AN additional five pages of classified material has been found in US President Joe Biden’s family home in Delaware, the White House has said. Mr Biden’s lawyer Richard Sauber said he discovered the additional documents on Thursday which were immediately handed to the Justice Department. Mr Biden’s lawyers have said the documents relate to his time as Barack Obama’s vice-president. A special counsel is investigating Mr Biden’s handling of the files. The discovery of documents throughout the investigation has been called a political embarrassment for Mr Biden, as it comes during an ongoing investigation into former President Donald Trump’s own…
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48 hours after tanker drivers blocked Zaria-Kano Highway over the alleged killing of their colleague by a soldier, they have agreed to reopen the road on Saturday. News Point Nigeria gathered that the protesting tanker drivers who used their heavy vehicles to block the busy highway agreed to remove them after series of negotiations with security agencies and FRSC officials. The incident happaned on Wednesday shortly after a soldier attached to a construction company reportedly shot the victim following an altercation near Tashar Yari in Makarfi town along the highway, leading to a gridlock that got many travellers stranded. The…
Brighton 3 vs Liverpool 0 ROBERTO de Zerbi says his Brighton side “have a dream” of qualifying for Europe as Solly March’s double and a late Danny Welbeck strike condemned Liverpool to a heavy defeat at Amex Stadium. March converted Kaoru Mitoma’s low cross to give the home team a deserved lead, after the returning Alexis Mac Allister had intercepted Joel Matip’s loose pass. The winger then doubled the hosts’ advantage with a fabulous left-footed strike from Evan Ferguson’s through-ball. Second-half substitute Welbeck capped a magnificent Brighton display with a superb finish past Alisson after flicking the ball over Joe…
ALGERIA, Morocco, South Africa, Zambia, and Benin-Nigeria want to replace Guinea as hosts of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, CAF president Patrice Motsepe confirmed on Saturday. Guinea, chosen in 2014 to stage the premier African national team tournament, withdrew last year after little progress had been made in preparing for the biennial event. CAF officials will do inspection tours of all the candidates this month with the winners to be announced on February 10. South African billionaire businessman Motsepe said the successful country or countries would offer the best “transport, logistics, hotels and beautiful stadiums”. “Each region will have…
THE spate of violence in Imo State continued unabated on Saturday morning when gunmen struck at a Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) collection centre at Afor Oru, headquarters of Ahiazu Mbaise local government area. An eyewitness who narrated what happened told our source that, the gunmen who did not meet any of the officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ended up killing the security man without laying their hands on the cards. According to the eyewitness, who pleaded anonymity, “The gunmen came this morning. They drove straight to the PVC collection centre which is in the Chairman’s guest house…
ERIK ten Hag admitted Manchester United had been taken to school by Manchester City when they were thrashed in October, but he delivered on his insistence that lessons had been learned at a tumultuous Old Trafford on Saturday lunchtime. Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham have all been beaten here by United this season but victory over Premier League champions City, and the manner in which it was achieved, is by far the most powerful statement of Ten Hag’s tenure. Manchester City will believe this derby turned on a controversial decision that ruled Marcus Rashford was not interfering with play when Bruno…
FIFTEEN-year-old Sadiq Alhaji Mala, fondly called Abba, is talented in crafting prototypes of military jets, Keke NAPEP, cars and others with scrap. Where are you from? I hail from Abadam LGA of Borno State. I am an Internally Displaced Person (IDP). I was in Primary 4 when my mother and I fled Abadam to Maiduguri. Boko Haram launched several attacks on our village which forced us to flee. My parents were farmers and cattle herders. What exactly happened before you fled your village? On a certain day Boko Haram insurgents came to our village, killed many and destroyed everything they…
BORUSSIA Dortmund striker Sebastien Haller on Friday scored three goals in eight minutes in his side’s 6-0 pre-season friendly victory over Basel as he continued his comeback from testicular cancer. Haller was subbed on just after halftime in the match, with Dortmund leading 3-0 in the fixture, played in the Spanish seaside town of Marbella. The French-born Ivory Coast striker scored from the spot — his first goal in Dortmund colours — in the 81st minute after American winger Gio Reyna was brought down in the box. Haller doubled his tally just five minutes later when he tapped in a…
MANCHESTER United host Manchester City on Saturday in what could be one of their most evenly matched Premier League encounters in years. United have won eight games in a row and could equal their longest winning run in all competitions since Alex Ferguson retired as manager in 2013. Second-placed City, who are four points above United, lost to Southampton in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday. “The improvement of [United’s] team is clear,” said City boss Pep Guardiola. United are closing in on the loan signing of Burnley striker Wout Weghorst but he will not be eligible to play because he…
PARIS St-Germain forward Lionel Messi has not been approached by Al Hilal and would not consider a move to Saudi Arabia, Spanish football expert Guillem Balague says. suggest the Argentina international, 35, has been offered £245m to move to the Middle East. Messi’s contract expires in the summer but, according to Balague, he is close to finalising a deal to remain at PSG. “There hasn’t been an offer [from Al Hilal],” says Balague. “PSG and Messi are organising a meeting in the next few weeks to finalise the deal that will keep him in Paris.” Messi helped Argentina win the…
NAPOLI produced a sensational performance to thrash Juventus and move 10 points clear in their bid for a first Serie A title since 1990. Juventus had won eight games in a row without conceding but that record was ruthlessly ended at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium. Victor Osimhen scored twice with Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Amir Rrahmani and Elif Elmas also on target. Angel di Maria responded for Juventus, who slip to third as a result. Osimhen opened the scoring for Napoli and then provided the pass for Kvaratskhelia to double their lead, but Di Maria hit back before the break. Rrahmani…
JAMAICAN financial authorities have launched an investigation into a company holding investments for eight-times Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt after reports that he may have lost millions to large scale fraud. Jamaica’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) said in a statement that it had placed the firm, Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL), in “enhanced oversight” while it conducts the probe. Bolt’s manager Nugent Walker told the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper that the retired sprinter, one of the greatest athletes of all time, has had investments with the company for over a decade. “All the relevant steps have been taken to come to…
THE Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal by Etubom Anthony Ani challenging the ascendancy of Etubom Abasi Otu as the Obong of Calabar and the grand patriarch of the Efik Kingdom. In the judgement read by Justice Amina Augie on Friday, the apex court held that Ani’s appeal lacked merit. The decision upheld the judgement of the Court of Appeal on the matter. Ani had brought the appeal challenging the judgment of the Court of Appeal on June 4, 2013, which held that he was not qualified to vie for the throne of Obong of Calabar having not been capped…
THOMAS Frank says Romeo Beckham should be judged as a player in his own right and not compared with his father and former England captain, David. David Beckham watched his son make his debut for Brentford B in the London Senior Cup on Tuesday after joining on loan from Inter Miami II. “Romeo is a very good player, of course he has a name that is pretty worldwide, and big,” said Brentford boss Frank. “For Romeo he is himself, he of course has a big name. You can’t compare.” Frank compared the situation to when he coached Andreas Laudrup, son…
MANCHESTER City footballer Benjamin Mendy has been found not guilty of six counts of rape and one count of sexual assault against four young women. The jury failed to reach verdicts on one count of rape and one of attempted rape and a retrial will take place. Louis Saha Matturie, 41, was also found not guilty of three counts of rape against two teenagers. Jurors at Chester Crown Court could not reach verdicts on six other counts by five other women. Mr Mendy, 28, and his friend Mr Matturie, had been accused of raping women at the player’s home in…
AT times, Joe Biden is his own worst enemy. When asked on Thursday whether it was true he had kept classified documents in a garage next to his sports car, he responded in a rather flippant manner that the garage was locked. That will lead some to wonder about the protestations from the White House that they are taking seriously the matter of whether Mr Biden mishandled classified materials after leaving the office of vice-president in 2017. But the justice department’s appointment of a special counsel will concentrate minds and will undoubtedly overshadow the president’s next months in office. He…
RUSSIA’s military says it has captured the Ukrainian salt-mine town of Soledar after a long battle, calling it an “important” step for its offensive. The victory would allow Russian troops to push on to the nearby city of Bakhmut, and cut off the Ukrainian forces there, a spokesman said. This was a very confident and ambitious statement from Moscow. But Ukrainian officials said the fight for Soledar was still going on and accused Russia of “information noise”. The battle for Soledar has been one of the bloodiest of the war. The town is relatively small, with a pre-war population of…
A SONG by Shakira about her ex-partner Gerard Pique for cheating on her has broken YouTube records. The video for Out of Your League has been watched more than 63 million times in 24 hours, making it the most-watched Latin song in that time period. Shakira, 45, separated from former Barcelona footballer Pique, 35, in 2022 after more than 10 years together. The pair also have two children together. This four-minute pop song is the first time Shakira and Argentinian producer and DJ Bizarrap have worked together. Shakira joins a hallowed list of Latin performers to break YouTube records -…
A COURT in Zambia’s Ndola city has released four Croatian couples on bail after they were charged on allegations of attempted child trafficking. All the suspects pleaded not guilty. Workers at a guesthouse say that the couples checked in without children, but on the third day of their stay they noticed they had four minors, from the Democratic Republic of Congo, in their care, local media report. Three of the children were three years old and the other was 15 months old, Lusaka Times reports. The couples said they had adopted them, the news site reports, but Zambian authorities said…
TWO high profile inmates have escaped after spraying chilli powder in the eyes of guards escorting them back to prison in south – western Ethiopian town of Alaba, police have said. They were two of four who made the bid to break free. “Out of four inmates who escaped, one was killed, another injured and two are still at large,’’ Deputy Commander Taju Negash of Southern Nations regional state police told the BBC. It’s unclear where the inmates got the chilli from. The killed inmate was facing another charge of throwing a grenade at police officers while in prison. Police…