Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly joined Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr on a two-year contract in a deal worth €200m per year with commercial benefits included. The 37-year-old Portugal captain is a free agent after leaving Manchester United following a controversial interview in which he criticised the club. Al Nassr, nine-time Saudi Pro League champions, described the signing of former Real Madrid star as “history in the making”. The club said it would “inspire our league, nation and future generations to be the best version of themselves.” In the summer, Ronaldo turned down a £305m deal to join another Saudi team — Al Hilal — because he was happy at United. Earlier in November, Ronaldo spoke out in an interview with Piers Morgan for TalkTV in which he said he felt “betrayed” by United, did not respect manager Erik ten Hag and was being forced out of the club. Ronaldo, who scored 145 goals in 346 appearances for United, left Juventus to rejoin the Old Trafford club in Augus

The Nigerian Army has rescued a female Lieutenant, P. P. Johnson abducted by unknown gunmen terrorising the South-East part of the country. A trending video showed the officer being tortured by the gunmen after she was abducted in her hometown, Ihube. She was said to have travelled to her hometown for the Yuletide season. “She was just conferred with the rank of Lieutenant in the Nigerian Army. She passed out on December 17 after being commissioned from the Direct Short Service Course,” a military source said. “She was kidnapped at her home in Ibube. She travelled home for the Yuletide celebration.” In the clip obtained by SaharaReporters, one of the unknown gunmen was heard threatening to kill the officer for being a member of the Nigerian Army. He also warned youths against joining the military and other security agencies. “This is a wonderful (sic) information for the whole of our people that are still in the military, that’s how all of you will be dying one after the other,” he was

Pele Pele, who is the only player in history to win three World Cups, passed away at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo following a battle with cancer; he became an icon of the game after winning the World Cup in 1958 as a 17-year-old, netting twice in the final to defeat hosts Sweden The former striker, who is the only player in history to win three World Cups, passed away at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo following a battle with cancer. Pele, who is Brazil's joint all-time top scorer with 77 goals in 92 matches, became an icon of the game after winning the World Cup in 1958 as a 17-year-old, netting twice in the final to defeat hosts Sweden. Tributes to Pele after Brazil legend dies aged 82 Pele, born Edson Arantes do Nascimento, to a poor family in Sao Paulo, won the 1958, 1962 and 1970 World Cups with Brazil.  Pele the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died in sa

Raheem Bolanle A lawyer, Tope Temokun, has written an open letter to the Inspector General Police, Usman Baba, over the killing of a Lagos-based lawyer, Bolanle Raheem, by a policeman. Temokun, in his Tuesday letter, made available to our correspondent, condemned the killing of Raheem, asking the IGP to ensure that all police officials were made to provide medical reports of their mental status henceforth. The lawyer said Raheem’s case was only popular, adding that many innocent Nigerians had died in a similar manner, even on a daily basis. “Everything we had said in cases like this in the past had been said. The IGP had described the shooting by the policeman as unfortunate and ordered a speedy investigation and prosecution. The Nigerian Bar Association has also said it would ensure that justice is served in this case, vowing to monitor the case closely to ensure justice is served. But we need to introspect further and ask: What exactly will serve as true justice in this case? “We not

The scene of an accident along the Sagamu-Benin Expressway in Ogun State on December 28, 2022. Seven persons have been burnt to death along the Sagamu-Benin Expressway, emergency officials said on Wednesday. The accident occurred at the Odogbolu junction of the expressway after a Mazda bus – with registration number AGL 886 YD – suddenly went up in flames due to engine oil overflow. The Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) confirmed the latest accident to journalists in Abeokuta. TRACE spokesman, Babatunde Akinbiyi, said seven others sustained varying degrees of injuries in the lone accident that occurred around 2:50 p.m. He explained that the victims were worshippers travelling from the Kosofe area of Lagos State inbound Epe, for a church revival. Giving a breakdown of the victims, Akinbiyi said the passengers were 15 people, comprising one male adult and 14 females. However, only the driver of the bus escaped unhurt. “According to eyewitness accounts, the bus burst into f

Drama ensued in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa on Christmas eve after a frightened cow managed to escape from its butchers, rammed into a former youth president of Obogoro Community who just wedded his fiance, Sobokime Igodo, and killed him in the process. According to the current Youth President of the community, Goodleaf Zimofu, the entire episode began when the youths of the community bought the cow with money they had contributed with the intention to have it butchered and shared among them for the Christmas celebration. It was gathered that the Christmas cow which was bought at the popular Bayelsa Palm livestock market was said to have a break from its amateur butchers and charged at everybody in its way but unfortunately Igodo was caught unawares as he was receiving a phone call at the time of the incident. Explaining further, Zimofu said that when the cow rammed into the deceased, the impact reportedly affected his spinal cord, as he was paralysed immediately and rushe

  A Delta State-based woman identified simply as Madam Success has been reportedly arrested and remanded in Anambra State for her alleged role in luring four university female students into prostitution in her state. Madam Success was on Friday arraigned before the Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Magistrate Court in Awka, where she was denied bail and also remanded. WEXERES NEWS gathered that the victims, four female students (names withheld), were lured by Madam Success from Akwa Ibom State to Agbor in Delta State, after initially deceiving them with employment offers. The female students aged between 13 and 15 years, were said to have been promised job offers as sales girls in Delta by Madam Success but were allegedly put in a brothel and made to sleep with at least five men a day. However, the Anambra State Commissioner for Women and Children’s Welfare, Mrs Ify Obinabo, reportedly rescued the four female students in Onitsha, from where their trafficker had camped them en

Bolanle Raheem Outraged as a trigger-happy Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) shoot dead a Lagos-based female lawyer, Bolanle Raheem in the Ajah area of the state on Christmas Day. The unnamed policeman attached to the Ajah Police Station and his team were said to have tried to stop Raheem and her family members as they drove back home from a Christmas Day church service. Raheem, it was gathered, was shot when the car she was on tried to make a U-turn under the Ajah Bridge. The victim was rushed to a hospital but was confirmed dead. ‘Justice Will Prevail’ The spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed the incident but described it as “unfortunate and avoidable”, assuring the public that justice will prevail. “The ASP that shot and two others with him have since been taken into custody,” Hundeyin tweeted on Monday. He also said the policemen will be moved to the State Criminal Investigation Department in Panti for further investigation. “The Lagos

Russian Rouble The Russian occupiers of the Ukrainian region of Kherson have urged the population to exchange their savings for Russian roubles. Payments in the Ukrainian national currency, the hryvnia, would end on January 1, head of the occupying forces Vladimir Saldo announced in a video on the Telegram messaging service on Tuesday. He cited the massive drop in the value of the hryvnia due to Ukraine’s economic problems as the reason, saying the currency was “turning into paper.” In the Kherson region, the regional capital of the same name and other towns are under Ukrainian control. Most of the region, however, is occupied by Russian troops. The currency decision, previously announced in October, is part of annexing the region into Russian territory. The Ukrainian national currency has lost about 50 per cent of its value against the dollar since the beginning of the war. In the other annexed regions of Luhansk and Donetsk, the rouble has been the official currency for some time. 

A yet to be identified man was yesterday night (3/12/2022) killed by suspected cultist in Odoragunshi area of Epe, Lagos. The incident which happened opposite the Yaba College of Technology, Epe campus had the man shot by the right side of his stomach with is intestine gushing out. An articulated vehicle made the ugly site worst by pressing off a side of the victim's head, making his brain scattered throughout the road. The Police through the help of men of the Man O' War Yabatech Epe campus Command and Hunters and Vigilance (MUWON) groups took the body of the victim away. Video below   In another news, the owner of 12:30 Inn a hotel at Poka, Epe Lagos was killed yesterday night also, some minutes before the above incident happened. Details later...