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The 14th edition of GOtv Boxing Night will hold at the Indoor Sports Hall of the National Stadium, Lagos, on 14 April, the organisers have announced. The announcement was made at a press conference in Lagos yesterday. The event returns to the National Stadium after it was staged at the Landmark Centre in December. GOtv Boxing Night 14 will feature seven bouts, including the African Boxing Union featherweight title bout between Nigeria’s Waidi “Skoro” Usman and Michael “Shaka” Nyawade of Kenya. Skoro lost a bid to win the title to Edward Kakembo of Uganda in 2015. READ: Its straight fight…

Two of the robbery suspects arrested by the operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command for killing a Taxify driver and snatching his vehicle have confessed that they formed their robbery gang in Kirikiri Prison. The suspects, Simon Tyozemda (27) from Benue State and Lucky Friday (24) from Delta State were arrested on Wednesday, 14th March, 2018 with two long knives inside a Uber operated cab, a Toyota Camry Saloon with the registration number APP 145 EE, which they had planned to kill its driver and steal. The gang leader, Simon had through his girlfriend’s…

The Former Vice President, Architect Namadi Sambo is currently holding a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. The meeting is being held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Arch. Sambo was the Vice President during Goodluck Jonathan’s tenure as President from 2011- 2015. In 2015, he ran as Jonathan’s running mate against Buhari and Osinbajo but lost. He is also a member of the main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party while Buhari and Osinbajo are both members of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

A novel that gives a “breathtaking account of addiction” and a story exploring the heartbreak of infertility are among the works on the shortlist for the Wellcome Book Prize. Six titles are in the running for the £30,000 award, which is for books that engage with medicine, health or illness. This year’s judging panel selected one novel, one memoir and four non-fiction books. They include Mayhem: A Memoir by Sigrid Rausing, which judge Bryony Gordon called “a breathtaking account of addiction and its effects on families”. “Sigrid Rausing’s book is powerful and searing without ever feeling exploitative; her writing is…

Barcelona, Paris St-Germain and Real Madrid are all interested in signing Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah, 25, for a world record £200m. The Egyptian has scored 28 Premier League goals so far this season. (Sun) Manchester United defender Luke Shaw, 22, feels manager Jose Mourinho is freezing him out, and the Englishman could take his complaint to executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward. (Mirror) Mourinho is considering a summer move to take Arsenal and Wales midfielder Aaron Ramsey, 27, to Manchester United. (Star) United have already enquired about Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin, but Juventus remain favourites to sign the 23-year-old Spaniard. (Mirror) Bosnia…

Nigerian security forces were warned about the presence of Boko Haram fighters near the town of Dapchi, but failed to respond, allowing insurgents to kidnap 110 schoolgirls almost unharrassed, Amnesty International said on Tuesday. The kidnapping on Feb. 19 of the girls from Dapchi, aged between 11-19, had echoes of the Islamist insurgency’s abduction in 2014 of 276 students from the town of Chibok, which shot Nigeria’s conflict with Boko Haram, now nine years old, into the global spotlight. It threatens to be a thorn in the side of President Muhammadu Buhari, whose 2015 electoral victory was built on criticism…

Ten Niger Delta militant groups, including the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers, have given the federal government four weeks to reinstate the sacked Coordinator of the Amnesty Programme, Retired General Paul Boroh. The militants warned that they would unleash fresh attacks on oil installations and facilities across the Niger Delta region if the sack of Boroh was not reversed. The Leader of the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers RNDA, General Johnmark Ezonbi, said in statement on Monday that it had become obvious that the federal government was toiling with the destiny of the region. “The federal government will hear from us at…

Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Dr Maikanti Baru, says the corporation is poised to go paperless in its operations soon, as part of efforts to ensure transformation of country’s oil sector. Baru said this while inaugurating two committees to achieve this purpose. A statement by the NNPC Spokesman, Mr Ndu Ughamadu, on Monday in Abuja, said the committees were: The Systems Applications and Products (SAP) steering committee and the Group Process Council (GPC). According to him, the committees will aid the corporation transform its operations from paperless to digital form. He said the committees would…

Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba “can’t be happy” finding to be out of favour at Old Trafford, says France coach Didier Deschamps. Pogba, 25, is in the France squad for friendlies with Colombia and Russia, after being an unused substitute for United against Brighton on Saturday. “I’m sure I’ll hear more about it,” said Deschamps. “But of course it’s a situation he won’t be enjoying.” United return to Premier League action against Swansea on 31 March. READ: 10 Manchester United first-team players to leave end of season Pogba started United’s Champions League defeat against Sevilla last Tuesday, having missed the…

Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon has announced she is launching a bid for New York governor. Nixon, who played Miranda Hobbs on the HBO series, plans to challenge incumbent Governor Andrew Cuomo for the Democratic party nomination. The actress announced her plans to challenge the incumbent governor on Twitter on Monday. The 51-year-old liberal activist, who had long been tipped to run, has never held elected office. Who is Cynthia Nixon? Ms Nixon played a career-oriented lawyer from 1998-2004 on television show Sex and the City. She won an Emmy for her work in 2004. It was presented…