Liverpool continued their relentless march towards a first Premier League title in 30 years as Roberto Firmino’s strike earned a 1-0 win at Tottenham to open up a 16-point lead at the top of the table. Jurgen Klopp’s men have now made the best ever start to an English top-flight campaign after 21 games with […]
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Marcus Rashford marked his 200th appearance for Manchester United with two goals in a 4-0 win over Norwich on Saturday, leaving his manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer predicting he can get even better. Striker Marcus Rashford struck in the 27th minute after a largely unrelenting United pressure with an instinctive finish from a Juan Mata deep […]
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Iconic Swedish star Zlatan Ibrahimovic said he “felt alive” as he marked his first start back at AC Milan by scoring in a 2-0 Serie A win over Cagliari on Saturday, but will wait to “celebrate like a God” until he nets at the San Siro again. The 38-year-old had come on as a substitute […]
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Presidential spokesman, Mallam Garba Shehu, says the presidential jet can be used by President Muhammadu Buhari’s family. Garba Shehu said this in reaction to the use of the presidential private jet to a private ceremony in Bauchi by Buhari’s daughter, an event that has drawn criticism on social media. Hanan Buhari was invited to the […]
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At least one person has been confirmed dead, following Saturday’s fire that gutted the Mgbuka Obosi Spare Parts Market in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), however, learnt that the deceased, identified simply as G.O.D and Chairman of Zone 11 in the market, did not die in the inferno. […]
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The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) has ordered that the screening of the movie ‘Sugar Rush’ in cinemas be stopped. According to a statement on its Facebook page, the board said the temporary approval given for the movie exhibition has expired. “It has come to our notice that #BringBackSugarRush is currently gaining momentum […]
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Iranian authorities on Saturday morning admitted that its military forces unintentionally shot down the Ukrainian plane which killed 167 passengers and nine crew members on Wednesday. In a statement released early Saturday, Iranian government said the plane was mistaken for a “hostile target” after it turned toward a “sensitive military center” of the Revolutionary Guard […]
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According to military sources, some gun-wielding men suspected to bandits have killed four personnel of the Nigerian Air Force in Kaduna. A source noted that the suspects laid an ambush for the security operatives at Unguwan Yako, close, along Kaduna- Birnin Gwari road. Two vehicles belonging to the air force were said to have been […]
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There was pandemonium in an elementary school in Northern Mexico as a 12-year-old boy has opened fire, killing his teacher and injuring four others before committing suicide. A possible motive was not immediately known. The incident happened at around 7:30 a.m. local time today when gunfire was reported at Cervantes College in Torreón, a city […]
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Ukraine asked international partners to provide any evidence they may have to help investigators probing a Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed in Iran, as US media reported it was mistakenly shot down by a missile. All 176 people on board died when Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) Boeing 737NG went down on Wednesday, shortly after Tehran […]
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