Pep Guardiola says he will shake Jose Mourinho’s hand when both Manchester teams meet on Monday. The spotlight is expected to be on Guardiola and Mourinho wwhen Manchester United play Manchester City in Beijing in the International Champions Cup. It will be the first time the managers have faced each other in four years and Guardiola […]
Continue ReadingThe Niger Delta Avengers militant group on Friday, denied the claim by President Muhammadu Buhari that his administration was holding talks with the militants in other to reach a possible compromise. In a statement, the group said it was not aware of any ongoing peace talks. It said the militants would only hold peace talks […]
Continue ReadingToday morning, troops on clearance patrol at Guro Gongon village and environs to rout out remnants of Boko Haram terrorists hibernating therein, destroyed the terrorists’ makeshift camps and recovered quite a number of weapons, equipment and foodstuff in the process. The recovered items include 1 Gun truck mounted with an Anti-Aircraft Gun, a MOWAG Armoured […]
Continue ReadingRead the full transcript of Donald Trumps acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention. Friends, delegates and fellow Americans: I humbly and gratefully accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States. Who would have believed that when we started this journey on June 16, last year, we — I say we because we […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian government will establish a world-class film village in Kano, with a view to standardizing local film production and creation of jobs. Speaking at an interactive session with the stakeholders, a member representing Bebeji/Kiru Federal Constituency, Abdulmumin Jibrin, said the 20-hectare centre would be equipped with state-of-art facilities and equipment for film making. Mr. […]
Continue ReadingThe Acting Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Ibrahim Idris, has directed the Deputy-Inspector-General of Police, operations, DIG Joshack Habilla, to ensure the arrest of the killers of Chief Lazarus Agaie, the traditional ruler of Bokkos in Plateau. The directive is contained in a statement issued by the Force Spokesman, Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Don […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian Army has confirmed the killing of 42 Boko Haram insurgents during a clearance operation at Garere village in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno. This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by the Army spokesman, Col. Sani Usman. Usman also said that 80 hostages comprising 38 women and 42 […]
Continue ReadingThe newly appointed managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman, on assumption of office in Lagos on Monday, declared zero tolerance for corruption, giving a hint as to what would be the mode of operation under her. Usman, who was until her appointment, the chief of staff to Nasir el-Rufai, governor of […]
Continue ReadingBy Reuben Abati Turkey is about five hours away from Nigeria by air, about 2, 634 miles from here, but the night there was a coup attempt in Turkey, July 15, with soldiers shutting down parts of Ankara and Istanbul, you’d think Ankara is a city somewhere in Nigeria and Istanbul is an extension of […]
Continue ReadingNot less than 82 have died, with at least 100 sustaining injuries after a truck driver ran into a crowd in the French city of Nice. The truck reportedly ran into a crowd celebrating the Bastille Day, a national holiday.Eyewitnesses said the truck was driven in a zig-zag pattern along the popular seaside Promenade des […]
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