Day: May 19, 2025

Gary Lineker quits BBC role after social media post sparks backlash

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Former England football captain Gary Lineker will leave the BBC at the end of the season, it was confirmed on Monday, days after he shared a social media post that contained anti-Semitic imagery. “Gary Lineker will leave his presenting role following the conclusion of Match of the Day for the 2024/25 season,” the BBC said in a statement. “He will not be part of the BBC’s coverage of the 2026 World Cup or next season’s FA Cup coverage.” Last week Lineker apologised “unreservedly” for sharing an Instagram story about Zionism,…

Suspected IPOB fighters kill soldier who sneaked out to attend party

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A Nigerian Army soldier attached to Operation Udoka has been killed by suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra after sneaking out of his duty post to attend a party in Anambra State. The incident was said to have occurred on the evening of Saturday, May 18, 2025, at the Forward Operating Base in Uli. It was gathered that the soldier had attended the event — a strippers’ party titled “Ladies’ Jamboree” — while wearing his military camouflage uniform. According to a security source, the soldier was discovered…

Navy arrested 215 oil theft suspects, destroyed 468 illegal refineries in 2024

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The Nigerian Navy says it apprehended no fewer than 215 suspected oil thieves and 26 vessels in 2024. It also said that 468 illegal refinery sites were deactivated within the period under the auspices of Operation Delta Sanity. The Chief of Policy and Plans (Navy), Rear Adm. Ibrahim Dewu, made this known on Monday in Abuja during a news conference on the activities lined up to commemorate the 69th Anniversary Celebrations of the Navy. Dewu said that an estimated quantity of 6.5 million litres of stolen crude oil and seven…

Radda mourns as ex-Katsina military administrator Akaagerger dies at 69

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The Katsina State Governor, Mallam Dikko Radda, has received news of the passing of Colonel Joseph Akaagerger, who served meritoriously as Military Administrator of Katsina State from August 1998 to May 1999. This is contained in a statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Ibrahim Mohammed, and made available to newsmen on Monday in Katsina According to the statement, Radda remembered the immense contributions of Col. Akaagerger to the state during a critical transition period in Nigeria’s history. “In the brief but impactful period he spent steering the affairs of…