I conquered England in Three Months - Ibrahimovic

Zlatan Ibrahimovic says that he conquered English football within three months of joining Manchester United. The Red Devils forward feels that he no longer has any individual targets left, instead setting his sights on winning the Premier League.
The 35-year-old has impressed hugely since

Former England manager Graham Taylor dies, aged 72

Former England manager Graham Taylor has died at the age of 72. Taylor made his name managing Watford over a 10-year period, taking the club from Division Four to Division One between 1977 and 1987s, finishing runners-up in

Police arrest suspects involved in Southern Kaduna killings

Some of the masterminds of the attacks and killings in southern Kaduna have been arrested, Governor Nasir el-Rufai, said on Tuesday. El-Rufai unveiled the names of the suspects when he visited the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Agyle Abeh.

He vowed that government would ensure that all those involved in

'It's worse than my cat dying!' - Man Utd fans fury at Fellaini extension

The decision Manchester United to extend Marouane Fellaini's contract at Old Trafford should have been good news from the Premier League club - but the reaction of the club's fans was one of disbelief!
Fellaini has come under criticism for

Google: Adeboye’s retirement dominates

Septuagenarian General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church (RCCG) of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye’s recent retirement announcement was top on Google search this week.
Mr Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, Google’s Communications and Public Affairs Manager for Anglophone West Africa, made the disclosure in Lagos on Thursday. He said the search was from January. 4 to January. 11. The spokesman said that with

South African military join firefighters to control wildfire near Cape Town

The commander of the Naval Base in the mountain town, Adrian Dutton, told news portal News24 that military team deployed to fight the fire since Wednesday are motivated to fight the fires.
“Approximately 120 sailors have been fighting day and night to fight the blaze. Two South African Air Force helicopters have also been deployed to

E-Money enjoying lunch in his house

E-money at his lunch time said you shouldn't reduce your happiness because people are irritated by it. Does the sun stop shining because people squint at it? Come

The Big Chill begins: Eight inches of snow begins to fall at start of 3-day freeze with travel chaos and 93mph hurricane-strength winds (but why did Heathrow cancel 80 flights before a single flake fell?)

The Big Chill has hit Britain today, forcing flights to be cancelled and bringing chaos on the roads as snow and hurricane-force winds of up to 93mph sweep the country. The cold snap is set to last for three days and has already caused travel disruption and crashes in

UNIOSUN Students Divert School Fees To MMM; Owe School 2b Naira, VC Alleges

According to the university authorities, the students have, since the inceptions of their various degree programmes, refused to balance up the payment of their tuition fees, stressing that they now owe the institution about two billion Naira.

While addressing reporters on the university campus, the school Vice Chancellor (VC), Professor Labode Popoola, claimed that a large per cent of the students diverted their school fees to

I moved to China because of the love I have for Nigeria not for money – Mikel Obi

Super Eagles captain and former Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel explained why he accepted to move to Chinese Premier League to team up with Tianjin Teda. He said it was done to help Nigeria’s push to be at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Mikel had been primarily snubbed from playing with

Senate suspends policy banning car import through land borders

The Senate yesterday resolved to ask the Customs to suspend action on its policy to ban importation of vehicles through land borders, which was to take effect on January 1. Senate’s resolution followed a motion by Barau Jibrin (Kano North) and five others. Jibrin drew members’ attention to the Federal Government’s policy to

Real trio outscoring Barca counterparts BBC 330-302 MSN

Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez have been playing together at Barcelona since the 2014/15 season and Barcelona's scoring power with them on the field is overwhelming.
During their time at the club, the Blaugrana have played 151 games in which time the side has scored

Nigeria’ll get out of recession this year – W’Bank

The World Bank has predicted that Nigeria will get out of recession and grow its Gross Domestic Product by one per cent this year after plunging into its worst recession in over two decades.

The bank said in a statement on Wednesday, “Sub-Saharan African growth is expected to pick up modestly to 2.9 per cent in 2017 as the region continues

Man, 25, gets one month in prison for buying stolen property

A Grade 1 Area Court in Karmo, Abuja, on Thursday, sentenced a 25-year-old businessman, Saidu Samaila, to one month in prison for receiving stolen property. The presiding judge, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq, however, gave Samaila an option to pay N5,000 fine and warned him to desist from committing crimes. Samaila, of no fixed address, was convicted for

FRC has no power to fix Adeboye, others’ tenure –Reps

The House of Representatives has ordered a “detailed” public hearing on the activities of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, particularly the Council’s decision to fix the tenure of the leadership of religious organisations. The House passed the resolution on Wednesday in Abuja at a session which was presided over

Eleven-year-old boy kills friend with father’s gun

Tragedy struck at the Ayeyemi area of Ondo town, Ondo State, on Wednesday after an 11-year-old boy, identified as Ayo Afolabi, allegedly killed his friend, Comfort Emmanuel, with his father’s dane gun. It was gathered that the incident happened at 1pm while the two children were playing with the gun, not knowing that it

Saraki: no crisis over Senate Leader’s removal

Senate President Bukola Saraki said yesterday that there was no crisis in the Senate following removal of Ali Ndume as Senate Leader. The All Progressives Congress (APC) Caucus in the Senate, in a letter to the Senate president on Tuesday, replaced Ndume with Senator Ahmed Lawan.

Speaking with State House correspondents after meeting with

Ekweremadu may be next target, Ndume warns

Ousted Senate Leader Mohammed Ali Ndume yesterday warned that the Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu might likely be the next target to be removed from his seat. Ndume, who faulted the process of his removal, spoke under the cover of

Power generation drops in Nigeria by 207.1 MW on gas shortage – TCN

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said that that the nation’s power generation capacity dropped slightly from 3,959 megawatts from January 4 to 3,751.90 megawatts on Jan. 12, due to the dearth of gas. The Nigerian Electricity System Operator (SO) website, a sub-agency of TCN, disclosed the figure on

13-year-old Nigerian boy invents fan that lasts hours without electricity

A 13-year-old Nigerian boy from Imo state hit the spotlight for inventing a battery-operated fan that can last up to 19 hours without electricity. Ukoma Michael’s invention which was widely covered by local media in August, was timely as Nigeria faces years of

'I'm shocked!' - Ronaldo responds to Michael Owen's fat joke

Former Brazil and Real Madrid superstar Ronaldo has responded in "shock" to Michael Owen’s jibe about his weight. Owen took to Twitter after reuniting with his former Blancos team-mate to honour today’s dominant Ronaldo, Cristiano, after his recent Ballon d’Or win.

The former Liverpool striker wrote: “I thought I was

Norway first country to switch off FM radio

Norway has become the first country in the world to begin switching off its FM radio network.
For the moment the scheme applies only to northern Nordland, but the whole country will be digital by the end of the year. The government says DAB radio will save money, allow

Plane carrying gold crashes in southern Zimbabwe

A private plane crashed in southern Zimbabwe on Monday while transporting gold worth nearly a million dollars. An official with the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe, James Danga confirmed the incident. The plane crashed in the Bubi district of Matabeleland North Province. It carried at least 22kg of gold . Although Danga confirmed the accident, he would not

'You are Satan' - Relatives of slain churchgoers confront gunman for last time

Charleston - One by one, family members of nine slain black parishioners confronted Dylann Roof for the last time on Wednesday, shouting at him, offering forgiveness and even offering to visit him in prison as he awaits execution for the slaughter.
The 22-year-old avowed white supremacist, who was formally sentenced to death, refused to meet their gaze and simply stared ahead, his head tilted down slightly as

Former U.S. Defense Official: Israel’s Security at Risk Due to Religious Intolerance

Israel’s disregard and disrespect for the non-Orthodox Jewish movements could end up costing it the longstanding support of the United States government, a former senior defense department official with close ties to Israel warned on Wednesday.
Speaking at a session of the Knesset Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs, Dov Zackheim, head of a new U.S. organization that advocates for

Ethiopia police links deadly grenade attacks to 'anti-peace forces'

A grenade attack in Ethiopia’s northern city of Gondar on Tuesday night killed one person and wounded about a dozen others. The police confirmed that the hand grenade was tossed into a recreational area in the Entasol hotel resulting in

Boko Haram: Troops recover bodies of Lt.-Col., 15 soldiers

Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole have recovered the body of Lt. Col  K Yusuf, the former Commanding Officer of 223 Tank Battalion and 15 soldiers who were declared missing.

The bodies  were recovered  after troops conducted clearance operations and dislodging of some Boko Haram elements at Asaga village along Kamadugou river line in Borno State.

 The late Lt Col. Yusuf and his soldiers were declared missing in

Women wrestle 4m python off German Shepherd

Pretoria - When a python bit a dog and started winding its powerful body around it, two screaming women, fuelled by panic, fought back.
Despite one of them having a snake phobia and the fact that they are both much smaller than the almost 4m-long snake, there was no way Jamie Traynor and Kari Wesighan were going to let Jess, a German Shepherd, be devoured by

'The police are not my agents' - Mrs Mugabe on botched $1.3m diamond ring deal

Grace Mugabe, wife of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has given her version of accounts in respect of her involvement in a botched $1.3 million dollar diamond ring transaction. She was reported to have ordered the seizure of three properties belonging to the Lebanese businessman for failing to refund the cost of

Dramatic prisoner breakout at N3 toll plaza in South Africa

Police are searching for a group of prisoners who escaped from a Department of Home Affairs transport vehicle at the Mooi River Toll Plaza in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands on Thursday morning.
It is not immediately clear how many escaped, however initial reports put the figure at approximately nine. It is understood that

Scuffles erupt in Turkish parliament over constitutional amendment vote

Scuffles broke out on Wednesday (Jan. 11) between lawmakers in Turkey’s parliament at the end of a debate over a package of constitutional amendments. Blows were exchanged when ruling party members displayed their votes in what the opposition said should have been a

Trump's 'dirty dossier' spy in hiding: Ex-MI6 man 'who worked with murdered Litvinenko' flees his £1.5m home 'fearing for his life' - telling neighbours: 'Look after my cat!'

Ex-MI6 Christopher Steele has been named as the author of the salacious 'dirty' Russian dossier containing outlandish claims about Donald Trump's sex life and bizarre footage held by the Kremlin's blackmail unit. Steele, 52, was seen fleeing his gated Surrey home (below) in his car yesterday and

EFCC finds N632.2m in ex-Chief Judge’s account

Detectives have traced over N632.2million to former Enugu State Chief Judge Innocent Azubuike Umezulike’s account. Some of the lodgements came from lawyers, businessmen, politicians and litigants, an Economic and