A total of 282 people were arrested in France after unrest following the Algerian football team’s qualification for the final of the Africa Cup of Nations, the interior ministry said Monday. Riotous celebrations erupted around the country after Algeria beat Nigeria 2-1 in the semi-final. The arrests were made nationwide on Sunday evening, the ministry […]
Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr said Algeria were worthy winners after Riyad Mahrez’s last-gasp free-kick sent his team through to a first Africa Cup of Nations final in 29 years. Manchester City winger Mahrez fired in from 20 yards with the last kick of the game in Cairo to clinch a 2-1 victory after Nigeria forward Odion Ighalo […]
Algeria beat Nigeria 2-1 to enter AFCON Finals on Sunday. Riyad Mahrez rifled in a stoppage-time free-kick to earn Algeria a dramatic victory over three-time champions Nigeria and set up a rematch with Senegal in the Africa Cup of Nations final. Algeria led through a first-half own goal by William Troost-Ekong before Nigeria equalised with […]
Dylan Bronn scored the only goal for Senegal against Tunisia at added extra time, to book a place in the Africa Cup Of Nations Final in Egypt.
Lewis Hamilton extended his lead at the top of the Formula One championship on Sunday after winning the British Grand Prix for a record sixth time. Hamilton, a Briton, won for the seventh time in 10 GPs this season to pull further away from Valtteri Bottas, who had started from pole position in the other […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has called Afenifere leader Reuben Fasoranti over the murder of his daughter, Mrs Funke Olakunri. He made the call on Saturday, a day after Mrs Olakunri was killed by armed men suspected to be herdsmen on Kajola-Ore road in Ondo State. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s special adviser on Media and Publicity, […]
Armed men have killed Senator Elisha Ishaku Abbo’s uncle and abducted his stepmother during an attack on his house, the embattled lawmaker has said. Abbo, who is being tried after a video of him assaulting a woman went viral, told reporters that the gunmen invaded his house in Mubi North Local Government of Adamawa State […]
President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria will not rest until Boko Haram terrorists are completely decimated. Buhari in a statement by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, said the nation’s armed forces are winning the war against insurgency. He made this assertion on Saturday during the graduation ceremony of Senior Course 41 at the Armed Forces Command and […]
The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has vowed to crackdown the killers of Mrs Funke Olakunrin, daughter of the leader of the Pan-Yoruba Socio-Cultural Organisation, Afenifere(Reuben Fasorantin). IGP Adamu on Saturday ordered the deployment of special forces to key highways in the southwestern part of Nigeria to replicate the special “Operation Puff Adder” currently […]
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has described the killing of Mrs Funke Olakunrin as sad and unacceptable. He said this when he led a delegation on a condolence visit to the Akure residence of Pa Reuben Fasoranti on the death of his daughter. Tinubu who spoke to journalists after the […]
