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Former German international football Mesut Ozil was married in Istanbul on Friday with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as his best man. The 30-year-old Ozil, who has Turkish family roots, sparked controversy last year when he was photographed with Erdogan, raising questions about the footballer’s loyalty to Germany on the eve of their disastrous 2018 […]

An Abuja Division of the Federal High Court on Friday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to pay N200,000 to a former Imo State, governor, Rochas Okorocha, for failing to recognise him as the winner of the 2019 senatorial election in the state. The court, in a judgement that lasted over four hours, chided […]

Police authority in Imo on Thursday confirmed that a bomb exploded in the state killing three persons. Police Public Relation Officer, (PPRO) in Imo, Orlando Ikeokwu, said the explosion occurred in Eziorsu community in Oguta local government area. Ikeokwu gave the names of the victims, as Elvis Ukado; Kasiemobi Uzoma and Justice Adie. The police […]

Nobody is safe from air pollution, with nine out of 10 people on the planet now breathing polluted air, the United Nations (UN) warned on World Environment Day (WED). Celebrated annually on June 5, WED is an initiative that the UN launched in an attempt to raise awareness on emerging environmental issues from marine pollution, […]

No fewer than 25, 794 Nigerians may have died in violent crises in the first four years of President Muhammadu Buhari. The figure was released by the Nigeria Security Tracker, a project of the Council on Foreign Relations, a nonprofit think tank specialising in United States foreign policy and international affairs. The number represents those […]

The United Nations (UN) General Assembly yesterday in New York elected Nigerian Professor, Tijjani Muhammad-Bande as the President of the 74th Session of the Assembly. Mr Muhammad-Bande, who has had an outstanding career as a scholar and diplomat, has a B.Sc (Political Science) from the Ahmadu Bello University, MA (Political Science), Boston University and Ph.D […]

The Nigeria Academy of Pharmacy, NAPHARM, has raised concern over what it described as ‘staggering and unsavoury ‘statistics of Nigerians abusing drugs, saying, “if the menace of drug abuse are not checked, it will impair all efforts to put the nation on a higher political and economic pedestal.” Speaking ahead of NAPHARM upcoming conference in […]

The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, last night declared today as Eid-el-fitr following the sighting of the new moon in various parts of the country. He said credible and reliable reports were received from many places, including Gwandu in Kebbi State, Damaturu in Yobe […]

Former Super Eagles captain, Austin Okocha, is embroiled in another round of legal battle. A report in the Scottish Sun indicates that the former Nigerian international last Friday appeared in a court in Aberdeen over alleged money laundering charges. According to the report in the Scottish tabloid, Okocha appeared in private at the Aberdeen Sheriff […]

Operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons have arrested a pastor of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, Gwarinpa branch, David Onyekachuku, for allegedly raping and impregnating a 16-year-old girl. Onyekachuku, 48, who hails from Nsukka in Enugu State, had met the victim, a Junior Secondary School 2 pupil […]

The Nigerian police are preparing to launch a mobile app which it says would help in its fight against the rising crime wave in the country. At least 35 people were killed nationwide last week, as Nigerians continue to grabble with insecurity, alongside the insurgency in the North-east. The app, called police-VGS, is in its […]

Brazilian football star Neymar da Silva denied rape allegations Sunday, publishing texts and photos he said prove he was set up, and his representative claimed he was the victim of attempted extortion. “I’m being accused of rape,” the Paris Saint-Germain player said in a video published on his Instagram account. “Yes, it is a heavy word, […]

Nigerians based in the United States are to pay between $40 and $50 each to be enrolled for the national identity number (NIN). Uche Chigbo, the special assistant to the director-general of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), stated this in New York on Thursday. NAN reports that Chigbo spoke during a courtesy visit to […]

Andy Ruiz Jr has become the first Mexican heavyweight champion after he defeated Anthony Joshua via a technical knockout in Round 7 at the Madison Square Garden in New York. Joshua was knocked down four times in the match regarded as one of the biggest heavyweight upsets in history. ANTHONY JOSHUA SPEAKS:  “Sorry I let […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he was battle ready to fight terrorism in the country with full force. President Buhari also said that he will host leaders of Lake Chad Basin Commission in an informal summit on the side lines of Democracy Day and Second Term inauguration celebrations on June 12, 2019, in Abuja. […]

Elder statesman, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has come hard on politicians from other regions angling to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. In a recent interview with Sun News, the Afenifere leader, said for peace to reign in Nigeria, the Southeast should produce the next president of the country. According to him, unless the nation goes […]