Salah, Oshoala win African Player of the Year Awards

Mohammed Salah of Egypt and Nigeria’s Azeezat Oshoala have emerged as the winners of African Player of the year award for Men and Women respectively.

Both players were announced as the winners in the top categories at Thursday’s ceremony at the Accra International Conference Centre.

North Korea accidentally hits one of its own cities with missile –Report

A North Korean missile reportedly crashed into one of its own cities after it failed just minutes following its launch.

US officials said the Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) was initially thought to have disintegrated mid-flight after it was fired on 28 April last year.

Policeman killed, others injured in Gov Ishaku’s convoy accident

A police intelligence officer attached to the wife of Taraba governor, Barr. Mrs. Anna Darius Ishaku, died Thursday evening when his vehicle in the convoy of Governor Darius Ishaku had accident along Bali Jalingo road.

Two other occupants of the vehicle, a CIB police officer and a nurse are said to be in a critical condition at the time of filing this report.

He was involved in fraud-Kogi reacts to death of director who committed suicide

Kogi government has reacted to the death of a director in the civil service, Alphonsus Ameh.

The deceased, a Grade Level 17 officer in the Kogi State Pension Board, died barely three days after receiving sack letter.

On Thursday, Chief Press Secretary to Governor Yahaya Bello, Petra Onyegbule said Ameh was sacked due to his alleged involvement in fraudulent diversion of N225,936,425million pension fund.

Trump Demands That Publisher Halt Release of Critical Book

President Trump escalated his attack on a new book  portraying him as a volatile and ill-equipped chief executive on Thursday as his legal team demanded that the author and publisher halt its release and apologize or face a possible lawsuit.

In an 11-page letter, the president’s lawyer said the book, “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,” by Michael Wolff, as excerpted in a magazine article, includes false statements about Mr. Trump that “give rise to claims for libel” that could result in “substantial monetary damages and punitive damages.”

Leave or Face Imprisonment - Israel Issues "90 Days Ultimatum" to African Migrants

The Israeli government has issued a notice for thousands of African migrants to leave the country or face imprisonment.

 

The migrants will be given up to $3,500 (£2,600) for leaving within the next 90 days.

 

They will be given the option of going to their home country or third countries.

Lagos Police Command Dismisses 9 Officers, Demotes 20 Others

The Lagos State Police Command has announced the dismissal of nine policemen found guilty of various offences.

 

The Command also revealed that 20 others were demoted for offences bordering on gross insubordination, incivility and drunkenness, among others.

Fr. Mbaka and the Voice of God - by Reuben Abati

“I do not believe in my mind that the way things are in Nigeria, any Catholic priest has the mandate to decide which of the political contestants should be voted for…I don’t believe a priest should be doing that…If he was in my archdiocese, I will have sanctioned him long ago for the kind of utterances he makes.” – John Cardinal Onaiyekan, Catholic Bishop of Abuja Metropolitan See on Fr. Ejike Mbaka (2015)

 

Oby Ezekwesili Starts Campaign to Crush PDP and APC in 2019

Strong critic of bad leadership and former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili has kickstarted a campaign to make sure that none of the two main political parties in Nigeria - All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party - win the 2019 state and federal executive elections in Nigeria.

 

This comes after the disappointments by the parties over the years. Oby who alongside millions of Nigerians have been denied good leadership by retarded politicians who promise heaven on earth only to be elected and end up looting the treasury have called for a halt of the current political status quo.

Mystery in Ibadan as Corpse Exhumed 39 Years After Burial Discovered Still Intact

Human body, according to scientists, begins to degrade whenever life-sustaining processes that include blood circulation and metabolism stop functioning. Life in such body will end and feast on the dead body will begin for worms and bacteria that live in soil.

 

The lifeless body usually undergoes some unpleasant changes, such that skin and eyeball will decay. The hair and bones will also turn to dust in line with the law of nature.

 

Rotimi Amaechi Has a Serious Mental Case - Gov. Wike Fire Shots

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has said that the Minister of Transport and former governor of the stare, Mr Rotimi Amaechi has a serious mental case.

 

He declared that national development has been stunted because of mentally challenged Ministers Amaechi.

Fulani Herdsmen Killed My Uncle and Dropped His Corpse at the Back of Our House - Benue Survivor

A survivor of the Benue attacks, James Igbudu has described how Fulani herdsmen attacked one of the communites leaving his uncle dead.

Igbudu explained that his uncle, Julius Ntwangwa, who worked with the Benue State Agriculture and Rural Development Agency, was among those killed by the herdsmen, who dropped his corpse at the back of the house.

Banky W and Adesua's High Society Wedding Documentary Airs on Africa Magic

A documentary on the celebrity wedding between R & B Singer Banky W and Actress Adesua Etomi is set to hit TV screens on Africa Magic channel on Jan.6.

According to the official trailer released by Africa Magic, the documentary titled “The Wellingtons”, showed the couple sharing details on why they chose to share their special day with the world.

How Leader of Aiye Cult Group, Akeem Abudu Met His Death At the General Hospital, Ikorodu - Police

THE WHOLE TRUTH.

RE- ROW OVER ALLEGED DEATH IN CUSTODY OF 37 YEAR OLD ACCUSED OF BEING A CULTIST:--

THE TRUE STORY

The attention of the Nigeria Police, Lagos State Command has been drawn to the above story or for better expression, incident, as published in The Nation Newspaper publication of Saturday, 23rd December, 2017, at pages 16, 17 and 34, and was stunned by the total falsification of facts cum circumstances of the case. 

 

Ex-TAC Director, Mamman Daura, Dies

Former Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Technical Aid Corps (TAC) scheme, Ambassador Mamman Daura, has died, according to Daily Trust.

He died yesterday after a protracted illness and will be buried today after funeral prayers slated for 2:30pm at the Emir of Daura’s palace in Katsina State.

Benue Killing: Governor Ortom Stoned By Youths During Violent Protest

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, was yesterday stoned by aggrieved youths protesting the killing perpetrated by Fulani herdsmen in the state, according to a report by DailyPost.

 

The Governor it was gathered was pelted with stone and other objects after he arrived the Wurukum roundabout in Makurdi, the state capital where the aggrieved youths were protesting the killing of their people by the herdsmen.

 

D'banj Honoured With Chieftaincy Title As 'Ezi Enyi Ka Nwanne of Amuzi' in Imo State (See Photos)

Nigerian musician and Kokomaster, Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo popularly called D'banj has been honoured as the "Ezi Enyi Ka Nwanne of Amuzi", Obowo in Imo State.

 

Photos: President Buhari visits Kaduna state, commissions new coaches and locomotives for the Kaduna-Abuja train service

President Buhari is currently in Kaduna state to commission some projects executed by the state government. Among the projects are the Rigasa train station new coaches and locomotives for the Kaduna-Abuja train service as well as the first inland dry port in Nigeria. He was received by the state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi and others.

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44-year old woman stabbed to death on the streets of London

A 44-year-old woman has died after she was stabbed to death on a residential street in East London yesterday evening January 3rd. Paramedics found the woman suffering seriously stab wounds and unresponsive in Norfolk Road, Ilford and called in the police. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after 7pm.

Tiwa Savage’s revelations about Tee Billz crushed him, says Basketmouth

Basketmouth, stand-up comic, believes Tiwa Savage, Mavin Records singer and Tee Billz, her estranged husband, did immense damage to their marriage as a result of their public revelations.

The couple’s marriage hit the rocks after Tee Billz took to social media to accuse his wife of being a serial adulterer and reportedly tried to commit suicide.

Clashes in Equatorial Guinea after government ‘foils’ coup attempt

Clashes were reported in Equatorial Guinea near the border with Cameroon on Wednesday, shortly after the West African state said it had thwarted a coup against President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, Africa’s longest-serving leader.

Government troops had shot dead a “mercenary” and “used gunfire to disperse them in the forests along the border”, state television TVGE said, without specifying how many “mercenaries” were involved or how long the clashes lasted.

Drama as three people struggle for IPMAN chairmanship at senate hearing

There was a mild drama at the senate during a public hearing on the cause of the petrol scarcity across the country.

At the commencement of the hearing on Thursday, Kabir Marafa, chairman of the committee on downstream, asked stakeholders to introduce themselves.

Man Accused Of Threatening To Kill Trump In Utah Arrested

A federal grand jury has indicted a Midvale man on charges that he threatened to kill President Trump during his visit to Utah last month.

Travis Luke Dominguez, 33, faces 11 counts in the indictment, including five charges of maliciously conveying false information. He is accused of using the internet to make threats to kill or maim people at a South Jordan movie theater complex, a bank, and Midvale businesses.

Wilfred Ndidi Is The Best Tackler In Europe’s Top Five Leagues

Super Eagles and Leicester City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi has been rated as the player with the most successful tackles across the top five leagues in Europe.

This was according to football news and statistics website Squawka Football.

France Invests €350m in Nigeria

The Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to France, Dr Modupe Irele, on Tuesday announced that France invested about N150 billion (350 million euros) in Nigeria in 2017.

“It is estimated that in 2017 alone, France invested around 350 million Euros (about N150 billion) in Nigeria, mostly through soft loans to both the Federal and State governments and the private sector.