John Mikel Obi
16 Feb
Vastly experienced and widely traveled football manager, Jose Mourinho, has praised Nigeria's John Mikel Obi and African players in general for being very loyal and very pure.
3 Jan
Dear reader, happy new year. I hope you had a restful holiday and crossover. Somehow, given what our country is going through, from the killings in the Middle Belt, to the rising tribalism, to the economy, things probably looked tough. Like many in my circle, I have seen a sharp rise in people asking me…
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A 19-year-old student of Confluence University of Science and Technology, Usman Tijani, was attacked on Tuesday by his friend who lured him to a burial ground and slit his throat with the intent to kill him. The victim, who operates a Point of Sale (PoS) business, was allegedly lured by his friend, Abdulmuqeet Musari, to…
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One Akeem Sumonu has been arrested by the Ogun State Police for allegedly deflowering and impregnating a 16-year-old teenager. The suspect was arrested on Tuesday, in the Olodo community of Odeda local government area of the state by operatives stationed at the community's security post. The victim's mother, who identified as Christiana, told the police…
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A businessman based in the United Kingdom, Blessing Akinlemimu, has alleged that the Ondo State Police Command and the office of the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 17, are planning to frustrate an ongoing investigation into an attack on him by hoodlums. According to Akinlemimu, he was attacked on November 12 in…
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The Federal Government has dismissed the allegations by the military leader of Niger Republic, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, claiming collusion between Nigeria and France to destabilise his country. According to the federal government, these claims exist solely in the realm of imagination, as Nigeria has never engaged in any overt or covert alliance with France—or any…
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as laughable the claim by Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso to significantly reduce APC votes in Kano in the 2027 elections. Kwankwaso, on Wednesday, declared that if the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) was formidable enough to send the APC out of power in the 2023 general election, the APC,…