made of good people? Were we equally a […]
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The sacked All Progressives Congress deputy governor-elect in Bayelsa state, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo, says he did not forge any of the certificates he presented to the Independent National Electoral Commission. Recall that the supreme court had sacked David Lyon, the governor-elect, on the grounds that Degi-Eriemienyo presented forged credentials to INEC. Degi-Eremienyo said he needed to […]
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A High Court sitting in the Ikeja area of Lagos State has convicted and sentenced a former part-time lecturer, Afeez Baruwa, to 21 years imprisonment for raping an 18-year-old girl who was seeking admission into the university. Baruwa was convicted on one count of rape leveled against him by the state government. The convict was […]
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Anthony Martial struck a crucial away goal as Manchester United ground out a 1-1 draw against Club Brugge in Belgium on Thursday in the first leg of their Europa League last 32 tie. Nigerian forward Emmanuel Dennis lobbed a stranded Sergio Romero from 30 yards to give Belgian league leaders Brugge the lead on 15 […]
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday said it has so far recovered and returned over N60 billion from erring banks as excessive charges imposed on customers. This is just as the Apex Bank has announced that it had commenced the processes for creation of 10 million jobs in the next five years through […]
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has returned to the Supreme Court asking the court to reverse its judgment disqualifying David Lyon, its candidate in the 2019 governorship election in Bayelsa State. The party’s application was filed on Thursday by its team of lawyers led by Chief Wole Olanipekun,SAN. The APC also wants the Supreme Court […]
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