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Just hours before official confirmation that Louis Van Gaal was sacked by Man utd, storage boxes containing Jose Mourinho's belongings were transported out of his London home and he was surrounded by journalists as he left his London home to get a new house in Manchester ahead of official confirmation this week that he will become the new manager of the World's most popular football club. More photos after the cut.

The Senior Pastor of Champions Royal Assembly, Kubwa, Abuja, Joshua Iginla on Sunday, gave out 32 cars out of which were 16 SUVs to celebrate his birthday. Iginla also gave out money running into several millions of naira to the aged, widows, orphanage homes and scholarships to orphans from nursery school to university. Six Nollywood actors and actresses got Hummer jeep 3 series, Mercedes G-Wagon and Mercedes CLS 550. They included Jide Kosoko, Francis Duru, Alex Usifo, Ngozi Osondu, Thelma Nwosu and Sunday Omobolanle, popularly known as Babaluwe. Artisans got generators and cash gifts while the widows got deep freezers, rice and cash gifts ranging from N150,000 to N1.5 million. Treasure Orphanage Foundation, Nyanya, Divine Wound Orphanage, Kubwa and Christ Home Foundation, Kuje, got N1.5 million each and rice while some orphans in the homes were awarded scholarships from nursery to university. Iginla said he had 782 widows and orphans he caters for. “It doesn’t matter to me if I tr...

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A former Vice-President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar while speaking at the ground breaking ceremony of Rico Gado Nutrition Factory, in Abuja, yesterday said this is the best time any investor can invest in Nigeria. Atiku who admitted the country is going through challenges said, despite that it is still the best time for investment especially in agriculture. He said; “Despite the doubts about our economy because of current challenges, we are confident about Nigeria’s future and about our future. “I think I speak for my partners in this joint venture when I say: We know what we are getting into, and we’re doing it because we believe in Nigeria, because we believe that Nigeria will overcome its current difficulties, because we believe our nation will change for the better.”

A Pediatrician based in Abuja, Mr Chibuzor Eze has threatened to divorce his wife of so many years for her addiction to popular foreign soap operas, Telemundo and Zeeworld. “I will divorce my wife if she doesn’t stop with this Zeeworld and Telemundo obsession,” Eze said on Thursday in Abuja. Eze, who works with one of the government hospitals in Abuja, said he had informed his wife, Dorothy a week ago that her obsession to the popular soaps was interfering with her marital life. “I told her last week that I was fed up with how her obsession with these channels was making her to neglect her duty as a wife and mother. “Yet she keeps watching these shows when she’s supposed to be partaking in more important things like taking care of the children and cooking reasonable food for us,” Eze said. The pediatrician said he had to buy food from restaurants four times last week, as his wife had either forgotten to prepare food for the family or burnt the food she was preparing because she was ...

The City of Abidjan was thrown into fun and excitement over the weekend as the African Basketball League hosted basketball lovers to the Abidjan Basketball Challenge at Palais des sports de Treichville, Abidjan. The two days in Abidjan showcased more than basketball as African music stars and dancers spiced up the nights with electrifying performances. The Nigerian artistes were led by Sound Sultan, Chidinma , Korra and May D. D J Arafat and others were also on ground to entertain fans. The arena with a capacity of over five thousand was packed full to capacity and tickets were already sold out before the tip off time. Abidjan Ramblers are top on the standings in the African Basketball League (ABL) following their fair performance in their native country in last weekend’s Abidjan Basketball Challenge where four of the franchise teams in the ABL competed against each other. Though the Ramblers lost 72-84 to Lagos Islanders in a highly entertaining clash, the victory earlier recorde...

Innosson Vehicle Manufacturing Company, the first indigenous car maker in Nigeria has produced its first G-Wagon. The latest from IVM, the SUV with the model name IVM 80 looks more like the Mercedes-Benz G-wagon.