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Manchester United interim manager Michael Carrick extended his perfect start as Benjamin Sesko’s stoppage-time strike sealed a pulsating 3-2 win over Fulham on Sunday. In an incredible finale, Raul Jimenez’s penalty with five minutes left gave Fulham hope before Kevin’s wonder-goal hauled the visitors level in stoppage-time. AFP The post Man Utd Strike Late To […]

Award-winning filmmaker, Kunle Afolayan, has revealed that there has been a tense phone call with actress and producer Funke Akindele. The conversation came after controversy over Afolayan’s remarks on film promotion strategies in Nollywood. In an interview with Arise News on Sunday, Afolayan said Akindele called him personally after his comments, which seemed to suggest

The Ogoni Liberation Initiative (OLI), a pressure group in Ogoni land, Rivers State, has demanded accountability over an alleged $300 million compensation fund reportedly released by the Federal Government for the development and welfare of the Ogoni people. The compensation fund has been a subject of intense public debate for a few years now, with

A fully loaded 40-foot containerised truck has overturned along Oke Gbegun, Ishagamu Road, near LASPOTECH, Ikorodu area of Lagos State, following an alleged brake failure. The accident, which occurred around midnight, reportedly left the driver trapped inside the tractor head of the vehicle. Confirming the incident, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, said its

Vice President Kashim Shettima has described the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as a party where “differences find direction”. READ ALSO: Taraba Gov Kefas Registers As APC Member Shettima, who stated this when he formally received Governor Agbu Kefas of Taraba State, on behalf of President Bola Tinubu, in Jalingo, said the APC had shown

In a bid to reduce maternal deaths caused by unsafe abortions, experts and stakeholders in Ogun State have warned residents to seek medical care from qualified and well-trained doctors rather than quacks. The warning was given at a one-day training for civil society organisations on basic reproductive health issues and the reduction of unsafe abortions,

The military junta in Guinea-Bissau is no longer seeking to arrest a senior opposition politician who has been on the run, an opposition official said on Saturday. But another prominent opposition leader, whom the military released from prison only on Friday, has now been placed under house arrest. The junta imprisoned several senior politicians after