Cristiano Ronaldo, 32, was released from Portugal’s squad late Wednesday after their defeat on penalty kicks to Chile in the Confederations Cup semifinals in Russia. It is not clear whether Ronaldo travelled to the US Wednesday night. But there are indications that he may have arrived in the US as he published his photograph with […]
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World champions, Germany cruised into the final of the 2017 confederations cup by emphatically defeating Mexico 4-1 in the match played on Thursday at Fisht Olympic Stadium in Moscow. Germany will meet Chile in the Confederations Cup final on Sunday in St. Petersburg, Russia. Germany’s victory was inspired by a quick-fire start following a brace […]
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U.S. President Donald Trump has sent a strong warning to Syrian President Bashar Assad over another plan to use chemical weapons on civilians including children. A statement issued Monday night by Press Secretary Sean Spicer said the Trump administration discovered evidence that the regime of Assad could be planning another chemical weapons attack. It said […]
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Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers said the dissolution of the State Executive Council was to ensure better performance of the machinery of government. The governor stated this on Sunday at a Thanksgiving service over the victory of Mr Evans Bipi, the Majority Whip of the State House of Assembly, in the rerun election for Ogu/Bolu […]
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Nigerian singer Davido has done another good deed, gifting his personal assistant for many years an oil truck. It was to celebrate the birthday of the PA, known as Lateef Biola, who plans to go into oil and gas business. In his Twitter post, Davido displayed a photo of the truck and urged Lateef “to […]
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Chukwudumeje Onuamadike, the kidnap kingpin better known as Evans, was allegedly arrested for armed robbery in 2006 but a policewoman helped him circumvent justice. According to NAN, the police source who gave this revelation on Sunday, disclosed that seven members of Evans’ gang died while sharing their loot in Lagos state. After attacking a commercial […]
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The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that malnutrition, thirst and disease threatened lives of millions of children in Northeast Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen. Mr Manuel Fontaine, UNICEF Director for Emergency Programmes, said in a statement issued in New York that continued humanitarian action was crucial in saving children’s lives. Fontaine said the […]
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he Edo Government has resolved to set up a foundry and fabrication village in an effort to spur skill and technological development and fast track the industrialisation of the state. The state has therefore signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigeria Institute of Welding (NIW) to assist to establish the planned Fabrication Village […]
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U.S. President Donald Trump said he did not make and does not possess any tapes of his conversations with James Comey, the former FBI director. The recant came after suggesting last month he might have recordings that could damage Comey. “With all of the recently reported electronic surveillance, intercepts, unmasking and illegal leaking of information, […]
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Thirty-four Nigerians deported from six European countries for immigration-related offences arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Thursday. The deportees, who arrived at 6:30am, were sent back home from Switzerland, Germany, Iceland, Austria, Belgium and Hungary. They comprised 32 males and two females, and were brought back in a chartered Airblue Panorama […]
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