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Egypt’s Al Ahly seek to cement African club dominance
Cairo giants Al Ahly will be seeking to cement their place as the dominant force in club football on the continent when they meet Wydad Casablanca in Monday’s African Champions League final. The Egyptian club are on course for an unprecedented third successive Champions League triumph, achieving what no other side has done
JUST IN: Scores feared dead in Rivers church stampede
Scores of people are feared dead in a stampede just before the commencement of a programme organised by a new generation church in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital on Saturday. Though, the church known as ‘Kings Assembly’ is located in the GRA axis of the metropolis, the programme was at the Polo Club
2023: PDP delegates arrive for accreditation
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) delegates have began to arrive for their accreditation exercise before the commencement of the Special National Convention of the party holding at the Velodrome section of MKO National Stadium in Abuja, where a presidential candidate will be elected later Saturday.
Folarin emerges APC guber flagbearer in Oyo
Sola Adeyemo, Ibadan Senator Teslim Kolawole Folarin Friday emerged winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial primary and will fly the ticket of the party in the 2023 election. He was announced winner at exactly 10.45 p.m by the Returning Officer having defeated five other aspirants. He polled 954 votes to defeat Chief
PDP presidential aspirant, Hayatu-Deen steps down, alleges process indecently monetized
One of the leading presidential aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mohammed Hayatu-Deen has step down from the 2023 Presidential race. The Borno State technocrat made this announcement in a statement sent to the media in the early hours of Saturday. Hayatu-Deen, while expressing his readiness and willingness to serve Nigerians, said he
Japanese Red Army founder freed after 20 years
The co-founder of the Japanese Red Army militant group has been freed from prison after serving 20 years for her part in a 1974 embassy siege. Fusako Shigenobu, 76, had evaded capture for decades before being arrested in Osaka in 2000, reports the BBC. Her once-feared group had aimed to provoke a global
Texas shooting response was wrong, says official
Police made the “wrong decision” by failing to storm a primary school classroom in Uvalde, Texas, as a gunman killed 19 children inside, the top safety official has said. “If I thought it would help, I would apologise,” Steven McCraw said during a heated press conference on Friday. Officers delayed entering because they did
Armed female bystander kills man shooting at US party
A female party-goer stopped a potential mass shooting in the US when she pulled out her gun and fatally shot a man who had opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle on a crowd, police say. The gunman had been asked to stop speeding shortly before he came back and targeted the group of 30
Japan opens up to foreign tourists after two years
After being closed to tourists for two years, Japan is opening its borders to visitors from 98 countries and regions. It marks the most significant moment so far in the country’s slow relaxation of its Covid-19 entry restrictions, reports the BBC. But some restrictions will remain, including a requirement to visit the country as
Medvedev, Tsitsipas target French Open last 16
World No 2 Daniil Medvedev and 2021 runner-up Stefanos Tsitsipas target the French Open last 16 on Saturday while untroubled women’s top seed Iga Swiatek eyes a 31st successive win. Medvedev and Tsitsipas are seeded to meet in the semifinals. So far, Medvedev has looked the most likely to reach that stage, dropping just
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