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Nigeria’s currency, the naira The Naira on Monday remained stable at the parallel market. The Nigerian currency maintained N378 to the dollar at the close of trading on Monday afternoon, keeping same value as at Friday. Also, the naira maintained N495 to the Pound Sterling, but weakened further against the Euro, exchanging for N415, from N407 posted on Friday at the Bureau de Change (BDC) Segment of the market. The naira continued a downward slope at the interbank segment of the market, hitting a spot rate of N309.84 to the dollar from about N300 posted on Friday. Currency traders continued to rain counter accusations against dollar scarcity as explanation for the week performance of the Nigerian currency. They said that activities at the market was slow as industry players watched keenly in anticipation of the outcome of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting of the CBN that was underway in Abuja. Meanwhile, Mr Harrison Owoh, an Accountant and a BDC operator, said the nai...

Yakubu Dogara, Speaker House of Representatives The former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmimin Jibrin, Monday continued his series of revelations on the fraud and corruption perpetuated by Yakubu Dogara. In a statement made available to journalists, the lawmaker alleged that Dogara frequently solicits for inappropriate favours from agencies and multinational companies. According to Jibrin, Speaker Dogara forced an agency to grant loans and also blackmailed a construction company to do some work at his Asokoro ‘plot’. Jibrin also accused Dogara of perpetuating a monumental fraud which has led to his refusal to release details of financial dealings and internal budget of the House. The lawmaker insists there is more, and further revelations will be made in due course. Read Jibrin’s full statement: THE CORRUPT SPEAKER YAKUBU DOGARA AND HIS 3-MAN CABAL – PRESS STATEMENT BY ABDULMUMIN JIBRIN Honourable colleagues and fellow Nigerians, I w...

President Muhammadu Buhari welcoming Obasanjo to the Presidential Villa Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday opened up on his discussion with President Muhammadu Buhari early today during a closed door meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Obasanjo said he delivered messages from the Presidents of Liberia and Gambia to President Muhammadu Buhari. Obasanjo made this known while answering questions from State House correspondents. Although the former president did not divulge the content of the message, he said he updated president Buhari on the outcome of the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Africa Export-Import Bank, which he attended in Seychelles Island. “I have some messages for the president. “Not too long ago, I was in Liberia and The Gambia and the presidents of these two countries had some messages that they would want me to deliver to the President. “Also, only yesterday I came back from Seychelles Island, where I attended this year’s Annual General meeti...

Thick smoke and fire from the explosion Two people have been confirmed dead as a tanker conveying petroleum product exploded on Monday at Cele area on Apapa-Oshodi Expressway, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. The fuel tanker had run into a stationary truck which led to the explosion around 5:00pm. A loud explosion was heard in the area as balls of fire envelop the atmosphere. The driver of the truck and a boy were said to have been consumed by the resultant inferno. There was pandemonium at Cele area as people ran in different direction to avert death. Traffic gridlock has built on both sides of the expressway. Commercial buses have begun to take alternative routes to beat the traffic gridlock which has extended to Iyana Isolo inward Cele on the expressway. General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Michael Akindele confirmed that two people had died as a result of the explosion, saying that effort was on to combat the fire. Spokesperson, National Emergency Manag...

Some of the cult members signing the peace register Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Some leaders of cult groups and their members in Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State have signed a peace pact renouncing cultism, kidnapping, killing and other related crimes. The repentant cultists also tasked the state governor, Nyesom Wike, to provide them gainful employment. The cult groups include Green Landers, Niger Delta Freedom fighters, led by Nelly Ngwari, Ice Landers and Ekpeye Liberation Front in Ogbo Community led by General Igbudu. The cult leaders signed an undertaking for peace in the presence of the Special Adviser to the Governor on Amnesty Programme, Ken Chinda, Special Adviser on Revenue Matters, Harvey Ideozu, the Chairmen of Caretaker Committees, Chairmen of Ahoada East and Ahoada West as well as members of the peace security and reconciliation committee in Ahoada. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Amnesty Programme, Ken Chinda, said this was part of the pro...

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The Jigawa Government on Monday said it targeted to immunise 1.7 million children in ongoing Outbreak Response Vaccination (ORV) against Polio in the state. The State Immunisation Officer, Alhaji Hassan Kwalam, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview in Dutse. Kwalam said that the state had recruited no fewer than 10,000 personnel to administer the vaccines on children below the age of five. He said that 2,868 teams comprised of three persons each had been mobilised to carry out the vaccination across the state. According to him, the exercise will be conducted simultaneously across the 27 local government areas of the state. Kwalam stated that traditional rulers and religious leaders in the state had also been mobilised to ensure strict compliance with the rules and cooperation of parents and guardians. He expressed happiness on the level of compliance so far in the ongoing, saying that the target would be attained.

The gavel of justice Jethro Ibileke/Benin‎ A 28-year old housewife, Mrs. Mary Attah, has been sentenced to death by hanging by a Delta State High Court, sitting in Effurun, for stabbing her husband, Pastor Darlington Attah, with a kitchen knife and setting him ablaze. She was pronounced guilty on the one-count charge preffered against her by Justice E.I. Oritsejafor. The prosecution counsel, Patrick Mekako Esq, told the court that the accused who was married to the deceased, with four children, had on or about 6 July, 2012 at Effurun, within the Effurun Judicial Division, attacked her husband with a kitchen knife and stabbed him in the neck as a result of an alleged phone call from the husband’s lover. He further told the Court that the accused was infuriated by the telephone call at a time they were having a ‘nice time’ which prompted her to rush to the kitchen, took a knife and pepper which she rubbed on her husband’s face to demobilize him before stabbing him in the neck. Not...

A former employee of FirstBank of Nigeria, Timothy Adewale, who allegedly defrauded the bank to the tune of N4.1 million was on Monday docked at an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos. Adewale, 32, a former cash processor with the bank,and a resident of No.10, Ejalonibu St., Oko-Oba in Agege area of Lagos State, is standing trial on a charge of stealing. The prosecutor, Sgt. Nicholas Akpene, said that the accused committed the ‎offence between April 18 and 26, during working hours at FirstBank Plc, Ikeja Industrial Estate branch. Akpene said the accused stole the sum of N1.4 million belonging to the bank. According to him, the offence contravenes Section 285 (7) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. The accused pleaded not guilty. The magistrate, Mrs A. T. Omoyele, granted the accused N1million-bail with two sureties in like sum. Omoyele said the sureties must show evidence of three years’ tax payment to the court and their addresses verified by the prosecutor. The case was ...

The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in Enugu says it has confiscated unwholesome and unregistered sedative drugs worth more than N25 million. The State Co-coordinator of the agency, Mr Ikechukwu Okoye, on Monday, said that the agency was able to achieve that through collaboration with the state Command of the Nigeria Customs Service. “To the glory of God; what really happened is inter-departmental (agency) co-operation. “The customs in Enugu called us they intercepted this (controlled drug) via (Dizapam) Cameroon border were they found a controlled drug. “They called us to come and check if it was within our jurisdiction; we checked it, we found out that the product was not registered by NAFDAC and the person (importer) was bringing it in illegally. “So they handed it over to us to be destroyed. “The comptroller said that they were bringing it in via the land border in Cross River. “They intercepted it in Cross River and brought it to Enugu, En...

The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sanni Usman, on Monday in Lagos said there were no longer camps of Boko Haram terrorists in the North-Eastern part of the country. Usman made the assertion while addressing newsmen at the inauguration of Strategic Communication Course for senior officers at the Nigerian Army School of Public Relations and Information, Bonny Camp, Lagos. Usman, while assuring Nigerians that the military was winning the war against terrorism, said there were no more terrorists clustered in a particular place in the area. “The situation in the North-East has tremendously improved. The military operations or the fight against terrorism and insurgency in the North-East is hinged on three things. “First, defeating the Boko Haram terrorists which have been accomplished and making room to facilitate humanitarian assistance which is also ongoing. “Then restoration of law and order for good governance to take place. “We no longer have camps of Boko Haram ter...

Stakeholders in the education sector on Monday urged school proprietors and administrators to introduce traditional wears as school uniforms on Fridays to promote the nation’s culture and tradition. They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews in Lagos that the injection of Ankara, Tie-and-Dye, and others local wears into the school system would improve cultural awareness among children and youths. Pupils and students adorning traditional wears instead of jeans on Fridays would be embracing the African wears, they said. Also, the African tradition would be more relevant and meaningful to them and they would, in turn, be proud of what is theirs, they said. This would further promote made-in-Nigeria goods which is one of the cardinal policies of the present administration, they said. The administrator, Saint Francis Secondary School, Rev. Fr. Chikere Ukwanyi, said the Nigerian culture should be inculcated in the children. “As a missionary school in Nigeria, we ...

Two bank officials, Tiaminu Lukeman ,48, and Shogaolu Sherif,30, who allegedly stole N30 million from their employer, were on Monday in Lagos, granted N5million bail each. An Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, who gave the ruling, also granted the accused persons two sureties each in like sum as part of the bail conditions. The magistrate, Mrs. A. O. Sholadoye said that one of the sureties must be a level-16 civil servant and both sureties must show evidence of tax payment. The accused persons are facing a four-count charge of conspiracy, forgery, fraud and stealing. Lukeman resides in Block 8, Flat 1, LSDPC Estate, Ikotun, while Sherif lives in Block D, Flat 11, Alhaji Masha along Kilo Road, Surulere, both in Lagos State. Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp. Jimoh Joseph had told the court that the accused conspired with some others still at large to commit the offences between Aug. 1, 2013, and June 2016 at a bank branch in Lagos. He said Lukeman who was the head of Human Resources, Compen...

File Photo: Buhari meets Obasanjo President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday held a closed door meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo at the State House, Abuja. Obasanjo, who was accompanied to the Presidential Villa by one of his daughters wore a blue Agbada and was driven to the forecourt of the President’s office in a black Sports Utility Vehicle marked ABJ 425 PY. Details of the meeting were unknown but Obasanjo told State House reporters shortly after leaving Buhari that emerging revelations on the padding of the 2016 budget in the National Assembly confirmed his earlier position that lawmakers are “armed robbers and rogues.” The former president declared that the best way out of the current mess was to ensure that only men of integrity are elected into the National Assembly. Obasanjo had at a 2012 event in Lagos attended by two former Nigerian leaders, Yakubu Gowon and Ernest Shonekan, described the National Assembly and state Houses of Assembly as institutions filled w...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja met separately with FIFA President Gianni Infantino and former President Olusegun Obasanjo behind closed doors. Buhari first met with former President Obasanjo in the Presidential Villa for over one hour, before the arrival of Infantino. The FIFA President was at the State House at about 1.50 p.m. and was accompanied by FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura. He was accompanied by the Minister of Youths and Sports, Solomon Dalung, and the President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick. Infantino and Samoura, who arrived in Abuja on Sunday for a two-day visit to Nigeria, were scheduled to be guests at an under-13 exhibition football match at the Abuja National Stadium.

Adeniji Kazeem, Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice The Lagos State Government on Monday justified the new enforcement method of its Special Offences Taskforce which favoured the removal of number plates of erring vehicles over clamping down and towing of vehicles. The government also denied allegations of highhandedness against officials of the Taskforce and those of the Special Offences Tribunal (Mobile Court), describing complainants on social media as hypocritical and manipulative. In a statement jointly issued by the State’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem and the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, the state government said it was within the purview of the traffic law enforcement officers to identify violators of traffic laws and have them booked and tried according to the peculiarities of their offences without having to clamp their tires or tow the vehicles. The new method being adopted by the taskforce...

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The new Speaker, Edo State House of Assembly Dr Justin Okonoboh The Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Mrs. Elizabeth Ativie, has stepped down. She was replaced by the Deputy Speaker, Dr. Justin Okonoboh on Monday by 18 out of the 24 members of the House and sworn in at about 11am. Ativie was sworn in on May ‎3 when her predecessor, Victor Edoror, was impeached. Ativie decided to step down after a motion was moved by the Majority Leader, Folly Ogedengbe, under matters of urgent public importance, for a change in the leadership of the House. ‎Ogedengbe explained that the change was necessary to ensure fairness in the political system, so that the three senatorial districts would be represented. The incumbent governor, Adams Oshiomhole, hails from Edo North senatorial district while his deputy, Dr. Pius Odubu, and Ativie hail from Edo South. Okonoboh represents Igueben constituency in Edo Central senatorial district. Rules 1(2), 20, 22 and 73 of the House were relaxed b...

Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has urged football administrators to learn to accept defeat in the interest of the immediate environment and the larger society. Saraki, who received visiting FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Monday in Abuja, said they should not engage in the “pull-the-house-down” syndrome when things did not go their way. Infantino was accompanied by FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura who is also in Nigeria with him on a two-day visit. The duo was led to the Senate President by the President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick. “The kind of global recognition we have today, as a result of this historic visit, challenges us to learn to allow peace and stability (to reign) in Nigeria football. “If people lose election, they should learn to accept defeat. People used to blame politicians for the do-or-die attitude, but politicians have moved away from that. “It is now football administrators who ...

Alhaji Abdullahi Lawal, a Traditional Leader of Grain Dealers in Bakori Local Government Area, Katsina State, on Monday, appealed to Federal and State Governments to hasten the completion of Jare Dam project. Lawal, a farmer, who made the appeal in Bakori, said that the project was a Federal Urban project. He said that the dam was abandoned due to non-funding, adding that the completion of the project would facilitate the flow of water for irrigation farming in the area. He also added that the completion of the project would boost food production, provide job opportunities and enhance other economic activities in the area. The traditional leader noted that the farmers in the area were beginning to experience losses due to the delay of the project. “It is important to complete the dam so that it will enable control water levels and increase the interest of farmers in the area. “The enthusiasm of the farmers on the potentials of the project had since waned,” he said. Lawal explain...

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The University of Ilorin (Unilorin) The University of Ilorin(Unilorin) has won this year’s All-Nigeria Universities Debating Championship (ANUDC), beating 19 other universities that participated in the competition. This is contained in the university’s bulletin released on Monday in Ilorin. According to the bulletin, the championship, which is the fourth in the series, took place at the Covenant University, Sango-Ota, Ogun between July 9 and July16, 2016. It stated that other universities that participated in the tournament were: the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Osun State University, Osogbo (UNIOSUN), the University of Calabar. It also included the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA); the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO); the University of Port Harcourt; Imo State University, Owerri, and the host Covenant University, Sango-Ota, among others. The publication stated that the University of Calabar came second, while the Federal University of Technology,...

FILE PHOTO: LASTMA officials interrogating a commercial bus driver The Lagos State Government on Monday has defended the enforcement method of its Special Offences Task Force which favours the removal of number plates of erring vehicles over clamping down and towing of vehicles. The government also denied allegations of highhandedness against officials of the Task Force and those of the Special Offences Tribunal (Mobile Court), describing the coterie of complainants on social media as hypocritical and manipulative. In a statement jointly issued by the State’s Honourable Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem and the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, the State government said it was within the purview of the traffic law enforcement officers to identify violators of traffic laws and have them booked and tried according to the peculiarities of their offences without having to clamp their tires or tow the vehicles. The new metho...

An Aquaculture Consultant, Mr Tajudeen Morakinyo, on Monday, advised catfish farmers to key into the international demand for the commodity, by packaging and exporting their produce. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that produce exporting would improve their income, grow their business to international recognition and also improve the nation’s agricultural sector. The huge trade in smoked fish is a consequence of the growing demand by the increasing number of Africans living in the Diaspora. The U.S. and Europe remain the major destinations for Africans, who venture abroad. It is noteworthy that up to 40 percent of smoked fish exported from Africa is detained, returned or destroyed at the U.S. and European ports, due to improper packaging and labelling. Morakinyo said that farmers needed to improve their farm practices, to tap into the available market for the export of smoked fish. “First, the smoked and dried fish must be well-processed and preserved. “If the ...

A man convicted of murdering a 4-year-old girl was publicly hung at a bus terminal in western Iran on Monday, a report said on Monday. The man was sentenced to death having been found guilty of raping and killing the girl before hiding her body under a highway bridge in May. The decision to employ the death penalty received backing from the country’s highest court due to the heinous nature of the crime. In Iran, cases involving murder, sexual assault, armed robbery and drug trafficking can lead to a death sentence, with child rape and murder nearly always invoking capital punishment.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said that the visa regime operating across Africa was one of the greatest impediments to the growth of intra-African trade. This is contained in a statement on Monday in Lagos by African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank). According to the statement, Obasanjo said this at activities marking the 23rd Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGM) of Afreximbank in Mahe, Seychelles. It said amr Wale Tinubu of Oando Group of Nigeria also gave a similar view at the event. It said that other speakers who shared the same view were Tony Elumelu of Heirs Holdings of Nigeria, Dr Paul Fokam of Afriland First Bank, and Jean-Paul Adam, Minister of Finance, Trade and Blue Economy of Seychelles. It said that the speakers unanimously agreed that the requirement for visas for travel by Africans to other African countries made it extremely difficult for Africans to travel around the continent to conduct business. They noted that only a handful of countries, includin...

Hundreds of pensioners on Monday defied the heavy rain and took to the streets of Benin, the Edo capital, to protest non-payment of arrears of pension ranging from 10 to 42 months. The pensioners, armed with placards of various inscriptions, took their protests to the Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Benin. A Spokesman of the pensioners, Mr Gabriel Osemwenkhai, told newsmen that the pensioners in the state had been experiencing hard times over the non-payment of their pension and gratuity by the government. He said that some pensioners had died as a result of hardship. Osemwenkhai said pensioners involved comprised public servants, who retired in 2011 and owed by the state government. The spokesman alleged that the state government had refused to commence payment of the pension with effect from the date of retirement as stipulated in the Civil Service Pension Law. He said that the government’s refusal to adhere to pension laws had led to a backlog of arrea...

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A 25-year-old man, Ofuajo Eseogbene, was on Monday brought before an Ota Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ogun over alleged burglary. The accused, whose address is unknown, is facing a two-count charge of stealing and burglary. The Prosecutor, Cpl. Abdul Kareem Mustapha, told the court that the accused committed the offences on June 26 at about 2.00 a.m. at No. 2 Ireakari St., Itele, Ota. Mustapha alleged that the accused unlawfully broke into the house of the complainant, Pastor Adegbenle Taiwo and stole valuable items. The prosecutor further alleged that the accused stole two Laptops worth N105,000.00, a Sony Video Camera worth N35,000 and other valuables items, all valued at N350,000. He said the offences contravened Sections 390(9) and 411(1)(2) of Laws of the Ogun State. The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs A.I Adelaja, granted the accused bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum. Adelaja held that the sureties, who ...

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The Akwa Ibom Police Command on Monday confirmed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Gas pipeline explosion in Obotim Nsit in Nsit Ibom Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom. The State Commissioner of Police, Murtala Mani, who confirmed the incident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Uyo, attributed the explosion to a technical fault. He denied any militant attack on the gas pipeline. “This is no militancy attack. Our men are on ground and the fire service had put off the fire. “It is confirmed that there is an explosion in Obotim Nsit in Nsit Ibom Local Government Area of the state. “People from the pipeline confirmed that the pipelines are old and overdue for servicing. There are technical problems in the gas pipeline,” Mani said. The Police Commissioner, however, said that there was no casualty and no house was destroyed as a result of the explosion. The commissioner said that his officers and men were on ground, adding that the place was w...

Togo international striker Emmanuel Adebayor Cagliari is making surprise approaches for Togo international striker Emmanuel Adebayor. Sky Sport Italia reported that the newly-promoted Sardinians are determined to bring more experience and prestige to their Serie A squad. According to reports, Serie A new boys Cagliari are hoping to lure out-of-contract veteran striker Emmanuel Adebayor to the club. Adebayor is without a club after scoring just one goal for Crystal Palace in a six-month spell in the Premier League last season. Cagliari have been targeting Atalanta striker Marco Borriello but according to Tuttosport are also keen on Adebayor if the move for the former Roma marksman fails to work out. Adebayor, 32, played arguably the best football of his career in the Premier League with Arsenal and Manchester City. But the towering striker fell out of favour at Roberto Mancini’s City following the arrival of Edin Dzeko, Carlos Tevez and Mario Balotelli during the 2010-2011 seas...

A Nigerian national, Uzoma Eleazar, has been arrested for attempting to sell seeds for the cure of AIDS in an online scam by the Local Crime Branch, LCB, Thane Rural in India. The seeds According to the Hindu reports, Eleazar was nabbed on Sunday alongside three accomplices for cheating a local resident at Naya Nagar, Mira Road, one Anil Mathur of nearly Rs. 23 lakh in an online scam. It was reported that they met on the social media and developed a friendship, after which, Eleazar offered Mathur a dealership in seeds that he claimed he used to produce expensive medicines in Nigeria The victim fell for it and had paid nearly Rs. 23 lakh since June 21 before his arrest. Assistant Police Inspector, API Prafull Wagh said, “The Nigerian offered a dealership for special seeds that grow only in Nigeria, which he claimed can cure AIDS. “Eleazar managed to sell seeds in 400-gram packets for Rs. 1 lakh each. “The seeds turned out to be ‘Bitter Kola’ (botanical name: Garcinia kola), wh...

Federal Road Safety Corps The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says the need to have a unified road accident data in the country informed the creation of the “National Crash Report Information System (NACRIS)”. According to the corps 2015 annual report, the NACRIS is a committee responsible for the collation and harmonization of road traffic accident data from all agencies generating data on accident. The report said the FRSC and Ministry of Health serve as Secretariat of the NACRIS due to the fact that accident “is a health burden”. It said other members of the committee are: Police, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), WHO, and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). Also in the committee are Federal Fire Service (FFS), Military, Directorate of Road Traffic Service (DRTS) and the National Insurance Commission. The report said that the Committee met in 2015 and took far-reaching decisions on action necessary to have “all d...

The newly-appointed Kano State Commissioner of Police, Mr Rabiu Yusuf, has promised to enhance security in areas around the notorious Falgore forest in Doguwa Local Government Area of the state. Activities of armed bandits had become a source of concern to communities living around the forest. Yusuf made the pledge when he took over from his predecessor, Mr Abbati Maigari, who had been promoted to the rank of DIG in charge of Logistics and Supply. He said the measure was necessary in order to flush out criminals that were terrorizing people in the area, using the forest. He said the command would also partner with residents of Kano to get necessary information on criminals and their hideouts for necessary action. “We are going to extend our hands of friendship to the various communities in the state so as to enhance our work”, he said. Earlier, Maigari advised the new commissioner to focus on the activities of hoodlums in the Falgore forest. “The major challenges you have now is...

A fire outbreak on Sunday night destroyed goods and properties worth millions of naira at the old market in Sokoto. The fire, which started around 10.00pm lasted for about three hours before it was put off by firemen, traders and Good Samaritans, including Gov. Aminu Tambuwal. The market, locally known as Kasuwar Dan-Jabalu, is reputed for selling clothing materials, foot wears and jewelry, as well as the exchange of foreign currencies. A cross section of the affected traders described the incident as an act of God. “This is a tragedy from God, and we have taken it as such as faithful Muslims. “We are however soliciting for assistance from the Federal and Sokoto State Governments, public-spirited individuals and groups,” one of the traders, Abdulkadir Mainiyo, said. Meanwhile, Gov. Tambuwal has expressed deep sympathy with the traders and promised to assist them. A statement by his spokesman, Imam Imam, said that the government would set up a committee to investigate the inciden...

Prophet TB Joshua on Emmanuel TV Founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet T.B. Joshua has revealed that the secret behind his powers is none other than God. He stressed that he could not have succeeded in using demonic powers to deceive foreigners flocking into his church. In an interview with TheNEWS, the prophet stressed that his mission would not be thriving if it wasn’t from God, speaking he said, “Right now I am talking to you, there are over 400 foreigners from 10 different countries here. Are these people being deceived, destroyed or killed (as my detractors alleged)? If I have been using occultic power, the congregation here will not increase. If my mission here is not of God, it won’t stand just as Gamaliel said. When people have their problems solved or they have salvation, they tell others”. In his reaction to critics who insist he uses demonic or occult power, Joshua shared a passage from the Act of Apostles which reads thus: “The early Christian preach...

Paul Pogba: to be world’s most expensive player Manchester United have submitted an increased bid of £92m (€110m) plus a further €10m in add-ons to sign Paul Pogba in a world-record move, but negotiations with Juventus continue as the Serie A champions attempt to extract the best possible financial deal. Juve are seeking an additional €10m and have informed United that their €95m signing of Gonzalo Higuaín from Napoli does not mean they will be forced to sell Pogba. The France midfielder’s agent, Mino Raiola, has discussed the terms of a five‑year contract with United and it is understood his wage demands have been met. But United will need to dig further into their pocket to secure the services of a player who left Old Trafford in 2012 after refusing to sign a new contract having made seven senior appearances for the club. If the transfer takes place Pogba will earn a basic salary of about £11m a year plus incentives at Old Trafford, and retain sponsorship and image rights. The 2...