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PRETTY IN PINK  New Nike Premier League ball unveiled for 2019-20 with bright pink winter alternative CREDIT : The Sun THE official ball for the new Premier League season is here and it’s certainly an eye-catching design. The Nike Merlin is the manufacturer’s first bespoke design solely for the English top flight and it comes with a flash of hot pink as its defining feature. The winter version takes the pink colourway up a notch with a vivid design that is sure to be easy to spot under the lights. Launched to coincide with the 20th anniversary of Nike’s partnership with the Premier League, the 2019-20 ball is said to be inspired by England’s urban landscapes. Nike General Manager of Global Equipment Kieran Ronan explained the ball has been designed as a tribute to the pulsating tempo and passion of the Premier League. He said: “We wanted to design a ball that specifically illustrated the traits of Premier League football. “A ball that felt hy...

This Man caught an 11 year old boy in his Fish pond stealing fish and out of anger he removed the boy's hand. What's your take on this? The quiet community of Mebamu in Ojo area of Lagos State was thrown into pandemonium, Friday morning, as a 61-year-old fish farmer, Jeremiah Obifor, cut off the wrist of a boy, Goodluck Amaechi, with a machete. Goodluck, a primary six pupil, who lives with his father and siblings at 6, Ajanaku Street, had gone with two of his friends to a swampy area behind their street to fish, when he was attacked by Jeremiah Obifor, whose house is beside the swamp. According to residents in the community, it is commonplace to find fishes whenever it rains heavily in the swamps within the community. Victim’s account Narrating what happened to him at the hospital, Goodluck said: “My friends and I were playing within the community when we decided to fish in one of the swampy areas beside the man’s house. It was while we were at it that he cut my han...

Justice Salman  of the state High Court, Ilorin, has refused the request to exhume the body of the principal suspect in the April 5, 2018 Offa robbery,  Michael Adikwu , for post-mortem. VOUCHER ENTERTAINMENT recalls that the suspect had allegedly died in police custody while investigation was still on-going on the case. The accused,  Ayoade Akinnibosun (first accused person), Ibikunle Ogunleye  (the second accused person),  Adeola Abraham ( third accused person),  Salaudeen Azeez ( fourth accused person)  and Niyi Ogundiran  (fifth accused person) were in court. T he  first, second and third accused persons had at the last adjourned date accused the police of shooting them in the legs to instill fear in them before extracting a statement from them,   Naija News  reports. They alleged that the police shot dead Adikwu while in their custody, contrary to the police’s claim that he died of an ailment in hospital. A...

The Election Petitions Tribunal set up for the 2018 governorship election in Osun State has declared Ademola Adeleke winner of the election. The three-man panel said during its ruling in Abuja Friday afternoon that the rerun election that held on September 27 was illegal. The tribunal therefore deducted the votes scored by the APC candidate Gboyega Oyetola at the rerun illegal. The tribunal said Mr Adeleke won the election at the first ballot on September 22, and the rerun that INEC devised to reach a final conclusion a week later was illegal. The ruling could affect several results from the 2019 elections, where INEC had declared results in several states inconclusive and ordered rerun. The reruns would hold on Saturday. Details shortly.

Did  you know that? 1. The River Niger Bridge at Onitsha was constructed between 1964 and 1965 by Dumez- a French construction company and cost £5 million. 2. Patience Jonathan is one of Nigeria’s most-educated First Ladies, with an NCE, a B.Ed, and a PhD from University of Port-Harcourt. 3. The highest peak in Nigeria is located in Taraba and is called Chappal Waddi which means “The Mountain of Death”. 4. There are 196 countries in the world and at least one Igbo person from Nigeria lives in every one of them. 5. The Pidgin word ‘Sabi’ came from ‘Saber’, Portuguese and Spanish for ‘to know’. Both country’s ships traded slaves from the Bight of Benin. 6. Katsina College (now Barewa College in Zaria) has produced 5 Nigerian Presidents/Heads of State since it was founded in 1921 in Katsina. 7. Ojukwu taught Murtala Mohammed and Ben Adekunle at Regular Officers Special Training School, Ghana. Both ‘fought’ their teacher during the civil war 8. At Nigeria’s independence in 1...

A four-storey building at Mercy Street, Ita Faaji, Lagos Island, Lagos collapsed yesterday. The third floor of the building accommodates a nursery and primary school. Emergency and rescue personnel are seen at the site of a building which collapsed in Lagos on March 13, 2019. – At least 10 children were among scores of people missing on March 13, 2019 after a four-storey building collapsed in Lagos, with rescuers trying to reach them through the roof of the damaged structure. The children were attending a nursery and primary school on the top floor of the residential building when the structure collapsed. Police said they believed scores of people were trapped under the rubble. (Photo/ AFP)

The victims, now in stable condition, comprise 22 females, 17 males a nd two persons whose gender was not listed. A t least 41 people have survived the bulding collapse involving Ohen Nursery and Primary School, Ita Faji, Lagos Island, Lagos, SaharaReporters can confirm. The list of survivors, obtained by Voucher Entertainment on Wednesday evening, contains 41 names, five of whom are unnamed. All of them are in stable condition. The survivors comprise 22 females, 17 males and two persons whose gender was not listed. Two teachers, three adults were clearly stated, while the 36 other victims are assumed to be children. At least 12 persons, including schoolchildren, have been confirmed dead, but with rescue efforts still ongoing at the scene of the incident, the figures of both survivors and the dead could yet rise.   THE LIST