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The embattled former Commander, Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, has rejected food offered him by the Nigerian Correctional Service after being remanded in prison custody on Monday. The suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, it was learnt, opted for the food prepared by his wife or other family members. Kyari, who is under prosecution for drug trafficking alongside four other policemen, was denied bail by the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency had in the charge before the court, accused Kyari and the other four officers of conspiracy, obstruction and dealing in cocaine worth 17.55kg. The…

The World Bank has projected that the number of poor people in Nigeria will hit 95.1m in 2022. In a report titled ‘A Better Future for All Nigerians: 2022 Nigeria Poverty Assessment’, the international financial agency noted that “poverty reduction in Nigeria appears to have stalled in the last decade”. It was also stated that while “poverty may have started declining in the first part of the 2010s, the trend halted and then reversed around 2015.” It read; “Poverty reduction in Nigeria appears to have stalled in the last decade, according to both back-casting and survey-to-survey imputation techniques. The best…

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has revealed that he is not yet ready to call time on his international career despite his country missing out on this year’s World Cup. Sweden faced Poland in a World Cup play-off on Tuesday but goals from Robert Lewandowski and Piotr Zielinski denied them the chance to book their place in Qatar. Ibrahimovic came off the bench in the 79th minute but he could not change the scoreline for his country as they saw the World Cup slip through their fingers. The AC Milan star refused to say if Tuesday’s defeat would be his last match for…

Katsina State Commissioner for Health, Nuhu Danja was among those shot in the Kaduna-Abuja train attack on Monday night. An official in the State Ministry of Health, Ibrahim Almu Gafai confirmed this on Tuesday, March 29. Channels Television reported that sources said the commissioner of health in the home state of President Muhammadu Buhari, was shot in the leg.

Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen has been named the Serie A player of the month for March. The Napoli striker scored four goals in three games for the Italian club in the period under review “The EA SPORTS Player Of The Month award for March has been assigned to Napoli player Victor Osimhen. The trophy will be presented during the pre-match of Napoli vs Fiorentina, scheduled for Sunday 10th April 2022 at 3.00 pm at the “Diego Armando Maradona” stadium in Naples,” a Lega Serie A statement read. “The ranking was compiled according to the statistical data of Stats Perform (a system…

A US President has finally signed legislation criminalizing lynching, after 100 years and 200 failed attempts by US lawmakers. Lynching is murder by a mob with no due process or rule of law. Across the US, thousands of people, mainly African Americans, were lynched by white mobs, often by hanging or torture, in the 19th and 20th Centuries. About 4,400 African Americans were lynched between 1877 and 1950, according to the Equal Justice Initiative. Those who participated in lynchings were often celebrated and acted with impunity. Joe Biden on Tuesday, March 29 signed legislation that designates lynching as a federal…

Cardi B has made history as the first woman to have every song on an album become RIAA-certified Platinum The 29-year-old rapper has already had her album go triple-platinum, and now all 13 songs on the hit record are at least certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. Her latest triumph comes after another milestone with the same album, when she became the first woman to have every song on her album be certified at least gold, according to Billboard. Bodak Yellow and I Like It — which featured Bad Bunny and J Balvin stood out among the…

Cristiano Ronaldo has shut down any talks of retirement as Portugal prepares for the World Cup play-off with North Macedonia. ‘Who will decide my future will be me,’ said the 37-year-old as he attempts to emulate a select band of footballers who have played in five World Cup tournaments. ‘If I feel like playing more, I will. I’m the boss, end of story.’ He said. With 185 caps and a world-record 115 goals, Ronaldo embodies the Portugal team. After North Macedonia defeated Italy with a 1-0 win in their play-off semi-final last week, the country’s president Stevo Pendarovski tweeted: ‘Get…

American Actor, Will Smith, has apologized to comedian Chris Rock for assaulting him at the Oscars on Sunday March 27. Will Smith had stormed the Oscars stage to hit Chris Rock after the presenter made a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s haircut. Rock, a comedian, compared Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair to that of G. I. Jane’s, who has a shaved head. Pinkett Smith suffers from hair loss condition alopecia. Pinkett Smith has been grappling with hair loss since revealing her alopecia diagnosis in 2018. Following reactions after the slapping incident with most criticising Smith for being violent, he has…

Photos and videos from Abuja-Kaduna train that was attacked by terrorists on Monday, March 28 have been shared online. About 970 passengers were on-board when the terrorists detonated a bomb on the rail track and fired shots at the train. Thankfully the Army was able to rescue the passengers. See more of the photos and videos below… https://www.instagram.com/p/CbrT3Rjt3m8/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=92b0cf4b-2475-47d3-9a70-d0a9d04c35ff&ig_mid=86876E5A-20A4-4AA0-8E7B-1721240F0914