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kenneth Omeruo celebrating his goal. Guinea was defeated by Nigeria in today's match as Nigeria becomes the first Team to Qualify for the last 16 stage at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nation. Guinea try their best but  Nigeria the Giant of Africa in football stop them. The Super Eagles qualified for the next stage after a Kenneth Omeruo strike gave them a 1-0 victory over Guinea, taking their points tally to six in Group B.  Guinea’s loss leaves them with a point from two games, while Madagascar who take on Burundi in the second group game has a point.

Detectives from the Defence Headquarters, (DHQ ) Abuja, and the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested 14 suspects in connection with the murder of the former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh. The suspects were arrested by a Joint Investigative Panel, which was inaugurated by the Chief of the Defence Staff, Gen. Abayomi Olonisakin, following the incident on December 18 last year. The suspects were scheduled to be paraded before journalists at the DHQ Garrison in Mogadishu Cantonment, Abuja, yesterday. The parade was later postponed due to what officials of the DHQ described as “some unforeseen hitches.” It would be recalled that the Nigerian Police Force had in December 2018 paraded five suspects linked to the murder. One of them was a 25-year-old Shuaibu Rabo, who said the former CDS was killed while they were trying to rob him of money meant for the purchase of a new farmland. A member of the ex-CDS family, however, debunked the claim saying th

The Emir of Kano Muhammad Sanusi II says the financial health of Nigeria is at risk and the country is heading towards bankruptcy. Sanusi disclosed this during the third national treasury workshop held at the Kano State Government House on Wednesday. He stressed that factors including fuel subsidy, debt servicing, and demurrage among other economic policies which he described as “unfavourable economic policies,” are consuming revenue of the nation. “In 2011, when I was CBN governor, we spent $8bn importing petroleum and spent another $8.2bn subsidising the product “100% of what we earn in the oil sector went out to import petrol. You are treasurers, is this sustainable? “The country will be bankrupted and we are heading to bankruptcy,” the Emir warned. Sanusi said further that, “For the Federal Government to place itself in a position where, (in finance you all know this is what we call a naked edge), the price of crude oil and petroleum products goes up, the

Former James Bond and soap actor Bryan Marshall has died aged 81, his agent has confirmed. Marshall is well known for playing Commander Talbot alongside Roger Moore in the Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me. He was born in Battersea, London, and began his career in the 1960s, also appearing alongside Michael Caine in Alfie. He also appeared in Neighbours and Home and Away and hosted crime show Australia's Most Wanted in 1989. In The Spy Who Loved Me, he played a submarine captain whose vessel was captured at the start of the film. He had lived and worked in Australia for more than 20 years before his death. His agent Esta Charkham today tweeted: 'So sad that my dear old chum Bryan Marshall has gone on ahead. 'A wonderful actor – he was so good you never noticed how good he was. 'He was a valued chum. His credits are a catalogue of classic British and Australian TV.' She added: 'I will always remember him with a smile on my face because he was th

Unlike billboards that are static, advertising using mobile vehicles – especially buses – can prove to be more effective in reaching target audiences. In Lagos, adverting on mass transit buses – especially BRT buses – is becoming quite popular. Advertising on these buses typically requires pasting the information on the buses. In some part of the world, bus adverts assume a more creative dimension. The photos below illustrate how some clever and creative advertisements on buses that can help the advertisers run viral campaigns and reach a wider audience just by making its daily bus rounds. Credit by autojosh See photos of some of them below.                                                            

An operative of the Department of State Security Services (DSS), Mr Folusho Rotimi, has revealed to the Federal High Court, Lagos, how specimens of fake Nigerian currency was recovered from Parkview, Ikoyi’s home of a businessman, John Elem. Elem is standing trial before Justice Saliu Saidu on the charge bordering on counterfeiting of about N20 billion Nigeria’s currency preferred against him by the DSS. The offences according to the prosecuting counsel, Mr. E.K. Ugwu, violated the Counterfeit Currency Offences Act, 2004. Though, the defendant had denied the allegations and he is currently on bail. At the resumed hearing of the charge on Tuesday, the DSS operative, Rotimi, who is the second prosecution witness, informed the court that upon conducting a search on the defendant’s home, a roll of paper with an imprint of N1, 000 note was found on a machine, which was been used for printing fake currency. He said on December 9, 2016, during a search of defendant’s house the ag

Afenifere leaders with President Buhari in a group photograph President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja met with the leadership of the Afenifere, where he explained why the former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen was suspended before his voluntary retirement on May 28. The president, who spoke extensively on the war against corruption, right from the time he was military head of state, said he reluctantly `dealt’ with Onnoghen following the discovery of huge amount of monies (both in foreign and local currencies) that were traced to him. He said: “I will tell you as Afenifere, that was why I had to deal though reluctantly with the former Chief Justice, because there were millions of dollars, euros, not to talk of naira, which were not declared. “I wonder what sort of conscience some of us have, how can you seat and preside and lock people up for years and even sentence some to death and yet you are not doing what the constitution says you should do by o

Cameroon started their 2019 Africa Cup of Nations campaign off with a win, Cameroon leading the group with 3 point. Guinea-Bissau did well initially to frustrate Seedorf's side as they looked to sit deep in a bid to catch Cameroon cold on the counter. But just after the hour mark the game turned.  Banana opened the scoring as he headed low into the net from Karl Toko Ekambi's pin-point cross. Bahoken, on as a substitute following the opening goal, got the second two minutes after coming on as he was quickest to react to a defensive mix-up. Cameroon are expected to make a strong run in the tournament as they look to defend the crown they won in 2017. Cameroon started their 2019 Africa Cup of Nations campaign as they mean to go on with a routine win over unfancied Guinea-Bissau. Clarence Seedorf's players took a while to warm up but found the net twice in three minutes midway through the second half to wrap up an opening group victory. Goals from brilliantl

An Igbosere High Court in Lagos on Tuesday sentenced a Togolese cook, Sunday Anani, to life imprisonment for the murder of his employer, the Chief Executive Officer of Credit Switch Ltd., Opeyemi Bademosi. Justice Mobolanle Okikiolu-Ighile convicted Anani following his plea of guilty to a one-count charge of voluntary manslaughter. Anani, 22, was initially charged by the Lagos State Government on two counts  of murder and armed robbery. He pleaded not guilty but when trial began, Anani entered a plea bargain agreement for a lesser charge. He then pleaded guilty to voluntarily manslaughter with the help of his counsel, Mrs Aderenra Adeyemi, the Director of the Office Defender He, therefore,  confessed that he stabbed Chief Bademosi to death in his Ikoyi, Lagos, home, while trying to rob him. He also confirmed that he was the person caught on closed circuit television  camera fleeing the scene of the crime. The defendant’s initial plea of not guilty would have fetched

Nigeria on Tuesday suspended a training strike over unpaid bonuses at the Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt following last-minute pleas by the country's football officials. The team finally agreed to train in Alexandria, 30 minutes after schedule, after the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) promised to pay a win bonus from their 1-0 victory over Burundi on Saturday, by the end of the week. NFF spokesman Ademola Olajire told AFP "the matter has been resolved", conceding that funds for the tournament had arrived late. "The NFF received part of the money meant for the tournament today and is in the process of converting it to dollars to pay the players and officials", he said. "The only money they’re owed is the win-bonus for the Burundi match", he added. The bonuses were expected to be paid by the NFF after Saturday's game ended. Officials close to the team, who spoke under anonymity, told AFP that following reassurances from the NFF &

 Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the Southern and Middle Belt Forum (SMBF), and the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), have criticised Vice President Yemi Osinbajo over a statement credited to him that the level of insecurity in the country was being exaggerated. Osinbajo was quoted as saying during a town hall meeting with Nigerians in New York, United States, on Sunday that “some of the kidnapping stories you read or listen to are simply not true anywhere; some are fuelled by politics.” Afenifere, in a reaction contained in a communique titled: ‘We Can’t Bear It Anymore!’ which was adopted after the organisation’s General Assembly held yesterday at the home of its leader, Chief Rueben Fasoranti, in Akure, Ondo State capital, condemned Vice President Osinbajo for taking such position in far away New York while Nigerians are living daily in palpable fear over insecurity. The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBL), in a separate

Netherlands’ players rejoice after the match The Netherlands reached the women’s World Cup quarter finals for the first time when Lieke Martens’ last gasp penalty earned them a 2-1 victory against Japan on Tuesday. Martens put the Dutch in front after 17 minutes, only for Yui Hasegawa to level on the stroke of halftime, but the forward sent the European champions through with a spot kick in the last minute. Japan, who hit the woodwork twice, dominated the second half but lacked the finishing touch. The Netherlands, taking part in only their second women’s World Cup, will play Italy in Valenciennes on Saturday after the Azzurre beat China 2-0 earlier on Tuesday. The Oranje dominated early on with Vivianne Miedema’s shot hitting the post and they were rewarded in the 17th minute when Martens back-heeled a corner into the net to open the scoring. Japan, however, had their chances with Yuika Sugasawa racing through only to see her curled shot crash against the post.