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Reacting to the win Tyson Fury had over Deontay Wilder to clinch the WBC heavyweight champion moments ago, a man has said Anthony Joshua will never be allowed … read more via Nigeria News | Laila’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2Ve90Wz Get More Nigeria Sports News

A policeman, who participated in the rescue operation of victims involved in penultimate week Saturday’s attack on farmers in Agadama, Ughelli North local government area of Delta State, has recounted their encounter with..... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/3bXMOG5 Get More...

Coordinator of Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation, NIDO, in Guangdong Province, China, Mr. Festus Mbisiogu,in this interview, gives an update on the condition of trapped Nigerians in Wuhan City and over 10,000 others in Guangdong Province... Read more via Vanguard News –...

An angry mob on Saturday stormed a police station in Sagamu, Ogun State, after a police officer reportedly caused the death of Tiyamu Kazeem, a footballer. Kazeem played for Ogun State-based Remo Stars Football club.... Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – https://ift.tt/37JLOlG Get More...

Rev. Samuel Adedayo, a cleric at the Evangelical Church Winning All in Ilorin, has admonished young ladies to beware of men who use the name of God to lure them into marriages that is against their will. Adedayo gave the advice at a seminar for singles and the … Read more via Vanguard News...

On Saturday, the assistant captain of Remo Stars Football Club (RSFC), Tiyamu ‘Kaka’ Kazeem, was allegedly killed by a policeman from the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) from the Ogun State Command. The defender was on his way to Sagamu with one of his teammates, Sanni Abubakar after …...

A female Saudi rap artiste identified as Asayel Slay is facing prison time after praising women as “powerful and beautiful” in a rap music video titled Bint Makkah (“Girl from Mecca”). In the song, Asayel … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News –...

Jens Nygaard Knudsen, who designed the iconic Lego minifigure with interchangeable legs and torsos, has died while in hospice care from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), his former colleague said Saturday. The 78-year old former designer passed away on Wednesday at a hospice centre where he...

The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission, ICRC, weekend, said it has engaged private sector operators to deploy electronic ticketing solution for the Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC, to cut down on the purchase tickets at train stations.... Read more via Vanguard News –...

The extreme weather this Tuesday, February 18, 2020, afternoon lie heavily across Lagos like a blanket, with countless hours of buzzing heat and torpidity. I approach the gate of a fairly old-looking building in Surulere. Holed up in the.... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News –...

Chief George Moghalu is the immediate past National Auditor of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Moghalu is, currently, the Managing Director of the National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA. In this interview, he says his geopolitical zone is not marginalized in President Muhammadu...

A palpable sense of insecurity and concerns over fresh attacks on oil facilities now pervades Bayelsa State. This development was reinforced by the Supreme Court’s invalidation of the electoral victory of former Bayelsa … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News –...

DETAILS have emerged of how the bill by two lawmakers in the sixth Delta State House of Assembly to put an end to killings by rogue herdsmen in the state was killed by political forces allegedly in a bid not to pitch Governor Ifeanyi Okowa … Read more via Vanguard News –...

For Nigerians who expected President Muhammadu Buhari to come down hard on his kitchen cabinet, otherwise dubbed the cabal, for exposing the lack of cohesion in his government, through recent and previously leaked memos, that may not come soon.... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News –...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the National Assembly to save the nation by immediately undertaking a forensic probe of the Buhari presidency, following an alleged report that the federal government is planning to pillage the looted funds repatriated by the United State...

Jose Mourinho stormed into the dressing room after the referee blew the final whistle in the match between Chelsea and Tottenham at Stamford Bridge. The Blues won the match by 2-1 courtesy of goals from Marcos Alonso and Olivier Giroud's strike in each half of the match. .... read more via...

Only a few would have expected that it was going to be one-sided, Tyson Fury was headstrong, only a knockout would do it for him against Bomber, Deontey Wilder, He kept his promises. Talking about promises, it looks like the Gypsy King knows how to keep … read more via Vanguard News –...

Though he did not achieve his second-round knockout target, Tyson Fury has beaten Deontay Wilder to become the new WBC heavyweight champion of the world. Fury was indeed ruthless in the feisty bout that took place in Las Vegas, dropping Wilder twice before the American team threw … read...

Defeated champion, Deontay Wilder, has congratulated the Gypsy King, Tyson Fury, after he was knocked out in Round 7 of the much-anticipated bout. Wilder, furious with his corner for throwing in the towel, saying he was a warrior and would have preferred to fight on even though he … read...

Suspected members of the Boko Haram sect in gun and pickup trucks have attacked Garkida Community, Gombi Local Council of Adamawa State, burning the town’s police station, church and houses on Friday.... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – https://ift.tt/37Oa3ze Get More Nigeria Metro...