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The Cross River Police Command has confirmed the kidnap of the state Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress, Ben Ukpepi at his residence

Red Bull Salzburg winger Takumi Minamino will have a Liverpool medical on Wednesday and is set to join the Premier League leaders on 1 January. The Japan international, 24, is thought to have a release clause of £7.25m. Minamino has scored nine goals and provided 11 assists in 22 appearances for Salzburg this season. He played in both of his side’s Champions League group games against the Reds this season, netting in the 4-3 defeat at Anfield in October. Liverpool won 2-0 in Salzburg on 10 December to secure their place in the last 16 of the competition, where they will…

The board of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) says it has elevated 2,341 personnel to various new ranks.

Australia has experienced its hottest day on record with the national average temperature reaching a high of 40.9C (105.6F).

The Senate has urged the executive arm of government to immediately mandate Julius Berger to, as a matter of economic emergency, resume the rehabilitation and finalization of the Calabar–Itu Federal highway. This was even as the upper chamber held a minute silence in honour of those who lost their lives in the ocean pathway of Calabar and Oron. The Senate, in a motion sponsored by Senator Sandy Onor (PDP, Cross River Central), called on the executive to fund the dualization of the Calabar-Itu highway so as to accelerate commitment on the path of Julius Berger and ensure speedy completion of…

President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged to continue to serve Nigeria with more vigour in the remaining days of his administration, to make the country occupy its rightful place and turn it to one that all Nigerians would be proud of. Speaking Tuesday in Abuja when a coalition of his supporters, Buhari/Osinbajo Social Media Supporters and The Buharists came to congratulate him on the occasion of his 77th birthday celebration, the President, who was represented at the occasion by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina said: “I appreciate the youths and thank you for remembering me on a special day like this.…

President Donald Trump has lashed out over his impending impeachment in a letter to top Democrat Nancy Pelosi, accusing her of declaring “open war on American democracy”. “You have cheapened the importance of the very ugly word, impeachment!” he wrote in the letter, sent on Tuesday. Mr Trump faces an impeachment vote on Wednesday over allegations he pressured Ukraine for personal political gain. He is expected to be impeached, setting up a trial in the Senate. With little hope of changing the outcome of Wednesday’s vote in the House, Mr Trump used his six-page letter to rail against the process…

A son of the late Oba of Lagos has been sentenced to death by hanging for strangling a politician to death so he could steal her business. Prince Adewale Oyekan, 50, son of the late Adeyinka Oyekan II, the 23rd Oba of Lagos, murdered businesswoman and politician Alhaja Sikirat Ekun in 2012. The prince, who managed Ms Ekun’s restaurant in the Nigerian capital, recruited her former servant Lateef Balogun, 27, paying him £12.59 to conspire with him. The pair strangled the 62-year-old before dumping her body down a 1,000ft well at her home and covered it with a generator and…

Aston Villa overwhelmed Liverpool’s youngest-ever starting line-up 5-0 to cruise into the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup at Villa Park. With the Reds’ senior players in action at the Club World Cup in Qatar on Wednesday, Under-23s boss Neil Critchley led a side containing five debutants and which had an average age of 19 years, six months and three days. While Villa made 10 changes from their Premier League defeat at Sheffield United, their vastly superior experience ensured they lived up to their favourites tag. Liverpool began brightly but conceded two freak goals in the space of three first-half minutes…

Angola’s Justice Minister Francisco Queiroz has said the country has so far this year recovered more than five billion dollars stolen from state coffers