Svitolina ends Serena Williams’ Olympic dream
Serena Williams’ hopes of a fifth Olympic gold medal were crushed by Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina on Tuesday as the battle for the women’s title in Rio was blown wide open. Top seed and defending champion...
View ArticleOlympic Basketball: Lithuania cage Nigeria’s D’Tigers
Mantas Kalnietis and Jonas Maciulis each scored 21 points and Lithuania held off a late fightback Tuesday to defeat Nigeria 89-80 and stay unbeaten in Rio Olympics men’s basketball. Kalnietis also...
View ArticleThree police officers arrested for assaulting 14-year-old
Clement Nnachi, Abakaliki The Ebonyi State Police Command has arrested three police officers and the serving Coordinator of Ohaozara Development Centre, Ene Ogbonnaya, for alleged complicity in the...
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Police arrest pastor behind serial car theft
Ogbonnaya Ikokwu, Umuahia Operatives of the Abia State Police Command have arrested a pastor, Onyenweaku Chibunnam, for allegedly stealing a Toyota Camry in Ebem Ohafia community, of the Ohafia Local...
View ArticleNigerian governors to acquire vocational skills in Germany
I am not sure the governors would think of travelling to Germany to acquire vocational skills for themselves. Their intention might have been misinterpreted. They may have planned that for their...
View ArticleBode George, Agbaje vow not to step down
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, and the Lagos State governorship candidate of the PDP in the 2015 election, Mr. Jimi...
View Article[UPDATED] : Colombia beat Nigeria 2-0, qualify for quarterfinals
Nigeria’s Dream Team VI still topped Group B of the Rio 2016 Olympics men’s football event in Sao Paulo in spite of a 2-0 loss to Colombia on Wednesday. Nigeria thus advanced to Saturday’s...
View ArticleJonathan formed Avengers before 2015 polls — RNDA
Eniola Akinkuotu, Ifeanyi Onuba and Ovie Okpare The Reformed Niger Delta Avengers says former President Goodluck Jonathan formed the Niger Delta Avengers in 2014 during the build-up to the presidential...
View ArticleUNIOSUN lecturer in sex scandal video
Femi Makinde, Osogbo A lecturer at the Department of Languages and Linguistics of the Osun State University, Ikire Campus, Dr. Wale Ojoniyi, is currently in trouble following the release of a video...
View ArticleRelaunch of WAI: Buhari plays his last hand
Abimbola Adelakun President Muhammadu Buhari might be relaunching the War Against Indiscipline 31 years after the para-military brigade ended with his dictatorship because he is desperate to reignite...
View ArticleBudget padding: Dogara shuns police invitation
John Ameh, Adelani Adepegba and Leke Baiyewu The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has shunned the invitation of the police Special Investigating Panel over allegations of budget...
View ArticleFive ‘businessmen’ gang-rape customer, demand N2m
Olaleye Aluko Five suspects, who posed as businessmen, have been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly abducting and gang-raping a woman. PUNCH Metro learnt that the suspects –...
View ArticleI discussed national matters with Buhari, says Soyinka
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Thursday met behind closed doors with President Muhammadu Buhari. The meeting, which lasted about an hour, was held inside the President’s...
View Article2015 polls: Buhari’s bodyguards protest alleged marginalisation
Friday Olokor, Abuja About 16 months after the 2015 presidential election, the bodyguards of President Muhammadu Buhari, who participated during the campaigns, on Thursday, protested against their...
View ArticleIPOB jubilates over members’ release
Ogbonnaya Ikokwu, Umuahia Members of the Indigenous People of Biafra have praised the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubabar Malami (SAN), for ordering the release of...
View ArticleISIS claim another reason Trump shouldn’t be president – Clinton
Hillary Clinton admonished rival Donald Trump on Thursday for claiming that she and Barack Obama were the founders of the Islamic State, saying anyone who would “sink so low” should never be president....
View ArticleMan murders wife’s lover on matrimonial bed
Samuel Awoyinfa, Abeokuta A 32-year-old businessman, Ezekiel Igbokwe, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly killing his wife’s lover, Victor Olatundun. Igbokwe was said to...
View ArticleI find ‘baby bump’ irritating – Chimamanda
Akeem Lasisi At a time when it has become a trend for celebrities to flaunt their pregnancies online, award-winning writer, Chimamanda Ngozi-Adichie, has said that pregnancy is a sacred state that a...
View ArticleLabour minister warns banks against job losses
Fidelis Soriwei, Abuja The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, has warned commercial banks in the country against the violation of labour laws in the ongoing retrenchment of workers in...
View ArticleSmart ways to get more Twitter followers
Anna Okon Twitter followership is a measure of popularity. A high number of Twitter followers tell people that they’re likeable, influential and noteworthy. According to www.about.com, this can be...
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