The father of Abubakar Shekau, Boko Haram factional leader died a few years ago, the Voice of America reported as the mother also said she has not seen Shekau in 15 years. Falmata Abubakar, Shekau’s mother disclosed this in an interview in a a village, called Shekau in Yobe State. Shekau’s father, who died was a local district imam before passing away a few years ago. Falmata, who granted her first media interview to VOA, saying she has not seen Shekau, her son in 15 years. Falmata said she had…
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Trump aide Manafort sent to jail
Donald Trump’s former campaign chief, Paul Manafort was sent to jail Friday pending trial on a series of federal charges. Manafort, who is facing money laundering and tax evasion charges among others, was the first former Trump campaign aide to be jailed in the sprawling probe led by special counsel Robert Mueller since May 2017. The revocation of Manafort’s bail was a fresh sign of the looming collision course between Mueller and Trump, with the White House increasingly worried that the president could face obstruction of justice charges and an…
Read MoreDiego Costa’s goal makes World Cup history
Diego Costa’s equaliser for Spain against Portugal on Friday was the first time a World Cup goal was awarded after a review from the Video Assistant Referee (VAR). The striker’s goal was allowed to stand in spite of a collision with defender Pepe. Costa ran into the Portuguese centre back in the build-up to his equaliser in the 24th minute to cancel out Cristiano Ronaldo’s fourth minute penalty. Italian referee Gianluca Rocchi gave the goal after consulting the VAR team. The system, which was trialled in Germany’s Bundesliga and Italy’s…
Read MoreBuhari to Nigerians: Let’s salvage the country together
President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja called on all Nigerians to work towards salvaging the nation by subscribing to the collective vision for a greater Nigeria and contributing individually to realise the goal. President Buhari, who received FCT residents at the Presidential Villa for the Eid-el-fitr celebration, urged all citizens to embrace the reality that Nigeria must exist and continue as one nation, noting that the country needs all its human and material resources to succeed. “We have no other country than Nigeria. We may as well stay and salvage…
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