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A Nigerian man, Al Amin Yahya, has come out to say he regrets slaughtering a ram just to celebrate President Buhari’s victory at the polls in 2015. Yahya who hitherto was a diehard supporter of President Buhari, said this while reacting to a tweet posted by a presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad, on the recent Kankara boys’ abduction and safe return. Yahya’s tweet reads ”When It Comes To Security Wise, I Have Never Seen An Administration That Is Shamelessly Failing It’s Citizens, I Regret Fasting So That Buhari Would Win, I Regret The Slaughter Of Ram I Did For His Victory…

The Formula one champion, Lewis Hamilton is set to sign a mega £40m deal with Mercedes after grabbing his seventh world title with Mercedes this season. Hamilton, who has more race wins, pole positions and podiums than any driver in history said he wanted his future to be sorted by Christmas and his team have given a heavy hint that Hamilton’s future is now tied up . A post on the Mercedes’ official Twitter handle carried the hashtag ‘announce’ accompanied by the ‘coming soon’ and ‘pen’ emojis along with a quote from Hamilton expressing his desire to stay with Mercedes.…

WBC Heavyweight champion, Tyson Fury speaking at the Jonathan Ross show on Thursday night, December 17, accused Anthony Joshua of dodging questions about wanting to fight him and confirmed that he wants to face his rival in a fight tagged the ‘Battle of Britain’. Unified heavyweight champion Joshua refused to mention Fury’s name after his knockout victory over Kubrat Pulev last weekend despite a two-fight agreement already in place for them to meet in 2021. Fury, 32,  was left bemused by Joshua’s inability to mention his name as his next opponent despite a deal for them to fight already in…

Robert Lewandowski has won the Best FIFA Men’s Player award on Thursday night during a virtual ceremony. The Polish and Bayern Munich striker, 32, who enjoyed an historic treble-winning season with his club, winning the UEFA Champions League, the Bundesliga, and the German Cup in 2020, broke up Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi’s dominance to scoop the award. He also scored 55 goals in just 47 games last season and finished as the top scorer in the league, cup, and Champions League FIFA president Gianni Infantino presented the award, which recognised achievements between July 2019 and October 2020, to the…

1145 fresh cases of COVID19 were recorded in Nigeria on Thursday, December 17. According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, Lagos recorded 459 fresh cases while the Federal Capital Territory recorded 145 fresh cases. Other states with fresh cases include Kaduna-138, Plateau-80, Katsina-70, Gombe-52, Niger-31, Kano-23. Bayelsa-21, Bauchi-18, Ondo-18, Rivers-17, Ogun-12, Oyo-12, Edo-8, Nasarawa-8, Ebonyi-7, Osun-6, Ekiti-5, Kebbi-5, Borno-4, Jigawa-3, Akwa Ibom-2 and Anambra-1. Nigeria now has 76, 207 confirmed cases with 67, 110 patients discharged so far. Sadly, 1201 deaths have been recorded so far. See a breakdown on the number of cases per states below

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged that a northwest governor is behind the heightened cases of banditry, abductions and other violent crimes in the region. According to LIB reports, the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the party, Yekini Nabena made the allegation in a statement released on Thursday December 17. The ruling party which did not name the Governor, urged security agencies to launch investigation into an intelligence report which it claimed indicted the governor. In the statement released after the PDP embarked on a protest over the abduction of schoolboys from Government Science Secondary School (GSSS) in Kankara,…

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, says there are indications that Nigeria has entered the second wave of infections. The chairperson of the PTF and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, disclosed this at the national briefing on the PTF on Thursday, December 17. Represented by the Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, Mustapha said; “The events and statistics of the last two weeks, within and outside Nigeria, have been very mixed. On the one hand, the cheering news of the COVID-19 vaccine, while on the other hand, we have witnessed spikes in the number of infections…

The abducted 344 Kankara schoolboys who were released by their abductors on Thursday, December 17, couldn’t contain their joy as they smiled and cheered as they were transported in a military and police truck. Watch the video below https://www.instagram.com/p/CI7ehGIjp0S/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_mid=B2B02FAA-5F0D-4FAE-AE18-49C53209C157

Shingwain Entertainer the Nigerian afro-pop art comes through with a spanking new melodious single titled “GRATITUDE. This one is a song to appreciate God for His unending blessings. It is an inspirational song telling every living soul not to give up as long as there is life. Production credit goes to Flykeyzondbeat. Download, Listen and Enjoy! DOWNLOAD Shingwain Entertainer – Gratitude