The draw for the Under-20 FIFA World Cup, scheduled to take place in Indonesia next week, will be postponed after Bali’s governor refused to host the Israeli team. The Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) said the draw that was to be held on Friday had been cancelled.FIFA were still conducting...
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By NANA AISHA, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Police Command has debunked rumours emanating from video reports that the residence of Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), was attacked by hoodlums in the state. The Spokesman of the Command, SP Ahmed Wakil, dismissed the...
Kwara State Government has ordered the immediate shutting of Mandate Market in Ilorin following Saturday’s skirmishes in the major trading centre. Commissioner for Business, Innovation and Technology, Malam Ibrahim Akaje, stated in Ilorin on Saturday that the market would be re-opened on Monday. “Government has restored normalcy to the...
Abductors kidnapped a farmer and a commercial motorcyclist on Ugbokuli-Ekiadolor Road in Ovia Northeast Local government area of Edo on Friday. The farmer was returning from his father’s oil palm plantation when he was abducted alongside the motorcyclist whose services he had earlier engaged. Police spokesman in Edo, SP...
Two women, were on Thursday brought before a Sabo-Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, for allegedly conspiring to forge Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) identity card. The defendants are Chinyere Okeke, 53, and Sarah Akinola, 25. The defendants, who have no fixed address, are standing trial on a two-count...
A taxi driver, Nuhu Stephen, told an FCT High Court in Kubwa, Abuja how his neighbour, Faisal Saliu charged with armed robbery, choked him and stole his car. Stephen made this known while being led in evidence by the prosecution counsel, Adama Musa. Saliu alongside Lawal Mohammed and Abdulrahaman...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, dismissed an application filed by suspended DCP Abba Kyari seeking an order dismissing the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)’s charge against him. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling, held that the court had the exclusive right and jurisdiction to hear drug...
75-year-old grandmother has allegedly set her son, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren ablaze in Ondo State. Punch reports that the septuagenarian had reportedly set the house ablaze while the family members were asleep, killing three of them, including her son, Victor; wife, Racheal, and one of the grandchildren, while the...
A Family Court sitting in Iyaganku on Tuesday ordered that four students of Eleyele Secondary School , Eleyele , Ibadanbe in Oyo State be remandsed for allegedly raping a female colleague, who was mentally challenged. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the defendants are minors. The police...
An Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered that a 36-year-old man, Roland Okajare be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly defiling his 18-year-old daughter. The police charged Okajarewith one count of defilement. Magistrate, Mrs E. Kubeinje ordered that he should be remanded in Kirikiri Custodial...
The Police Command in Ondo State has confirmed the abduction of a 19-year-old girl, Adetutu Okinbaloye by gunmen from her home in Imoru community, Ose Local Government Area of the state. SP Olufumilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, the command spokesman confirmed the incident to newsmen on Tuesday in Akure. “The DPO confirmed...
The police command in Kano State has arrested 161 persons including a member state House of Assembly for alleged electoral offences during Saturday’s Governorship and States Houses of Assembly elections. Mr Mohammed Usaini-Gumel, the state Commissioner of Police said this when he addressed newsmen at the command’s headquarters in...
Six persons are allegedly feared missing when unknown gunmen attacked six Hummer Buses carrying INEC officials in Kogi in the early hours of Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports on Sunday that the incident, which occured around 2 a.m of March 19 at Obajana, left several officials...
The Police Command in Lagos State say 17 persons, including a woman were arrested during the governorship and Houses of Assembly elections in the for various offences. The command`s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. NAN...
The police command in Ebonyi has confirmed the killing of Mr Peter Nweke, the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ezza North Local Government Area of the state during Saturday’s election. SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, the state Police Public Relations’ Officer, said this when he spoke with the...
Hoodlums armed with guns and machetes on Sunday morning attacked the Ogoja Local Government INEC collation center in Cross River. The hoodlums stormed the center when result for the House of Assembly election in Ogoja constituency was being announced. Spokesperson of the Police Command in Cross River, SP Irene...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday, confirmed the kidnap of 19 members of its ad hoc staff while on their way to conduct the House of Assembly election in Ideato South LGA of Imo. INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner for Imo, Prof. Sylvia...
Some Political thugs have destroyed electoral materials including the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machine and other sensitive materials in Omege Ward, Ezza North Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Omege ward is the polling unit of the All Progressives Grand...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Kaduna State Police Command says it has ordered full-scale investigation into Thursday’s attack on Kaduna State Governor, Nasiru El-Rufai’s convoy. The order is contained in a statement issued by the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Muhammad Jalige, on Friday in Kaduna. Jalige...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, has directed security agencies to arrest any resident who violates movement restriction during Saturday’s House of Assembly election in the state. This is contained in a statement by Mallam Olawale Rasheed, the spokesperson to the governor on Friday in...