Stoke City set to swoop for Ahmed Musa in January as club faces relegation dogfight

ENGLISH Premiership strugglers Stoke City are poised to make a bid for Super Eagles winger Ahmed Musa in January when the transfer window opens in a bid to strengthen its attack and avoid a brutal relegation dogfight.

 

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Nigeria becomes first and only African country to issue biometric visas in bid to woo investors

NIGERIA has become the first and only African country to issue biometric visas to visitors following the introduction of the scheme this year as part of a government programme to woo foreign investors.

 

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Arsenal offer Iwobi new contract amid fears that his value may soar after successful World Cup

ENGLISH Premiership giants Arsenal have offered Super Eagles striker Alex Iwobi a new contract and are hoping that he signs it before next summer's World Cup when he will likely become more expensive.

 

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Policemen paralyse activities in Yola to a halt as they protest the non-payment of salary arrears

HUNDREDS of men of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) shut down the Adamawa State capital Yola yesterday as they demanded the immediate payment of their two-month salary arrears.

 

In an angry protest, the policemen, took over the premises of the Micro-Finance Bank in Yola where they are normally paid. Dressed in mufti to avoid identification, the policemen stormed the bank in the early hours of the day, demanding their money to settle medical bills.

 

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Mikel rules out returning to English Premiership with Everton as Allardyce seeks his services

SUPER Eagles skipper Mikel Obi has ruled out returning to the English Premiership during the January transfer window saying that he is not aware of news about him joining Merseyside giants Everton.

 

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Zik's wife calls on those agitating for Biafra to honour her husband's memory and support one Nigeria

FORMER Nigerian president Nnamdi Azikiwe's widow has appealed to her fellow Igbos to abandon calls for the recreation of the defunct republic of Biafra and keep faith in the unity of the country in honour of the memories of the nation’s founding fathers.

 

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Charly Boy lashes out at pentecostal clergymen calling them modern day fraudsters

SOCIAL activist Charles Oputa popularly known as Charly Boy has lashed out at Nigerian pentecostal clergymen describing them as exploiters whose message is solely based on systematic fraud.

 

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Man charged with murder in Niger State after flogging his 65-year old neighbour to death with engine belt

NIGER State resident Garba Tukura has been charged to court for murder after he flogged his 65-tyear old neighbour Musa Wassa to death following a minor altercation between the two of them.

 

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Nigerian Medical Association reveals that 300 doctors left the country during the course of 2016

ABOUT 300 doctors left Nigeria during the course of 2016 in search of greener pastures as the biting economic conditions continues to take its toll on the middle class according to statistics just revealed by the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA).

 

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Nigerian Army lance corporal sentenced to death for killing five civilians in Borno State

RIFLEMAN Lance Corporal John Godwin has been sentenced to death by a Nigerian Army general court martial after he was found guilty of killing five rescued civilians in the Yamteke area of Borno State during Operation Lafiya Dole.

 

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