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With Manchester City and their neighbour, United enjoying 10 and 8 points advantage respectively on the top of the Premier League ahead third place Tottenham, the title race is certainly between the first two. But the intense battle to follow in the En...
The Spanish league can be said to be over as Real Madrid leads the table with 10 points and 14 games remaining. Real Madrid won arguably their toughest match of the season last weekend when they defeated Real Vallecano by a lone goal while Barcelona al...
The 2012 Lagos International Polo Tournament has opened with record team entries for some of the cups. MTN is the main sponsor of the tournament but more than half the event’s N80million revenue was donated by subsidiary sponsors such...
The media officer of Heartland FC, Cajetan Nkwopara, has boasted that his team is ready to crush any team that comes their way, believing that the players of the team have bounced back to form with injured ones back in action. Heartland FC who had been...
I will start this message today by discussing the last of the Herod generations mentioned in the Bible, all examples of ungodly family values. In previous editions, I discussed Herod the Great, Herod Archelaus, Herod Antipas, Herod Philip II and Herod ...
The death of Sule Kwaran, a vigilante group commander shot dead by suspected members of Boko Haram sect did not come to his three widows as a surprise as events leading to his demise hinted that he was putting his life at risk, but only for the s...
An Ikeja High Court on Friday ordered the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to deposit the N25 million judgment sum awarded in favour of Nollywood Star, Babatunde Omidina (a.k.a Baba Suwe) with the court’s Chief Registrar. Justic...
A High Court sitting in Isabo, Ogun on Friday quashed charges of stealing, illegal diversion of public funds and all other criminal charges against former Gov. Gbenga Daniel of Ogun. The accused was arraigned on a 43-count charge by the Economic ...
Two people were in the early hours of Friday killed in a multiple accident at Magodo on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, according to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC). No fewer than 14 people were also injured in the accident involving eight vehicles w...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday arraigned two former employees of the Vanguard Media Ltd. at an Ikeja High Court, for allegedly stealing N7.9 million belonging to the company. The accused persons are James Unoka, Sales Rep...
Nigeria’s naira weakened against the dollar, heading for a second straight weekly decline, as foreign-exchange sales by the oil industry slowed after the month end. The currency of Africa’s biggest oil producer depreciated 0.1 percent to 15...
Wiz Khalifa proposed to girlfriend, Amber Rose after several months of dating! The “Kush and Orange Juice” rapper who also wears his big heart on his sleeve, posted the photo of the simple but beautiful engagement ring to his Instagram acco...
The Federal Government has declared a state of emergency on polio eradication while new cases will be treated as emergency. Dr Muhammad Pate, Minister of State for Health, made this known in a statement signed by Mr Tashikalmah Hallah, his Special Advi...
The UN agency mandated to promote gender equality, said it would give out 10.5 million dollars as grants to organisations working to advance economic and political empowerment of women in Africa. The UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of...
A water vendor, Ahmed Manu, 22, of Tudun Wada quarters, Gombe, was on Thursday remanded in prison custody for allegedly raping a 26-year-old mentally deranged woman. The Principal Judge of the court, Malam Mohammed Usman gave the order when the accused...