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Video: Super Falcons beat South Africa on penalties to win 2018 women’s AFCON title

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports, Top Stories Saturday, December 1st, 2018

The Super Falcons of Nigeria beat their South African counterparts 1-0 in the final of the 2018 African Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) in the final played in Accra on Saturday, December 1. In a game of few chances, neither side could get the goal as the game stretched into extra times and then penalties. The Bayana Bayana lost two of […]

Video: Super Falcon beat Cameroon in PK shootout for a place in the African Women Nations Cup finals in Ghana – set to play South Africa – Earns 2019 World Cup ticket in France

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Wednesday, November 28th, 2018

By Ijeoma Okigbo igeria’s Super Falcons have qualified for the final of the Total 2018 CAF African Women Nations Cup final, edging Cameroon 4-2 in penalty shootout.The first semifinal game of the 2018 African Women Cup of Nations (AWCON) played at the Accra Sports Stadium, which saw the Indomitable Lionesses dominating the proceedings, ended 0-0 […]

Wike alleges rigging plot in Rivers, Akwa Ibom – We don’t respond to infantile allegation – APC

Posted by admin All Peoples' Congress (APC), Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Rivers, State News Wednesday, November 28th, 2018

Romanus Ugwu, Abuja and Tony John, Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government is working in agreement with security agencies to disrupt the 2019 governorship elections in Rivers and Akwa Ibom states. READ ALSO: Rivers 2019: Wike and the rest of them He said this, yesterday, during a […]

Imo guber: Okorocha hints of son-in-law’s defection

Posted by admin Governors, Headlines, Imo, State News Wednesday, November 28th, 2018

Coalition happy over governor’s defeat to senator George Onyejiuwa and Stanley Uzoaru, Owerri Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has said he would not be surprise if Uche Nwosu and other aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) defect to another party, to pursue their political ambitions. The governor, who said this while chatting with […]

15 traders die in Kebbi auto crash

Posted by admin Headlines, Kebbi, State News Tuesday, November 27th, 2018

Olanrewaju Lawal, Birnin-Kebbi Fifteen cow traders from four different villages in Maiyama Local Government Area of Kebbi State were feared dead in an auto crash on their way to Lagos State. READ ALSO: Newlyweds die after helicopter carrying them from own wedding crashes Daily Sun gathered that the traders, who hailed from Andare, Katenga, Maiyama and one other […]

Police, IPOB clash: IGP orders recovery of snatched weapons

Posted by admin Biafra, Headlines, National Politics Tuesday, November 27th, 2018

Geoffrey Anyanwu, Awka Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, yesterday directed that two AK-47 rifles and a Beretta pistol allegedly snatched from a slain police officer and others by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Nnewi, during a protest, last week, be recovered, forthwith. READ ALSO: Anambra: Police, IPOB disagree over alleged killing, injuring […]

Air force bombards terrorists’ camps

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines Tuesday, November 27th, 2018

Molly Kilete, Abuja (with agency report) The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has commenced airstrikes on Boko Haram terrorists’ locations in Borno State. A top military intelligence officer said the latest airstrikes had destroyed a convoy of vehicles linked to Boko Haram attackers involved in last week raid on the military base at Metele in Borno State. READ […]

Ex-OAU lecturer, Akindele in sex-for-marks scandal remanded in prison

Posted by admin Headlines, Sex and Relationship Monday, November 26th, 2018

Bola Bamigbola, Osogbo Prof Richard Iyiola Akindele, the former lecturer with Obafemi Awolowo University, accused by her student, Monica Osagie, of demanding sex to pass her has been remanded in prison custody. Akindele was arraigned on Monday by the Independent Corrupt Practises and other Related Offences Commission before Justice Maureen Onyetenu of a Federal High […]

MOSOP elections – schedule of activities

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta, Rivers, State News Saturday, November 24th, 2018

The chairman of the MOSOP Electoral Committee, Chief Emmanuel Nkala has announced some modifications to the earlier announced election timetable. The modifications affect Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 6. Below is the new timetable as announced by Chief Nkala: MOSOP ELECTION – SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES S/N ACTIVITIES DATE 1. Sales and submission of forms […]

Tonye Cole: His assassination attempt and what happens next – Princewill

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Saturday, November 24th, 2018

…..Calls on the international community, particularly the US, UK and EU ambassadors to buckle up… A frontline Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State Prince Tonye Princewill has condemned in strongest of terms the recent alleged assassination attempt on the party’s governorship candidate for the 2019 poll – Architect Tony Cole. Mr. Princewill […]