52 car racers bag 6-month jail terms in Kano

Fifty two car racers in Kano have been summarily sentenced to six months imprisonment for attacking policemen.

The Kano State Police Command had earlier charged the 52 youths to court for pelting police officers who attempted to stop them from participating in car race during the just concluded New Year celebrations.

A statement by the spokesman of the command, Magaji Majiya, said the youths were arrested along Zoo Road area of the city in the early hours of January 1, planning “deadly car races”.

Cristiano Ronaldo beats Lionel Messi to win Fifa best player award

Cristiano Ronaldo was named the world's best player at the inaugural Best Fifa Football Awards in Zurich.

Real Madrid and Portugal forward Ronaldo, 31, beat Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann to the prize.

Ronaldo also won the Ballon d'Or in December, with both honours recognition for success in the Champions League with Real and Euro 2016 with Portugal.

Carli Lloyd of the United States was named the world's best female player.

Leicester's Claudio Ranieri was named best men's coach, ex-Germany boss Silvia Neid won the female coach award, while Penang's Mohd Faiz Subri received the Puskas award for the best goal of 2016.

Hold on... haven't we already had the Ballon d'Or?

Mike Tyson Is Training Chris Brown and 'Gonna Teach Him Every Dirty Trick in the Book'

This Chris Brown/Soulja Boy fight is ascending to levels we never thought imaginable.

First, it was a little back-and-forth bickering on social media. Now, it’s turned into a full-fledged bout. The two aren’t going into the fight though without outside assistance.

After it was reported that Floyd Mayweather was siding with Soulja Boy in his efforts to win a fight against Breezy, CB turned around and reportedly hired Mike Tyson as his trainer. Iron Mike took to Instagram to announce the news.

“It’s confirmed, I just got off the phone with Frenchie and Chris Brown,” he told his followers in a video. “I’m training Chris, he chose me as his trainer to take on Soulja Boy.”

He also addressed Soulja directly and said that anything is possible when it comes to fighting a disciple of his.

ILLEGAL RELOCATION OF WARRI SW LGA HQTR FROM OGIDIGBEN TO OGBE IJAW: CHIEF RITA LORI OGBEBOR SEEKS SUPREME COURT INTERPRETATION IN FAVOUR OF ITSEKIRI NATION.

Today 9/1/2017 at the Supreme court in Abuja, Nigeria Federal Capital city , Chief Rita Lori Ogbebor the Igba of Warri kingdom continues her long and tortuous search for justice for her people in the illegal relocation of the Warri SW Local government headquarters from Ogidigben(ORIGINAL GAZETED HEADQURTER BY THE FEDERAL GOVERMENT OF NIGERIA) an Itsekiri community in Ugborodo under the over lordship of His majesty the Olu of Warri His Majesty Ogiame Ikenwoli to Ogbe-Ijaw, an Ijaw quater in Warri by ex governor of Delta State, James Ibori.

The case which started since 2002 is now about 11 year at the Supreme court due to the corruption in the judiciary, the complicity of some prominent Itsekiri politicians within the Delta State Government who profited heavily from the injustice against their people and the financial inducements from successive government officials both at the state and Federal level.

PHOTOS: SENATOR DINO MELAYE, CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY WITH SOUL-TRAIN THEMED PARTY

Senator Dino Melaye, yesterday had a soul-train themed party, which was attended by his colleagues, friends and associates to celebrate his birthday (He turned a year older on the 1st of Jan 2017).

See pictures from the party:

Police arrest Redeemed pastor involved in illegal burial of murdered boy in Abuja

The police in Abuja have arrested a cleric, Pastor Timothy Adigun, of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Shere Koro, Bwari Area Council, Federal Capital Territory, FCT, for getting involved in the burial of a murdered boy.

Koro allegedly assisted a couple, Mr. and Mrs. Olaoye to bury the deceased, Ayomide Samuel that died in their home.

The FCT Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Manzah Anjuguri, told newsmen on Sunday that investigators had arrested Adigun for his involvement in the illegal burial of Samuel.

He confirmed that the couple had reportedly fled with the body of the primary four pupil, who died at their residence in the Zone B area of the community on Christmas Day.

Anjuguri said, “The primary four pupil gave up the ghost after he was believed to have been hit on the head with an object by the wife on Christmas Day.

“It was gathered that the couple had earlier taken the corpse of the boy to a clinic, but the workers at the clinic refused to admit the body when they saw blood all over the vehicle.

Meryl Streep Attacks Donald Trump At Golden Globes

The screen icon was picking up the prestigious Cecil B Demille Award, when she slammed Trump for his ‘instinct to humiliate’.

She was continuing an Anti-Trump sentiment than run throughout the evening

Streep picked up the mantle and said: “There was one performance this year that stunned me. It sank its hooks in my heart.

“Not because it was good, there was nothing good about it, but it was effective and it did its job.

“It was that moment when the person asking to sit in the most respected seat in our country imitated a disabled reporter. Someone he outranked in privilege, power and the capacity to fight back. It kind of broke my heart when I saw it and I still can’t get it out of my head because it wasn’t in a movie, it was real life.”

Below is her full speech: