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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced plans to ban online racists from football matches in the wake of abuse aimed at England stars. England trio: Bukayo Saka, Jadon Sancho, and Marcus Rashford were targeted with sickening racial abuse following Sunday’s EURO 2020 final defeat after they missed penalty shootout against Italy at Wembley. More than 1 million persons have signed online that the Football Association should ban the racists. On Wednesday, the Prime Minister told MPs that the government is toughening up the football banning order regime as he clashed with Keir Starmer over his stance on the national…

Unknown gunmen have slain three policemen and two others in Eke-Agu community in Abatete, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The gunmen, according to reports, stormed the community in two highlander SUVs and one Sienna car on Tuesday night July 13, shooting sporadically while also setting three vehicles ablaze. The assailants abducted one unidentified young man from Uke after several shots fired at him ‘failed to penetrate.’ He was dumped in the trunk of the vehicle and whisked away to an unknown destination. The state police command is yet to comment on the incident.

Australia cut short Nigeria’s basketball prowess by trouncing her 108-69 to win their third game in a row at the Las Vegas exhibition series on Wednesday as both teams continue their preparation for the Olympics. Buoyed by an upset win against Team USA, Nigeria was celebrating the defeat of USA 90-87 in pre-Olympic basketball tournament until the Boomers clipped their wing. The loss is Mike Brown’s first since taking over as coach of D’Tigers in 2020. The efficient Aussies displayed grit and technical prowess as they swept D’Tigers apart in the first quarter taking a 13-point lead to end 26-13.…

Following public outcry, Ghana’s first lady has offered to refund allowances she has received since her husband assumed office in 2017. Rebecca Akufo-Addo in a statement said that she “decided to refund all monies paid to her as allowances” amounting to 899,097.84 Ghanaian cedis some $151,618.’’ The first lady said she would not accept salary that was recently approved by the country’s parliament and did not request to be paid and had “only received that which existed and attached to her status, albeit informally.” The decision to refund the money was in view of the “extremely negative opinion, in some cases, which she finds distasteful,…

President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State on his 55th birthday. In the message signed by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), the President said he was mindful of Governor Emmanuel’s devotion to serving his people. Buhari prays God Almighty to sustain the Governor with good health and happiness to celebrate more successes. He urged the Governor, who has had successful careers as a banker and chartered accountant before joining politics, not to relent in using his privileged position as an elected public office holder to move Nigeria forward. Meanwhile,…

As an undergraduate student of University of Lagos has eaten up her vomit, a lie detector might be deployed by the Lagos State Police Command to ferret the truth. The 21-year-old Chidinma Ojukwu has denied killing SuperTV CEO, Usifo Ataga, days after admitting to the crime several times on camera. Recall that in a trending video interview with Crime Fighters, the UNILAG Mass Communications student claimed that she had nothing to do with the murder but only found Ataga’s corpse after returning to the service apartment where both of them had lodged at Lekki, Lagos State. Ojukwu said, “Before I was leaving,…

The Nigerian Senate has rejected the nomination of President Muhammadu Buhari’s aide, Lauretta Onochie as a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The decision was taken on Tuesday, July 13 as the Senate resumed its sitting. It came after a report by the senate committee on INEC, in which it was stated that her nomination breached federal character principle was considered. The Chairman of the Committee, Kabir Gaya who cited Section 14 (1) 3 of the constitution, pointed out that someone from her zone is already a commissioner. Recall that Onochie denied membership of All Progressives Congress…

Lightning strike killed 11 people who were taking selfies on Watch Tower in India. The victims were on top of a watchtower in northern India when they were struck by lightning.  Some people reportedly jumped to the ground in fright at the 12th Century Amer Fort in Jaipur. Shocking footage taken from a nearby building shows the huge bolt as it struck the tourist attraction, where crowds of people had gathered to take pictures. Senior police officer Anand Srivastava said most of the people who died at the tower were young. More than 60 people have died in lightning storms…

Despite mass failure by many candidates, the High School of King’s Kids Christian Schools, a frontline secondary in Akwa Ibom State, has excelled in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results released recently. In the examination conducted by Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB), the school located along Ben Udo, Ewet Housing Estate in Uyo metropolis recorded 100 per cent success. Briefing journalists in the school premises on Monday, July 12, the school’s Principal, Mrs Esther-Queen Anyanwu said the students recorded 100 per cent success, scoring above 200 marks required for admission usually by the Nigerian universities. Recall that the JAMB confirmed…

South Africa said Monday it was deploying troops to two provinces, including Johannesburg, after unrest sparked by the jailing of ex-president Jacob Zuma led to six deaths and widespread looting. Overwhelmed police are facing mobs who have ransacked stores, carting away anything from boxes of alcohol to beds, refrigerators and bath tubs. Six people have died, some with gunshot wounds, and 219 people have been arrested, according to a police tally issued before the army deployed. Troops will “assist law enforcement agencies deployed in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provinces… to quell the unrest that has gripped both provinces in the last…