Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan zonal office, on Thursday arrested 32 suspected Internet fraudsters, aka Yahoo Boys. The suspects, aged between 15 and 39 years, were reportedly arrested on Liberty Estate, in the Laderin area of Abeokuta, Ogun State, during an early morning sting operation carried out by men of the... Continue Reading →
Daniel Craig, whose final outing as 007 will be unveiled on Thursday, is the longest-serving James Bond — but perhaps not always the most enthusiastic. The 51-year-old’s fifth movie as the British super spy is due for release early next year, 14 years after 2006’s “Casino Royale”. There were initially doubts about the casting of... Continue Reading →
Liverpool will look to finish the season strongly so that they have no regrets if they lose out on the English Premier League title to reigning champions Manchester City. The Merseyside club’s manager, Juergen Klopp, said on Thursday that they know they have done so well by giving their best and would not have any... Continue Reading →
Nigerian Air Force says its Air Task Force (ATF) of “Operation Lafiya Dole” has destroyed some vehicles and neutralised some Boko Haram Terrorists at a suspected workshop in Sambisa Forest. The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, saying the operation... Continue Reading →
Some 360,000 children a year in three African countries will receive the world's first malaria vaccine as part of a large-scale pilot project, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday. Malawi has started vaccinating children under two years of age and Kenya and Ghana will begin using the vaccine in the coming weeks, with health... Continue Reading →
Manchester City's players must remain calm after their derby victory if they are to retain the Premier League title, says manager Pep Guardiola. Goals from Bernardo Silva and Leroy Sane gave City a 2-0 win at Manchester United to move above Liverpool at the top of the table. City will retain the title if they... Continue Reading →
Members of the movement were initially peaceful in their conduct although they were chanting anti-government songs from outside the gate. But situation turned awry when some of them suddenly descended on the gate, shaking it vigorously until they succeeded in forcing it open, almost causing a stampede because of the crowd. There is pandemonium currently... Continue Reading →
Suspected kidnappers in the early hours of Saturday invaded a resort in the Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State and shot dead two persons including an expatriate, a woman. It was also learnt that the gunmen abducted three persons. Also in the early hours of Saturday, unidentified gunmen killed 11 persons in Ngibo and... Continue Reading →
A zookeeper is recovering in the hospital after she was attacked Saturday morning by a tiger at the Topeka, Kansas, zoo. The woman and a 7-year-old male Sumatran tiger named Sanjiv were both in the tiger habitat shortly after the zoo opened when the tiger "essentially tackled our keeper," Zoo Director Brendan Wiley said at... Continue Reading →
In July 2014, Ebola virus disease found its way into Nigeria after an infected Liberian Government official named Patrick Sawyer arrived in Lagos. Though he was prevented from further interacting with members of the public by officials of a Lagos based hospital, who diagnosed him, the disease still found its way to several parts of... Continue Reading →
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