Spanish striker Alvaro Morata cannot be compared to Chelsea icon Didier Drogba, the Premier League champions’ coach Antonio Conte said on Friday. Morata — who…
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Griezmann will leave Atletico – Simeone
Atletico Madrid head coach Diego Simeone admitted on Friday that French forward Antoine Griezmann would likely leave the club in the near future. The 26-year-old…
View More Griezmann will leave Atletico – SimeoneFayose: $1bn fight against insurgency approval is for Buhari’s reelection
Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, has opposed the decision of the national economic council (NEC) to approve $1 billion for the fight against insurgency.…
View More Fayose: $1bn fight against insurgency approval is for Buhari’s reelectionSenate legalises card reader, sets fees for aspirants
The Electoral Act No. 6, 2010 Amendment Bill 2017 passed recently by the senate makes it mandatory for use of card reader and banned manual…
View More Senate legalises card reader, sets fees for aspirantsU.S. donates $8.1m insecticide-treated nets to Sokoto
The U.S. Government said on Friday that it had donated 2.9 million insecticide-treated nets worth 8.1 million Dollars for distribution in Sokoto State. The U.S.…
View More U.S. donates $8.1m insecticide-treated nets to SokotoNigeria ranks second largest HIV epidemic nation
Nigeria had the second largest HIV epidemic in 2016, with over 196,000 adolescents representing 10 per cent of the global burden said to be living…
View More Nigeria ranks second largest HIV epidemic nationMay hails ‘important step’ after EU leaders unlock Brexit talks
British Prime Minister Theresa May welcomed a decision by EU leaders in Brussels on Friday to open crucial talks on a post-Brexit relationship with Britain…
View More May hails ‘important step’ after EU leaders unlock Brexit talksSoldier sentenced to death for killing 5 civilians
Nigerian Army Court Marshal on Friday sentenced a soldier, Lance Corporal John Godwin, to death over the murder of five civilians at Yamteke community of…
View More Soldier sentenced to death for killing 5 civiliansReasons for increase in stroke cases
A Consultant Physiotherapist, Dr Chris Okafor, says the incidence of stroke has increased in the country due to the dwindling economy and the state of…
View More Reasons for increase in stroke casesEbonyi SEMB member to spend Christmas in prison for defiling minor
An Abakaliki Magistrates’ Court on Friday arraigned one Nnanna Offor, a board member of the Ebonyi State Secondary Education Board for allegedly defiling a minor.…
View More Ebonyi SEMB member to spend Christmas in prison for defiling minorYahaya Bello: INEC fires two staff over double registration
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has dismissed two of its staff accused of being involved in the double registration of Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi…
View More Yahaya Bello: INEC fires two staff over double registrationOyo state presents N267b budget for 2018
Oyo state’s N267 billion budget of “Stabilisation’’ has been presented to the House of Assembly for approval for the 2018 fiscal year. The budget was…
View More Oyo state presents N267b budget for 2018Ugwuanyi bans manual collection of state revenues
In its bid to realise the ongoing reform programmes in the Enugu State Internal Revenue Service, the governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, yesterday banned all forms of…
View More Ugwuanyi bans manual collection of state revenues‘Wike thinks about me even when he’s in toilet’
Minister of transportation and former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, says Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, has just one agenda called “Amaechi”. Amaechi, said…
View More ‘Wike thinks about me even when he’s in toilet’Growing business confidence excites operators globally
The growing business confidence in Nigeria’s aviation sector has been applauded by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), describing it as best for overall growth…
View More Growing business confidence excites operators globallyMore Nigerians return from Libya
No fewer than 249 Nigerians have again been repatriated from troubled Libya. Their return was facilitated by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the…
View More More Nigerians return from LibyaEkiti trigger happy cop dismissed, remanded in prison custody
The Ekiti State Police Command has dismissed a Corporal, Ayodele Famodimu, who allegedly shot and killed a commercial driver, Olabode Ojo, at a checkpoint in…
View More Ekiti trigger happy cop dismissed, remanded in prison custodySenegal delays trial of Dakar mayor until new year
A Senegalese court on Thursday delayed the trial of popular Dakar mayor Khalifa Sall on charges of embezzling public funds until January 3, as his…
View More Senegal delays trial of Dakar mayor until new yearBank of England holds interest rate at 0.5%
The Bank of England kept its key interest rate at 0.5 percent at its final meeting of the year, it said Thursday while keeping an…
View More Bank of England holds interest rate at 0.5%‘State of Osun’ illegal, Judge scolds Aregbesola
An Osun State High Court sitting in Ilesa has declared that the renaming of Osun State as “State of Osun” by Gov. Rauf Aregbesola was…
View More ‘State of Osun’ illegal, Judge scolds AregbesolaU.S. lawmaker commits suicide over sex scandal
A state lawmaker in Kentucky, U.S., Rep. Dan Johnson, has committed suicide after report emerged that he sexually assaulted a woman when she was 17.…
View More U.S. lawmaker commits suicide over sex scandalI’m not interested in Osinbajo’s, says Tinubu
National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC),Bola Tinubu, says he is not planning to replace Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. Tinubu disclosed this in response to…
View More I’m not interested in Osinbajo’s, says TinubuEast-West road designed to fail, says minister
Minister of Niger Delta, Usani Usani, says the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will prosecute 40 contractors for the delivering faulty designs on federal contracts…
View More East-West road designed to fail, says ministerActivate clear skin with activated charcoal
If you have been to beauty stores lately, you’d notice that Activated Charcoal(AC) is the exclusive new ingredient in products. This has generated a lot…
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