John Terry insists he has no intention of retiring when he completes the toughest decision of his life by leaving Chelsea at the end of the season. Terry revealed this week that he will bring down the curtain on his glittering 19-year Chelsea career once the current campaign is over. …
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Nigerian Arrested For Robbing Four Banks In New York
United Nations headquarters employee was arrested on Monday for robbing four banks over a two-month span, The New York Post reports. Nigerian national Abdullahi Shuaibu, 53, was charged with two counts of robbery and two counts of attempted robbery. All robberies were committed during his lunch breaks at banks within …
Read More »44 Die As Bus Falls Into River
Police say no fewer than 44 people were killed when a passenger bus fell into a river in India’s northern mountainous state of Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday. The bus rolled off the road and fell 500 metres into the Tons river in the Nerwa region, local police officer Narender Singh …
Read More »Shakespeare savours Leicester’s taste of big time
Leicester City manager Craig Shakespeare said his side’s remarkable run to the Champions League quarter-finals left his players determined to return to Europe’s top table as soon as possible.Appearing in the tournament for the first time Leicester cruised through the group phase and sank Europa League champions Sevilla in the …
Read More »Police arrest 53 for attending gay marriage in Zaria
The Police on Wednesday arraigned 53 persons before a Magistrates’ Court in Chediya-Zaria, Kaduna State who were allegedly arrested during a gay marriage. The prosecutor, Sgt. Mannir Nasir said the accused were arrested on April 15 at Zaria Motel and were being charged for conspiracy, unlawful assembly and belonging to …
Read More »Buhari’s performance rating rises to 55%
President Muhammadu Buhari’s job performance approval rating has increased slightly by five per cent, rising from, 50 per cent as at last month to the current level of 55 per cent. The new performance rating is the outcome of a survey conducted by NOIPolls, a local evidenced – based social …
Read More »Three Prisons Officers Suspended Over Ngelari’s Release From Prison
The Nigerian Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration and Prisons Services Board (CDFIPB) has suspended three senior Prisons officers over their involvement in the issuance of an unauthorized medical report on former Adamawa State Governor Bala Ngelari, who is currently serving a 5-year sentence in Yola Prison. According to a press release …
Read More »Leftist Moreno wins Ecuador presidency
Socialist Lenin Moreno won Ecuador’s presidential election, the electoral authority confirmed Tuesday, bucking a trend in Latin America to extend a decade of leftist rule in the major oil exporter.National Electoral Council chief Pablo Pozo said on television that “irreversible official results” showed Moreno, 64, won with 51.16 percent of …
Read More »‘Nigerian nurse tried to kidnap teenager for sex in UK’
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 …
Read More »Nigerian Army gets university
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 …
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