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Borussia Dortmund defeated Bayern Munich 2-0 to claim the German Super Cup – their first silverware of the 2019-20 campaign on Saturday, August 2, at Signal-Iduna Park. The encounter saw Bayern manager Niko Kovac start two of the club’s three new signings, with Lucas Hernandez not available...

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has confirmed that Ashley Young, will be Manchester United’s captain whenever he is on the pitch in the new season. Solskjaer stated this while speaking to reporters, after their pre-season friendly against AC Milan on Saturday. The position of United’s club captain has...

Ibelegbo Chidimma, one of the clerics of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) abducted has disclosed the identity of those who kidnapped her. Mrs Chidimma and other members of the Christian assembly were abducted at Ijebu Ode, while on their way to attend the church’s annual conference...

In reaction to the protest which was sparked by the August 1 murder of the Catholic priest of St James the Greater Parish Ugbuakwa in Enugu State, apex body of herdsmen, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), has denied being responsible for the killing. In a statement...

Paul Pogba fears he could be priced out of a dream move to the Bernabeu – with Real Madrid facing a staggering £270million bill to sign him fromManchester United. Madrid fear United will demand at least £150m for the 26 year-old World Cup winner who cost them £89m when … read more via...

Liverpool and Manchester City will begin their rivalry into the new season as they square off against each other in the Community Shield. Both sides finished first and second in the last Premier League season in what was decided on the last of the 2018-19 campaign... read more via Legit.ng...

Twenty people have been killed and another 24 injured in a mass shooting in the city of El Paso, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has confirmed. He described it as one of the … Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/2yCG2Dm Get more World News

A Brooklyn woman was charged after she was reportedly caught on camera forcing her flatmate’s dog to give her oral sex. Danielle Hui, 20, was arrested after Taylor Goldenberg, 24, told police that she witnessed the shocking incident on a motion sensor nanny camera, according … Read more...

Seyi and Ike had a ‘fight’ yesterday that almost turned to ‘blows’, and this was all because of an ‘Ice cream’. Then it all went down to Tacha vs. Frodd... via YabaLeftOnline – https://ift.tt/2KojhbD Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

President Buhari has sent a condolence message to the Catholic Church over the killing of Rev. Fr. Paul Offu, the Priest of St. James Greater Parish Catholic Church, Ugbawka, Enugu State. The president expressed deep shock and dismay over the killing of another priest, ordering a thorough...

Sheikh Muhammad Yakubu, the brother of Sheikh Ibraheem Yakubu El-Zakzaky, the leader of Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), otherwise known as Shi’ites, has reacted to the recent proscription of IMN. According to him, the proscription by the Federal Government was long overdue. El-Zakzaky’s...

The Nigerian Army (NA) has again debunked the report by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), a US-based news media, on alleged secret military graveyards in the Northeast (NE) aside the Maimalari Cantonment Cemetery of 7 Division in Maiduguri. In the two-minutes video produced by the Directorate of...

The El Paso Walmart shooting occurred on the 215th day of the year, meaning there have been more mass shootings than days so far this year.... Read more via USA Today – https://ift.tt/2KnVJDN Get more World News

DJ Cuppy has reunited with her ex-boyfriend and Davido’s Manager Asa Asika. They reunited at the Afro Nation Festival holding in Portugal. She shared the video on her Insta-Story ahead of her performance at the beach event.... via Welcome To Ladun Liadi’s Blog – https://ift.tt/31eKJPR Get...

Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to address concrete issues of misgovernment and devastation his administration … Read more via Thisdaylive –...

Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, has confirmed the rescue of the remaining four of the five people said to be pastors of RCCG, who were kidnapped by gunmen. According to Channels TV, the Police PRO said all the victims were rescued unhurt from … Read more via...

The female pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG who was recently kidnapped at Ijebu Ode and has regained her freedom has said that those who kidnapped her are Fulani herdsmen. The Deaconess from Abia State, RCCG Provine 3 … Read more via Naijaloaded | Nigeria’s Most Visited...

The report appeared in several Nigerian newspapers with a verbatim excerpt from a letter sent to the Federal Government of Nigeria which reads as follows... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2ODg9hk Get More Nigeria Metro News

Nigerian actress, Belinda Effah has called out singer, Tekno over his recent viral video that shows strippers dancing in a see-through truck along the Lekki-Epe expressway in Lagos. The actress in an Instagram post called on the government to enforce sanity and some sort of regulations to...

The head of legal team of the African Action Congress (AAC), Mr Tope Akinyode says operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) has denied him access to Omoyele Sowore, who was arrested in the early hours of Saturday, August 3, 2019. The publisher of the … Read more via Pulse...