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Manchester United has completed a deal to bring back Cristiano Ronaldo in a sensational move before the transfer deadline. United have agreed a transfer fee in the region of €28 million to re-sign Ronaldo 12 years after he left the club. Rivals Manchester City were sent to land the Portuguese after missing out on top summer target Harry Kane of Tottenham. However, City pulled out of negotiations leaving the way clear for United to bring the 36-year-old back to the club he left back in 2009. It is understood United are set to pay €25 million plus add-ons with the five-time…

In three days, two Nigerian judges have delivered contradictory rulings for Prince Uche Secondus, Peoples Democratic Party National Chairman, one barring him and another reinstating him to his office. Justice Nusirat. I. Umar, a vacation Judge of the Kebbi State High Court, has ordered Uche Secondus to return to his position as the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman. Justice Umar gave the order in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday while ruling in suit no: KB/AC/M. 170/2021. This was as Justice O. Gbasah of High Court in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers state, suspended Secondus and barred him from parading…

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has queried Channels Television over an interview granted to Benue Governor Samuel Ortom. Recall that NBC fined Channels Television N3 million over its “unprofessional coverage” of the EndSARS protests and the crisis that followed it in October 2020. In April 2021, the commission suspended the broadcast licence of Channels Television and imposed a N5 million fine on the station for alleged breach of the broadcast code in its live programme entitled: Politics Today. Ortom, who was a guest on Sunrise Daily on Tuesday, August 24, had accused President Muhammadu Buhari of trying to “Fulanise” Nigeria.…

Tuesday’s attack on Yelwa Zangam village of Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State by bandits has resulted in shortage of blood for the victims. Many people were injured in the deadly attack that led to the death of more than 36 persons. It is understood that the government-owned specialist hospital has been hit by a shortage of blood. The hospital, it was gathered too, could no longer cope with the demand for blood. The Red Cross Nigeria Plateau State has called on public-spirited citizens and good Samaritans to donate blood to victims of the attack. Head, communications, Red…

Abia State Government in Nigeria’s South-East region has expressed sadness over the death of seven persons of the same family after eating suya with fruit juice. Straightnews gathered that the tragedy struck at Umueze, Umuakanu community in Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State on Wednesday when seven persons from the same family died after eating the popular barbecue known as suya with fruit juice. A statement issued by the state Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu commiserated with the family and friends of the bereaved, calling for calm and patience to enable relevant medical authorities properly determine…

No fewer than 60 Afghans, 12 United States military service personnel have been killed and 15 injured in the bomb attack at the Kabul airport while many were wounded, a US official said. “At this time, we know that 12 US service members have been killed in the attack and 15 more service members have been injured,” Marine Corps General Kenneth McKenzie Jr, commander of the US Central Command, said on Thursday. “Let me be clear, while we’re saddened by the loss of life, both US and Afghan, we’re continuing to execute the mission,” McKenzie told a media conference at the Pentagon.…

The Civil Liberties Organisation, Akwa Ibom State Branch, has accused Governor Udom Emmanuel for withholding assent to six people-oriented bills, but called on Akwa Ibom House of Assembly to override the governor’s veto. These include A Bill for a Law to Prohibit Stigmatization and Discrimination against People Living with HIV/AIDS and to Regulate the Practice of HIV/AIDS Counselling and Testing and for other Matters Connected Therewith, and A Bill for a Law to Establish Akwa Ibom State Health Insurance Agency and for other Matters Connected Thereto.  Others are Akwa Ibom State College of Science and Technology Bill; the Customary Courts…

US Open may suffer shine as top Tennis players have announced their intention to withdraw from the competition. Already, two sisters and American tennis stars have withdrawn from the US Open due to injury. Venus Williams has announced she would be missing the upcoming US Open due to injury. Her younger sister, 39-year-old Serena had announced her intention to withdraw from the competition, becoming the third American female to withdraw after Sofia Kenin.  Two-time US Open champion and former world No 1 Venus made the announcement in a video posted on social media. “Not the best news from Serena and…

A 47-year-old retired matron from Akwa Ibom State has bagged a 10-year imprisonment without option of fine for child trafficking. Gertrude Akpan was said to have bought an abducted six-year-old boy who was in the custody of his grandmother from one Ubong Ekwere for N50,000 on May 12, 2018. Prosecutors told the court that Akpan, a mother of three later sold the child to one Kate Ogbonna in Owerri for N200,000 in Imo State. Delivering judgment in the case on Wednesday, August 25, Justice Okon Okon of Akwa Ibom State High Court in Uyo found Akpan guilty of the unlawful…

In what looked as a reprisal attack, suspected Fulani herders have killed 36 persons in Yelwa-Zangam community, behind the University of Jos, in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. Eyewitnesses in the community said the armed men invaded the community at about 9 p.m. on Tuesday and raided for hours without help from security agents. The attack appears as a retaliation for the killing of about 25 Fulani travellers on Gada-Biyu-Rukuba road in Jos, the state capital, few days ago, an incident that had followed weeks of sustained carnage on communities in Jos North by suspected herdsmen. Tuesday’s…