*Wins for Madrid, Bayern, Ajax Atalanta scored twice in four minutes to deliver a surprise victory over Liverpool and blow qualification from Champions League Group D wide open. A much-changed Reds side lacked fluidity and failed to have a shot on target at Anfield on Wednesday, reports the BBC. Josip Ilicic and Robin Gosens struck […]
President Donald Trump pardoned former national security adviser Michael Flynn on Wednesday, taking direct aim in the final days of his administration at a Russia investigation that he has long insisted was motivated by political bias. “It is my Great Honor to announce that General Michael T. Flynn has been granted a Full Pardon,” […]
A Pennsylvania state court issued an injunction Wednesday blocking any potential further certification of election results in the state, pending a hearing to be held Friday. The order from Judge Patricia McCullough comes in the case brought by Pennsylvania voters including Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., in which they allege that a state law allowing for no-excuse absentee voting […]
South African-born billionaire entrepreneur, Elon Musk, has overtaken Bill Gates as the second richest person in the world, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index. This is coming few weeks after Musk overtook Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg to become the third-richest. However, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, remains number one in the rankings. Musk ranked 35th on the […]
Sola Adeyemo, Ibadan Security agents, including soldiers, officers of the Department of State Services (DSS), Wednesday stormed the University of Ibadan ahead of the contentious selection of the next Vice Chancellor of the University. The tenure of the incumbent Vice-Chancellor, Professor Idowu Olayinka, expires on November 30, while the new Vice-Chancellor is expected to assume […]
The first goal was dubious; the second was a bloody miracle – Former England manager Sir Bobby Robson after Maradona’s two goals knocked his side out of the Mexico’86 World Cup Dazzling, infamous, extraordinary, genius, outrageous. Diego Maradona. A flawed football icon. One of the game’s most gifted players, the Argentine boasted a rare […]
Diego Maradona has died at the age of 60. The Argentina legend underwent brain surgery at the start of November and his lawyer said he would continue to be treated for alcohol dependency. The 1986 World Cup winner had an emergency operation for a subdural hematoma, which is an accumulation of blood between a membrane and […]
*Elder brother of Adamawa House’s Majority Leader also kidnapped Suspected gunmen have abducted the wife and son of a security detail of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. The kidnappers were believed to have gone for the said aid to Atiku, whose name is not given but confirmed to be a police personnel, but took his […]
… INEC, Police identify flashpoints as CP reads riot act Wale Elegbede Ahead of the December 5 Lagos East by-election, vehicular movement in the five local governments of in the Kosofe, Ikorodu, Ibeji-Lekki, Epe and Somolu, will be restricted for the smooth conduct of the election. Speaking on Wednesday at the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee […]
….Tasks residents on tidy drainages Muritala Ayinla Disturbed by the increasing rate of poor environmental practices in some local governments, especially tertiary drainages across the state, the Lagos State government on Wednesday charged chairmen of local councils to consider generating employment through cleaning of drainages in their domain. The government, which said that challenges […]