Pope Francis has chosen to be buried not in St Peter’s Basilica alongside his immediate predecessors but in a basilica in Rome, he revealed in an interview broadcast on Wednesday. “The place is already prepared. I want to be buried in Santa Maria Maggiore,” the pontiff, who turns 87 this weekend, told Mexican broadcaster Televisa’s…
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has disclosed that he travelled to Bangkok, Thailand for vacation and used the opportunity to check his medicals in a bid to keep fit. The Governor while speaking with newsmen upon his return to Nigeria on Wednesday morning, said he is back, fit and ready for more work. “I went…
A Facebook user identified as Onoh Chukwuma on Tuesday reportedly took his own life by ingesting an insecticide allegedly for losing N2.5m to betting. Onoh had on his Facebook wall posted a message saying that it was his last day on earth and that he was going to meet his maker. Unknown to those reading…
President of Turkey’s Ankaragucu football club, Faruk Koca, has resigned following his attack on a referee during a match late Monday. The top-flight SuperLig indefinitely suspended matches and a court placed Ankaragucu club president, Faruk Koca, and two others in pre-trial detention for “injuring and threatening a public official”. Images of Monday night’s incident showed…
A United States citizen identified only as Haynes, who was wrongfully convicted of first-degree murder has been freed after 20 years in prison. Haynes was accused of killing 55-year-old Randy Sherer at a Minneapolis shop. This was disclosed in a video shared on the official Instagram page of CNN on Tuesday. The judge on Monday,…
A yet-to-be-identified soldier allegedly stabbed a bouncer to death on Monday night, at a nightclub in Bonny Island, Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State. It was gathered that trouble started when the bouncer, identified as Kingsley Abbey, who was on duty proceeded to conduct a routine search on the soldier at the entrance of…
A final year student in the Department of Agric Economics at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Chisom Nwankwo, on Tuesday lost her life in an accident that occurred on the campus of the institution. Nwankwo was said to be travelling on a commercial motorcycle along Road 1 on the campus when the accident…
Portuguese football star, Cristiano Ronaldo, said he had more left in him this year after scoring his 50th goal of 2023 in Al Nassr’s 5-2 Saudi King Cup victory over rivals Al Shabab. The former Manchester United and Real Madrid forward lashed home from close range with his right foot in the 74th minute. “Great…
Victor Osimhen and Asisat Oshoala have made the men’s and women’s final shortlists for the 2023 Globe Soccer Awards. Osimhen, who won the 2023 CAF African Player of the Year on Monday, is one of the 11 players vying for the Men’s title. The following players are also on the shortlist: Lionel Messi (Inter Miami),…
Libya on Tuesday repatriated nearly 1,000 migrants from Egypt and Nigeria who had been staying in the North African country illegally officials and AFP journalists said. The 664 Egyptians were to be taken by bus to the Emsaed border post with Egypt, nearly 1,400 kilometres (870 miles) east of Tripoli. General Mohamad Bardaa, who heads…
