PRESIDENT-ELECT Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said his administration will put incentives and policies in place that will make corruption unattractive for judges and other Nigerian workers. A statement by the Office of the President-elect signed by Abdulaziz Abdulaziz quoted Tinubu as making the pledge on Thursday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, during the inauguration of Magistrate Courts Complex. The event was part of Tinubu’s two-day visit to the state to inaugurate projects executed by the Nyesom Wike administration. Tinubu said with the right incentives that guarantee conducive working atmosphere and polices that make it easy for workers to acquire…
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ERLING Haaland set a new record of 35 goals in a Premier League season as Manchester City overcame West Ham 3-0 to move back to the top of the table on Wednesday as Liverpool edged out Fulham 1-0. City were made to work by an under-manned Hammers to edge one point clear of Arsenal in the title race, with a game in hand still to come. The visitors were missing England international Declan Rice, Tomas Soucek and Nayef Aguerd through illness, while injuries meant David Moyes could only name five outfield substitutes. But Moyes’ men held out for 50 minutes…
NIGERIA’s Golden Eaglets suffered a lone-goal defeat at the hands of their North African contingents, Morocco at the ongoing U-17 African Championship in Algeria. In spite of a dominant show in the first half of the game, the Golden Eaglets conceded an own goal in the second minute courtesy of Tochukwu Ogboji to the Atlas Cubs the happier side with maximum points in the game. The Moroccans were strong in defence and were unfazed by the lethargic press from Nigeria. The Golden Eaglets will hope to put the defeat aside as they face South Africa in their last group game…
A TEENAGER who killed eight fellow students and a security guard in a Serbian school planned the attack for weeks and had a “kill list”, according to police. The 13-year-old was arrested following Wednesday morning’s attack at the Vladislav Ribnikar primary school in central Belgrade. Another six pupils and a teacher were also injured in the shooting. The motive for the attack is still being investigated, police said. Officers in helmets and bulletproof vests cordoned off the area around the school, located in the central Vracar neighbourhood, shortly after 08:40 (06:40 GMT). The suspect is alleged to have used his…
THE US central bank has raised interest rates to the highest level in 16 years as it battles to stabilise prices. The Federal Reserve increased its key interest rate by 0.25 percentage points – its 10th hike in 14 months. The Fed signalled that Wednesday’s rise may be its last one for now. The moves have pushed its benchmark rate to between 5% and 5.25% – up from near zero in March 2022. Higher rates have sharply raised borrowing costs across the world’s largest economy, spurring a slowdown in sectors such as housing and playing a role in the recent…
DIVORCE court papers seen by the BBC allege that the daughter of Zimbabwe’s ex-President Robert Mugabe owned 25 residential properties, including a Dubai mansion, worth a total of around $80m (£64m). Bona Mugabe filed for divorce from former pilot Simba Mutsahuni Chikore in March. Mr Chikore wants to split their assets, which also include 21 farms, he says. Ms Mugabe has not yet commented on the claims but will be able to do so. A source close to the Mugabe family told the BBC that the former president had nothing in his name when he died, although he received £10m…
ZAMBIAN police have surrounded the house of ex-President Edgar Lungu in the capital, Lusaka, and demanded access to search it. Mr Lungu’s lawyer, Jonas Zimba has told Diamond TV that police officers are conducting a search, allegedly linked to the ownership of three motor vehicles and a title deed. He said the search follows a complaint against the former first lady, Esther Lungu, over her suspicious ownership of the three motor vehicles. Police have not yet issued a statement over the development. The former ruling party, Patriotic Front (PF), have described the deployment as a breach of Mr Lungu’s immunity…
REAL Madrid’s slim hopes of regaining the Spanish La Liga title were all but extinguished by a defeat at Champions League hopefuls Real Sociedad. After a tight first half, Real Madrid fell behind when Eder Militao sold Thibaut Courtois short with a backpass and Takefusa Kubo slid into an empty net. Madrid’s frustrations spilled over as right-back Dani Carvajal was sent off for two bookings in quick succession. The home side, made to tick by veteran midfielder David Silva, sealed a deserved win when substitute Ander Barrenetxea fired in a late second. The loss leaves Carlo Ancelotti’s side 14 points…
MANCHESTER City manager Pep Guardiola has said there is plenty of scope for Erling Haaland to get even better. The Norway striker has scored 50 goals for City this season, including 34 in the Premier League and 12 in the Champions League. The English record for goals by a top-flight player in a single season is 63, by Everton’s Dixie Dean in 1927-28. “Always I’ve said with Erling it will be tough when you look at what he has done,” said Guardiola. “If he doesn’t score the goals like he’s scoring now people will say ‘Oh, he’s in a bad…
THE remains of an Australian man who vanished while fishing with friends have been found inside a crocodile. Kevin Darmody, 65, was last seen at Kennedy’s Bend – a well-known saltwater crocodile habitat in a remote part of northern Queensland – on Saturday. After a two-day search of the area, police euthanised two large crocodiles and found human body parts. Police said it was a “tragic ending” for Mr Darmody. A formal identification process will be carried out. Mr Darmody was an experienced fisherman and a well-known member of the community in Cape York. The two crocodiles, which measured 4.1m…
A WELL-KNOWN critic of the Laos government has been shot dead in a late-night attack in the capital. Anousa ‘Jack’ Luangsuphom, 25, was shot point blank in the face and chest while sitting at a coffee shop on Saturday. He had run the Kub Kluen Duay Keyboard (Driven By Keyboard) Facebook page, where people dared to expressed criticism of the Communist authorities. Rights groups have condemned officials for not yet announcing an investigation into the brazen “cold-blooded killing”. Security cameras captured the attack. Footage shows a gunman dressed in a brown long-sleeved shirt and black cap entering the cafe and…
THE death toll from landslides and floods in Rwanda has now risen to more than 100 amid heavy rains in the country, the authorities have said. The Rwandan public broadcaster, RBA, reports that 109 have so far died, 95 of those in the western province and 14 in the northern province. Earlier, the governor of the country’s western province had told the BBC that at least 50 had died after heavy rains pounded the region “all night”. “Many houses collapsed on people, the provisional number of those who have died is now 55 and [there are] many injured,” governor François…
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has arrived in Kenya to follow up on the humanitarian and security situation in Sudan following weeks of clashes. Mr Guterres was received on Wednesday morning by Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Minister Alfred Mutua at the main airport in the capital, Nairobi. During his two-day visit, the UN chief will hold talks with President William Ruto and also meet all heads of UN agencies in Nairobi. The warring military factions in Sudan have agreed to a seven-day truce starting on Thursday.
MIKEL Arteta has insisted Arsenal are still contenders for the Premier League title despite slipping from the top of the table at the weekend. Arteta’s men were replaced at the summit by Manchester City following the champions’ 2-1 win at Fulham on Sunday. City now lead the Gunners by a point, with a game in hand, after winning eight successive league matches as they eye a fifth title in six years. Arsenal, by contrast, have stumbled in recent weeks, taking just three points from their last four fixtures. They are at least assured of a return to Champions League football…
LEICESTER City and Everton had to settle for a draw in a chaotic match which leaves both in deep trouble at the wrong end of the Premier League table. The two clubs started the game in the bottom three but a point was enough to drag Leicester out of the drop zone on goal difference, while Everton stay 19th, one point behind 17th-placed Leeds. Dominic Calvert-Lewin opened the scoring with just his second goal of the season from the penalty spot, picking himself up to convert after being bundled over by Timothy Castagne. The lead lasted just seven minutes as…
A SIX-YEAR-OLD died on Monday after being mauled by a caged lioness in a resort in the southern Gaza Strip, officials in the Palestinian territory said. The boy climbed a protective fence at the Asda resort in Khan Yunis and reached the animal’s cage, police said, resulting in his injury and death. Eyewitnesses said the boy had squeezed his way through a small hole in the fence and approached the cage, upon which the lioness bit his head, with security forces pulling him away as he bled. A medical source said the child was taken to a hospital in the…
PROTESTERS clashed with security forces across France on Monday as hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets for Labour Day to vent their anger against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform. Unions had been hoping for a vast turnout nationwide to further rattle Macron, who has been greeted by pot-bashing and jeers as he toured the country seeking to defend the reforms and relaunch his second term. Macron last month signed a law to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64, despite months of strikes against the bill. At least 108 police were wounded and 291 people detained…
TWO extra evacuation flights carrying British nationals have left Sudan, as UK efforts now turn to diplomacy and humanitarian aid. The “exceptional” flights – billed as the last UK airlift from Sudan – took off from Port Sudan on the Red Sea coast on Monday evening. Military rescue flights from an airstrip near the Sudanese capital Khartoum ended on Saturday. Nearly 2,200 people had been evacuated as of Monday afternoon. The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office said it would release passenger numbers for the two latest flights on Tuesday. British nationals and others, including Sudanese NHS staff, were asked to…
SUDAN’s warring rivals have agreed to send representatives for negotiations, potentially in Saudi Arabia, the United Nations’ special representative in the country, Volker Perthes, said. Mr Perthes told the Associated Press (AP) news agency on Monday that the talks would initially focus on establishing a “stable and reliable” ceasefire monitored by national and international observers. He said the two sides had already named their representatives for preliminary discussions but cautioned that logistics for talks were still being worked out. Mr Perthes also said that in the past week he had noticed a “change in tone” from the two warring sides,…
THE Kano State Police Command has recovered four AK-47 rifles from some people who were trying to smuggle them into the state on Friday. Spokesman of the command, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, who confirmed the incident, said the suspects were caught by the police during stop and search operations at Kwanar Garko, along the Bauchi road in the outskirts of the state. He said upon sighting the police, the suspects, driving in a Hiace bus, dropped the rifles inside a sack and ran away. He urged residents to continue to report suspicious movements or items to the nearest police station.