US lawmakers are preparing to question President Trump’s top intelligence official over a whistleblower complaint that sparked an impeachment inquiry. Acting national intelligence director Joseph Maguire initially refused to share the complaint with Congress. It refers to a controversial phone…
Cameroon’s new Portuguese coach Toni Conceicao handed maiden call-ups to two new players as he named his first Indomitable Lions squad. France-based duo Ignatius Ganago and Harold Moukoudi have been included on a 29-man list for a friendly against Tunisia on…
Jacques Chirac, the former French president whose later years were blighted by corruption scandals, has died aged 86. “President Jacques Chirac died this morning surrounded by his family, peacefully,” his son-in-law told the French news agency AFP. Mr Chirac served…
Former African table tennis champion, Olufunke Oshonaike, has decried the increasing rate at which she gets marriage proposals from married men. Oshonaike, who made the outburst on Facebook, said she lost confidence in marriage after her previous relationships collapsed. In…
Former Super Eagles player, Samson Siasia, needs N36m to appeal the life ban sanction imposed on him by FIFA over alleged match-fixing. Siasia, who made this known on Wednesday, said failure to secure the money would affect his appeal of the…
The Ondo State Government has dispatched health workers to Ijare community in the Ifedore Local Government Area of the state to ascertain the cause of death of 36 cows in the town on Saturday. The cows, owned by Fulani herdsmen,…
Rangers midfielder, Joe Aribo, says watching Austin Okocha and Nwankwo Kanu play for Super Eagles influenced his decision to abandon England for Nigeria. Aribo, who scored on his debut for Eagles in a 2-2 friendly draw against Ukraine in Dnipro last…
Professor James Apam, Resident Electoral Commissioner, Kogi State, on Wednesday, attributed the preponderance of fake news and hate speech in the country to the political class and high rate of unemployment. Apam, who stated this in Lokoja, during a meeting…
The Nigerian Air Force has destroyed a major Islamic State of West Africa Province Logistics Base and Training Camp at Kusuma on the fringes of Lake Chad in Borno. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola,…
President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that Nigeria lost an estimated 157.5 billion dollars to illicit financial flows between 2003 and 2012. The president’s spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, said Buhari disclosed this in an address to the High-Level National Side-Event organised…
