Bucks beat Hawks, to face Phoenix in NBA Finals
Khris Middleton scored 32 points to power the Milwaukee Bucks into the NBA Finals on Saturday with a series-clinching 118-107 win over the Atlanta Hawks. The third-seeded Bucks beat the host Hawks in...
View ArticleMessi scores one goal, creates two others as Argentina beat Ecuador 3-0 to...
Lionel Messi scored one goal and created two others as Argentina beat Ecuador 3-0 in Goiania on Saturday to reach the Copa America semi-finals. In Tuesday’s last four match, the 14-time winners will...
View ArticleEmails used for fraud don’t belong to suspects – Witness
An investigating officer with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mubarak Sade, has told a Federal High Court in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, that none of the email addresses used in defrauding...
View ArticleUI to advertise VC position again, start fresh selection process
The Governing Council of the University of Ibadan has cancelled the selection process for the substantive vice-chancellor of the institution. The council subsequently directed that a new process should...
View ArticleECOWAS court hears Twitter ban suit Tuesday as Nigerians berate FG
Some Nigerians have berated the Federal Government as the ban on the micro-blogging site, Twitter, enters the 30th day today (Monday). The Federal Government had on June 5 suspended Twitter operations...
View ArticleDelta APC tackles Okowa over fresh N4bn loan
The Delta State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, on Sunday, accused Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of mortgaging the future of the state following the recent approval of his N4bn loan request by the...
View ArticleRunner-up alleges rigging of Anambra PDP governorship primary
THE first runner up in the just concluded Anambra State Peoples Democratic Party governorship primary, Dr. Obiora Okonkwo, on Sunday, rejected the outcome of the exercise. Okonkwo, who is also the...
View ArticleMinister, Kwara Rep fight dirty over N70m campaign fund
THE member of the House of Representatives, representing Ekiti/Isin/ Irepodun/Oke-Ero Federal Constituency of Kwara State, AbdulRaheem Olawuyi, has denied allegations that he misappropriated N70m...
View ArticleMatawalle fires special advisers, keeps security aide
IN what many believe to be a move to implement an agreement with the All Progressives Congress, the Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, on Sunday, sacked all but one of his Special Advisers. Only...
View ArticleNBA finals spot delights Nwora
D’Tigers forward, Jordan Nwora, is excited after Milwaukee Bucks booked their spot in the NBA finals with a 118-107 victory over Atlanta Hawks, wrapping up a 4-2 triumph in the Eastern Conference...
View ArticleFirst Bank win maiden Olukoya b’ball tourney
First Bank Basketball Club have won the maiden Dr. D.K. Olukoya Basketball Championship, which ended on Sunday at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall of the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos. The Elephant Girls...
View ArticleKwara Assembly attacks Lai Mohammed, faction reports minister to NWC
MEMBERS of the Kwara State House of Assembly, have dismissed claims by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, that he financially supported their electioneering campaigns. They...
View ArticleTears as tanker kills four traders in Oyo market
Tragedy struck at the Molete area of Ibadan, Oyo State, on Sunday, as a tanker loaded with liquefied gas veered off the road and overran traders and passersby at the Bode Market. Residents, traders and...
View ArticleRivers Angels to know CAF Champions League foe today
Nigeria Women Professional League side Rivers Angels will know their opponent in the opening stage of the CAF Women’s Champions League when the first Zonal qualifier draw is held in Abidjan, Ivory...
View ArticleMosque attack: Detained masquerader’s custodian ill, can’t stand trial, says...
Following the arrest of Bale Esu of Osogbo, Osun State, Chief Kayode Esuleke, over an alleged attack by followers of the Esubuyi Masquerader on a mosque, his counsel, Mr Kehinde Abioye, on Sunday, said...
View ArticleBrazil-based Nigerian held with 100 wraps of cocaine in private part, bag
Nigerian woman based in Brazil, Mrs Anita Ogbonna, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, with 100 pellets of...
View ArticleMan convicted of deserting pregnant lady attempts fleeing court, jailed nine...
A 31-year-old Adamawa resident, Mallam Zakaria, will serve nine year’s prison term following his attempted escape from a chief magistrate’s court after the court sentenced him to two years’...
View ArticleGunmen kill cop, driver, abduct passenger in Delta
Gunmen on Sunday killed a policeman and a driver at the Airport Junction along Effurun-Warri Road, Effurun, in the Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State. The assailants were also reported to have...
View ArticleLagos task force nabs 71 miscreants, impounds 227 motorcycles
The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit has arrested 71 suspected miscreants and impounded 227 motorcycles plying prohibited routes during a raid on black spots in the...
View ArticleYoruba Nation Lagos rally: Police killed my daughter, I want justice, says...
The mother of Jumoke Oyeleke, the salesgirl who was allegedly killed by a stray bullet during the Yoruba Nation rally in Lagos on Saturday, has demanded justice for her daughter. Agitators for the...
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