Former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on Sunday evening announced that one of his sons had tested positive for Coronavirus. Atiku, who was the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 general elections announced this on his his verified Twitter handle on Sunday. Though he failed to give the name […]
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Former Real Madrid, Liverpool, Manchester United and Newcastle striker, Michael Owen has revealed that his 13 year old son, James Owen, will never be a footballer because he suffers from a degenerative eye condition. Owen, who has three daughters with his wife Louise, talked about his son’s condition for the first time on The Times. […]
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Tottenham ignored Harry Kane’s latest injury woes as Son Heung-Min sealed a priceless 1-0 win over Manchester City after Hugo Lloris saved Sergio Aguero’s penalty in a dramatic Champions League quarter-final first leg on Tuesday. Mauricio Pochettino’s side earned a slender advantage thanks to Son’s clinical strike late in the second half at the Tottenham […]
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Khadija Ibrahim, minister of state foreign affairs, has defeated Mohammed Ibrahim, her step-son, to clinch the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket for Damaturu/Gulani/Gujba/Tarmuwa, Yobe federal constituency. Abba Gambo, the returning officer of the election which ran into the night announced on Wednesday that Khadijah polled 1,295 votes to defeat Mohammed who scored only 15 votes. According […]
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Ace Nigerian entertainer/singer, D’banj has lost his son, Daniel Oyebanjo III, who turned one last May. Daniel was said to have drowned at D’banj’s Ikoyi residence on Sunday afternoon. His remains has been moved to a morgue at GRA, Ikeja. The heartbroken singer has however confirmed the news in a post on Instagram, “Trying Times […]
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The Senate Committee on Industry has called on the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), to return to the nation’s ports. Sen. Sam Egwu, chairman of the committee made the call on Monday, during an oversight function to SON’s offices and laboratories in Lagos. He said that the absence of the agency was greatly felt at […]
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Olabode George, a former Vice Chairman (South) of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has lost his son. Dipo George died at 42 in the early hours of Thursday in a Lagos hospital. He was said to have suffered a protracted illness before his demise. Moshood Salvador, the state’s party chairman issued a statement after paying […]
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A 65-year-old man, Lawal Angala, and his son, Isah, 19 have been remanded in prison for allegedly raping their neighbour’s nine-year-old daughter. The suspects committed the crime on May 2, 2018 at Safana in Katsina state. The pair was said to have lured the victim into their apartment before taking turns to rape her. Shamsiya […]
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One Mr. Lucky Ayosin, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by an Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti for impregnating his daughter after raping her several times. Justice John Adeyeye also sentenced him to 10 years’ imprisonment concurrently after finding him guilty of attempted murder of his son, Ilesanmi, who caught him having sex […]
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Barcelona player, Lionel Messi on Saturday announced that he and his wife Antonella Roccuzzo have welcomed their third child. “Welcome Ciro!!! Thank God, everything went perfectly. He and his mummy are doing very well. We are super happy!!!” wrote Messi on his Instagram account, accompanying the post with a photo of the baby’s hand. Ciro […]
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