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Wednesday, June 21, 2017

In Borno State, Boko Haram Ambushes Police Convoy, Kill One

Boko Haram terrorists ambushed a police convoy in Borno State on Tuesday, killing at least one officer in the subsequent gun duel and leaving 16 policewomen missing, a police source told SaharaReporters. According to the source, the ambush happened about 10 km away from Maiduguri while the police were on their way to Lassa for the funeral of a police sergeant attached to the University of Maiduguri. He said they received a report that their personnel had been ambushed near Molai. "One was shot dead, two sustained gun wounds [and were] brought to the [University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital]...
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FG Denies Removing CRK From Secondary School Curriculum

The Federal Ministry of Education has debunked reports that Christian Religious Knowledge, CRK, has been removed as a subject of study from the curriculum of public secondary schools in Nigeria while Islamic Religious Studies, IRS, has been reintroduced.Debunking the report, Director of Press, Federal Ministry of Education, Mrs. Chinenye Ihuoma, pointed out that the ministry had designed a new subject which merged Civic Education, IRS, CRK and Social Studies into “Religion and National Values.”Mrs. Ihuoma told reporters that, “The alternation is not from the minister, this is purely from the...
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Alinko Dangote Opens Up, Nigeria Loses 120bn To Apapa Gridlocks Everyday

The man behind the wheel of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has estimated that the country is losing about N140 billion weekly to traffic gridlocks on Apapa-Oshodi Expressway, Lagos, the access road to Nigeria’s main sea ports.While spekaing to the journalist in Lagos yesterday, He said: “The economy loses more than N20 billion daily and N140 billion weekly. It affects businesses across the country. All our operations in the hinterland in Ilorin, in Kano are operating at 40 per cent maximum capacity.”Commenting on his resolve to personally get involved in the Apapa Wharf road reconstruction, he...
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Jose Mourinho Denies Spanish Tax Accusation

The Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has released a statement through his agent Jorge Mendes' company Gestifute to stress that he is "in compliance" with all his tax obligations and has not heard anything to the contrary from the Spanish tax authorities. The ex Real Madrid manager  was accused of defrauding tax authorities to the tune of €3.3million by a Spanish regional prosecutor, with a complaint filed on Tuesday. Mourinho is under suspicion of having committed two offences in relation to personal income tax, but the 54-year-old has denied any wrongdoing. "Jose Mourinho, who...
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Thursday, June 15, 2017

What Happened Has Beyounce Gone Into Labor?

No one can really confirm anything because Queen B and Jay Z do an excellent job of making sure absolutely nothing about their lives is leaked to the public (cue the surprise Beyoncé visual album drop). However, it's important to note that—thanks to a Shade Room report—the Beyhive has been rampantly buzzing over speculation that their queen may have been admitted to the hospital and gone into labor...and let's be honest, no one knows better than those wildly dedicated fans. But if you had any doubt, you can bet their speculation comes with receipts: A fleet of Escalades photographed leaving...
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Nigeria Regains Africa's Top Oil Producer Status

When talking about the top Oil producing countries in Africa it's widely known that Nigeria is the front runner but the country lost the status to Angola but as a result of the return of the Forcados export terminal, the nation’s oil production has surpassed that of its rival, Angola, the latest data from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries has shown. Nigeria, which again lost its Africa’s top oil producer status to Angola in January after it regained it in November last year, recorded the biggest increase in output among its peers in the OPEC last month. For nine months in...
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Bellerin Keen To Join Barcelona Says Suarez

The Arsenal FC full-back Hector Bellerin is keen on ditching the Premier League in favour of a return to Barcelona, his Spain Under-21 team-mate Denis Suarez has suggested. The Catalan club are determined to add a right-back to the squad having failed to replace Dani Alves following the Brazilian's move to Juventus last year, with Bellerin their main target. After three full seasons with the first team, however, reports linking him with a return to Camp Nou have intensified and Arsenal's failure to qualify for the Champions League next season is reported to be the deciding factor. With Arsene...
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Rapper P Diddy Tops Forbes 100 Highest Paid Celebrities List In 2017

Rapper and business mogul, Sean Combs aka Diddy, tops Forbes 100 highest paid celebrity in 2017 by clocking a career-best of $130 million. Singer, Beyoncé came in second with $105 million while best-selling fiction author, J.K. Rowling came in third with $95 million. Beyoncé’s husband, rapper and business mogul Jay Z came in at #55. Queen of social media and business entrepreneur, Kim Kardashian came in at #47, while her younger sister Kylie Jenner came in at #59.Though Diddy’s payday mostly came from the sale of a large chunk of Sean John clothing equity and his ongoing partnership with Diageo’s...
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Kano State Police Arrest 124 Suspects For Rape, Sodomy

Between April and June 2017, Kano State police have arrested 124 suspects for rape and sodomy. Police spokesman DSP Magaji Musa Majia said the Kano State command recorded 115 cases of rape, sodomy and acts of gross indecency during the period under review. He said there were 128 victims of the crimes. The spokesman announced that 94 cases have been charged to court, while 13 cases are still under investigation.He expressed concern over the increasing rate of such crimes across the state. The police spokesman assured the public that the police would continue to curtail such crime...
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Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Manchester United Completes Lindelof Signing

Manchester United have announced the signing of Victor Lindelof from Benfica on Wednesday in a deal worth up to €45 million (£40m). The 20-time English champions confirmed on Saturday that they had agreed terms with the Swede’s club regarding a transfer fee, and on Wednesday Lindelof passed his medical and put pen to paper on a four-year contract at Old Trafford. The 22-year-old centre-back is United’s first signing of the summer, with Jose Mourinho saying in a club release: “Victor is a very talented young player, who has a great future ahead of him at United. Our season last year showed...
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