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Big brother Naija lockdown housemate, Kaisha has been evicted from the house. Neo, TrikyTee, Kaisha, and Wathoni were the four contestants with the least votes from viewers last week.  As usual, other housemates were asked to nominate two housemates for possible eviction. After the housemates casted their votes, Ebuka announced eviction of Kaisha as the next housemate from the house. He thereafter announced that Neo, Wathoni and TrikyTee were safe. Kaisha in her interview with Ebuka, said she wasn’t surprised the other housemates voted for her eviction because she knows they don’t like her. She said she liked Neo when she first…

Manchester United were made to pay for their profligacy in front of goal as Sevilla enjoyed another special night in the Europa League by coming from behind to reach Friday’s final with a 2-1 win in Cologne. Bruno Fernandes’s early penalty was cancelled out by Suso’s strike for Sevilla in a fiercely contested first half. But United made and wasted almost all the big chances after the break as Bono produced a string of stunning saves until substitute Luuk De Jong turned home Jesus Navas cross 12 minutes from time. United had already secured their place in the Champions League…

Substitute Moussa Dembele scored twice as Lyon stunned Manchester City 3-1 to reach the Champions League semi-finals on Saturday. The French outsiders will face five-time winners Bayern Munich for a place in the final. Maxwel Cornet gave Lyon a 24th-minute lead before Kevin De Bruyne levelled on 69 minutes. But Dembele restored Lyon’s lead in the 79th minute, just moments after coming on as a substitute, and added the killer blow three minutes from time. (AFP)

A massive crowd defied COVID-19 scare to witness the funeral rites of a Nigerian oil magnet who was buried in a grandstyle. The remains of Chief (Dr) Anthony Obiagboso Enukeme, the Chief Executive Officer of Tonimas Oil and Gas, were interred in Neni, his home town in Anambra State. The burial that attracted the high and the mighty in the society particularly Senator Orji Uzor Kalu after a Requiem Mass, was held at Christ the King Cathedral (CKC), Aba, Abia State. The conical, glass casket is claimed to have cost about N34 million. His funeral Mass held on Friday, August…

Akwa Ibom State is ranked the second-highest unemployment carrier with 45.2 per cent in the country, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has stated. Imo State has the highest unemployment rate – 48.7 per cent while Rivers State (43.7 per cent) occupies the third position in the country. However, Anambra State has the lowest unemployment rate in the nation – 17 per cent. So far, Nigeria’s unemployment rate has risen to 27 per cent in the second quarter of 2020, against 23.1 per cent reported in the third quarter of 2018, the Bureau stated this in its ‘Labor Force Statistics:…

The Akwa Ibom State Civil Service is in the eye of the storm following the appointment of a new Chairman to oversee the activities and duties of the commission. On Tuesday, August 11, Governor Udom Emmanuel sent a letter containing nominees for appointment into Akwa Ibom Civil Service, Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly Service Commission, and Uyo Capital City Development Authority to the Speaker of Akwa Ibom House of Assembly for consideration and approval. In the list was Mrs. Ekereobong Samuel Umoh, the immediate past Head of Civil Service, recommended for approval as Chairman of the state Civil Service…

With four goals in the first half-hour and four more in the last half hour, Bayern Munich humiliated Barcelona 8-2 on Friday in Luz Stadium, Lisbon to reach the Champions League semifinals for the second time in three years. Thomas Müller scored twice and Ivan Perišić and Serge Gnabry added on in Bayern’s stunning start to the standout quarterfinal between the only past champions left in the last eight. Joshua Kimmich, Robert Lewandowski and Philippe Coutinho (twice) piled on Barcelona’s misery in the second half. Barcelona got on the board with an own-goal by David Alaba in the first half…

By: Israel Umoh The senseless killings and reprisal attacks in Nigeria’s Southern Kaduna Friday, August 14, wore a new face as Federal Government deployed Special Forces to restore peace in the troubled spots. The forces approved by the Defence Headquarters and drawn from the Nigerian Army had arrived at Kafanchan ahead of their deployment to the various flashpoints in the area later Friday. Their mission is to help in quelling the frequent attacks that have roasted hundreds of lives, many houses and other property. They were received at Sector 7, the headquarters of Operation Safe Haven, by the Kaduna State…

The former Chelsea winger, Willian Borges da Silva, has joined Arsenal Football Club on a three-year deal. The Arseanl club announced this in its Twitter handle on Friday. Reacting to the signing, Arteta, the Arsenal manager, Arteta said: “It is the character that I want. The kind of player that when things get difficult in the game that wants to take responsibility, wants the ball and wants to win the game for the team.” The 32-year-old left Stamford Bridge at the end of his contract after seven years at the club, with Chelsea only willing to offer him a two-year…

The Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has to caution the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) from threatening to punish Nigerians if they ‘insult’ politicians, the Socio-Economic Rights Accountability Project (SERAP) has charged. In reaction to a letter purportedly issued by Chibuike Ogwumike, a Zonal Director of NBC in Lagos, SERAP warned that abusing, denigrating and insulting president, governors or politicians by Nigerians would attract sanction. “We urge President Buhari to caution the National Broadcasting Commission to refrain from threatening Nigerians with punishment if they “insult President, governors, senators and other leaders,” the tweet read. The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, Thursday said it…