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Boeing Says To Halt 737 MAX Production Next Month

December 18, 2019 3:17 pm

Boeing said Monday it would temporarily suspend production of its globally grounded 737 MAX jets next month as safety regulators delay the aircraft’s return to the skies after two crashes.

The decision confirmed investor fears that the company’s recovery from the crisis is dragging on longer and creating more uncertainty for Boeing than executives anticipated.

Boeing’s travails since March have weighed on the US economy, holding down American manufacturing output, trade and sales of durable goods while damaging the company’s performance on Wall Street’s benchmark Dow Jones Industrial Average.

In a statement, the company said it would continue to pay …

Iheanacho Ends 13-Month Goal Drought

December 2, 2019 12:50 pm
Out of favour Nigeria striker, Kelechi Iheanacho last-gasp strike ended his 13-month goal drought in Leicester City 2-1 win over Everton at the King Power Stadium yesterday.

Jamie Vardy had equalised for Leicester in the 68th minute after Richarlison had given Everton a deserved first-half lead. A draw would have been a fair result and a boost for under-pressure Everton boss Marco Silva but Foxes substitute Iheanacho fired home after a late counter-attack to seal a sixth successive league win for Leicester.

The goal was initially disallowed for offside but after an agonising VAR wait the decision was overturned, …

Contract Extension: Rohr Gives NFF 2-Month Ultimatum

November 23, 2019 3:25 am
Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr, has threatened to quit his job if the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) fails to extend his contract within two months. His current contract with the Nigerian Federation is expected to expire in June next year.

Recent reports claimed that Rohr had held talks with the Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Sunday Dare, where the German tactician demanded the extenuation of his contract by two or three years.

The Super Eagles are unbeaten since the conclusion of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, registering back-to-back impressive draws against Ukraine and Brazil and have maximum

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Yellow Card Turns To Six-Month Ban For South African

November 17, 2019 1:36 pm

Cape Town City midfielder Mpho Makola has been banned for six months after shoving a referee — an offence for which he was only yellow carded.

The 33-year-old former international used both hands to push referee Abongile Tom last month after opponents Kaizer Chiefs were awarded a penalty during a League Cup match.

Although a red-card offence, Tom only cautioned out-of-control Makola, who had to be dragged away from the match official by teammates.

The Makola ban has shocked many South African football followers used to offenders receiving light sentences for serious acts of ill discipline.

Match bans and fines …

Simon Named Nantes Player Of The Month For October

November 10, 2019 1:52 pm

In a voting process conducted by the club, Simon won 62 per cent of the votes to beat Nicolas Pallois, Mehdi Abeid and Andrei Girotto to the award.

Simon scored four goals for Nantes in October including a hat-trick in the French Cup win against FC Paris.

The fomer Gent of Belgium player who joned Nantes on loan from Spanish club Levante in the summer has scored two goals in 10 league games

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Iheanacho Short-Listed For Leicester’s Goal-Of-The-Month

Iheanacho Short-Listed For Leicester’s Goal-Of-The-Month

November 5, 2019 8:23 am
Kelechi Iheanacho and another Nigerian, Josh Eppiah, have been nominated for Leicester City’s goal of the month prize for October 2019.

Out-of-favour Nigeria international, Iheanacho, made it two goals in as many games when he opened the scoring in the seventh minute against Burton Albion in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup on October 29.

An excellent sweeping move from Leicester City culminated in Iheanacho finding the back of the net, assisted by Youri Tielemans.

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Eppiah netted the game’s winning goal with a long-range strike in the 90th minute to help …

Man Gets Six-Month Jail Term For Stoning Policemen

November 4, 2019 3:33 pm
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates Court on Monday sentenced a 30-year-old unemployed man, Sulaimon Agboola, to six months in Kirikiri Correctional Facility, Apapa, Lagos, for stoning police officers on duty.
Chief Magistrate M.O. Tanimola sentenced Agboola after he pleaded guilty to five counts of conspiracy, unlawful society, assault, breach of the peace and possession of hemp.

Tanimola, however, gave the convict an option to pay a fine of N40, 000.

Earlier, the Prosecutor, Inspector Aondohemba Koti told the court that the defendant conducted himself in a manner likely to cause

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Second Ebola Vaccine To Be Used In DR Congo Next Month

Second Ebola Vaccine To Be Used In DR Congo Next Month

October 13, 2019 2:40 pm

Doctors will use a second Ebola vaccine from November in three eastern provinces in the Democratic Republic of Congo to fight the deadly virus, medical officials said Sunday.

“It’s time to use the new Ad26-ZEBOV-GP vaccine, manufactured by Johnson & Johnson’s Belgian subsidiary,” said Dr. Jean-Jacques Muyembe, who leads the national anti-Ebola operation in the DRC.

It will arrive in the eastern city of Goma, in North Kivu province, on October 18 and be used from the beginning of next month, he added.

DRC’s latest Ebola epidemic, which began in August 2018, has killed 2,144 people, making it the second …

Alledged oil theft: Navy apprehends Ghanaian, 8 Beninoise

Nigerian Navy arrests 19 imposters in 3 Month

April 28, 2019 7:01 am

The Nigerian Navy (NN) on Sunday said its operatives had arrested a total of 19 imposters in the First Quarter of 2019.

Navy spokesman, Commodore Suleman Dahun,made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.

A breakdown of those arrested criminals given by the spokesman showed that 13 were arrested in Calabar/Ikang area; 5 in Yenogoa/Port Harcourt area and 1 in Lagos area.

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IBB returns home after 3-month medical vacation

March 10, 2019 9:09 am

Sues for Peace

 

Former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida has returned from a three months medical vacation from Switzerland.

Babangida who returned on Saturday night was received at the Minna International Airport by former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, his son Muhammad Babangida and other family members along with his friends and Staff.

In a statement by the media office of General Ibrahim Babangida said the former military President arrived fully invigorated.

According to the statement, General Babangida appreciated Nigerians for their prayers urging them to always be advocates of peace in the country.

“I commend all Nigerians …

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