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Cristiano Ronaldo is too old to join Bayern Munich, according to the German club’s president Herbert Hainer. The 35-year-old, who has scored 22 goals for Juventus this season, has been linked with a move to Bayern in the past.... read more via TODAY – https://ift.tt/38awUGd Get More...

Suspect kidnappers, Friday night, stormed the residence of Prof. Abdullahi Mustapha, former Vice-Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria. The attackers abducted four persons and shot and killed an ABU hunter during the operation, PRNigeria reports.... Read more via Daily Post...

A 19-year-old Nigerian is in the grip of the Amasaman police following the death of one out of nine Nigerian young men he brought to Ghana to engage in illegal cyber business. Confirming the arrest, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Accra Regional Police Command, Deputy Superintendent...

There was an explosion in the old secretariat of the Ekiti State Government, Ado Ekiti, Saturday morning as a suspected bomb went off next door to the governor’s office. According to The Cable, the explosion brought down a building around the area and also affected a section … Read more via...

One Mr Kayode Oladeinde, a resident of Olope street Ogijo, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly impregnating his stepdaughter, a 13-year-old girl. The Ogun State Police Spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, on Saturday said the 50-year-old Oladeinde was arrested following...

Manchester United striker Odion Ighalo will miss the club’s training camp in Spain because of fears the coronavirus outbreak could lead to him being refused entry back into the UK. Nigerian Ighalo, 30, flew to Manchester from China last weekend after signing on loan from Shanghai Shenhua. "He...

Some Uber drivers in Nigeria’s commercial capital may go on strike on Monday to protest the recent clampdown by the Lagos State Vehicle Inspection Services. Two officials of the VIS told The Guardian earlier in the week … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News –...

These are not good times for ride-hailing companies and their patrons in Lagos, as Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu led administration has started beaming lights on the operations of the car-hailing firms like Uber, Bolt, and Ocar among others. This has caused an uproar on social media, with some...

A flying bullet almost killed this child at Mkpogu, Trans Amadi, Portharcourt.... Read more via Nairaland – https://ift.tt/2S7accq Get More Nigeria Metro News

Ohanézè Ndígbo Youth Council Worldwide (OYC) on Friday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to grant Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Leader, Nnamdi Kanu presidential pardon and allow him entry into the country to attend his parent’s burial..... Read more via The Nation Newspaper –...

Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says he is not responsible for a viral quote describing President Muhammadu Buhari as a religious bigot and an agent of destabilisation... Read more via TheCable – https://ift.tt/39kFwtI Get More Nigeria Political News

#OccupyLagos will be happening tomorrow at Eko Atlantic. We are converging at Silverbird Galleria by 9am and will be having a SILENT WALK to Eko Atlantic by 10am..... Read more via Twitter Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Department of State Services has denied social media reports claiming Boko Haram has stormed the Middle Belt including the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, or heading for the South to wreak havoc..... Read more via Punch Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2tEBZaC Get More Nigeria Metro News

The children have been together for a year and plan to raise their child with help from their parents, but have faced bullying in their home town of Zheleznogorsk, Russia A pregnant teenager who claims a 10-year-old boy is the father to her unborn baby, says the pair fell … Read more via...

The Police in Lagos have arrested two single mothers at a popular hotel who allegedly went there to trade their private parts for money and were caught for prostitution by the management in Lagos.... Read more via P.M.EXPRESS – https://ift.tt/2SFYLaP Get More Nigeria Metro News

Dele Alli was lucky to have escaped a serious injury from a Raheem Sterling tackle when Tottenham Hotspur beat Manchester City 2-0 last Sunday, Jose Mourinho has said while admitting his behaviour during the match saw him go viral “for the wrong reasons”..... Read more via TODAY –...

The family of deceased Wuhan whistleblower, Dr. Li Wenliang, who was investigated for “making false comments” when he posted about coronavirus, was awarded $117,400 (821,000 Chinese yuan) in compensation after he died from the very virus early the.... Read more via Vanguard News –...

The Supreme Court on Friday February 7, struck out a lawsuit filed by the family of late former Head of State, Sani Abacha to access some bank accounts in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Jersey, Liechenstein and Luxembourg... Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2H8GMnG Get...

The International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO), on Friday flagged-off disbursement of N317 million assistance to 1,176 orphans in Sokoto state. The beneficiaries were from less privileged families across the 23 local government areas in the state.... Read more via P.M. News –...

President Donald Trump has fired European Union Ambassador Gordon Sondland, in apparent retribution for testifying against him in the congressional impeachment proceedings..... Read more via P.M. News – https://ift.tt/3bl7Xto Get more World News