Former Zimbabwe goalkeeper, George Chigova has died at the age of 32 after reportedly collapsing at his home in South Africa. The club confirmed his passing on Wednesday, saying: ‘It is with great sadness that we have learnt of the passing of former SuperSport United player, George Chigova ‘George was a great club man, a gentle giant loved by current and former players and everyone at the club. Even though his official time with SuperSport ended in …
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The Plateau State Police Command has apprehended a 63-year-old man, John Mahana, for defiling two sisters, aged 4 and 8, at Mabel village, Batura Ward in Bokkos Local Government Areas of the state. Mahama was paraded at the Command’s Headquarters in Jos on Monday, September 4, 2023, alongside 25 other suspects arrested for crimes ranging from kidnapping, vandalism, rape and culpable homicide. Briefing newsmen, the State Commissioner of Police, CP Okoro Julius Alawari, stated that one Lucky Luka …
AC Milan legend, Zlatan Ibrahimovic has announced his retirement at the age of 41. Ibrahimovic has spent the majority of the season injured, but made a trip to the San Siro to watch AC Milan’s final Serie A game on Sunday, May 4. However, after the game, the big Swede made his way onto the pitch to address the crowd. The 41-year-old’s AC Milan contract expires at the end of June and he had already announced he would …
French virologist, Luc Montagnier, the man credited as a co-discoverer of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), has died aged 89. Luc Montagnier died on Tuesday, February 8 in the American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine, northwest of Paris, the town’s mayor told reporters. Local news site FranceSoir reported he died on Tuesday in Neuilly-sur-Seine “surrounded by his children”. Montagnier was jointly awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize for his work in isolating the virus that causes Aids but was later dismissed …
The Borno State Police Command has arrested one Abubakar Baba, who allegedly raped four girls. The State Police Commissioner, Abdu Umar, who disclosed this on Monday December 6, in Maiduguri, said two of the girls are four years old, the third is six, while the fourth is seven years old. The alleged rapist was among the 58 suspects arrested for various offences ranging from rape, cultism to illicit drug trafficking in the state. The arrests were made …
Former Republican Senator, three time pesidential candidate and World War II hero, Bob Dole died at the age of 98 on Sunday morning, December 5, his family has revealed. Dole served as a senator for Kansas for 27 years and was the 1996 Republican presidential nominee losing to incumbent Bill Clinton. He is survived by his wife Elizabeth, 85, and daughter Robin, 67. ‘It is with heavy hearts we announce that Senator Robert Joseph Dole died early this …