Bayern Munich winger, Kingsley Coman has been granted permission to leave France's European Championship squad to attend the birth of his child, the country's football federation (FFF) said on Thursday.
The decision was authorised by coach Didier Deschamps and the federation gave the Bayern Munich winger permission after consultation with governing body UEFA and its COVID-19 cell. Read more here.
Suspected bandits have invaded the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State, and abducted a yet-to-be-specified number of female students.
Details of the incident are still sketchy but there are reports that a security operative was shot dead during the operation. Read more here.
Nigerian comedienne, Princess, whose foster daughter was allegedly molested by Popular Nollywood actor, Olarenwaju James, aka Baba Ijesha, has released a voice note of another Nollywood actress narrating how Baba Ijesha tried to rape her on set.
According to the actress, she was on location when she met Baba Ijesha and he could not keep his eyes off her. She claims Baba Ijesha then called her and told her he needed her to help him run an errand. She said she followed him to his room where he allegedly tried to forcefully have sex with her. Read more here. Read more here.
Nollywood actor Yomi Fabiyi has reacted after the magistrate court sitting in Lagos state rejected the bail application of embattled Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James Omiyinka, popularly known as Baba Ijesha, bail in the ongoing trial.
During the trial on Wednesday, June 16, Kayode Olabiran, his counsel, prayed the court to release his client, citing his deteriorating health. He said the controversial nature of the case had made it difficult to secure his release despite his bail as intending sureties were scared of the likely consequences. Read more here.
The three-part essay written by renowned Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, addressing alleged attacks on her by two writers, has continued to generate different reactions on social media.
In the essay, Adichie spoke about two unnamed writers who attended her Lagos writing workshop. She spoke about the first writer, stating that she interacted with her because she was young, bright, and had shown interest in feminism. Read more here.
Ahead of the official premiere of the highly-anticipated film Ayinla, lead star Adedimeji Lateef has shared the lessons he learned while preparing to play the protagonist in Tunde Kelani's latest movie.
Speaking via his Twitter handle on Wednesday, the award-winning star said he wanted to whet the appetite of fans before the film's arrival on Friday, June 18, 2021. Read more here.
Angry youths have stormed the Oyo State government house with dead bodies from the clash between National Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Ibadan, reports say.
Members of the National Road Transport Workers (NURTW), otherwise known as Park Manager System (PMS) had on Wednesday clashed in the Iwo Road area of Ibadan, leaving two people dead in their wake. Read more here.
An Ikeja High Court on Wednesday night sentenced Francis Atuche, a former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB (now Keystone Bank), to six years imprisonment for defrauding the bank of N25.7 billion.
In a 12-hour judgment, Justice Lateefa Okunnu also sentenced Ugo Anyanwu, a former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the bank to four years imprisonment. Read more here.
Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare has assured that the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be eventful for Team Nigeria because everything has been done to motivate the athletes to excel.
In a recent interview with CNN's Zain Asher, Dare said: "I want to assure you that the Tokyo 2020 Olympics is going to be different because we have seen through our public private partnership. Our athletes been adopted and supported both financially and their welfare been taken care of. That is how we have excellent performances. We want to surpass the feat of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics in Tokyo". Read more here.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has described Nigeria's real estate sector as one with grand-scale corruption.
EFCC Chairman Abdulrasheed Bawa made this known during a current affairs program on Channels TV where he said that 90 percent of money laundering is done through the real estate sector. Read more here.
That’s the roundup of the top 10 Nigeria news headlines this morning. More Nigeria news headlines are available on AllNews website.
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