Former footballer Paul McCarthy dies at 45 after suffering from suspected heart attack

 

 
   Ex-Brighton, Wycombe and Republic of Ireland footballer Paul McCarthy has died at the age of 45, after reportedly suffering from cardiac arrest on Sunday.

Nigeria to face Senegal and Burkina Faso in friendly

   Nigeria’s friendly game against Senegal and Burkina Faso slated for March, have been confirmed. Disclosing this, Media officer of Super Eagles, Toyin Ibiboye, said the games have been finalized after some uncertainties.

Residence of Ossissa in Ndowka East Local Government Area of Delta state kick against the Nomadic Cattle Rearing Control Bill

    People of Ossissa in Ndowka East Local Government Area of Delta state are kicking against the Nomadic Cattle Rearing Control Bill which is before the state House of Assembly.

Scientists to repeat 19th-century ship's crossing of polar ice cap

 

 In 1893 the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen embarked on a mission of extraordinary boldness and ingenuity. He planned to become the first person to reach the north pole by allowing his wooden vessel, the Fram, to be engulfed by sea ice and pulled across the polar cap on an ice current.

EFCC, Nigerian govt must give me back my money' - Yakubu tells court

   The former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Andrew Yakubu has filed an appeal at the Federal High Court, Kano demanding the refund of the $9.7m and £74,000 seized from him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and which the court that sat in Kano had ruled that it be forfeited to the Federal Government.