World Cup: ref gets life ban for bribery

A Kenyan referee who had been due to officiate at the ongoing World Cup in Russia has been handed a life ban after being caught in a bribery sting.

Aden Marwa was filmed receiving a 600-dollar bribe during Confederation of African Football (CAF) assignment in Ghana.

Court Jails Pakistan ex-PM Sharif 10 years For Corruption

A court in Pakistan on Friday sentenced former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to 10 years in jail in a corruption case.

I’ll score against Argentina – Musa

Ahmed Musa is basking in confidence to score again for Nigeria ahead of tonight’s crunch clash against Argentina.

Musa, 25, scored the two goals that gave Nigeria victory over Iceland in the Group D fixture of the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Russia.

Scientists Discover New Genes Associated With Intelligence

Scientists have identified hundreds of new genes associated with intelligence, a joint research project from the University of Queensland’s Brain Institute and its partners in the Netherlands revealed on Tuesday.

Iceland In Trouble, Super Eagles On Fire, Says Odegbami

The Vikings of Iceland that held Argentina to a draw in the first game of Group D in the FIFA World Cup in Russia, will have it tougher with Nigeria’s Super Eagles in the crunch match starting at 4pm today. Chief Segun Odegbami, former Nigeria international, who held a pep talk with the Nigerian team in Volgograd on Thursday said made the prediction in a post on Facebook.

UN slams U.S. border policy separating migrant children, parents

The UN has described as ‘unconscionable’, the U.S. border policy of forcibly separating migrant children from parents.

UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, in a statement issued by his Spokesman, Stéphane Dujarric, defended the rights of migrant and refugee children.

Mourinho Rues Converting Mikel to a Combative Midfielder

Manchester United Manager, Jose Mourinho, insisting Tuesday that Nigerian captain, John Mikel Obi, may have been under-performing at the ongoing World Cup here in Russia because he’s not playing the right role in the Super Eagles.

Chelsea Blasts Moses For Poor Performance Against Croatia

In their review of Nigeria’s World Cup opener against Croatia, Premier League club Chelsea have criticized their own player, Victor Moses, over his lackluster display. 

Rice smuggling: FG to shut land border in few days

The Federal Government says it will shut down the land border between Nigeria and a neigbouring country in a few days time to avoid smuggling of foreign rice into the country.

Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, made the disclosure in Abuja on Monday while speaking with youths in a leadership clinic under the auspices of Guardians of the Nation International (GOTNI).

Children in UK exceed annual sugar intake limit in six months – Survey

Children in UK have consumed more than a year’s worth of sugar in less than six months, public health figures showed.

While four-to-ten-year-olds should not have more than the equivalent of five to six sugar cubes per day, they are consuming 13 on average, according to data from the latest National Diet and Nutrition Survey.

LASTMA Dismisses 24 Officers For Misconduct

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has dismissed 24 of its personnel in the past two years over misconduct.

The authority has also lost about 10 personnel, while others suffered injuries—with some resulting in amputation in the course of carrying out their duties.

Russia 2018: Okocha blames loss to Croatia on lack of creativity

Former Super Eagles midfield maestro, Jay Jay Okocha has blamed the team’s 0-2 loss to Croatia in their opening World Cup game on lack of creativity.

Facebook to inaugurate world’s biggest football stadium

The biggest football stadium in the world will be mobile and social this June, Facebook Inc. said on Friday.

Ms Elizma Nolte, Facebook’s Head of Business Marketing for Sub-Saharan Africa, made the prediction in a statement.

Tax evasion: Ronaldo goes to jail

This is not the best of times for Real Madrid forward, Cristiano Ronaldo who has reached a deal with the Spanish tax authorities to serve two years in prison in a tax evasion case.

The El Mundo Newspaper reported on Friday that the player would also pay 18.8 million euro (16.41 million pounds) fine.

Morocco 0-1 Iran: Late Own Goal Hurts Atlas Lion

Morocco have lost their first game at the 2018 World Cup in a very painful manner as a late own goal by substitute Aziz Bouhaddouz saw the Atlas Lions fall 1-0 to Iran.

High Sexual Activities Hit Refugee Camps

                                 

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has discovered high level of survival sex in Cameroonian refugee camps in Cross Rivers State.

UNFPA stated that the women involved in the communities were not protected with condoms.

It has, therefore, set up non-traditional condom outlets in the refugees’ settlements.

How to Tighten Your Vagina to Make Your Sex Life Hotter

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When it comes to truly sensational sex, an emotional connection with your mate is vital — but sexual fitness counts too. It's not about getting the perfect body though — it's about discovering and toning the little-known muscles that contribute to more intense, enjoyable, even transcendent sex ... for both of you. Here are five key pleasure moves to try.

Russia Thrash Saudi Arabia 5-0 In World Cup Opener

Hosts Russia got their World Cup off to a dream start with a thumping 5-0 victory over Saudi Arabia in Moscow. Substitute Denis Cheryshev scored twice, with Yuri Gazinsky, Artem Dzyuba and Aleksandr Golovin also on target at a delirious Luzhniki Stadium.

Importers with Chinese Yuan invoices to pay less

Importers will pay less if they get Renminbi invoices from Chinese exporters, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)-led Bankers’ Committee said yesterday.

Rising from its meeting in Lagos, the committee, comprising commercial and merchant banks’ Chief Executive Officers, said the discount was meant to encourage importers to go for Renminbi instead of dollars. This, it said, will help protect Nigeria’s foreign exchange reserves, which are in dollars.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Wins PEN Pinter Prize

                         

Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been awarded the 2018 PEN Pinter prize. She was hailed by Harold Pinter’s widow, the biographer Antonia Fraser, as a writer who embodies “those qualities of courage and outspokenness which Harold much admired”.

Mother Sold Her Baby To Raise Money For Her Siblings

A 22-year-old woman, Blessing Chukwu, who was arrested by the operatives of the Abia State Police Command in Umuahia for allegedly selling her child, has confessed that she sold her daughter to raise money to train her siblings.

GTB Must Pay N14bn Judgement Liability, Innoson Insists

The management of Innoson Motors has insisted that Guarantee Trust Bank (GTB) is by the June 7 ruling of the Supreme Court liable to pay the sum of N14bn to the Deputy Chief Register of the Enugu Division of the court of Appeal, who shall pay same into an interest yielding account pending the determination of the banks appeal.

Five men gang-raped us….invited friends to also `come and eat free meal’ – Two teenage girls

                             

Ondo has been in the news in recent times for bad reasons. It is seen in many quarters as the haven for youths and men of questionable character.

 If road transport workers in the town are not killing themselves over leadership tussle, cult members, in supremacy battle, are hacking each other to death in broad daylight. 

Recruitment:‎ Police Release List Of Successful Candidates

The Nigeria Police Force, has released the list of the successful candidates of its 2018 recruitment exercise‎.

 As stated on the website of the Police Service Commission and confirmed by FCT Spokesperson, DSP Manzah Anjuguri, the training for the new recruits began on June 8, while resumption will close on June 13 in all the training schools. 

Edo State Civil Defence Kill One, Arrest Two Suspected Robbers

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Edo State, today have killed one person and arrested two other suspects, who robbed at Ikpoba Slope in Benin.

The Public Relations Officer of the corps, Mr Efosa Ogbebor, who briefed news men in Benin said that the hoodlums were among a gang of robbers that robbed motorists on the Benin-Auchi highway at Ikpoba Slope yesterday.

Austrian Govt To Shut Down 7 Mosques, Expel 40 Imams

In its implementation of what it calls a Push Against Islamist ideology and foreign funding of religious people, the Austria’s right-wing government is set to shut down seven Mosques and expel 40 Imams.

Woman wrongly jailed after ID stolen, refused lawyer

A New Mexico woman wrongly jailed for weeks after someone stole her identity is suing a New Mexico county and a city that ignored her pleas that they had the wrong person.

CBN Issues New Guidelines On China Currency Swap Transactions

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released guidelines for the conduct of financial transactions under the recently federal government signed currency swap deal with the bank of China.

Anthony Bourdain, CNN presenter commits suicide

Anthony Bourdain, a chef, storyteller, and writer, has committed suicide.

Bourdain, 61, was a presenter and host of ‘Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown’ on CNN since 2013.

According to the network, he committed suicide.

Liverpool transfer news: Mohamed Salah uses Lionel Messi to make Barcelona decision

LIVERPOOL star Mohamed Salah will not join Barcelona while Lionel Messi rules the roost, according to reports in Spain.

Liverpool star Salah has been linked with a move to Barcelona in recent days, with the Catalan giants supposedly keen on a deal.

The Egypt international bagged 44 goals across all competitions as the Reds secured a top four finish and reached the Champions League final.

SOUTH AFRICA Teen dies after being 'shot by father' at Joburg school

                             
A father is facing a charge of murder after allegedly shooting his son outside a school in Ennerdale‚ Johannesburg.

Initial reports‚ according to the police‚ indicated that a 50-year-old man had taken his 14-year-old son to the secondary school on Tuesday to attend evening classes.

China grants permanent residency to 1,881 foreigners over last 2 months

                                      

The number is equivalent to the total that were granted in the whole of last year. The 1,881 permanent residents include Nobel Prize winners, researchers, doctoral supervisors, entrepreneurs, as well as their spouses and children.

Fed Govt rakes in N30b from VAIDS

The Federal Government has raked in nearly N30 billion through the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS), the Chairman, Federal inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Mr. Tunde Fowler, said yesterday.

PMB Shifts Democracy Day To June 12

                            

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday directed that effective from next year, Nigerian Democracy Day, marked every May 29 for the past 18 years be now shifted to June 12. The idea, according to the president is to honour an illustrious son of Nigeria, the late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola, who won a presidential election, conducted on the said date in 1993, but was prevented from taking office when the results were annulled.

                         

Madagascar's prime minister announced his resignation on Monday in the first step towards the naming of a "consensus" premier to resolve a political crisis sparked by controversial electoral reforms.

FBI agent doing backflip in a bar shoots man in the leg

                           

Police are investigating an off-duty FBI agent's apparently accidental shooting of a man when the agent did a backflip at a Colorado night club, local media reported.

Tunisia migrant death toll rises to 48 – Defence Ministry

The number of illegal immigrants killed after their boat sank off the southeastern coast of Tunisia on Sunday has risen to 48, according to the Ministry of Defense.

WWE, Can't Stop Making Money As Other Media Flounder

                                     


While US entertainment company leaders battle sagging stock prices because of revolutionary changes in the media landscape, WWE’s Vince McMahon is riding high.

Osinbajo Urges Pastors To Intensify Prayers For Nation’s Peace

                        

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday, advised pastors to intensify their prayers for peace in Nigeria and maintain their dignity as they minister to their followers. 

Visa payment system hit by outage in Europe

                         

Visa said on Friday that a “service disruption’’ had hit its payment system, leaving some businesses unable to process purchases by its cardholders.

Pregnant cow sentenced to death for illegal border crossing

  


A pregnant cow will be executed as a result of crossing from her European Union farm in Bulgaria into the non-EU Serbia.

Daily Mail reports that Penka, a pregnant red cow who is due in around three months’ time, wandered westwards away from her herd near the village of Kopilovtsi, straying over the border into non-EU Serbia.

Battered Wife Stabs Husband To Death

       

   
A teacher, Abimbola Olamide, has been arrested by policemen from the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly stabbing her husband, Dare Akinbobola, to death at their residence in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State.

Senate rejects Buhari’s nominee for CBN job

The Senate Thursday turned down the request for the confirmation of Dr.Abdul Abubakar for appointment as a Non-Executive Director of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

This followed the presentation and consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions which screened the nominee.

Best In The World: Nigeria Jerseys For The World Cup Voted Best In The World.

                         

The Nigerian jersey has been voted the best jersey out of the 32 nations ahead of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

In a poll conducted by Sky Sports, the Nigerian shirt garnered over 40,000 votes to beat world champions Germany to second place with 21,000 votes.

The River of Feelings

Our feelings play a very important part in directing all of our thoughts and actions. In us, there is a river of feelings, in which every drop of water is a different feeling, and each feeling relies on all the others for its existence. To observe it, we just sit on the bank of the river and identify each feeling as it surfaces, flows by, and disappears.

21st baby: Britian’s biggest family announce their 21st baby

Britain’s biggest family is set to grow again after mother Sue Radford announced she is pregnant with her 21st child.

Sue Radford, 43, and her husband Noel, 47, uploaded a video message on YouTube to announce the family will be welcoming yet another baby girl.

Cops pose for picture with strippers, what could go wrong?

Is that a pistol in your G-string, or are you just glad to see us?

Four female NYPD cops who appeared eager to bring back stop-and-frisk are under the gun for posing for photos with a strapping male stripper.

The gals were all grins as the buff entertainer — wearing nothing but boots and a thong — draped his arms around two of them while a third pointed at his barely wrapped package.

Full text of Buhari’s Democracy Day broadcast

My Dear Nigerians!

Today marks the 19th year of our nascent democracy and the 3rd Anniversary of this administration. I am thankful to Almighty God for bringing us thus far. This administration came at a time that Nigerians needed Change, the Change we promised and the Change we continue to deliver. We have faced a lot of challenges on this journey and Nigerians have stood by us in achieving the three cardinal points of this administration namely; Security, Corruption and the Economy.

Italy faces new elections after populist government bid fails

Rome wasn't built in a day, and after nearly three months of trying to form a government the Italian capital will need to wait even longer for new leaders.

Political factions in the country, Europe's fourth largest economy, likely face new elections after two leading parties for prime minister abandoned their proposed coalition.

$16bn Power Project: Obasanjo Releases EFCC Report

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday made public the report of the investigation conducted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in 2007, on various allegations, including that of the alleged $16 billion power project.