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The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) said it has arrested 36 persons for allegedly crossing the highways indiscriminately. The Corps Marshal of the Agency, Mrs Gbemisola Akinpelu, a retired Commissioner of Police stated this in a statement signed by Mr Adebayo Kehinde, head of Public Affairs Unit of the agency. Akinpelu said that, apart from the suspects risking their lives and that of motorists, they also impede free flow of vehicular movement in the State, while crossing major highways where overhead bridges were erected for usage. “The Agency is geared toward attaining total compliance on road crossing and use…

African music legend Angelique Kidjo has claimed her fourth Grammy Awards fending off competition from Nigeria music star, Burna Boy. The 62nd annual Grammy Awards which held at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles on Sunday night opened with tribute for basketball star, Kobe Bryant who died in a helicopter crash Sunday morning. Kidjo who was nominated in the Best World Music category for her album, Celia, beat Burna who was nominated for his album African Giant. Others nominated in their category include Altin Gun (Gece), Bokante & Metropole Orkest conducted by Jules Buckley (What Heat) and Nathalie Joachim with…

The 2020 Grammys ceremony has opened with a heartfelt tribute to basketball player Kobe Bryant, who died on Sunday. “Tonight is for you Kobe,” declared pop star Lizzo, opening the show with her stirring ballad Cuz I Love You. Host Alicia Keys then dedicated the show to Bryant’s memory, with an a-capella version of It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye, accompanied by Boyz II Men. The show is taking place at the Staples Center, where Bryant played his entire career with the LA Lakers. News of the star’s death at the age of 41 stunned artists and performers backstage at…

Former MVP and Lakers star Kobe Bryant, 41, has reportedly been killed in a helicopter crash. The NBA legend Kobe Bryant and four others have been killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California on Sunday. Five people confirmed deceased, no survivors in #Calabasas helicopter crash. #LASD #Malibu deputies remain with #LA County Fire personnel. Investigation ongoing. Avoid the area until further notice. — LA County Sheriffs (@LASDHQ) January 26, 2020 Bryant played his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers. He entered the NBA directly from high school and won five NBA championships. Bryant is an 18-time All-Star,…

Substitute Jason Cummings scored two goals against runaway Premier League leaders Liverpool as League One Shrewsbury Town staged a magnificent fightback from 2-0 down to earn an FA Cup fourth-round replay at Anfield. Liverpool looked to be heading into the fifth round for the first time since 2015 after a fine first-half finish by 18-year-old Curtis Jones was followed by Donald Love’s own goal just after the break. Yet Shrewsbury were excellent throughout and were rewarded with two goals in the space of 10 minutes by former Hibernian player Cummings. Some Shrews fans booed when Callum Lang was replaced by…

Manchester United supporters used an FA Cup fourth-round hammering of League One Tranmere Rovers to voice their frustration with the club’s owners and executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward. United scored five times in an amazing first-half at Prenton Park, with skipper Harry Maguire and Diogo Dalot scoring their first goals for the club and Phil Jones getting his first since March 2014 under David Moyes. Jesse Lingard and Anthony Martial were also on target in the first period to give the 2,000-strong visiting support a high point in an otherwise tortuous season. But they also spent five minutes chanting against the…

Details progress in 21 Ogoni Clean-Up sites, drawing international praise With the significant progress now recorded in the Ogoni Clean-Up project, attracting local and international commendation, the Buhari administration’s New Vision for the Niger Delta is making good progress. According to Mr. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, in response to media inquiries over the weekend noted that the progress report on the Niger Delta New Vision indicate clearly that “since the Ogoni Cleanup commenced in January 2019, with 16 contractors moving to site, a total of 21 sites has so far been handed…

Holders Manchester City continued their FA Cup defence with a dominant fourth-round victory over Fulham in which they became the first major European team to score 100 goals this season. Any prospect of the Championship side producing an upset was effectively over after six minutes, when defender Tim Ream hauled down Gabriel Jesus in the area and was sent off. Raheem Sterling and Jesus had missed their previous two penalties, but Ilkay Gundogan avoided making it an unwanted hat-trick when he tucked the ball into the corner from the spot. City – who made eight changes and started with Sterling,…

A jealous man, simply identified as Solomon Peters stabbed his girlfriend, Patience Zakkari, to death for picking the phone call from another man on Friday in Bauchi. NAN Correspondent reports that the incident occurred around 1.30 am in the house of the deceased located at Gwallameji area of Bauchi metropolis. Narrating to NAN how it happened, a source who pleaded anonymity recounted how the deceased narrated the incident to him before she gave up the ghost. He explained that the deceased and her boyfriend (Solomon) who were popularly known to be in a romantic relationship by most people in the…

Ashley Young assisted a goal on his Inter Milan debut as they were held by Cagliari 1-1 at the San Siro on Sunday. The 34-year-old former England international joined Serie A’s second-placed team for £1.28m from Manchester United last week. Playing for Antonio Conte’s Inter at right wing-back, he crossed for Lautaro Martinez to head in their opener. But Radja Nainggolan, on loan from Inter, equalised against his parent club with a long-range deflected shot. Goalscorer Martinez was sent off in injury time for two quick-fire bookings, the second for dissent. Mourinho fumes as Inter bid Eriksen Young, the first Englishman to…