Keshi returns weekend, eyes fresh contract

In a last ditch effort to regain his job, out of contract coach Ste­phen Keshi is expected to return from the United States where he had gone on holiday this weekend
Our reliable source dis­closed that the coach may have been jolted by the real­ity that he may lose out on the job if he did not return and open negotiations with the NFF.

Fayose kicks off one week campaign for Jonathan in Ekiti

The Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has declared that the fierce criti­cisms from the All Pro­gressives Congress (APC) would not deter him from ensuring electoral victory for President Goodluck Jonathan in the February presidential election.

Robbers cart away N6m church offering in Ogun

Police in Ogun State have arrested a robbery suspect, identified as So­moye, who allegedly led his gang to rob a church (names withheld) in the Ibara GRA area of Abeo­kuta of N6 million cash.
The gang was also alleged to have dispossessed congre­gation of their cash and other valuables.
Somoye had led his rob­bery gang to rob the church of the cash and valuables during an anniversary ser­vice last Sunday.

Buhari should withdraw from the election and report to the nearest police station- FFK

People ask why we bother with politics is there anything funnier than it now? Lol. Spokesperson of the PDP Presidential campaign organisation, Femi Fani-Kayode has called on the

Zambian police disperse opposition protesters

About 100 supporters of Hakainde Hichilema's party outside vote-counting centre driven off with batons and tear-gas.

Police asked opposition supporters in Lusaka to disperse, then drove them off after they did not [AFP]

Zambian police have fired tear-gas to disperse about 100 supporters of the leading opposition candidate in the presidential election.
A number of Hakainde Hichilema's United Party for National Development supporters waiting for results of the closely fought race were arrested and forced into a police van on Wednesday, an AFP news agency reporter said.
The group had kept a vigil outside a conference centre in Lusaka where the first batch of official results from Tuesday's vote were expected to be released.
Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa, reporting the scene of the confrontation

Burkina Faso's quarter-final hopes dented by stalemate

Hosts Equatorial Guinea hold on to a goalless draw in their second match of the Africa Cup of Nations.

Hosts Equatorial Guinea had drawn their opening game as well [AFP]

Burkina Faso's hopes of reaching the quarter-finals of the African Nations Cup hung by a thread after they could only draw 0-0 against hosts Equatorial Guinea.

Woman Stripped Naked And Tied To A Tree For Asking To Spend The Night Alone

‘There’s a hole dug for you': What boyfriend told young mother after kidnapping her, stripping her naked and tying her to a tree – all because she asked to spend the night alone

• Sophie Lazell was dragged from her home by her boyfriend Daniel Jones
• Jones drove Miss Lazell across Hampshire to an abandoned quarry 
• He ordered Miss Lazell to strip naked and tied her to a tree and drove off
• Miss Lazell managed to free herself before Jones returned to the scene 
• She hid in a bramble bush until Jones disappeared from the quarry 
• Since the terrifying attack, Miss Lazell has been living in a safe house 
• Jones was jailed for 20 months and ordered to stay away for five years
• However, Miss Lazell said she thinks the jail term was not severe enough
• She said she thought she was going to die and is still constantly afraid 
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A young mother told how her boyfriend kidnapped her, drove her to an abandoned quarry, made her strip naked and tied her to a tree – because she said she wanted to go home to bed.