Boko Haram plans to use beggars for suicide attacks – Army
NAN The Theater Command of Operation Lafiya Dole of the Nigerian Army on Friday alerted Borno residents on a planned attack by Boko Haram terrorists using beggars and other strategies. The Media...
View ArticleAregbesola sees opportunities in financial challenges
Femi Makinde, Osogbo Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has said the current financial crisis facing the nation has abundance of opportunities embedded in it. The governor said this in a New...
View ArticleThere’re plans to kill Buhari –Fr. Mbaka
Ihuoma Chiedozie, Enugu Fiery Enugu Catholic priest, and founder, Adoration Ministry, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, in a New Year sermon on Friday said there are plans by unnamed people to assassinate...
View ArticleAdeboye predicts new STD, others in 2016
Gbenro Adeoye with agency report The General Overseer, The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has revealed his prophecies for 2016, which include the emergence of a new sexually...
View ArticleSet up rescue team for Chibok girls, FG told
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The BringBackOurGirls advocacy group campaigning for the rescue of 219 abducted Chibok secondary schoolgirls by the Boko Haram in 2014 has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to...
View ArticleWhy Kanu apologised to Buhari, others –Lawyer
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja A lawyer to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra and founder of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, Mr. Vincent Obetta, has said “there is nothing irregular” about the apology...
View ArticleKidnapping, our headache in Bayelsa – Police commissioner
Simon Utebor, Yenagoa As the Police Service Commission promotes 15 officers serving in the Bayelsa State Police Command, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Nasiru Oki, has said kidnapping...
View ArticleAnambra schools get lifeline from firm
Tony Okafor, Awka Geisha, an affiliate of Japanese Kawasho Foods Corporation, has given lifeline to 10 schools in Anambra State. The corporation donated 450 sets of desks and chairs; 11,000 Geisha...
View ArticleNavy seizes trucks, cars with illegally refined AGO
EtimEkpimah, Uyo The Nigerian Navy, NN Jubilee, IkotAbasi, Akwa Ibom State, has seized trucks loaded with 143 drums and 600 bags of Automated Gas Oil. The command also impounded a Nissan vehicle...
View ArticleNSCDC arrests 658 oil thieves, 22 convicted in 2015
Chuckwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt The Rivers State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps said it arrested over 658 suspected oil thieves in Rivers State during the year, 2015. The...
View ArticleKidnappers land in trouble as hostage dies in Enugu
Ihuoma Chiedozie, Enugu A gang of kidnappers, who plotted to abduct one Ekene Okonkwo, on November 21, 2015, in Enugu State, probably had high expectations for the festive season. Okonkwo, a native of...
View ArticleBallon d’Or: ‘I love Ronaldo but Messi will win’
As the son of a football coach, Wesley Fofana could easily have found himself pursuing a career in the beautiful game, having fallen in love with and played the sport from an early age. It was not to...
View ArticleBallon d’Or put me, Liberia on the map – Weah
In 1995 George Weah became the first – and to date only – African to win the highest individual award there is in world football: The Ballon d’Or. In an exclusive interview with FIFA.com, the Liberian...
View ArticleTiger Woods at 40: The 14-time major champion’s legacy
How different would golf be if Tiger Woods, who turns 40 on December 30, had chosen to play something else? As the ailing 14-time major champion struggles to swing a club again, he can celebrate this...
View ArticleI’m not leaving Watford – Ighalo
Watford striker Odion Ighalo has dismissed speculation linking him with a move away from Vicarage Road. The Nigeria international has scored 14 Premier League goals this season and, according to the...
View ArticleCHAN Eagles’ll excel without Oliseh – Nwosu, Ekpo
Allwell Okpi The home-based Super Eagles will leave for South Africa on Saturday (today) for the second phase of their preparations for the 2016 African Nations Championship billed to hold in Rwanda...
View ArticleNBA: Warriors win despite Curry’s absence
Klay Thompson scored 38 points and the Golden State Warriors showed they can win without star Stephen Curry Thursday with a 114-110 victory over the Rockets in Houston, AFP reports. Curry missed his...
View Article2016: Sports stakeholders expect glory, demand changes
Stakeholders in the Nigerian sports sector, in these interviews with ALLWELL OKPI, highlight the things that need to be done to make 2016 a good year for Nigeria in sports Adegboye Onigbinde Onigbinde,...
View ArticleOlamide, Don Jazzy start New Year with beef
Simon Ejembi Music industry heavyweights Olamide and Don Jazzy have started the New Year by turning on each other, leaving many in the music industry shocked. Both artistes had collaborated on the song...
View ArticleCleric unveils Africa’s tallest statue of Jesus
NAN The Bishop of Orlu Catholic Diocese, Most Rev. Augustine Ukwuoma on Friday unveiled the African tallest statue of Jesus Christ weighing 8.5metres (28ft) at St. Aloysius Catholic Parish, Abajah,...
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