The father of Premier League footballer Emiliano Sala, who was killed in a plane crash earlier this year, has died three months after his son. Horacio Sala, 58, suffered a heart attack on Friday, his friend and president of his local club confirmed. Daniel Ribero, from San Martin de Progreso, told C5N TV channel that... Continue Reading →
Neymar has been suspended for three European games for insulting match officials on social media after Paris Saint-Germain were eliminated by Manchester United in the Champions League. The penalty, handed down by UEFA on Friday, will see the Brazil international miss half of the Champions League group stage next season. Neymar labelled the video assistant... Continue Reading →
A Sky policeman (escort) working with Shell Petroleum Development Company was on Thursday shot dead by a group of gunmen along Ahoada-Ndele-Rumuji axis of the East-West road. Two of the company’s employees were also said to have been abducted by the gunmen, who came out of the bush to stop the vehicle travelling from Yenagoa... Continue Reading →
President Muhammadu Buhari has donated $500,000 in support of the legislative election in Guinea Bissau. He also approved five Toyota Hilux, two trucks, 10 motorcycles and 350 units of electoral kits for Guinea Bissau. The Presidency said Buhari made the donations in response to an “urgent request” by Guinea Bissau to support the electoral process... Continue Reading →
The National Examination Committee (NEC) of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has approved sanctions for all candidates and centres that were involved in malpractice. This was made known at the two-day 67th meeting of the committee held in Lagos. NEC okayed punishment for candidates already slammed with Cancellation of Entire Results (CER) and Cancellation... Continue Reading →
A footballer has been fired after missing penalty in a crucial match. Venezuelan Bendrix Parra was sacked by his Paraguayan club Independiente after missing his spot kick, which the keeper scooped up. Parra, 26, is now looking for a new club after his terrible effort against La Equidad of Colombia, that led to his side... Continue Reading →
The Peoples Democratic Party, on Thursday, raised the alarm that the life of its Osun State governorship candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke, was in danger. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, made the allegation at a press conference in Abuja. Ologbondiyan claimed that having realised that they could not stop him from retrieving his... Continue Reading →
"Extremist ideology must be defeated," Britain's Prince William said during a visit to a New Zealand mosque on Friday where dozens were killed in a mass shooting last month after earlier meeting survivors of the massacre. William, the Duke of Cambridge, spoke at Al Noor mosque in the South Island city of Christchurch, one of... Continue Reading →
A New Mexico militia group that has been patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border and detaining would-be migrants was “training to assassinate George Soros, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama,” the FBI said. Larry Hopkins, the leader of the United Constitutional Patriots, was arrested last week on 2017 weapons charges. His group has come under fire for stopping... Continue Reading →
Nigeria is losing her experienced and specialist doctors to other countries in Europe, America and Asia because of two major reasons, which are economic and better infrastructure in these more advanced countries. The doctors are moving to societies where they are better paid because staying back in Nigeria keeps them on the poverty belt. A... Continue Reading →
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