A suicide bomber blew up a vehicle in the town of Al-Qaim in western Iraq on Wednesday (Aug 29), killing at least 11 people, five of them security personnel, police said. The 9am (0600 GMT) bombing at a checkpoint on…
When is Aretha Franklin’s funeral? All the updates about the Queen of Soul’s send off (Mirror)
The Queen of Soul has captured the imagination of millions of people with her incredible vocal stylings and larger than life personality. Her life has had many ups and downs but the world mourned when it was announced that Aretha…
Basketball players suspended after paying prostitutes for sex (Channelnewsasia)
Four Japanese basketball players kicked out of the Asian Games for paying prostitutes for sex will be suspended for a year, officials said Wednesday (Aug 29). Japan Basketball Association chief Yuko Mitsuya told reporters the players would be barred from…
Police sergeant stabs man to death for dating his wife (Vanguard)
A Police sergeant has stabbed a man to death for allegedly dating his estranged wife after his efforts to stop the deceased from seeing her failed. The incident, which happened last Sunday at Oteri community, Ughelli North Local Government Area of…
There are plans to destabilise Nigeria before 2019 polls – Okogie (Vanguard)
Retired Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Anthony Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie, yesterday, warned of attempts by some unscrupulous politicians to destabilise Nigeria before the 2019 general elections even as he urged Nigerians not to vote on ethnic, religious or regional lines. In a…
PDP urges Theresa May to resist Buhari’s alleged “endorsement stunt” (Guardian)
Nigeria opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Tuesday, charged the British Prime Minister Theresa May to use her state visit to Nigeria to uncover the dismal state of the country. May will be visiting Nigeria on Wednesday where she…
Supreme Court must declare Saraki, others’ seats vacant, says Arise (Nation)
The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has been urged to approach the Supreme Court on the need to declare the seats of Senate President Bukola Saraki and other defecting senators vacant. Former Chairman, Senate Committee on Privatisation,…
Donald Trump given red card by Fifa boss in Oval Office (ITV)
President Donald Trump received a red card among other gifts in an Oval Office meeting with the head of world football’s governing body. Fifa president Gianni Infantino gave Mr Trump several tokens during a meeting on Tuesday, including red and…
2023: Igbo presidency non-negotiable – Ohanaeze youths (SUN)
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide (OYC) has declared that the actualisation of Igbo presidency by the year 2023 is nonnegotiable. It frowned at reports which alleged that some cabals in the All Progressives Congress (APC) have perfected plans to…
Donald Trump finally became an impeachable president (Rawstory)
I’m not predicting impeachment (though it’s possible if Dems win the House in November) or conviction (unlikely in any case), but everything changed with lawyer/fixer/better-call-Sauler Michael Cohen’s guilty plea in which he implicated Trump as co-conspirator-in-chief. It’s no ordinary co-conspirator…
