Under the scorching summer sun in Rabat, coach Ichtar Zahraoui bellows directions to “The Pirates”, young Moroccan men and women learning to play American football together on the gridiron. Focused and sweaty, 30 players gather every Sunday to practise the sport, an unusual scene in a country obsessed with soccer, the variety of football far […]

Zimbabwe’s newly sworn-in President Emmerson Mnangagwa vowed Sunday to open a probe into violence which followed the country’s first election since strongman Robert Mugabe was ousted from power. “To put closure and finality to the matter, I will soon be announcing members of the commission of inquiry into the said violence who will, upon completion, […]

Everton defender Michael Keane has suffered a small hairline fracture of his skull and will be sidelined for up to four weeks. Keane was carried off on a stretcher in stoppage time of the 2-2 Premier League draw at Bournemouth and taken to hospital following a nasty clash of heads with team-mate Idrissa Gueye. Everton […]

An unnamed official of one of the power distribution companies in Lagos allegedly died on Saturday while he and his colleagues were doing repair works on a transformer. Facebook user, Obinna Precious Anyaibe, said the men had arrived his Ogba, Lagos neighbourhood on Saturday, and had informed residents that they had come to repair a fault […]

John Alechenu, Abuja The All Progressives Congress has dissociated itself from promoters of an online membership registration website — apcregistration.com. The party said its ongoing membership registration exercise had nothing to do with the website. This was contained in a statement signed by the APC acting National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Yekini Nabena, in Abuja on […]

Two people were killed and more than 200 injured in a strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake that struck western Iran near the border with Iraq early Sunday, officials told local media. The shallow quake hit 26 kilometres (16 miles) southwest of the city of Javanrud in Kermanshah province, the US Geological Survey said, near the site of […]

John Ameh and ENIOLA AKINKUOTU The National Assembly may cut the budget for the 2019 polls, due to duplication of line items by the Independent National Electoral Commission, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt. Findings on Saturday showed that ahead of the resumed sitting of the Senate and House of Representatives Joint Committees on Electoral Matters on […]

The controversial speaker of Benue State Assembly, Titus Uba, speaks to JOHN CHARLES on the crisis rocking the legislature in the past few weeks You were a member of the All Progressives Congress before your colleagues elected you speaker. What’s the latest on your defection from the APC to the Peoples Democratic Party? I sent […]

Alexander Okere The proprietress of a centre, God’s Own Orphanage in Benin City, Edo State, has been invited by the police over the discovery of a missing four-year-old girl, Elo Ogidi, in the facility. SUNDAY PUNCH gathered that the yet-to-be identified woman was invited by the state police command to explain her connection with the […]

Unidentified gunmen have killed Mr Azi Magaji, the head driver to the Plateau House of Assembly Speaker, and Mr Edward Ankpa, a security personnel with the Jos University Teaching Hospital. The Plateau Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Terna Tyopev, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Jos. READ ALSO: I was […]

Samson Folarin The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, has suspended the Divisional Police Officer, Pen Cinema Police Division, Harrison Nwabuisi. Nwabuisi, a Superintendent of Police, was alleged to have led his men to raid Alimi Ogunyemi Street, among other places, in the Ifako Ijaiye area of the state on Wednesday. Some Muslim faithful, […]

The Director, Highways, Bridges, and Designs in the Federal Ministry of Works, Mr. Adetokunbo Sogbesan, said on Saturday in Lagos said that the Carter Bridge is structurally okay and safe for use. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that a portion of the outer walls of the bridge outbound Iddo link road was dented. Sogbesan […]

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp believes $83.5 million goalkeeper Alisson Becker could be the final piece in putting together a title challenge this season. The Brazilian made a vital save from Pascal Gross two minutes from time to record a third clean sheet in three games since joining from Roma as Klopp’s men beat Brighton 1-0 […]

Edo Government has threatened to sanction owners of illegal structures under the Electricity High Tension Transmission Line across the state. Oye Erimona, the state’s Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, gave the warning in a statement on Saturday in Benin. He said such owners should immediately remove the illegal structures, saying “actions of the […]

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Saturday for a deadly attack earlier this week on a checkpoint in western Libya, as Libyan authorities announced the arrest of the suspected perpetrators. “Soldiers of the caliphate assaulted the ‘Wadi Kaam’ gate, on the Zliten-Khoms road two days ago, targeting a gathering of apostate security elements” loyal to […]

The late legendary reggae singer, Ras Kimono, who died on June 10, 2018, at the age of 60 was finally laid to rest in his hometown, Onicha-Olona, in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State on Saturday, August 25, 2018. Read also: I’m not losing sleep over impeachment plots – Saraki The burial was witnessed by […]

Leaders of the All Progressives Congress, in Edo Central Senatorial district, have condemned the attack on Governor Godwin Obaseki by some youths believed to be hired thugs. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the leaders spoke in separate interviews with newsmen in Benin on Saturday. The leaders described the action as embarrassing and should […]

A woman has reportedly rescued a giant turtle from men, who were peddling it on Lagos Island on Friday. According to Twitter user, Ugo @orjiokeosisi, his aunt was the one, who rescued the sea animal from the men. She also ensured that it was taken back to the beach, where, it made it way into […]

A woman, Grace Ehi, has revealed how she got her Permanent Voter Card by pretending to be pregnant. Ehi shared her experiment on her Facebook page, alongside a video and photos. Ehi said, she had been going to the PVC registration centre for four days without results but on the day she went as a […]

Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday returned to Abuja after celebrating Eid-el Kabir in his hometown, Daura, Katsina State. Buhari had left Abuja on Monday ahead of the Tuesday and Wednesday public holidays declared by the Federal Government for the Sallah. READ ALSO: PHOTOS: Woman rescues, returns turtle to sea in Lagos He had […]

Femi Makinde The Osun State Police Command has arrested 31 persons who allegedly participated in the razing down of the Police Area Command in Iwo town following the killing of a youth identified as Tunde Nafiu by a policeman attached to the Special Anti Robbery Squad deployed in the town. A police officer attached to […]

Enyioha Opara, Minna  Umar Nasko, the Chief of Staff to former governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu, on Saturday presented his letter of intent to run for governor under the banner of the Peoples Democratic Party in Niger state. Over 2,000 supporters defied the heavy downpour in Minna, the state Capital to march alongside the […]

Chidiebube Okeoma,Owerri Fourteen political parties, excluding main opposition parties, Peoples Democratic Party and All Progressives Grand Alliance, are ready for the local government elections taking place in Imo State on Saturday. Some of the participating political parties include the ruling All Progressives Congress, Accord Party, Green Party of Nigeria, Young People’s Party, KOWA, Mega Party […]

Alexander Okere, Benin Fire has gutted the residence of the immediate past Chief Medical Director of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Prof. Michael Ibadin, in the Ovia North-East Local Government Area of Edo State. Southern City News gathered that the fire, which began at about 7:30pm on Thursday, razed the top floor of the […]

Chidiebube Okeoma, Owerri Operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit in the Imo State Police Command have arrested a 27-year-old, Idris Ishola, in connection with kidnapping and murder.  The State Commissioner of Police, Dasuki Galadanchi, said that the suspect, an indigene of Osun State, was arrested in Nkpolu, Rumuigbo in Rivers State on August 17 in connection […]

Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt Ahead of the 2019 general election, a group known as the Media Awareness and Justice Initiative has suggested that the Independent National Electoral Commission should be allowed to conduct primaries for political parties. The group said that such measure would put an end to the challenge of imposition of candidates by […]

Chidiebube Okeoma, Owerri A high court in Owerri on Friday evening released unconditionally 114 women suspected to be members of outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra. The women were remanded by a magistrate’s court in Owerri on Monday and Thursday respectively after they were arrested and arraigned by the police for demanding to know the whereabouts […]

Vincent Kompany believes he is playing better than ever as he celebrates a decade as a Manchester City player, with the club captain even talking of extending his stay at the Premier League champions. The Belgian international, whose time at City has been plagued by injuries, appears to have finally found consistent fitness and is […]

Ancelotti spent most of his career at AC Milan with the 59-year-old winning three Serie A and four European titles as a player and coach with the northern giants. His last coaching job in Italy — before nine trophy-laden years abroad at clubs including Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich — was at […]

Response to the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been going well and scaling up, the World Health Organisation WHO said Friday. As of Thursday, the case count had reached more than 100, with 103 confirmed cases including 63 deaths, according to Dr. Peter Salama, deputy director general of emergency […]

Arsenal manager Unai Emery says misfiring striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is struggling with a lack of confidence after his barren start to the season. Aubameyang is yet to get on the scoresheet for Arsenal this term after missing a series of chances in their defeats against Manchester City and Chelsea. The Gabon international was especially profligate […]

A Tinubu Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Friday granted a bail of N10 million to each of two lovers, who allegedly broke into their neighbour’s residence and stole N10.2 million valuables. The Chief Magistrate, Mr. Tajudeen Elias, ordered that Tega Teddy and his girlfriend, Karima Edom, both aged 18, should also produce one surety […]

U.S. President Donald Trump criticized social media companies on Friday for silencing “millions of people” in what he called an act of censorship. Trump did not mention any of the companies by name. On Tuesday, Facebook Inc (FB.O), Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) and Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) removed hundreds of accounts tied to an alleged Iranian propaganda […]

As Niko Kovac prepares to make his debut as Bayern Munich’s head coach on Friday when the 2018/19 Bundesliga season starts the club’s former press officer has lifted the lid on life under some of his predecessors. Markus Hoerwick retired in 2016 after 30 years as Bayern’s press spokesman and has given an insight on […]

Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The Republics of Benin and Niger have paid $10.1m as electricity bill to Nigeria to avert being disconnected from their power source in Nigeria after the Federal Government threatened to disconnect debtors. It was also learnt that the countries made the payment through their respective power firms, with NIGELEC of the Republic […]