Nigeria’s and Wolves goalkeeper Carl Ikeme has retired from professional football after a 12-month battle with acute leukaemia. Last month Ikeme, 32, announced on Twitter he was in complete remission from the disease after “a tough year and intense chemotherapy”.…
Court adjourns Melaye’s arms dealing case till Aug. 9 (Nation)
A Senior Magistrate’s Court in Kogi State has adjourned the trial of Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West) and two others in the case of illegal possession of firearms and arms dealing till August 9. Senior Magistrate Sulyman Abdullah adjourned the…
COSON CRISIS: MPAN cries out! (Vanguard)
The Music Publishers Association of Nigeria (MPAN) is an association of owners of interests in copyright catalogues comprised of tens of thousands of musical works, from the 1960s to 2018, locally and internationally. As the single largest body of music…
Troops, police repel Boko Haram attack in Borno (Nation)
The Nigerian Army and Police on Thursday repelled an attack by Boko-Haram insurgents who attempted to invade Jakana town in Kaga local government area of Borno. The insurgents armed with sophisticated weapons, stormed the town at 5:30 p.m. Jakana is…
Offa robbery: Saraki makes ‘cautionary’ statement to the police (Vanguard)
Senate President Bukola Saraki has now made a statement to the police, in respect of the investigation into the multiple robberies in Offa on 5 April, in which 31 people were killed. The police in a short statement on Thursday…
Aspiring Lawmaker says Atiku most suitable for Presidency (ThisDay)
The Coordinator of the National Youths Mobilisation (NYM), Hassan Waziri Chinade, has said that the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar’s presidency would help fix the huge socio-political and economic challenges currently enveloping the country, if elected in the 2019 presidential…
Those who left APC have deficiencies, says Benue Party Chairman (ThisDay)
The Benue State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has reacted to the exit of the state Governor, Samuel Ortom, 15 senators and 35 members of the House of Representatives from its platform The state Chairman of the…
Enyimba departs for Cote d’Ivoire today (Guardian)
Nigeria’s remaining representative in African inter-club competitions, Enyimba of Aba will leave Lagos today for Abidjan for the reverse leg of its CAF Confederation Cup tie with Williamsville FC. Enyimba beat the Ivoirian side 1-0 in Port Harcourt two weeks…
Kwara governor to quit APC, 42 loyal senators meet Buhari (Guardian)
Forty-eight hours after Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), his Kwara counterpart, Abdulfatah Ahmed, is to tow same path. According to him, the decision follows calls by stakeholders…
Controversy surrounds Melaye’s whereabouts (Punch)
Fresh controversy surrounds the whereabouts of the lawmaker representing Kogi West in the Senate, Dino Melaye. A lawyer to the lawmaker, Yemi Mohammed, on Thursday, said the senator was attacked at Gwagwalada on his way to Lokoja on Wednesday. A…