Cristiano Ronaldo becomes all time leading scorer in football history

Cristiano Ronaldo has made in history after becoming the all-time top goalscorer in football after scoring for Juventus in their clash against Napoli. The 35-year-old was expected to reach the stunning landmark against Inter on Sunday after edging closer to ...

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43 Europe-bound Nigerians, Ghanaians drown in Mediterranean sea

A Europe-bound migrant boat capsized in rough seas off the coast of Libya on Tuesday claiming the lives of at least 43 people, including Nigerians and Ghanaians. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations High Commissioner for ...

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Biden-Harris inauguration: Michelle Obama steals show with plum outfit

Former First Lady of the United States of America, Michelle Obama, is currently trending on Nigeria Twitter and she is the talk of fashion blogs courtesy of her plum-coloured outfit to the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.Obama attended ...

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Meet 22-year-old Amanda Gorman, the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history

Amanda Gorman became the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history when she recited her poem “The Hill We Climb” at President Joe Biden’s swearing-in ceremony Wednesday. The 22-year-old Los Angeles resident and daughter of a school teacher began writing at ...

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Three die as bus rammed into truck in Port Harcourt

Three passengers were feared dead in an accident involving a commercial bus with 14 passengers and a heavy duty truck in Obio-Akpor local government area of Port Harcourt on Wednesday. Eyewitnesses said the commercial bus which was on top speed ...

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We’re looking forward to working with Biden and Harris – President Buhari

  President Buhari has congratulated Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, on their inauguration as the 46th President and Vice President of the United States of America. In a statement released by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, ...

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Trump talked out of pardoning self and Republican lawmakers

President Donald Trump received an unsettling warning on his final Saturday night in the White House. Huddled for a lengthy meeting with his legal advisers, Trump was warned the pardons he once hoped to bestow upon his family and even ...

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African countries to pay between $3 and $10 per vaccine dose

African countries will pay between $3 and $10 per vaccine dose to access 270 million Covid-19 shots secured this month by the African Union (AU), according to a draft briefing on the plan prepared by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) ...

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Zimbabwean foreign affairs minister dies of covid-19

Zimbabwe’s foreign affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo is dead. He died Wednesday, a day after testing positive for the coronavirus, acting chief secretary to the president and cabinet George Charamba said in a statement. A close family member of Moyo also ...

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Lady drags pastor to court for deceiving her with marriage promise in Adamawa

One week after the police in Adamawa State detained two Pentecostal pastors in connection with alleged infidelity, another female evangelist, Kwanye Tumba, has dragged the Pastor of House Chapel in Karewa, Yola North LGA of the state, to Criminal Area ...

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Deeper Life School: Court commences trial under closed-door

The trial of the Deeper Life High School s3xual abuse case commenced on Wednesday in Uyo, with the magistrate court holding its proceedings under closed-door. Two students of the school, both of them 13 years old, accused of s3xually molesting ...

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Woman gives birth to baby girl fathered by her stepson

A weight-loss influencer who traded in her husband for her stepson has announced the birth of their first child together.   Marina Balmasheva, 35, from Russia, married her new husband Vladimir ‘Vova’ Shavyrin, now 21, ahead of welcoming their baby ...

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BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine found effective against Covid-19 variant

The Covid-19 vaccine developed by BioNTech and Pfizer is likely to be effective against a rapidly spreading strain of the virus that was first discovered in the UK, a laboratory-based study by the companies has shown. The variant, known as ...

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Full Transcript of Donald Trump’s Farewell speech

Below is the full transcript of Donald Trump’s farewell speech as he leaves office; ”My fellow Americans: Four years ago, we launched a great national effort to rebuild our country, to renew its spirit, and to restore the allegiance of ...

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Herdsmen quit notice: Ondo Government fires back, says FG emotionally attached to Fulani herdsmen

The Ondo State Government has stated that Nigeria’s unity is under threat because President Muhammadu Buhari’ led administration is emotionally attached to Fulani herdsmen. The State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo was reacting to the statement by the ...

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Foreigners without face masks punished with push-ups in Indonesia (Video)

Foreigners caught not wearing face masks on the Indonesian resort island of Bali are being subject to an unusual punishment: push-ups.Video footage circulating on social media this week shows tourists in T-shirts and shorts being made to do the exercise ...

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NIN registration: FG announces new deadline

The Federal Government has extended the deadline for Nigerians to register and link their National Identification Number (NIN) to their SIM cards before February 9, 2021. This information was posted on the official Twitter handle of the NIMC. The NIMC ...

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INEC planning to make NIN compulsory for voter registration

The Independent National Electoral Commission is considering making the National Identity Number a precondition for registering voters when the continuous voter registration exercise commences in a few weeks, The Punch has learnt. A national commissioner at INEC disclosed this during an interview ...

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Ogun bans fuel tankers, articulated vehicles from flyovers

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State on Tuesday banned fuel tankers and other articulated vehicles from plying flyovers in the state. Mr Abiodun announced this decision during his assessment visit to the scene of tanker explosion, which occurred on Monday ...

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FG to lift 20 million Nigerians out poverty in 2 years – Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has assured that with the successful activation of the Economic Sustainability Plan’s (ESP) Cash Transfer scheme, the present administration’s vision of reducing extreme poverty by lifting at least 20 million Nigerians out of poverty in the ...

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80-year-old man dies after night out with 33-year-old girlfriend

What should have been a normal leisure time on a Saturday afternoon at a Dar es Salaam hotel, Tanzania ended badly for a city resident, 80 year-old David Mluli, who died in circumstances that are subject to police investigation. Mr ...

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Thai Police arrest Nigerian Ezedinugwu for overstaying 60-day visa by 7 years

A Nigerian Onyebuchi Johnbosco Ezedinugwu who has been living in Thailand with a 60-day tourist visa for over 7 years has been arrested by the Immigration Police. Ezedinugwu reportedly gained entry into Thailand in April 2014 on a 60-day tourist ...

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