Leicester City moved within touching distance of Premier League safety and piled more misery on Sunderland manager David Moyes with a 2-0 victory over the strugglers on Tuesday. Craig Shakespeare now has five wins in five games as Leicester manager after substitute Islam Slimani and England striker Jamie Vardy struck …

A cancer nurse, Michael Ohaegbu, attempted to kidnap a 16-year-old girl with intent to commit a sexual offence, a prosecutor told the Hull Crown Court, according to reports by the British Press. He is also facing three counts of voyeurism after another lady complained that he filmed her naked twice …

An Islamic State group spokesman called on Tuesday for countries attacking it to be targeted, in an audio recording in which he also insulted US President Donald Trump.   The recording posted on jihadist sites online was Abulhassan al-Muhajer’s first since December. Since then, IS has been under sustained assault …

A lawyer, Mr. Abubakar Sani, has filed a suit before the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking an order nullifying Section 2(3) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission which subjects the nomination of the President for the Chairman of the EFCC to the confirmation of the Senate. The plaintiff, …

  Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola warned his under-achieving squad that they are playing for their futures at the Etihad Stadium. The former Barcelona and Bayern Munich coach, tasked by the Abu Dhabi owners with establishing the club among Europe’s elite, has found his first season to be more demanding …

The Nigerian Army has established a university in Biu, Borno State, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Burutai, disclosed on Monday. According to the COAS, the Nigerian Army Institute of Technology and Environmental Studies has been upgraded to Nigerian Army University of Technology and Environmental Studies, Biu, in …

  Mauricio Pochettino has warned Chelsea that his Tottenham side are ready to capitalise on any more slips from thePremier League leaders, AFP reports. Tottenham closed the gap on Chelsea to seven points on Saturday as they won 2-0 at Burnley while their London rivals were crashing to a shock …

Justice I. E. Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross Rivers State has remanded the Chief Medical Director of University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Professor Thomas. U. Agan, two other staff of the University and promoters of two companies in prison custody. This is following their arraignment on …

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today, April 4, 2017, arraigned one Sa’ad Ahmed Madaki before Justice Jude Daggard of the Federal High Court, Kano on one count charge of obtaining money by false pretense. The charge reads, “That you, Sa’ad Ahmed Madaki, sometime in 2011 at Kano within the …

Four Ondo State lawmakers, including the newly-elected House of Assembly speaker, Bamidele Oloyelogun, defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday. The legislators defected from the Malachi Coker faction of the Ondo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after Bamidele Oloyelogun was elected as the new State Assembly speaker …