President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerians to rise above personal, group, sectarian and other interests, and promote harmony and tolerance in dealing with one another at all times. In his Sallah message, President Buhari urged all Muslims to use the…
Ozubulu: Police nab 94-yr-old Ndekwulu priest, 5 others; declare 30 more wanted (Vanguard)
There is tension in Ozubulu, headquarters of Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State, following the arrest of a 94-year-old chief priest of Ndekwulu and five youth leaders of the community by the Police. The chief priest, Anazo Ilomuanya, was arrested…
APC’s takeover of Akwa-Ibom’ll be like Hitler’s invasion of Poland—Akpabio (Vanguard)
Former Senate minority leader, Obong Godswill Akpabio, has given a glimpse of the shape Nigeria’s 2019 general elections would take, equating the coming general elections to the 1940 invasion of Poland by Adolf Hitler’s Germany. Akpabio who recently defected from the…
Shell recovers most oil from Nigerian spills, pipeline still shut (Reuters)
Royal Dutch Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary has recovered more than 95 percent of the oil from two spills that took place this year, although the pipeline that carries crude to the coast for export remains closed, the company said on Monday.…
Korean families: Buses cross DMZ into North Korea for rare reunions (CNN)
A group of mostly elderly South Koreans crossed into North Korea Monday to reunite with family members many haven’t seen nor heard from since the Korean War broke out 68 years ago. The reunions are the first since 2015, agreed…
Pope on Pennsylvania sex abuse report: ‘We abandoned the little ones’ (CNN)
Pope Francis has acknowledged “with shame and repentance” the Catholic Church’s failure to act over sexual abuse by clerics against minors going back decades, writing “we showed no care for the little ones; we abandoned them.” In an unusually blunt…
Sallah: Pray for peaceful elections in 2019, Nasarawa speaker urges Muslims (DailyTrust)
Speaker of Nasarawa state House of Assembly Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi has called on Muslims and other Nigerians to use the sallah period to pray for the success and peaceful conduct of 2019 general elections. Abdullahi who made plea in a…
Nigeria may avert FIFA ban as FG intensifies discussions with body (Guardian)
Nigeria may have averted a threat to its membership of world football community, following Federal Government’s move to adhere to rules governing the game. World football ruling body, FIFA, had threatened to ban Nigeria from international football if government continued…
Manchester United’s Jose Mourinho turns on media as Paul Pogba admits attitude ‘wasn’t right’ in Brighton defeat (Independent)
Back in May, Jose Mourinho was sitting in the same chair as on Sunday evening, in the same darkened room under the Amex, after the same result, a chastening defeat by Brighton. Back then he went on the attack, indirectly…
Pep Guardiola: I agree with Jose Mourinho, you can’t buy class (Irishexaminer)
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola claims he agrees with Manchester United counterpart Jose Mourinho that the club “cannot buy class”. Mourinho made some pointed references towards City when asked about the new fly-on-the-wall documentary about the Premier League champions that…