June 2021
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Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, was arrested abroad and brought back to Abuja on Sunday in an “unconventional way”.. The arrest was planned and executed by the Nigerian Security and Intelligence agencies. It was coordinated by the Nigeria Intelligence Agency (NIA). It was gathered that the NIA, which is…
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Chidinma Ojukwu is beautiful, enchanting and voluptuous. No wonder predominant comments – especially from men-folk – on this 21-year old self-confessed killer of Lagos-based 50-year old Usifo Ataga, CEO of Super TV, are wrapped in the poser: was she a lethal, destructive woman the French call the femme fatale, or victim of a delinquent higher institution girls’…
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The longest English word is nearly 190,000 letters. It’s the chemical name of Titin, the largest known protein that’s important for muscle contraction. There’s some debate over whether it’s actually a word but…can you imagine only getting paid 7 cents to write that? The word penguin comes from two Welsh words for “head” (pen) and “white”…
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Facebook Inc. won the dismissal of two antitrust cases filed by the federal government and a coalition of states when a judge threw out the lawsuits. The social media platform shares rose. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington on Monday granted Facebook’s request to dismiss the complaints, filed last year by the U.S. Federal…
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Iran will continue to look for targets “not only in Israel but all over the world” if it gets its hands on hundreds of millions of dollars through a renewed nuclear deal, Danny Danon, the former ambassador from Israel to the United Nations, said on Newsmax Monday. “Maybe the administration wanted to send a message…
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Germany defender Mats Hummels and coach Joachim Low said on Tuesday they would have liked the Allianz Arena to be lit up with the colours of the rainbow before their game against Hungary on Wednesday. UEFA refused a request from Munich’s mayor for the stadium to be lit up in protest of an anti-LGBTQ law,…
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Call it shutting mouths, call it vindication, call it pulling a thorn out of his side. Redemption. The player most discussed, questioned and at times lynched of the Spain national team is Alvaro Morata. He was a protagonist in the win over Croatia that took La Roja through to the quarters of Euro 2020. The…
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Spain reached Euro 2020’s quarter-finals by the skin of their teeth in a thriller against Croatia. Luis Enrique’s side looked to be sailing through when Croatia hit two late goals to force the game into extra time. Croatia took the lead against the run of play when Pedri’s pass-back, from near the half-way line, was…
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In years gone by it has been difficult to know exactly what Arsenal’s recruitment policy has been. In trying to build squads under three different coaches the Gunners have oscillated between scout-focused, stat-driven and contacts-led approaches to name but a few in recent transfer windows with none having the desired effect. With the seeming apathy…
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Aston Villa are looking to continue their summer recruitment after the signing of Emi Buendia under Arsenal’s noses with a £40 million swoop for Tammy Abraham. The England international has fallen down the pecking order under Thomas Tuchel after playing a key role at the start of the season under Frank Lampard. Abraham’s star has waned to such…
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England stars Phil Foden and John Stones have revealed that Gareth Southgate has been working overtime with the team to prepare them for a penalty shoot-out against Germany in the last 16 of Euro 2020. The Three Lions don’t exactly have the best record when it comes to penalties, having lost both of their shoot-outs…
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A passenger was taken to the hospital Friday night after jumping out of a moving plane at Los Angeles International Airport, authorities said. United Express flight 5365, operated by SkyWest, was pulling away from a gate shortly after 7 p.m. when the man unsuccessfully tried to breach the cockpit, then managed to open the service…
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Australia’s largest city Sydney begins a two-week lockdown on Saturday to contain a rapidly spreading outbreak of the Delta variant. Millions of residents woke on Sunday to the first full day of coronavirus lockdown, as Australia tried to contain an outbreak of the highly contagious Delta variant. Sydney’s cluster of cases of the highly infectious…
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Selena Gomez feels like her love life has had a hex put on it. “I think most of my experiences in relationships have been cursed. I’ve been way too young to be exposed to certain things when I was in relationships,” the “Come & Get It” singer told Vogue Australia. “I felt so less than in…
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Now she’s sorry. Nxivm sex-cult “slave master” Allison Mack apologized “to those who have been harmed by my actions,” in a letter filed in Brooklyn Federal Court ahead of her June 30 sentencing. Calling her devotion to deranged Nxivm leader Keith Raniere “the biggest mistake and greatest regret of my life,” Mack groveled, “I am sorry to those of you that…
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