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US President Donald Trump joked with Portugal President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa about Cristiano Ronaldo Donald Trump usually reserves the word "greatest" for his latest deal or appointment, but he has now bestowed it on Cristiano Ronaldo. The US President was speaking about the Portugal forward during a meeting with Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa at the White House. "They say he is the greatest player," said Trump while discussing the qualities of the Real Madrid forward with De Sousa. "So, tell me, how good a player is he?" asked Trump. "Are you impressed?" "I'm very much impressed. He's the best player [in] the world," enthused De Sousa. Ronaldo has scored four goals in Russia to help propel Portugal into the last-16 against Uruguay on Saturday. "So will Christian [sic] ever run for president against you?" Trump asked Robelo de Sousa. "He wouldn't win! You know he ...

A petrol tanker has caught fire in Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos, killing at least nine people, officials say. More than 50 vehicles, including five buses, were set ablaze after the truck lost control and spilled its contents on a busy motorway during rush hour. The tanker is said to have crashed after its brakes failed. Fuel explosions are common in Nigeria, Africa's biggest oil producer. Petrol is transported via badly maintained roads and vehicles. The incident on Thursday occurred at about 17:30 local time (16:30 GMT) on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, one of the main motorways into the city. A representative from the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) told the BBC that the tanker had lost control as it approached a bridge, and ended up falling on its side. Petrol then began pouring from the tanker and a fire erupted. The blaze quickly spread from vehicle to vehicle. Images later showed black smoke rising from the road and the shells of several burnt-out cars....

Nigeria came sixth in cultural practices that are harmful to women — cultural practices such as female genital mutilation, acid attacks, forced marriage, stoning, physical abuse or mutilation as a way of punishment, female infanticide and child marriage. Also, in situation of sexual violence like rape as an instrument of war, domestic rape, rape by strangers constraint in getting access to justice in rape cases, Nigeria came in fourth, and was also listed fourth in the survey on human trafficking. Recent report by Thomson Reuters Foundation has listed Nigeria as the ninth most dangerous country for women.  In the report, Nigeria had unimpressive ratings in sexual violence, cultural practices, and human trafficking. On the top of the list are India, DR Congo, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Somalia, Syria, Pakistan, Yemen and USA, who settled for the last spot on the list.   In a survey carried out by the foundation between March 26 and May 4, 2018,  548 experts on ...

15 people died and 70 others sustained serious burn injuries after fire razed Gikomba market in Nairobi. Nine bodies discovered inside a residential building are yet to be retrieved while six have been moved to City Mortuary. “At 2.30am fire broke out inside a timber shop near the Nairobi River. Four children who were rushed to Kenyatta National Hospital died on arrival,” Nairobi Regional Commissioner William Kang’ethe Thuku said. Gikomba Market located in Majengo area is mostly known for its traders who sell second-hand clothes. This is not the first time that the market stalls have been razed to the ground and the frequent occurrence of such incidents has raised eyebrows in different quarters. Some have even labeled it the ‘annual Gikomba Market Fire’. Two years ago, after a similar inferno destroyed property worth millions, Kamukunji MP Yusuf Hassan alleged that the incidents were an attempt to edge out traders from the land. “I think it is not purely accid...

Hip-hop star Davido won Best International Act on Hip-hop at the BET Awards and urged greater collaborations between U.S. and African musicians. The BET Awards, established by Black Entertainment Television to recognise the best in African American culture, maintains an international category for black music from outside the United States. Davido, 25, thanked his Nigeria fans and said that Africa as a continent “has been so blessed.” “I’m telling you guys — come to Africa, eat the food, wear the clothes,” he told the audience full of African American A-list celebrities. “Let’s collaborate, everybody. Let’s collaborate, man,” he said. David, the son of a wealthy business mogul, is one of the leading forces in the Afrobeats movement that has swept the continent’s music scene. Not to be confused with the funky Afrobeat of the 1970s, Afrobeats — with an “s” — brings together sounds from across the continent to create a danceable, pan-African music. Other artists nominated...

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari is said to be experiencing tensions with his main political backer, but the leader played down internal disagreements within the party Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday called for his ruling party to set aside internal differences before elections next year, as it held its national convention under tight security. The All Progressives Congress (APC) has seen mounting tensions in recent months between Buhari loyalists in government and lawmakers who joined the party before the last election in 2015. They include the leader of the upper chamber of parliament, the Senate, Bukola Sarakai, and the speaker of the lower House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, leading to talk of further defections and a breakaway party. Ties between Buhari his main political backer, APC founder and former Lagos state governor Bola Tinubu, are also said to have deteriorated. But the 75-year-old leader played down disagreements and insi...

A hilarious video tweeted by one Adeyemi Esther, @prettydamsel0, showing a devoted woman transmitting anointing to the Super Eagles shortly before their encounter with Iceland has continued to trend on the social media. The video opens with the woman anointing the team members at the lineup while they sing the national anthem before the match commences. As the image of each team member scrolls by, the woman does what appears to be a sign of the cross on each of the players. She touches each player’s forehead, the shoulders and chest, all the while holding with the left hand what appears to be an open holy book. As she does the ‘anointing,’ some out-of-view persons chorus an enchanting “Amen” all the time. At the end of the game, Nigeria defeated Iceland 2:0.

Following the 2-0 loss to Croatia in their opening game of the 2018 World Cup, the Super Eagles have been adjudged as the 29th best of the 32 teams participating at the World Cup after the first round of game ritish newspaper  Daily Telegraph , in an appraisal of all the teams, rated Nigeria as only better than Saudi Arabia which lost the opening game of the competition 5-0 to host country Russia and debutants Panama who lost 3-0 to Belgium. Of Nigeria’s performance, the paper wrote; “A horrible performance from a group of players who didn’t seem to grasp quite how important their opening game at the World Cup was. Whether the manager’s fault or those in green shirts, there was no urgency, no great surge to try and rescue a point, an isolated striker and full-backs who weren’t allowed to get forward. Nigeria should be so much better than this.” Spain and Portugal, who played out an enthralling 3-3 draw came in first and second while Mexico, which defeated reigning...

"Naturally, every Nigerian should be worried and concerned that budget was submitted on November 7, 2017, with the expectation that latest by December ending, it would have been passed” he said of the delay," Adesina said. “But it wasn’t passed till May (2018) and that is quite worrisome for every right-thinking Nigerian.” Pr esident Muhammadu Buhari is set to sign the passed 2018 budget on Wednesday. The National Assembly transmitted the budget to the President on May 25 for assent but the President did not immediately sign. The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udoma, disclosed at the time that the President was scrutinizing the passed budget. However, while speaking on Channels Television, Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, said the President would sign the budget on Wednesday by 12 noon. “Naturally, every Nigerian should be worried and concerned that budget was submitted on November 7, 2017, with the expectati...

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Nigeria began their 2018 World Cup campaign, with a 2-0 defeat to Croatia on Saturday night. The Super Eagles came into the game, hoping to get at least a point, after Argentina drew 1-1 in the other fixture played today in Group D. H owever, Gernot Rohr’s men fell behind in the 32nd minute. Oghenekaro Etebo deflected Andrej Kramaric’s diving header past Francis Uzoho. The Eagles tried to pull one back in the second half, but it was the Croats who scored the decisive goal. William Troost-Ekong was adjuged to have fouled Mario Mandzukic in the area and the referee pointed to the spot. Luka Modric stepped up and fired in a second to hand his team all three points.

Olukoya Ogungbeje, the Lead Counsel to the suspected kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, a.k.a Evans, has withdrawn from his defence. Ogungbeje who said his withdrawal was based on “personal reasons”, made the development known in a press statement which was made available to Channels Television. The statement dated Wednesday, June 13 and signed by Ogungbeje himself, read in part: “For the avoidance of doubt, we wish to state categorically that we have fought a good fight this far despite repeated and sustained threats to my life and my defence lawyers. “I dare say we have no regrets whatsoever, having conducted the criminal charges involving our client this far. “For the sake of history, we have been able to enrich the basic principles of our criminal jurisprudence, especially the principle premised on “An accused person being presumed innocent until the contrary is proved” no matter the public opinion and criticism”. Ogungbeje also said that himself and his team ha...

Highway to heaven! Son ‘buries his father in a £66,000 BMW in Nigeria because he had always promised he’d buy him a flash car’  The man, named only as Azubuike, promised his father he would buy him a carSince his father died before he got the chance he decided to bury him in a BMW The brand new BMW cost Azubuike a whopping £66,000 from a local showroom. A Nigerian man has buried his father in a brand new BMW instead of a coffin in order to see him off in style in the local village graveyard. The wealthy son, identified only as Azubuike, lost his father, to old age but according to local reports had always promised him one day he would have a flash car. So after he passed away in the remote village of Ihiala,  Nigeria , Azubuike is reported to have splashed out £66,000 cash on a car from the showroom to bury his father in. An incredible photo taken at the funeral shows the enormous car being lowered into a huge grave dug six feet deep by hand in the village. The ...

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has told President Muhammadu Buhari that he cannot honour MKO Abiola in one breath and admire his tormentor Sani Abacha in the same breath. Soyinka, who was speaking in Abuja on Wednesday at the national honours investiture for heroes of democracy., said that although he understood Buhari’s official loyalty to Abacha, it shouldn’t take preeminence over the preservation of democracy “Dear Mr. President, you cannot honour Abiola in one breath and admire his tormentor in the same breath,” he said. Soyinka added that while the heroes of democracy were being recognized, the anti-democrats deserved some mention too. “So, as we have the Hall of Heroes in one hand, we also have the Hall of Shame as a lesson to future generations,” he said. In the latter category, he listed Abacha, whom he described as “one of the most brutal dictators — if not the most brutal, in fact the most brutal dictators — that this nation has ever known”.

President Muhammadu Buhari has apologised to the family of the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, for his travails after the election. The president gave the apology in Abuja on Tuesday after conferring the title, Grand Commander Of the Federal Republic on Abiola. “On behalf of the Federal Government, I tender the nation’s apology to the family of late MKO Abiola, who got the highest vote [in the election], and to those that lost their loved ones in the course of the June 12 struggle,” President Buhari said before getting guests to observe a minute’s silence in honour of those who died. Buhari Officially Confers GCFR Title On MKO Abiola The decision to honour MKO Abiola and to declare June 12 Democracy Day followed years of clamour by the activists, statesmen, groups as well as the family, associates, and friends of the late businessman and politician. And President Buhari believes it is important for Nigerians to accept...

Suspected herdsmen on Sunday evening kidnapped a Methodist priest, (Rev) Kayode Akande, in Osun State. The Bishop of Methodist Church, (Osogbo Diocese) Mr Amos Ogunrinde, confirmed the incident to Channels Television. One of the clerics in the church who also spoke to Channels TV on the condition of anonymity said the priest was kidnapped along the Iwo-Osogbo Road with two other church leaders. He explained that they were returning from a meeting held at Ile-Ogbo when the criminals stopped their vehicles and took them away. “The three peoples were returning to Osogbo from Ile Ogbo when the Fulani herdsmen took them away. They went for a meeting and they were on their way back to Osogbo when they were waylaid by the hoodlums. “The criminals released others and the two cars in which they were travelling and took away the three of them,” he said. The cleric, however, stated that the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Fimihan Adeoye, was immediately contacted and he a...

A regular hunter identify as Mr Emmanuel killed a small python on Wednesday, 8th of June 2018 at a famous river called Tanker River close to 174 battalion army Barrack. He noted that he never expected his trap to have this big catch and its more like a surprise to him and the community to see the python. He also said he sold it to the Chinese men for 25,000 which is a good deal.

The President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has faulted the Police claims that he has been indicted by some suspects arrested in connection with the April 2018 Offa bank robberies in which 30 persons were killed. In a press release signed by his Special Adviser (Media and Publicity), Mr. Yusuph Olaniyonu, the Senate President mainteined that there is no how he could have been involved in armed robbery against his own people. See the press release: “The attention of the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has been drawn to a story circulating online and apparently derived from a Press Conference addressed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Moshood Jimoh, linking him (Saraki) to the Offa robbery. “Dr. Saraki will want the entire public to disregard this claim as a baseless allegation and another ploy by the Police to implicate him by all means. “Let it be known that there is no way I could have been associated with armed robbery against my people. ...

Former Arsenal striker Nwankwo Kanu had $11,000 (9,300 euros) stolen from his suitcase at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport while he was on his way to playing in a friendly match organised by FIFA. Kanu, 41, who captained the Nigerian national team and played for Arsenal and Inter Milan, was robbed as he transferred to a flight to Kaliningrad at the airport after arriving from London, TASS, the state news agency reported on Sunday. TASS quoted Russian police as saying that they detained two baggage handlers who were unloading luggage from the London flight and stole the money from checked-in luggage. “The stolen money has been confiscated and will shortly be returned to its owner,” police spokeswoman Irina Volk said. Police confirmed to TASS that the luggage belonged to Kanu. Moscow and Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave, will both host World Cup matches in a tournament that will see thousands of international fans travelling between the 11 host cities. Startin...