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NBA legend Kobe Bryant died Sunday when a helicopter he was riding in crashed and burst into flames in thick fog, killing all nine people on board including his teenage daughter and plunging the sports world into mourning. Bryant, 41, was travelling with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven other passengers and crew when their […]
The Jigawa State Government has confirmed a new case of Lassa fever at Jahun Local Government Area. The acting Permanent Secretary to the State’s ministry of health, Salisu Mu’azu, confirmed this to newsmen on Sunday morning. The victim, Anthony Etim, a staff of Medicins Sans Frontieres also known as Doctors without border is now being […]
Football clubs worldwide splashed out a record $7.35 billion (6.63 million euros) on transfers in the men’s game in 2019, FIFA revealed in a report released on Wednesday. The amount represents a 5.8 per cent increase in 2018, with English clubs accounting for the largest total outlay at just over $1.5 billion — a drop of 22.1 […]
The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu has given an assurance that former minister of petroleum Diezani Alison-Madueke will be repatriated before the end of the year to face financial crime charges levelled against her. The EFCC boss on Wednesday, while speaking to journalists in Ibadan the Oyo state […]
The Kano State government has confirmed the outbreak of Lassa fever in the state with three victims killed. The State Commissioner for Health, Aminu Tsanyawa, told journalists on Wednesday that the victims of the virus include a pregnant woman and two medical doctors, who diagnosed her at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital. Tsanyawa said a […]
The Ebonyi state Ministry of Health has confirmed the death of a 75-year-old woman from Lassa fever infection. According to the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Dr. Ifeanyi Agujiobi, the victim was brought to the state university teaching hospital 10 days ago with symptoms similar to malaria. It added that she started vomiting blood which raised concerns […]
The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu has come out to defend the raids on nightclubs in the country, insisting that there is nothing wrong in it. The anti-graft agency recently stormed a nightclub in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital and arrested 89 suspected internet fraudsters, known as ‘Yahoo Yahoo boys’. […]
Arsena legend, Martin Keown, has said he does not expect Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, to still be manager of Manchester United by the start of next season. Solskjaer initially impressed after replacing Jose Mourinho at Old Trafford in December 2018, but results and performances dipped after he signed a permanent deal. Following United’s 2-0 defeat to […]
Edinson Cavani’s mother has accused Paris Saint-Germain of “not behaving well” and outlined her son’s desire to join Atletico Madrid. Uruguay international Cavani is PSG’s record goalscorer but is expected to leave the Parc des Princes either in January or at the end of the season when his contract expires. Atletico Madrid have been repeatedly […]
National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has debunked claims that a security outfit launched by South-West governors, Amotekun, is a threat to national unity. Tinubu said this in a press statement on Wednesday. The statement read, “Those claiming that this limited, inoffensive addition to security threatens the Republic have taken themselves […]
