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Defending champions Liverpool were outgunned by last season’s relegation-survivor, Aston Villa in a nine-goal thriller as Ollie Watkins bagged a first-half hat-trick. Jurgen Klopp watched in shock as his team suffered a 7-2 humiliation at the hands of the Villans who maintained their perfect start to the Premier League season. Liverpool were without new signing Thiago Alcantara and star player Sadio Mane who were ruled out due to Coronavirus, including injured first-choice keeper Alisson. His replacement Adria became a thorn in the flesh for the Reds when he gifted a pass to Jack Grealish to set up Watkins inside four…

What would have forced a young girl to commit suicide? Can loss of a telephone, a vain item, compelled her to take her life? What were the contents in the telephone such that the loss of the telephone terrified her of possible exposure by the thief? Or, was it the cost of it? These are the questions boggling the minds of many as a young Nigerian beauty from Akwa Ibom State allegedly committed suicide over loss of her telephone. Nora Able who hailed from Uyo in Akwa Ibom reportedly drank poison after she lost her telephone. Her loss has caused…

What looked as a reprisal attack between Debam and Iceland confraternities in Inen Ikot Ndoh Community, Oruk Anam Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State has led to the death of one person. So far, more than seven persons have been killed in Inen communities since the renewed cult clash in the clan. In renewed melee on Saturday, several persons including a retired police inspector named Josiah Okon who relocated from Port Harcourt after being bedridden due to stroke sustained injuries. It was gathered that the victim, known as ‘Udo Mma’ died on the spot while the retired police officer was…

A disqualified Big Brother Naija season 5 housemate has revealed that she has made more money than N85 million given to the star winner of the show. Erica Nlewedim, popularly known as Erica who had served as head twice in the house was disqualified from the reality television show after she got three strikes from Biggie for violating the house rules. Angered by her untimely exit from the show, Erica’s fans raised the funds through the social media to compensate her for losing out of the game. Chudeity had asked Erica during an interview on Sunday if she felt cheated…

To commemorate the 2020 World Teachers’ Day, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a special salary scale and new retirement age for primary and secondary school teachers in Nigeria. The World Teachers’ Day is held annually on October 5 since 1994 to commemorate the anniversary of the adoption of the 1966 ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers. The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, who announced this in Abuja Monday as part of the activities to mark the day announced, said Buhari has increased service years from 35 to 40 for the teachers. However, the President did not specify the…

Amidst serious challenges he is facing from the Coronavirus and concerns the virus could spread to others, President Donald Trump briefly left Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Sunday evening to wave to supporters gathered outside. Trump and First Lady Melania tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday night and was moved to the military hospital on Friday, which his doctors and White House said was taken out of abundance of caution. The brief drive through Rockville Pike in Bethesda, a Maryland suburb of Washington DC, that separates the National Institute of Health and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center,…

Nigeria’s COVID-19 infections Sunday night dropped to 58 in the country, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 59,345. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on its official twitter handle said, “On the 4th of October 2020, the country recorded 58 new confirmed cases. “The 58 new cases are reported from 9 states- Plateau (18), Lagos (15), Katsina (10), Ogun (5), Kaduna (4), Edo (3), Ekiti (1), FCT (1), Ondo (1). “Till date, 59345 cases have been confirmed, 50768 cases have been discharged and 1113 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory,” NCDC…

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, has slammed a ban on operatives of Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) in Nigeria. The ban is also extended to other Tactical Squads of the Force, Special Tactical Squad (STS), Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Anti-Cultism Squad and other Tactical Squads at the Federal, Zonal and Command levels, that carry out routine patrols and other conventional low-risk duties. A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, Sunday enumerated such duties to include stop -and- search duties, checkpoints, mounting of roadblocks and traffic checks, among others. In addition, no personnel of the…

Manchester United suffered their joint-worst Premier League defeat on Sunday as they were overpowered 6-1 by Tottenham at Old Trafford. Prior to kick-off that the club has lined up medicals for Alex Telles and Edinson Cavani on Sunday evening but any pre-match optimism was soon quelled as United surrendered an early lead to trail 2-1 in the seventh minute. Anthony Martial was sent off in the 29th minute after an off-the-ball incident involving Erik Lamela, which saw the Spurs player drop to the deck despite having instigated the altercation himself. United capitulated following the Frenchman’s dismissal, conceding twice more before…

A former Nigerian Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, and his estranged wife, Precious are at each other’s throat battering over abuse and alleged infidelity in the social media. While the Fani-Kayode alleged that he caught her in bed with a married man, the estranged wife is accusing the social media critic of abuse, assault and battery. Fani-Kayode’s marriage with former beauty queen, Precious Chikwendu recently hit the rocks with the woman’s family members alleging persistent domestic violence. Back in 2018, the marriage nearly came to its knees after Precious had also accused Fani of abusing her. But in response to…