Spectacular cloud formations known as ‘cloud streets’ have been spotted in southern England. The long streaks of cloud were seen by BBC Weather Watchers in Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire on Thursday evening. BBC weather presenter Simon King said the clouds are…
Zimbabwe court rejects opposition bid to annul election results (Aljazeera)
Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Court has unanimously dismissed a bid by the largest opposition coalition to annul the results of last month’s presidential election, which gave a victory to incumbent Emmerson Mnangagwa. Chief Justice Luke Malaba said on Friday that the Movement for Democratic…
Palestinian FA boss gets 12-month FIFA ban for hate speech against Messi (Punch)
The Disciplinary Committee of FIFA on Friday sanctioned the President of the Palestinian Football Association (PFA), Jibril Rajoub, with a 12-month match suspension and a fine of 20,000 Swiss francs ($20,360). In a statement on FIFA.com Rajoub breached article 53…
Green Chamber: “No crack in APC caucus of the House”-Jubrin
The leader of the Parliamentary Support Group (PSG) Hon Abdulmummin Jubrin has denied media report of “crack in APC caucus.” Jubrin stated this in a tweet on his official Twitter handle @AbdulAbmj, he denied the existence of crack within the…
Third Mainland Bridge closure: road users applaud agencies on smooth traffic (SUN)
Motorists and other road users on Friday poured praises on traffic management agencies for sustaining smooth traffic flow, in spite of the closure of the Third Mainland Bridge. The 11.8km bridge was closed to traffic on Aug. 23 for maintenance.…
Herdsmen planning to kill me – Ortom cries out (SUN)
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has again raised the alarm that Fulani herdsmen were planning to kidnap, torture and kill him. The claimed that the herdsmen’s plan is billed to be hatched along Makurdi-Lafia-Abuyja highway. Ortom disclosed this, on…
Youths raze police station over alleged shooting of undergraduate by SARS (Punch)
Irate youths in Iwo, Osun State, have set a police station ablaze in the town for the alleged shooting of an undergraduate, Tunde Nofiu, by an officer attached to the Special Anti Robbery Squad. Nofiu was said to be spending…
Outrage in South East over Python Dance 3 (SUN)
Anger and condemnation have greeted the proposed relaunch of the third round of Operation Python Dance also known as Operation Python Dance III by the Nigeria Army in the South East region. The first and second rounds of the military…
MASSOB releases new Biafra income tax (SUN)
Leader of the Biafran Independent Movement (BIM) and Founder, Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, on Thursday, announced that the ongoing sale of 2018 Biafra income tax was part of its annual…
Osun PDP members file fresh suit against Adeleke (Nation)
Two Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members in Osun State have filed a suit at an Osogbo High Court challenging the candidacy of Senator Ademola Adeleke as the party’s standard bearer in the September 22 governorship election. The suit, filed on…