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A Nigerian woman identified as Chioma Pius has demanded for justice after being beaten mercilessly by police officers for having tattoos on her body. According to her, she could not record the brutal incident because the officers seized her phones. The woman said she was assaulted along Emohua axis at the highway leading to Bayelsa. Narrating her ordeal, the young lady on her Facebook wall @ChiomaPius wrote: “Today was a horrible day. I experienced the worst day in my life. Today I was brutalized by police officers. This happened at emohua axis of river state. At the highway leading to bayelsa. My crime was that I tattooed my body. In this modern age. A police officer asked me to step down from the taxi I was traveling with from bayelsa to portharcourt. I asked to know why and he asked again so I got out of the car and then he asked to know who I was and what I did. “I gladly introduced myself after which i had a big smile on my face and my phone rang but I couldn’t answer an...

Diego Costa is edging closer to a move to Atletico Madrid as the club are in talks with Chelsea to re-sign him for £41 million, the Evening Standard   claims. The striker has not returned to Chelsea since the summer break and has publicly criticised the club for the way they have treated him. A return to Atletico has long been his preferred destination and it seems a breakthrough in talks has finally been made. If the deal does materialise, he will be unable to feature until January 2018 due to the transfer ban imposed on the club.

D'Tigerss D’Tigerss, Nigeria’s female team, on Monday, won the 2017 FIBA Women AfroBasket which ended in Bamako, Mali. D’Tigress beat the defending champions, Senegal, to earn Nigeria her third title in the competition which was the 23rd edition. Nigeria previously won the event in 2003 and 2005. D’Tigress started the competition by beating Mozambique 80-69 in their first game, whipped Democratic Republic of Congo 84-47 in the second and defeated Egypt 106-72 to emerge the first team to book a place in the quarterfinal of the competition. Nigeria also defeated Senegal 58-54 in the last group match, defeated Cote d’Ivoire 98-43 in the quarterfinals and piped Mali 48-47 in the semis before beating Senegal again 65-48 in the final.

The road to the 2018 Fifa World Cup continues and Nigeria welcome Cameroon to the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo. God'swill Akpabio Stadium Uyo It is an encounter that promises to have a remarkable bearing on which country represents Africa in Russia. The Super Eagles currently lead their Central African rivals by four points with four games left. A win for Gernot Rohr’s men would see them open up a seven a seven-point gap that would look a very healthy cushion as the qualifiers head toward its climax. On the contrary, if the Indomitable Lions were to win, they would put the pressure on their eternal rivals and would hope to complete a double in the return leg. When both countries last met – in a friendly game played in 2015, the match finished 3-0 in favour of Nigeria at the Edmond Machtens Stadium, Brussels with Efe Ambrose, Moses Simon and Odion Ighalo on target.

South Korea Drills On Live Fire US President Donald Trump has warned that "all options are on the table" after North Korea launched a missile over Japan early Tuesday. The missile was fired just before 6 a.m. in Japan, where the launch set off warnings in the northern part of the country urging people to seek shelter. "The world has received North Korea's latest message loud and clear," Trump said in a statement. "This regime has signaled its contempt for its neighbors, for all members of the United Nations, and for minimum standards of acceptable international behavior." Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe also denounced Tuesday's launch, saying it represented a "most serious and grave" threat. The unidentified missile flew over Erimomisaki, on the northern island of Hokkaido, and broke into three pieces before falling into the Pacific Ocean, about 1,180 kilometers (733 miles) off the Japanese coast. The missile was in fli...

Ahead of the Russia 2018 World Cup qualifiers against Cameroon slated for September 1st in Uyo, Chippa Utd Goalkeeper, Daniel Akpeyi will be examined by the Super Eagles team doctor on arrival to the Eagles camp. In a chat with  the Super Eagles Coach, Gernot Rohr , he stated that  team doctor of Chippa Utd  confirmed that the injury Akpeyi sustained was not a serious one:” I spoke to the Club’s  Doctor and he told me that Akpeyi’s injury was not serious. I have confidence in him, my goalkeeper trainer Enirico Pionetti  has also recommended him. Though he conceded 2 goals against South Africa but that doesn’t make him a bad player”. Rohr sated. Meanwhile, Super Eagles forward, Odion Ighalo and Ikechukwu Ezinwa were the first players to hit the Bolton White Apartment camp of the Super Eagles.

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has threatened to call for the scrapping of Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) if it fails to reverse the low cut off mark for admission into universities and polytechnics in the country. NANS National Public Relations Officer, Bestman Okereafor, stated this in statement in Enugu on Saturday. He said if the demand of the association, the most important stakeholder in the education sector was not met in reasonable time, it would call for the scrapping of JAMB. He said: “Conclusively NANS will not hesitate to call for the scrapping of JAMB if the decision is not withdrawn without further delay. “The national leadership of the apex students governing body, National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), frowned at the drastic reduction of the JAMB unified cut off mark to 120, for admission into Nigeria universities. “NANS sees this as a means of further degrading the level of the already falling and...

A little boy has been killed by a stray bullet after police officers supervising the demolition of Eke Ukwu market in Owerri in Imo state, shot into the air to disperse angry traders that attacked them this morning. Armed police officers accompanied the trucks that came to carry out the demolition of the market.   The angry traders threw sticks and stones at the police officers, forcing the officers to fire gunshots into the air to disperse them. Sadly, one of the bullets landed on the deceased. Two more persons have been confirmed dead. (Warning) sensitive images below.

China’s commerce ministry has banned North Korean nationals from setting up new businesses in the country, enforcing recent UN sanctions as Washington urges Beijing to do more to curb its ally’s nuclear ambitions. The ban, effective immediately, came as Pyongyang launched three short-range missiles on Saturday according to the US military, reviving tensions days after President Donald Trump said the isolated regime was starting to show Washington some “respect”. Beijing has been under pressure from Washington to rein in its neighbour, which relies heavily on the Asian giant for its economic survival, and the ban is the latest attempt by China to dispel US concerns over its close ties with Pyongyang. China, which is the recipient of some 90 percent of North Korea’s exports, earlier this month said it would suspend its imports of iron, lead and seafood from the country after halting its coal purchases in mid-February. Under the new measures, North Korean nationals will not be...

 Oodua People’s Congress, has called on leaders and stakeholders in the southern part of the country to caution the Niger Delta Agitators over its threat of eviction of the Yoruba people resident in the region. The OPC warned that the backlash of such move might not be palatable. The NDA was widely reported in the media earlier in the week to have threatened to evict the Yoruba from the Niger Delta region. Calling for caution over the threat, the OPC in a statement issued on Friday, said it “could deflate the robust relationship between the South-West and South-South.” In a statement by its National Coordinator, Otunba Gani Adams, the OPC said the threat issued by the NDA’s leader, John Duku, was the second of such in recent time, hence a call to southern leaders and stakeholders to caution the group.

Gov Fayose receiving the title   Governor Fayose of Ekiti state today bagged a chieftency title. He was bestowed with the title Apesin - Apagun P'ote... of Ado-Ekiti by Kabiyesi, the Ewi of Ado Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adejugbe, Saturday, in Ekiti State. 15 hours ago More 15 hours ago More Today, I was installed as the Apesin - Apagun P'ote... of Ado-Ekiti by Kabiyesi, the Ewi of Ado Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adejugbe. I feel honoured.

Idi-Ogungun Customary Court, Agodi, Ibadan, on Wednesday dissolved the 15-year marriage between Nike Adenekan, a prophetess; and her pastor husband, Adekunle Adenekan, over an attempt to rape a church member. Nike filed a divorce suit before the court, seeking dissolution  of her marriage to Adenekan, on the grounds of telling lies, immoral acts  and threat to life. In his judgment, the court’s president, Mr. Mukaila Balogun, dissolved  the marriage and gave custody of the only child of the union to the petitioner. Balogun restrained the defendant from further attending the petitioner’s  church. He also ordered him to pay N3,500 as monthly allowance for  the maintenance of the child. The petitioner alleged that her husband tried to rape an 18-year-old  church member who lives with her. Nike narrated how the defendant, on three occasions, tried to rape one  of her church members who resides with her. “My lord, there was a ...

A Tennessee bride was arrested hours after saying “I do” when authorities say she pointed a gun at her groom. Murfreesboro police Sgt. Kyle Evans told WTVF-TV on Monday that 25-year-old Kate Elizabeth Prichard was still in her wedding dress when she was arrested on an aggravated domestic assault charge. Evans says officers responded to a report of Prichard and her husband arguing at a Clarion Inn motel a few hours after they were married. Police say witnesses reported that Prichard pulled a 9 mm pistol out of her dress, pointed it at her husband’s head and pulled the trigger. The gun wasn’t loaded. Police say Prichard then loaded a round in the chamber and fired a shot in the air. It’s unclear if Prichard has an attorney.

The Kogi State House of Assembly was on Tuesday invaded by hoodlums, who disrupted its plenary and beat up members. The Speaker of the House, Umar Imam, narrowly escaped when the hoodlums attacked the lawmakers. A member representing Igalamela-Odolu state constituency, Friday Sani, was however unlucky as the hoodlums beat him and inflicted serious injuries on him. Oluwatoyin Lawal (APC-Yagba West) narrowly escaped being hit by one of the big chairs hauled from the gallery into the chamber while some journalists covering the sitting were also attacked and beaten as they scampered for safety. Vehicles belonging to the lawmakers were also vandalised. The gate of the complex was locked against the speaker and this enabled the hoodlums to pelt his vehicles with stones and other objects. Imam expressed shock at the incident, saying the House did not see the attack coming. However, the speaker said he relaxed when policemen deployed to the House assured him that they were in...

Former Senate President David Mark’s 2019 presidential campaign posters yesterday flooded Makurdi metropolis in Benue State. The posters and the banners, bearing the inscription of Mark to contest the next presidential election in the country were also flaunted at the secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) where members held congress yesterday. Mark was absent at the crowded meeting which sought to reunite members and keep them abreast of the party’s recent outing in Abuja after the Supreme Court’s victory. Our correspondent observed that some youths holding the posters were also chanting that Mark would be the man for the job in the next general election. But, the various speakers at the occasion did not comment on the development as they were unanimous in their decision to rejuvenate the party in the state for a possible take-over of government in 2019.