Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca believes Ipswich striker Liam Delap, who he coached in Manchester City’s academy, can become “an important player for England”. The 21-year-old has been one of the Tractor Boys’ standout players on their return to the Premier League, scoring six goals to date in his first full season in the top flight. Delap, son of former Premier …

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Abia State Command has arrested two suspects for child-trafficking and abduction in Aba town in the state.   The command’s spokesperson, ASC Doreen Udugwu, in a statement on Saturday, December 28, 2024, said that a three-year old girl, Chiamaka Ahamefula, was rescued from the suspects identified as Uche Royal and Chidera Donatus.    …

Habibu Abubakar Wushishi, the Director, Media and Strategy, Niger State Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, has revealed that a couple divorced hours after their wedding in Abuja.    According to him, the couple tied the knot on Saturday, December 28, 2024, and got divorced on Sunday, December 29.   “A couple who got married yesterday have been divorced …

Troops of 1 Brigade, Sector 2 Operation Fansan Yamma have arrested a 25-year-old female ammunition courier to notorious terrorist kingpin, Bello Turji.     Lieutenant Colonel Abubakar Abdullahi, Coordinator Joint Media Coordinating Centre, Operation Fansan Yamma, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, December 28, 2024.      According to the statement, Shamsiyya Ahadu was arrested on December 28 alongside …

Gunmen have kidnapped a Bishop of the Anglican Church, Rev. Canon Olowolagba and his family on Ise Akoko/Iboropa Road in Akoko North-East Local Government Area of Ondo State.   Olowolagba attached to the Akoko Anglican Diocese was reportedly kidnapped by the gunmen alongside his wife, two children and a nine-year-old girl staying with them, while travelling along the road last …

Two suspected thieves have been electrocuted allegedly while trying to steal solar streetlights at Ogobiri community in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.   The bodies of the pair were discovered on Saturday morning, Dec. 28, around the New Site of the state-owned Niger Delta University and Ogobiri roundabout.   The thieves had already loosed four streetlight poles on the ground …

Safiyanu Danladi Mairiga, the Senior Special Assistant on Media to the Gombe State Governor, Inuwa Yahaya, has responded to criticisms over the use of “Love of my life” to address his new second wife.    Mairiga on Saturday, December 28, shared a photo of himself and his second wife, who he married on Friday, December 27.   “Yesterday, I tied …

A plane crash in South Korea has reportedly k!lled at least 179 people .   The accident occurred early Sunday morningwith the aircraft colliding with a wall at the Airport and exploding after landing on its belly at the Muan International Airport in Muan County, South Korea.   When it veered off the runway, the Jeju Air flight was coming …

The total attendance for this Test has reached almost 300,000 with a day still to go and those spectators have each witnessed a thrilling Test, with the see-saw action on the fourth day maintaining the excitement. Australia will be the happier side as they move into the final day given their lead was only 196 when the sixth wicket fell. …

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