Veteran defender David Luiz has signed a new one-year deal with Arsenal, the Premier League club announced on Wednesday. The 33-year-old Brazil international joined the Gunners last year from Chelsea on an initial 12-month deal. He was heavily criticised after being sent off in last week’s 3-0 loss to Manchester […]
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COVID-19: Dubai Will allow tourists from July 7
The United Arab Emirates(UAE) has announced it would allow tourists back into its major tourist destination, Dubai from July 7 after more than three-month closure to contain coronavirus. Tourists are however required to present recent COVID-19 negative certificate or undergo testing at Dubai airports with those testing positive to observe […]
Nurse missing in Lagos
A nurse, Adetola Alao, has not been seen since she boarded a bus from Bariga to Ebutte-Metta, Lagos around 6:30pm on Tuesday, June 16, 2020. If you have any useful information on her whereabouts, call 08055308056 or 08072869636 or report to the nearest police station, the family pleaded
UK Supreme Court hears Nigerian communities’ case against Shell
The United Kingdom’s Supreme court heard an appeal on Tuesday from Nigerian farmers and fishermen seeking to pursue claims against oil major Royal Dutch Shell over spills in the Niger Delta. According to Reuters, the appeal re-opens the possibility of British multinationals being held liable at home for their subsidiaries’ […]
Nigerian Soldier Arrested After Making Video Saying Buratai, Service Chiefs Have Failed Nigerians(WATCH)
A soldier of the Nigerian Army, Lance Corporal Martins, has been arrested after making a video blasting the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, and other security chiefs in the country. The soldier was arrested on the orders of Buratai, sources revealed to SaharaReporters. According to the source, […]
2023 Presidency: Wike Makes Claim For Igbo
Governor Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, of Rivers State has started druming supports for the 2023 presidency to be ceded to the Igbo speaking people of Nigeria. Wike alleged that at some point the power brokers in this country will admit that Igbo people, one of the three major tribes in Nigeria and […]
COVID-19: UK post-lockdown blueprint
Boris Johnson today dramatically unwound the coronavirus lockdown, declaring that pubs, haircuts and weddings can return and giving family and friends the green light to meet up indoors for the first time in months. Throwing the dice to save the stricken economy, the PM told the Commons that England is […]
COVID-19: UK Government set to announce quarantine-free ‘air corridors’ to countries such as France, Spain, Greece, Italy and Turkey
Britons will be able to take quarantine-free foreign holidays within a fortnight as the government prepares to announce ‘air corridors’ with a series of popular destinations. Quarantine-free deals are on the verge of being struck with countries including France, Spain, Greece, Italy and Turkey. The list will be revealed within […]
Trump To Extend US Work Visa Freeze To Year-End -White House
US President Donald Trump will prolong a ban on US employment permits to year-end and broaden it to include H-1B visas used widely in the tech industry, the White House said Monday. A senior administration official told journalists the move would affect 525,000 jobs in the US, which is currently reeling […]
UN orders probe of abuses in Libya since 2016
The UN Human Rights Council on Monday adopted a resolution ordering a “fact-finding mission” to Libya in order to document violations and abuses committed in the conflict-torn country since 2016. The United Nations’ top rights body adopted the resolution without a vote, “strongly (condemning) all acts of violence in Libya”, […]