Harry Kane and Son Heung-min both struck twice as Tottenham Hotspur rekindled their Champions League hopes with a club record 5-0 thrashing of Red Star Belgrade on Tuesday. After suffering their heaviest home defeat in Europe on matchday two, a 7-2 humiliation by Bayern Munich, they responded to claim their biggest win in the Champions […]
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The Nigerian Army in collaboration with Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) has arrested 16 Boko Haram terrorists, including two top commanders of the sect during a sting operation. Col. Aminu Iliyasu, the Nigerian Army Operations Media Coordinator said in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja that the terrorists were arrested at Pulka in Gwoza Local […]
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The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Prof Idowu Olayinka has handed over six officials of its Distance Learning Center to the Department of the State Security over examination malpractice.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the officials were arrested last Friday and had been cooling their heels in the custody of the […]
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Former senate president, Dr. Bukola Saraki, says the court which granted a temporary forfeiture order on his houses in Ikoyi was misled. Recall that federal high court sitting in Lagos had ordered the temporary forfeiture of two properties of Saraki in the Ikoyi area of Lagos state following an ex-parte application by the Economic and […]
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It was another exciting weekend for football enthusiasts, as various teams return to actions in their respective leagues. We bring you the results of games played in La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1, Bundesliga amongst other leagues. Premier League October, 19 Everton 2 vs 0 West Ham United Bournemouth 0 vs 0 Norwich City Aston […]
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NIGERIA – The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed has disclosed that the Federal Government secured a $3bn loan from the World Bank. According to the Finance Minister, the loan is to be used for reforming the nation’s power sector. Mrs Ahmed who announced the approval of the loan at a news conference to wrap […]
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Leicester City came from a goal down to beat visiting Burnley 2-1 in Saturday’s Premier League game, to temporarily move to second spot in the league table. Chris Wood gave Burnley the lead in the 26th minute before Jamie Vardy equalised for Leicester on the stroke of half-time. With 16 minutes remaining in the game, […]
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Not less than seven persons, including two children, were killed on Saturday in a fatal car accident involving the advance team convoy of Godwin Obaseki, Governor of Edo State. The accident was said to have occurred after a Toyota Hilux van on the Governor’s advance team had a head-on collision with a passenger Audi car […]
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Mohammed Babangida, the eldest son of former military president of Nigeria, Ibrahim Babangida better known as IBB, has revealed that his father told him that the annulment of the June 12, 1993, election will haunt him for the rest of his life. Recall that the annulment plunged Nigeria into chaos and MKO Abiola, who was […]
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Former Ivory Coast rebel leader Guillaume Soro, also an ex-president of the country’s parliament, said Friday he will run in the 2020 presidential poll. Next year’s election is a key challenge for the West African country after its disputed 2010-2011 ballot ended in violence between rival supporters that left 3,000 people dead. Soro headed rebels […]
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