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Alisson Becker named Goalkeeper of the Year at 2019 FIFA Football Awards

Liverpool goalkeeper, Alisson Becker has been crowned The Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper of the year 2019.   The Brazil international who only joined Liverpool last season from AS Roma won UEFA Champions League with Liverpool and picked the UEFA Champions League Goalkeeper of ...

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Omoyele Sowore to be arraigned in court tomorrow Tuesday September 24th

Omoyele Sowore, the detained publisher of Sahara Reporters, will reportedly be arraigned in court tomorrow Tuesday September 24th. Activist, Deji Adeyanju, made this known on Twitter this evening.   According to Deji, Sowore wil be arraigned at the Federal High ...

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Jurgen Klopp named world’s best coach at 2019 FIFA Football Awards

Liverpool head coach, Jurgen Klopp has been named as the world’s best coach at the 2019 FIFA Football Awards. The 52-year-old former Borussia Dortmund boss beat  Pep Guardiola of Manchester City and Mauricio Pochettino of Tottenham Hotspur to win the award at an ongoing ceremony  in ...

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Lassa Fever Kills One In Benue

At least one person has died in a fresh outbreak of the deadly viral disease, Lassa Fever.   A statement released by the state Commissioner for Health and Human Service, Sunday Ongbabo, said that a combined surveillance team had already visited ...

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Adamawa lawmaker, Shuaibu Langaga sacked for certificate forgery

The Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Yola, Adamawa State, has sacked Shuaibu Langaga of the All Progressives Congress for certificate forgery.   Langaga had his election as member representing Mubi North in the Adamawa State Assembly nullified because he forged ...

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Messi beat Van Dijk and Ronaldo to win the Best FIFA Men’s Player award

The Barcelona star won the award after another 50-goal season, edging the Dutch defender and Portuguese forward Barcelona’s Lionel Messi has been named The Best FIFA Men’s Player at this year’s award ceremony, the Barcelona star beating Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk ...

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Governor Ganduje says his administration is a Shari’a compliant Government as Kano Hisbah destroys 196, 400 bottles of alcohol

Over 196,400 bottles of alcohol were destroyed last weekend after the Kano Hisbah flagged off a destruction exercise at Kalemawa in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of the state last weekend.   Kano State Governor Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje backed the exercise by ...

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Nigerian Army dismisses three soldiers, hands them over to the police

Three soldiers arrested by a joint patrol team alongside 22 other members of a kidnapping gang at a building in the outskirts of Maiduguri in the early hours of Sunday September 22, have been dismissed by the Nigerian army and handed over ...

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Kim Kardashian and Kendall Jenner mocked by audience at the Emmys as they talk about being “real” people while presenting award (vidoe)

Kim Kardashian and Kendall Jenner were laughed at at the 2019 Emmys as they presented the award for Best Competition Programme.   The sisters mounted the stage at the Microsoft Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles, California to announce the nominations ...

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PDP chieftain, Ben Akile kidnapped in Benue State

Unknown gunmen on Sunday, September 22nd abducted a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Benue State, Ben Akile.   The party chieftain, according to sources was travelling in the same vehicle with the party’s legal adviser, when the gunmen ...

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Update: Former Senator John Azuta-Mbata compensates single mother whose cars he destroyed in Rivers state

Violet Kenneth Isele, the single mother whose cars were destroyed by John Azuta-Mbata after putting them up for sale on a disputed land, has been compensated by the former Senator representing Rivers East constituency of Rivers State.   According to the single mother, she was ...

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Women will be allowed to enter football stadiums soon – Iranian officials assure FIFA

Football’s governing body FIFA has been “assured” by Iran that they will lift its 40-year ban and allow women to attend a World Cup qualifying game next month.   According to FIFA, the strict law against women breaches international soccer statutes prohibiting discrimination.   ...

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Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai enrolls his 6-year old son in a public primary school (Photos)

Nasir El-Rufai, the governor of Kaduna State has just enrolled his six-year-old son, Abubakar Al-Siddique El-Rufai into primary one of Capital School Malali, Kaduna, a public school, in fulfilment of a promise he made in 2017.   El-Rufai in a state ...

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Mugabe died from cancer – President Emmerson Mnangagwa

Former President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe reportedly died from cancer after a chemotherapy treatment which was no longer effective was stopped at a Singaporean hospital he was admitted in.   A state-owned newspaper reported that President Emmerson Mnangagwa made the disclosure while ...

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Justice Ngwuta whose house was raided by DSS in 2016, resumes duty after three years of ‘technical suspension’

Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, whose house and that of other Supreme Court Justices were raided by the operatives of the Department of State Service in August 2016, has resumed his duties after three years of ‘technical suspension’.   Speculation of his resumption came ...

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Police arrest naked man after Manchester Airport railway station is evacuated over bomb scare (Photos)

Earlier this morning (Sept.23) Manchester Airport railway station was evacuated and a naked man was arrested after a bomb squad were called to deal with a suspicious package at the Airport.   Unconfirmed reports suggested the incident may have been ...

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North Korean man accused of killing his Nigerian co-worker at a construction company in Lagos (video)

A North Korean national who works with CC7 Construction company in Lekki area of Lagos state, has been accused of killing a Nigerian man said to be his co-worker during a heated argument at the company.   The deceased identified as Chinua ...

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“Why do we value foreigners in this country so much?” Twitter user narrates how a foreign student was given preferential treatment at her primary school

A Twitter user has questioned why foreigners in Nigeria are treated better than Nigerians in Nigeria and also better than these foreigners treat Nigerians when they visit their countries.   The Twitter user went on to narrate how an Indian ...

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British travel agency, ‘Thomas Cook’ collapses after operating for 178 years, leaving over 600,000 travelers stranded worldwide

178-year-old British tour operator, Thomas Cook collapsed Sunday, September 22nd leaving hundreds of thousands of travelers stranded worldwide.   The British travel group on Monday declared bankruptcy after failing to reach a last-ditch rescue deal, triggering the UK’s biggest repatriation since ...

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