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FIFA has released it's latest rankings for the month of February. Nigeria’s senior national team coached by Gernot Rohr begins 2021 as the 36th best football playing country in the world, dropping one spot according to rankings released by the world football governing body on Thursday, February 18. In the rankings Nigeria accrued a total of 1474 points to remain as the fifth-best team on the continent behind Senegal, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. The African Nations Championship (Chan) was taken into consideration in the rankings.  Morocco who won the championship, moved two places up, while runners-up Mali made climbes three places up.    Belgium top the world rankings with 1780 points. While France (2nd), Brazil (3rd) and England (4th) retain their respective rankings.

  A Turkish man has been arrested for allegedly killing his pregnant wife by throwing her off a cliff after posing for selfies.  Hakan Aysal is accused of murdering his 32-year-old wife, Semra Aysal, and their unborn baby during a vacation in Butterfly Valley in Mugla, Turkey, in June 2018, the Sun reported. Aysal, 40, allegedly shoved his wife who was seven months pregnant off the cliff after they took pictures. She fell 1,000 feet and died instantly, according to the outlet. After Semra’s death, the husband tried to collect on a life insurance policy he took out for her worth 400,000 Turkish lira, or about $57,000. But he was denied as police were still investigating his wife's death. Prosecutors charge the murder wasn’t an “accident” and was premeditated because he wanted her money. A court has ruled that Aysal be remanded in custody for premeditated murder. Naim Yolcu, the brother of the deceased, said his brother-in-law didn’t appear to show any emotion after his ...

Read the statement by  Gabriel Ogbechie below...   My attention has been drawn to several publications in the print and social media wherein Ned Nwoko alleged that a plan to assassinate him is being sponsored by me. I also refer to a recent press conference held by the same Ned Nwoko wherein he alleged that the prisoner who told him of the plan to assassinate him has mysteriously died. He also accused me of being responsible for the death of the alleged prisoner/informant. I categorically state again that these allegations are completely false and a figment of Ned Nwoko's infantile imagination. I have not planned nor sponsored any plot to assassinate Ned Nwoko.   In a petition to the Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, Abuja dated 12th of November 2020 and titled ‘LEAKED INFORMATION ON DANGEROUS PLANS TO ATTACK/KILL ME’ Mr. Ned Nwoko stated and I quote:   I was reliably informed by my wife, Regina Daniels who was also informed by one Wale Jana that ...

The immediate past Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Abdullahi Dikko, is dead. He died on Thursday, February 18 after a protracted illness. Dikko serviced in office from 2009 to 2015. Born on May 11, 1960, in Musawa town, a local government area of Katsina State, the late ex-Customs chief attended Government College, Kaduna, in 1974 where he obtained the West African Senior School Certificate in 1980. He later obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and Master of Science degree in Finance from the University of Dimitrov Apostle Tshenov, Svishtov, Bulgaria. Dikko joined the Nigerian Customs Service in 1988 and served in various commands, including Seme Border, Tincan Island Port, Apapa, Imo Command, Kaduna, Badagry Area Command, Investigation and Inspection Headquarters, Abuja, before he was appointed as Comptroller-General of the Service on August 26, 2009. He had been facing a probe by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC...

Singer, Omah Lay has stated that he was robbed at the airport as his laptop, microphone and audio interface were removed from his box.   The singer who had a running with Ugandan authorities last year , disclosed this on his Twitter handle. He however did not state in which of the airports he was robbed.   ''So they stole my laptop, microphone & audio interface from my box at the airport LMAO, y’all looking for a hit record or what?''he tweeted

A woman has claimed she got pregnant by a gust of wind that entered her vagina, which caused her stomach to start expanding and she gave birth just one hour after.   Police are investigating after Siti Zainah, 25, said she gave birth just one hour after realising she was pregnant in Indonesia.   Her baby girl was born last week in the town of Cianjur in West Java.   Siti told local media that she was in her living room when a gust of wind blew across her house, Times Now reports.   She reportedly said: "After afternoon prayer, I was lying face down, and then suddenly I felt a gust of wind enter my vagina."   Just 15 minutes later, she said she began to experience pain in her stomach which started to expand.   Siti claimed she was rushed to a community health clinic, where she gave birth to her child.   The news of her bizarre pregnancy spread quickly around the town and has gone viral on social media. ...

Joe Biden's administration has announced a sweeping immigration bill that would create an eight-year path to citizenship for millions of immigrants already in the country and provide a faster way for undocumented immigrants brought to the US as children to gain citizenship. Here's what the bill, titled the US Citizenship Act of 2021, announced on Thursday, February 18 includes: 1. Plan for a pathway to citizenship- The bill cuts the time to acquire citizenship to eight years instead of 13. Individuals would be in a temporary status for five years, with three years until they get citizenship, amounting to an eight-year path.   While undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children, who fall under a form of humanitarian relief known as Temporary Protected Status or who are farmworkers can go directly to green cards if they meet requirements, including passing background checks. But to be eligible for the bill's legalization plan, immigrants must have been...