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Arsenal will again face Bayern Munich in the Champions League's first knockout round following this morning's draw. The Gunners were handed a repeat of their last-16 ties from both 2013 and 2014, both of which saw them eliminated. They also met in last season's group stage. Manchester City were paired with Monaco in the first tie drawn out while Leicester were the last team drawn and will face

A 42-year-old woman, Fausat Ayinde, has approached a Lagos Island Customary Court on Thursday for the dissolution of her 15-year-old marriage on the grounds of emotional abuse. Fausat told the court that her husband deserted her because she refused him oral sex, adding that he made her feel inferior because of his complaints and verbal abuse. The fruit seller said that their marital problems started five years ago when her interior decorator husband came back from a trip to Port-Harcourt and asked her to suck his genital. "My husband got back from a trip and asked me to suck him, something we have never done since we got married. "When I refused he told me that is what other girls do to him outside, since then my husband stopped making love to me,'' she said. The mother of two said her husband also started complaining about her dress sense and her cooking. She added that he packed out of the matrimonial home three years ago and rented another apartment tw...

Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, has declared Sunday, December 11 and Monday, December 12, 2016, as days of mourning in honour of the 160 dead victims of the collapse of the Reigners Bible Church building in Uyo, reports Today.ng A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Ekerete Udoh, said that all flags are to be flown half mast within the state during the days of mourning. Governor Emmanuel has also ordered the immediate arrest of the contractor that handled the construction of the collapsed church building. The two-day mourning period would

Super Eagles winger Nnamdi Oduamadi has returned to his parent club, AC Milan of Italy for the second half of the Serie A season. Oduamadi is returning to the Italian giants after a successful loan stint at HJK Helsinki of Finland. The Nigeria international who enjoyed his time in Finland; times in 26 appearances has already resumed training in Milan. Goals from Oduamadi helped a great deal as HJK finished runner-up in the Finnish top division. The Nigeria star is hopeful

The Federal Government on Saturday in Calabar, Cross River State donated 10 fishing boats with outboard engines and nets to the Internally Displaced Persons of Bakassi. The donation was made by the Border Communities Development Agency. Numoipire Wills, the Executive Secretary of BCDA, said the gesture was part of government-assisted poverty alleviation programme in border communities across the country. Wills said: “We have come here to present 10 boats with outboard engines each, as well as nets as part of our youth empowerment programme. “In the Bakassi area, we are building security posts, markets, health facilities, schools. We are singling out Bakassi, because it is one of the

A week after a 40-year-old fish farmer, Samson Bebebo, was reportedly beheaded at Ogbe-Ijoh in Warri kingdom of Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, scores of armed hoodlums, on Saturday, engaged mobile policemen manning the disputed land in a shootout. The crossfire was said to have lasted for between 15 and 20 minutes while residents ran for cover, but no life was lost. The identity of the hoodlums could not be ascertained, even as the Commissioner of Police, Delta State, Mr Zanna Muhammed, told Sunday Tribune on Saturday that the situation had been brought under control. But reports, as of Saturday evening, said

French Montana thinks Kanye West will be just fine, saying he's a "strong guy". The 32-year-old rapper insists his friend and Figure It Out collaborator is "doing great" after being hospitalised with psychosis caused by dehydration and sleep deprivation, and he is always there to support him. "He's doing great. He's a, he's a strong guy," he said. "He's been through a lot and you know, this is just another hurdle in the way, you know what I'm saying? "I mean, I love everything he been doing, man. I feel like he's speaking the truth, you know what I'm saying? I'm with him, that's my big brother," he added to Entertainment Tonight. French dated Khloe Kardashian - the sister of Kanye's wife Kim Kardashian West - on and off in 2014, and though they are no