Venezuela’s government said Monday an opposition member accused of taking part in a failed drone attack on President Nicolas Maduro killed himself while in custody, but the opposition claimed he had been murdered. Attorney General Tarek William Saab told state television VTV Fernando Alban, who was in pretrial detention at the headquarters of the intelligence […]Read More
Turkish police detained dozens of people over alleged links to Kurdish militants in an operation carried out in nine cities including Kurdish-majority Diyarbakir, the local prosecutor’s office said Tuesday. The police detained 90 out of 151 suspects they were seeking during the raids carried out at 183 addresses, and seized organisational documents and digital materials, […]Read More
Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress Tuesday said the deceitfulness of the Senate president Bukola Saraki cost him the presidential ticket of the opposition People’s Democratic Party. “When a leader cannot be trusted, cannot be relied upon, and cannot keep agreements, the people take due cognizance and records of these actions and respond with their votes […]Read More
The Lagos State House of Assembly again on Monday postponed its resumption for plenary session earlier scheduled for Oct. 8 to Oct. 15. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Assembly had on July 10 adjourned to Sept. 17 to enable members to go on their annual recess before it later rescheduled it […]Read More
Juventus sporting director Fabio Paratici said Monday it was not easy to replace a player of the calibre of Cristiano Ronaldo as he also dismissed a return to Italy for Manchester United’s French World Cup winner Paul Pogba. Ronaldo, 33, joined Juventus from Real Madrid last summer for 100 million euros ($115 million). The Spanish […]Read More
Former military Head of State Ibrahim Babangida has dissociated himself from a Twitter account which bears his name and pictures. This is coming after the parody account which has over 50000 followers declared its support for the opposition People’s Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and also dissed President Muhammad Buhari for his trips abroad. […]Read More
The Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Idris Tuesday ordered the removal of Plateau state commissioner of Police, Undie Adie. This development was communicated in a statement by the Plateau State Police Command spokesperson, D.S.P Mathias Tyopev. Adie has been replaced with Austin Agbonlahor, who was until his appointment, the commissioner of police (Operations) at Force […]Read More
The Following players William Troost-Ekong, Moses Simon and Seyi Ajayi have arrived at the Super Eagles camp in Uyo ahead of their Cameroon 2019 Africa Cup of Nations double-header against Libya on October 13 and 16, BSNSports reports. Spokesman for the team Toyin Ibitoye told BSNSports that only the three players had arrived as of […]Read More
Wayne Rooney has called on Manchester United’s players to stand up and be counted, saying that manager Jose Mourinho is an easy target for the club’s troubles. United battled back from two goals down to beat Newcastle 3-2 at the weekend, but are languishing in eighth place in the Premier League, seven points off top […]Read More
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has invited Pope Francis to visit, saying he would be “ardently welcomed”, South Korea’s presidency said Tuesday, adding it would pass on Pyongyang’s message to the Vatican. South Korean President Moon Jae-in will have an audience with the Pope during a visit to the Vatican from October 17 to […]Read More
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