Tanzania have appointed former Nigeria winger Emmanuel Amuneke as the new head coach of the national team. Amuneke, who was most recently coach of Sudan Premier League side Al Khartoum SC, has signed a two-year contract. “I am happy to…
18,000 PVCs yet to be collected in Abaji — INEC (DailyTrust)
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has said 18,000 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) are yet to be collected in Abaji Area Council. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in charge of the FCT, Alhaji Yahaya Bello,…
Belgian football expert delivers Eden Hazard to Real Madrid (Express)
That is according to Belgian football expert Kristof Terreur. Hazard returned to England this weekend after being given time to rest after the World Cup and trained with the other late returners yesterday. The 27-year-old is set for talks with…
5 dead as plane crashes into shopping centre car park in California (Telegraph)
Five people on board a small airplane were killed when it crashed in the car park of a Southern California shopping centre. The twin-engine Cessna was heading to the airport southeast of Los Angeles when it came down and struck an…
Igbos want restructuring, not Presidency, says Nwabueze (ThisDay)
Foremost constitutional lawyer, Professor Ben Nwabueze has stated that the Igbos were not interested in the presidency of Nigeria, but to have the country restructured. Nwabueze met with the leadership of Ohaneze Ndigbo and the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)…
Lady Gaga apologises after reporting Rick ‘Zombie Boy’ Genest’s death as suicide (Guardian)
Lady Gaga has apologised after she described the death of model Rick Genest, AKA Zombie Boy, as a suicide before the cause of death has been established. Genest died after falling from the balcony of his Montreal apartment . His…
Zimbabwe opposition members in court over post-election violence, victims buried (Reuters)
Twenty-seven members of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) appeared in a Zimbabwe court facing public violence charges on Saturday after six people were killed in post-election protests that were met by a military crackdown. Soldiers and tanks rolled…
Thai cave boys return to school (SBS)
A dozen boys rescued from a cave in northern Thailand have returned to school. At Mae Sai Prasitsart School in Chiang Rai province where six of the boys attend, all of the 12 boys were given a warm welcome back…
11 emaciated children are rescued from a filthy and heavily armed compound (CNN)
The 11 children were so famished, the sheriff said, they “looked like third-world country refugees.” But they weren’t found in an underdeveloped country. They were discovered in a remote New Mexico compound where an underground trailer kept them hidden from…
NFF bigwigs, Omidiran to cheer Falconets against Germany today (Guardian)
Eminent world citizens, including the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and First Vice President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick, as well as a ranking Member of the House of Representatives, Ayo Omidiran will be on…