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The Argentine forward and his team mates were completely outclassed and outmuscled by the Bavarians and have a huge task at the Camp Nou to salvage anything from the tie. �It’s 4-0 and it will be difficult because they are a great team,” Messi told reporters. �They were a lot ...

A man (picture above) was arrested after he was caught with his pants down in his neighbour’s barn. A horse owner saw a man, who was later identified as 47-year-old Tony Hall-Rivas, running from her barn. He was in the process of pulling his pants up. The woman became suspicious ...

Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State has been flown back to the United States for urgent medical treatment. Mr. Imoke, who is serving his second term as governor, was in the US for medical treatment related to kidney disease. Two sources confirmed the governor’s medical trip. One source, a ...

The police in Lagos on Monday arraigned a 25-year-old pastor, Tommy Issachar, over an alleged stealing of a female church member’s underwear and N10,000 cash. Issachar, who resides at No 35, Mafoluku St., Mafoluku, Oshodi, Lagos, appeared before an Oshodi Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, on a two-count charge of breach ...

Some media agencies thought FIFA President Sepp Blatter had stepped down until it was discovered that both his Twitter account and Fifa’s were hacked by �Syrian Electronic Army” not too long ago. The Swiss posted several incriminating messages, with the official World Cup account also hijacked to �confirm” that he ...

At least 185 persons including women and children were reported to have been killed by either gunshots or fire after suspected Boko Haram gunmen engaged soldiers of the Joint Task Force in a deadly shootout that left the commercial border town of Baga in Borno State completely burnt down. Local ...

Residents of Wole Madariola Street, Aguda, Surulere, Lagos have been asking questions about what pushed Chidike Oyeka, a graduate of Madonna University, Anambra, to stab himself repeatedly thereby taking his own life. PUNCH Metro learnt that the Chidike on April 19, 2013, took a kitchen knife and stabbed himself repeatedly ...

Liverpool’s striker could still face an FA probe after admitting his behaviour during a clash with Chelsea was ‘inexcusable’. Liverpool’s Luis Suarez has apologised for biting Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic during a Premier League clash. The striker said sorry on his personal Twitter account around three hours after the final whistle ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria has stopped the printing of small denomination naira notes in polymer because they fade quickly. The Deputy Governor, CBN, Mr. Tunde Lemo, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Washington on the sidelines of the ongoing Spring Meeting ...

Real Madrid has been listed as the world’s most valuable football club in the latest list of Forbes’ football rich list. Manchester United had held top spot since business analysts Forbes started compiling the list in 2004 but have been overtaken by Real. Barcelona now in third place and Arsenal ...

Chairman, Ejigbo Local Council Development Area, LCDA, Kehinde Bamigbetan has been released by his captors. P.m News gathered that he was released on Friday night by the kidnappers, who had earlier demanded for $1 million to be paid before his release. The Nation online reported that Head of the Council’s ...

An 11-year-old boy (names withheld) was yesterday afternoon arrested by the police at Nyanya Division for allegedly trying to set ablaze the Area B/C Mosque, near Customs Quarters in Nyanya, Abuja. Imam of the mosque, Zubairu Mohammed, told newsmen that the boy had earlier set fire to one of the ...

The accused allegedly committed the act in Ikeja, Lagos,� at 3 a.m. on April 13 at N0 28, Sule Abubakar Street, Opebi, Ikeja. And they are: Solomon Obamiro, 28, Adebayo Fagbemi, 25, Soliu Obalowu, 27, and Oluwatosin Akomolafe, 22. According to the victim Jennifer Uche, 27,�she had an agreement with ...

(dead) Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26 ,and younger brother Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19(captured) The Massachusetts college student wanted in the Boston Marathon bombing was captured wounded, but alive after hiding out in a boat parked in a backyard on Friday evening. The arrest of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev signaled the end of five days of ...

The remains of the late publisher of Tribune Newspaper, Oluwole Awolowo, was today laid to rest at Ikenne town in Ogun State. He died on March 27, 2013 in a London Hospital at the age of 70. The service for his final departure took place at Our Saviour’s Anglican Church. ...

The convoy of the Governor of Imo State; Mr Rochas Okorocha has been involved in a head-on collision in Orlu local government area of the state and the governor sustained minor head injuries. This happened during his inspection tour to some state projects in the area. According to his media ...

A large sinkhole opened up in the middle of the street and swallowed three cars on Chicago’s South Side. According to police, a driver was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The cars, however, weren’t so lucky. Two cars were inside the hole when fire crews arrived. A ...

Fans of one of Nigeria’s most talented entertainers, Julius Agwu, will have the opportunity to hang out and spend some quality time with him today April 19th in London as he holds autograph session for his new book Jokes Apart, How Did I Get Here. The autograph session and royal ...

The FBI intensified its manhunt in the Boston Marathon bombing case on Thursday by releasing images of two men they deem to be suspects. It asked that anyone with information about the men or who may have seen them in the vicinity of the marathon finish line on Monday to ...

I’ll be as brief as possible. To tell you that kidnappers & ritualists exist & are on rampage is an understatement. What you need to be aware of is that they adopt different strategies to capture their victims. I’m going to share with you one approach so as not to ...