Brighton match-winner Neal Maupay said Arsenal got what they deserved after they criticised him for his role in a serious injury to keeper Bernd Leno. Leno landed awkwardly after being nudged by Maupay and had to be carried off on a stretcher as Arsenal lost 2-1. German Leno sat up …

Some armed men invaded the Nigerian high commission in Accra, Ghana, on Friday, destroying some apartments under construction. The affected buildings were reportedly being constructed to house staff and visitors. A Ghanaian businessman had accused the commission of encroaching on his land. He was said to have visited the place …

Buhari’s ministers fuel crisis secretly THE crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) has divided the governors elected on the platform of the party. While 13 governors are backing the Abiola Ajimobi-led National Working Committee, seven others are opposed to it. The seven governors, who have branded themselves as “reformists,” …

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No primaries will hold without government approval, gov insists • IG deploys mobile policemen from Delta, Bayelsa, others in Edo JOHN ALECHENU and PETER DAVID Ahead of the governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress in Edo State on Monday (tomorrow) the party has dismissed the order gazetted by the …

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has been able to get the 9th Senate to confirm at least 207 appointees for him in the last one year of the existence of the current Senate, Sunday PUNCH reports. The 207 already confirmed include judges, ministers, ambassadors, commissioners and heads of …

Barring last minute reprieve, Ibrahim Magu, acting Chair­man, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), may not only be on his way out of office, but also may be looking towards days of accounting for alleged infrac­tions preferred against him by Abubakar Malami, the Attor­ney General of the Federation (AGF) and …

ABUJA: Suspended National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has accused the court-endorsed acting National Chairman of the party, Chief Victor Giadom of attempting to destroy the party the way his group allegedly did in his home state, Rivers. Oshiomhole in an online television interview …

Congratulatory messages and accolades have trailed the 61st birthday of the frontline Peoples Democratic Party, PDP chieftain and governorship hopeful in Anambra State, Dr. Godwin Maduka as he celebrates in style. Friends, well-wishers, associates and Anambra indigenes in Diaspora took turn to shower encomium on Maduka’s birthday wishes which according …

Lottery operators back Premier Lotto, Western Lotto fights back Leke Baiyewu The clash between betting and gambling firms owned by a Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, Senator Buruji Kashamu; and billionaire businessman and philanthropist, Sir Kensington Adebutu, has got messier. While Adebutu owns Premier Lotto, Western Lotto belongs to Kashamu. The …