Aggrieved members of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday expressed concern over the reference by Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State to the Pope while defending his acceptance to serve as the Director-General of All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council for the 2023 election. The PUNCH reported that the governor had backed the idea of the Muslim-Muslim ticket after meeting with …

Manchester City have agreed a fee of 13m euros (£11m) plus add-ons with Anderlecht for Spain Under-21’s defender Sergio Gomez. City were looking at left-sided options after failing to complete a deal for Brighton’s Marc Cucurella, who joined Chelsea last week for £62.5m. If not promoted to the first-team squad, Gomez could be loaned to City Football Group club Girona in Spain. …

Barring any last-minute change, a former governor of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye, will declare interest to contest the Plateau Central senatorial seat on the platform of the Labour Party (LP).  Dariye; former Taraba governor, Jolly Nyame, and three others were, on Monday released from prison three months after their pardon by the Council of State led by President Muhammadu …

FED-UP Manchester United players are becoming increasingly annoyed by Cristiano Ronaldo’s antics. A number would prefer it if he just left rather than the current impasse between player and club go on. There is growing anger amongst squad members at Ronaldo’s stance and attitude around the club. A United source said: “It is really starting to annoy a lot of players now. “He …

MANCHESTER UNITED’S incredible decline under the Glazers has been revealed through their staggeringly slow growth on the stock exchange. It comes amid reports of a “hostile” takeover attempt by former United director Michael Knighton, 17 years after the Glazers bought United for £790million. Man Utd’s share prices and finances have taken a hit under the Glazers Credit: Getty Financial writer Kieran Maguire made the revelation …

A former Twitter employee was found guilty of spying for Saudi Arabia and releasing private user information of those who publicly criticized the country in exchange for large sums of money. Ahmad Abouammo, 44, used his position as an engineer at Twitter to access confidential data about users, their email addresses, phone numbers and IP addresses that can disclose their location, prosecutors claimed. He …

RYAN Giggs promised his ex-girlfriend kids and demanded sex all the time while he was dating eight other women, a court heard today. Kate Greville told detectives she thought the former Manchester United ace was her “soulmate” and he had vowed to start a family with her – but he had actually been unfaithful for years. Ryan Giggs arrives at …

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said effective leadership is not about political party. Wike said this at the inauguration of the dualised Ogbunuabali-Eastern Bypass Road that was performed by an All Progressives Congress (APC) Chieftain, Senator Aliyu Wamakko, on Tuesday. The governor said it is wrong for people to think that leadership is a function of political party, …

The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor has said that security operatives have arrested the suspected killers of worshippers at St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State. Speaking at a meeting with editors and media executives in Abuja on Tuesday, Irabor said the suspects would be paraded after the conclusion of investigation. According to him, the military has …

Alexis Brett, who lives in the Scottish Highlands, had ten boys before she had her first girl, and since then she’s welcomed another boy in the family – now she’s pregnant with her 13th, and last, baby. Some parents are keen to have both a boy and a girl, and will sometimes have more children than they planned to get one of …