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Real Madrid battled back from 2-0 down to draw with Club Bruges on another disappointing Champions League night for the 13-time champions.

Busola Dakolo, wife of Nigeria’s inspirational singer Timi Dakolo has urged the FCT High Court in Abuja to discountenance Preliminary Objection filed against her case by Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo, Founder and Senior Pastor, Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA). Busola Dakolo,  made the plea while responding to the preliminary objection by Fatoyinbo insisting that she sued the pastor because of the continuous emotional injuries she had suffered as a result of the rape he committed. She, therefore, asked that he (Fatoyinbo) should submit himself to court to ensure justice. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mrs Dakolo dragged Fatoyinbo to…

More than 900 people were left homeless when fire burnt their shacks in Johannesburg’s Pomona informal settlement in Kempton Park, said Ekurhuleni Mayor Mzwandile Masina on Tuesday. He stated that they are investigating what caused the fire which caused extensive damage on Monday night. “The cause of the fire is not yet established at this stage. “Three to four hundred shacks were destroyed. READ: Navy apprehends 6 suspected rice smugglers in Akwa Ibom “No fatalities or injuries (are) reported at this stage. “Our teams are investigating the cause of the fire and we should receive preliminary report soon,” said Masina.…

The Forward Operating Base (FOB)  of the Nigerian Navy in Ibaka,  Akwa Ibom, has arrested six suspected smugglers and seized 256 bags of 50kg rice. The Commanding Officer of FOB, Capt. Peter Yilme, made the disclosure while handing over the suspects and items to the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Tuesday in Ibaka, Mbo LGA of Akwa Ibom. Yilme was represented by the Base Operations Officer, Lt. Cdr. Kabiru Yusuf, He said that the navy also seized a medium-sized wooden boat from the suspected smugglers. Yilme said that the navy was determined to end smuggling on waterways, and warned smugglers…

ASABA- RESIDENTS of Asaba, the Delta State capital, were on Monday evening thrown into pandemonium as the ravaging flood swept away a polytechnic graduate identified as Chinedu Igboke. The flood which resulted from a heavy downpour that lasted for some hours, killed the victim after he missed his step while controlling traffic at Shekinah Love Assembly Street along Okpanam road and fell into an uncovered paved gutter. The deceased who was said to be in his thirties, according to sources hailed from Ebonyi State and was working as a security guard in a private school along Shekinah Love Assembly Street,…

Minister  of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social  Development,  Hajia Sadiya Farouq has hinted on a proposal by the federal government to set-up a central coordinating body for all international humanitarian responses in Nigeria in order to check allegations of fund diversions. The Minister who spoke at the ongoing United Nations General Assembly in New York said the theme of this year’s meeting centres on four global issues governing and multi-sectoral effort and poverty eradication, quality education, climate action as well as inclusion which are parts of the mandates of the ministry. Hajia Farouq said social inclusion and cohesion are…

Police in Nigeria’s biggest city, Lagos, have freed 19 women and girls who had mostly been abducted and impregnated by captors planning to sell their babies. The girls and women, aged from 15 to 28, had been brought from all over Nigeria with promises of work, Lagos police said on Monday. Four babies were also found. “Baby factories”, as such premises are widely known, are most common in parts of eastern Nigeria. “The young women were mostly abducted by the suspects for the purpose of getting them pregnant and selling the babies to potential buyers. The girls were tricked with…

President Muhammadu Buhari departs Abuja Wednesday on a three-day State Visit to the Republic of South Africa, following an invitation by President Cyril Ramaphosa, to discuss welfare of Nigerians, and find common grounds for building harmonious relations with their hosts. The visit comes against the background of recent xenophobic attacks, the evacuation of hundreds of Nigerians and the exchange of visits by Special Envoys of Presidents Buhari and Ramaphosa. While in South Africa, the Nigerian leader will hold a town hall meeting with Nigerians living in the country, with a view to sharing in their experiences and reassuring them of…

President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo joined millions of Nigerians to celebrate the country’s 59th Independence Day celebration in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. The moment shared between the President and his deputy appears to put to rest all rumours of a misunderstanding between the duo. President Buhari and VP Osinbajo also shared jokes among themselves as they showed that they enjoy the each other, sometimes putting the mutual respect between them on display. READ: Nigeria 59th Independence: What Has Changed?

Cross River Governor Ben Ayade has said that the Bakassi Agro Deep Seaport would help Nigeria’s quest to diversify the economy. Ayade, according to a statement by Mr Eric Ojiekwe, Head, Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Transportation, also lauded the President Muhammadu Buhari administration for its “aggressive support for the non-oil sectors of the economy”. The statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said that Ayade spoke in Abuja when he visited the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi.  According to him, Cross River State has entered into a partnership with investors willing and ready to make the project…