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The wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to helping her husband run his criminal empire. Emma Coronel Aispuro also helped her husband plan an escape through a tunnel.
American popstar and business mogul, Rihanna Fenty, was conferred as a National Hero in Barbados as the Caribbean country became a republic on Monday night. According to Metro UK, Rihanna was honoured as the 11th National Hero during the presidential inauguration ceremony at Bridgetown where Barbados was officially named a […]
Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade, has suspended the 2021 edition of the Calabar Carnival. According to him, his reasons for suspending the carnival includes the health concerns arising from the outbreak of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, as well as the prevailing security situation. He announced this on Monday […]
Lionel Messi admitted winning the Copa America with Argentina might have been the determining factor for him to claim the men’s Ballon d’Or prize for the seventh time following a turbulent year. Now 34, Messi pipped much-fancied rivals like Robert Lewandowski and Karim Benzema to claim the award in a […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on Monday, asked President Muhammadu Buhari to ignore pressure from governors and sign the 2021 Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law.
Rwanda has barred direct flights to and from nine countries in southern Africa, joining a growing list of nations that have imposed travel restrictions over a new, heavily mutated Covid-19 variant.
A 7.5-magnitude earthquake in northern Peru injured 12 people and destroyed 117 homes, leaving more than 2,400 people without a roof over their heads, authorities said Monday.
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control has stated that there are no cases of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus in the country and it is monitoring the situation of the virus. This was contained in a statement signed by the NCDC Director-General, Ifedayo Adetifa, on Monday, stating that […]
Manchester United on Monday announced that they had appointed Ralf Rangnick as interim manager until the end of the season after the sacking of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. The 63-year-old German joins from Lokomotiv Moscow, where he was manager of sports and development. At the end of the season Rangnick, whose […]
The Kaduna government says from December 1, it will start a transition to a four-day working week in the state. The state government says public servants, except those in schools and healthcare facilities, will “in the interim” be permitted to work from home for one day per week. Special adviser […]
The Bureau of the FIFA Council has confirmed the appointment of a normalisation committee for the Guinean Football Association (FGF) and Chadian FA following a series of irregularities that happened during the electoral process of both associations.
Actress Lindsay Lohan has announced on Instagram that she’s engaged to boyfriend Bader Shammas.The 35-year-old “Mean Girls” star has been based in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates for several years. Little is known about Shammas, a Dubai resident.
Twitter says co-founder Jack Dorsey will step down as CEO and will be succeeded by Twitter’s current Chief Technology Officer Parag Agrawal. Dorsey will remain on the board until the end of his term in 2022.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday called on countries to “immediately and urgently” reverse scientifically “unjustified” travel bans linked to the discovery of Omicron coronavirus variant. “We call upon all those countries that have imposed travel bans on our country and our southern African sister countries to immediately and […]
…becomes sixth player with 10 goals involvement in 12 games Nigeria international Emmanuel Dennis on Saturday makes history by becoming the first Watford player to net five goals and provided another five assists in 12 matches or fewer games. His goal against Leicester City at the King Power Stadium also […]
Canada said on Sunday that it has detected its first cases of the new Omicron strain of Covid, in two people who had traveled recently to Nigeria. According to federal and Ontario provincial officials, both patients are in isolation while public health authorities trace their possible contacts. “I was informed […]
Paris Saint-Germain overturned an early deficit to beat 10-man Saint-Etienne 3-1 away in Ligue 1 on Sunday, with Lionel Messi setting up all three goals.
Virgil Abloh, a leading fashion executive hailed as the Karl Lagerfeld of his generation, has died at 41. A statement from the designer’s family on his Instagram account said that he had privately battled a rare form of cancer for two years.
In June, the federal government suspended Twitter in Nigeria days after a tweet by the president on the civil war was deleted by the microblogging site. The tweet had threatened to treat members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in the “language they understand”.
Ghana’s parliament has rejected the government’s 2022 budget proposal due to concerns over an electronic banking levy. Ghana’s finance minister, Ken Ofori-Artta, had on November 17, announced the country’s plan to introduce 1.75% levy on all electronic transactions including on mobile money payments, bank transfers and merchant payments from January […]
Poland is not planning any new lockdowns or other restrictions despite skyrocketing COVID-19 infections and deaths. Other governments in Europe have imposed new restrictions in hopes of mitigating surging infections.
Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, says the designation of bandits as terrorists by the federal government “will not end their aggression against the society”. A federal high court sitting in Abuja had, on Thursday, declared the activities of Yan Bindiga and Yan Ta’adda bandit groups as acts of terrorism. The judgment […]
Aruna continued his scintillating performance at the championship with a 4-3 victory over Karlsson on Saturday morning at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas.
The World Health Organisation has named the latest COVID-19 variant identified in South Africa, the Greek name ‘Omicron’, labelling it a variant of concern because of its large number of mutations and possible faster rate of infection. According to WHO in a statement on Friday, preliminary evidence also suggests an […]
Ottawa’s notice to Canadians in Ethiopia comes after the United States and other nations told their citizens to leave the country amid fears that Tigrayan rebels could march on the capital.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says Nigerians need to adopt renewable energy because it is cheap, environment-friendly and can help generate profit. He made this known on Friday at the inauguration of the 2MW solar power project for the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta, Ogun state. Nigerians have recently raised […]
The Uganda government on Tuesday, 17 November 2015, signed an agreement with Export-Import Bank of China (Exim Bank) to borrow $207 million at two per cent upon disbursement. The loan had a maturity period of 20 years including a seven-year grace period. It has now emerged that the deal signed […]
The Confederation of African Football on Friday supported the “decision of the FIFA Congress to conduct a feasibility study” for a World Cup every two years. CAF is the first confederation to officially and publicly approve the controversial plan to stage a World Cup every two years, at the same […]
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says Ralf Rangnick’s expected arrival at arch-rivals Manchester United is “not good news for other teams” due to his vast experience and ability to organise teams.
Ethiopia’s government has issued a new order aiming to restrict media reporting of the country’s yearlong war, prohibiting the sharing of non-official information on “military-related movements, battlefront results and situations.”
The Kaduna State Government has lifted a three-month telecommunications shutdown imposed by the state security council in October due to recent attacks by bandits along the Kaduna-Abuja road.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that Nigeria is on the right path to economic diversification with its focus on non-oil exports coupled with the Zero-Oil Plan actively promoted by the Nigerian Export Promotion Council. Osinbajo made this known on Thursday while receiving a delegation from the NEPC led by […]
Manchester United have reached an agreement with Ralf Rangnick to take over on an interim basis. Rangnick will be taking over from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer who was sacked after a humbling 4-1 defeat by Watford, at Vicarage Road, leaving them on eighth position in the league table. The German had […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the nation’s security chiefs to eliminate the threats of bandits and kidnappers along Abuja-Kaduna road in particular and other places across the country.
The leader of the Solomon Islands blames foreign interference for protests that have ravaged the capital in recent days. He says some are upset over him switching allegiance from Taiwan to China. But critics also blame a lack of services and corruption.
The former head of the Brazilian Olympic Committee has been sentenced to more than 30 years in jail for buying votes for Rio de Janeiro to host the 2016 Olympics. Carlos Nuzman, 79, was found guilty of corruption, money laundering and other charges.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has given reasons for branding the Africa Cup of Nations tournament as a “little tournament” after a Nigerian journalist confronted him. Ojora Babatunde of OJB Sports had said, “Hi Jurgen, during your last pre-match presser, you deliberately called the Africa Cup of Nations a ‘little tournament’. […]
The senate committee on finance says there is no provision of N5,000 transportation grant for N40 million poor Nigerians in the 2022 budget. Minister of finance, budget and national planning, Zainab Ahmed, had said the country would remove petrol subsidy by 2022, replacing it with a N5000-a-month transportation grant to […]
A new variant of the coronavirus has been detected in South Africa. The variant, known as B.1.1.529, is said to have a high number of mutations, which may be a source of worry in relation to immunity and transmissibility. Confirming the discovery in a statement on Thursday, the NICD said […]
He was arrested during an inward joint search of Ethiopian Airlines flight 911 at the Abuja airport on Wednesday with 9.30kg cocaine with each pellet wrapped in candies wraps and concealed in his luggage.
Human error is believed to be the most likely cause of the fiery bus crash that killed 44 people in Bulgaria, including 12 children. The bus had 52 people on board, mostly nationals of North Macedonia, and was returning from a trip to Istanbul.
An Egyptian court on Thursday sentenced to death by hanging 22 Islamist militants for 54 attacks including the attempted assassination of a former interior minister, a judicial source said.
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected a planned petrol price hike in the country as well as the Federal Government’s proposal to pay the sum of N5000 monthly to Nigerians as palliative. This plan by the federal government according to NLC President, Ayuba Wabba in a statement on Wednesday […]
Renowned Ethiopian athletes, Haile Gebrselassie and Feyisa Lilesa, say they are set to go to the front line in the war against rebel group, Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). Gebrselassie is a retired long-distance track and road-running athlete while Lilesa is also a long-distance runner Among other honours, both men […]
Grammy-winning artist, Kanye ‘Ye’ West, says he plans to work out his strained relationship with Kim Kardashian, his estranged wife. The billionaire rapper spoke about his broken marriage during a visit to the Skid Row on Thanksgiving Eve. He said all he wants to do is “go back home” and […]
Interpol has elected a new president for the global police agency: Maj. Gen. Ahmed Naser al-Raisi of the United Arab Emirates’ interior ministry. He has been accused by human rights groups of involvement in torture and arbitrary detentions in the UAE.
South Korea says it will launch a task force to consider outlawing dog meat consumption after the country’s president offered to look into ending the centuries-old practice. The government stopped short of saying the task force would ban dog meat.
The Lagos State government has earmarked huge capital expenditure in the 2022 fiscal year to service key growth areas to consolidate the recovery of the state’s economy and positively impact residents’ livelihoods.
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The Nigerian navy says skit maker, Cute Abiola, will remain detained pending the end of its internal procedure. The internet comedian whose real name is Abdulgafar Ahmad Oluwatoyin, was detained on November 15 after he left for his Navy Town office in Lagos. He has spent 10 days in the […]
