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The Algeria Football Federation on Thursday announced the appointment of Bosnian Vladimir Petkovic as head coach of the Desert Warriors. Super Eagles coach, Jose Peseiro, was reportedly considered for the role. The North Africans have, however, settled for Petkovic. Petkovic, according to information on the official website of the Algeria Football Federation, will arrive Algiers on Sunday to finalise his contract. The 60-year-old will be unveiled during a press conference next week Monday. Algeria parted ways with former head coach, Djamel Belmadi, last month following the Desert Warriors early elimination from the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON. The two-time…

The Abia State Police Command said it has arrested a 70-year-old man, Theophilus Udeh, for allegedly killing his son on Sunday for eating the food left in the house in Eziama Lokpaukwu in Umunneochi Local Government Area of the state. The spokesperson of the Command, Maureen Chinaka, confirmed the development in a statement on Thursday. Chinaka, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, said: “On February 26, 2024, the Divisional Police Headquarters in Isuochi received information that on February 25, 2024, Theophilus Udeh, a 70-year-old male from Eziama Lokpaukwu Umunneochi, shot and killed his son, Sunday Udeh, a 27-year-old male from…

A suspected ritual killer, Adebayo Olamide Azeez, a member of a ritualist gang which specialised in killing women and selling their body parts for money ritual has narrated how he and his accomplices lured seven women to their deaths through MyChat a hookup app. Azeez, 32 spoke when he was paraded by the police command in Ogun. The Ogun State Police Command had earlier arrested and paraded some members of the gang. Azeez who had been on the run and was later arrested by the police, said he joined the gang in September 2023 and had participated in the…

Chile’s former President Sebastian Pinera, a billionaire tycoon who twice held the South American nation’s top job, has died in a helicopter crash, his office said in a statement. “It is with deep regret that we announce the death of the former president of the Republic of Chile,” said the statement on Tuesday, adding that 74-year-old Pinera had died in the popular vacation spot Lago Ranco, some 920km (570 miles) south of Santiago. Chile Interior Minister Carolina Toha confirmed the death of the former president. No further details were immediately released about the cause of the accident. Chile’s national…

Imaobong Etim an indigene of Cross Rivers state has cried out on how her pastor deceived her to be sleeping with him every Sunday morning before going to church. Imaobong which according to her she was ignorant of what she was doing said the senior pastor of Redemption House in Calabar, Prophet Peter Bassey has been sleeping with her every morning before going to church According to her, the pastor told her that it was an instruction from God to be sleeping with her female members before he climbs the altar, the young woman who said she is not…

One of the traditional rulers in Ekiti State who escaped assassination by assailants, Alara of Ara in Ikole, Oba Sunday Fatoba, has disclosed how he escaped from an assassination attempt that killed two of his colleagues. Speaking at the ongoing Yoruba Security Summit in Ile-Ife, Osun State, on Thursday, he said nine hefty men with guns unleashed mayhem on him and two others, including the Elesun of Esun Ekiti, Oba David Babatunde Ogunsakin and the Olumojo of Imojo-Ekiti, Oba Samuel Olusola. While Elesun and Olumojo were killed in the attack, Oba Fatoba mysteriously escaped from the scene to bring…

A United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Boston was forced to make an emergency landing after a passenger spotted the plane’s wing ‘coming apart’ mid-flight. ‘Just about to land in Denver with the wing coming apart on the plane,’ Kevin Clarke says in a video shared on social media. ‘Can’t wait for this flight to be over.’ Mr Clarke’s wife Kimberly posted her husband’s video on Facebook, saying they believe the damage was caused by a bird strike. ‘My brother-in-law thinks it might have been a bird strike as the flaps were deployed. He is a pilot,’ she wrote…

Saudi Arabia’s football governing body, on Thursday, suspended Cristiano Ronaldo for one game over a gesture he made on the pitch last weekend that was judged a “provocation”. The Saudi Arabian Football Federation said the Al-Nassr captain and former Sporting Lisbon star was also fined a total of 30,000 riyals ($8,000) for the move, which broke rules against provoking the public during a match. The decision cannot be appealed. Video emerged after his side’s 3-2 win against Al-Shabab showing Ronaldo making a repeated thrusting gesture towards his groin in response to crowds taunting him by chanting the name of his…

In response to President Bola Tinubu’s directive that the Steve Oronsaye report be fully implemented, a number of agencies, including the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), will merge. Osun Defender reports that other recommended mergers included the Voice of Nigeria (VON), the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), and the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN). The National Examinations Council (NECO) and the National Poverty Eradication Programme, (NAPEP) were also to be scrapped. A merger of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and the…

Manchester United will host Liverpool in an FA Cup quarter-finals blockbuster after the bitter rivals took contrasting routes to their fifth round victories on Wednesday. United eased the pressure on beleaguered boss Erik ten Hag as they scraped through with a 1-0 win at Nottingham Forest thanks to Casemiro’s late goal. Fresh from their League Cup final triumph against Chelsea on Sunday, Liverpool relied on their youngsters again in a 3-0 win against second tier Southampton at Anfield. Chelsea bounced back from their painful 1-0 defeat to Liverpool at Wembley, snatching a 3-2 win against Championship promotion chasers Leeds…