Arthur Masuaku scored a bizarre winner as top-four hopefuls West Ham twice came from behind to beat Premier League leaders Chelsea 3-2 in a pulsating encounter at the London Stadium, reports the BBC. RESULT • West Ham 3 – 2 Chelsea
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Sri Lanka reports 1st omicron case in returnee from Nigeria
Sri Lanka announced Friday it has confirmed its first case of the omicron variant of the coronavirus in an unvaccinated person who returned from Nigeria. Health ministry spokesperson Dr. Hemantha Herath said the 25-year-old Sri Lankan woman returned on Nov. 24, four days before the government banned travelers from six African countries, reports The Associated Press. […]
61 worshippers of Baptist Church, 9 others set free in Kaduna
Sixty-one worshippers of Emmanuel Baptist church, Kakau along with 9 other victims of abduction have regained their freedom from their captives. Recall, the 66 worshippers were kidnapped on Sunday October 31, 2021, when their abductors stormed the church and abducted them to an unknown destination. It was learnt that during the attack, the abductors […]
Itunu Babalola: Nigerian lady who died in CIV prison buried in Ibadan
Itunu Babalola, the Nigerian lady who died in prison in Cote d’Ivoire after she was wrongly jailed, has been buried in Ibadan, Oyo State. The remains of Babalola were interred on Saturday at the Sango Cemetery at 11:25am. She was buried in the presence of officials of the Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission sent […]
Xavi: Messi deserves seventh Ballon d’Or
Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez said former team mate Lionel Messi deserved his Ballon d’Or win, describing the Argentine’s record-extending seventh victory as “total justice”. Paris St Germain forward Messi, 34, beat Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski and Chelsea’s Jorginho to lift the prestigious award after winning the Copa America for the first time with […]
COVID-19: Nigeria records two deaths, 196 new infections Friday
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced two additional COVID-19 fatalities and 196 new infections reported from five states of the federations and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The disease centre disclosed this in an update shared on its Facebook page late Friday night, noting that the fatality toll now stands at 2,980. According […]
JUST IN: ISWAP terrorists attack Maiduguri Housing Estate
EONS Intelligence is reporting that ISWAP terrorists attacked the 1000 Housing Estate in Maiduguri and the Airport Community town of Gomari with gunfire and Rocket Propelled Mortal bombs on Saturday morning. According to the terse post, the bombs destroyed some houses completely, while the number of casualties not yet known.
Iran nuclear talks break, Europe, US dismayed by Iranian stance
Indirect U.S.-Iranian talks on saving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal broke off until next week as European officials voiced dismay on Friday at sweeping demands by Iran’s new, hardline government. The seventh round of talks in Vienna is the first with delegates sent by Iran’s anti-Western President Ebrahim Raisi on how to resuscitate the […]
Twitter’s design, engineering heads to step down in management rejig
Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) said on Friday its engineering head Michael Montano and design chief Dantley Davis would step down from their roles by the end of this month, as part of a broader management restructuring at the social networking site. The moves come just days after co-founder Jack Dorsey stepped down as chief executive officer and […]
Brazil: Supreme Court orders President’s probe for linking COVID-19 vaccines to AIDS
A Brazilian Supreme Court justice ordered on Friday that a probe be opened into President Jair Bolsonaro for having said during a live broadcast on multiple social media platforms in October that COVID-19 vaccines may raise the chance of contracting AIDS. Bolsonaro, who has declined to take the vaccine, was temporarily suspended from both Facebook and […]