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Three men – Kujembola Olawashina, 36; Kola AfolabI, 42; Alade Adeyinka, 26, and a female, Toyin Obide, 49, were arraigned and charged for assaulting and unlawfully detaining a policeman on Monday. The defendants appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on a four-count charge of conspiracy, breach of the peace, assault and obstructing police officer from performing his duty. They, however, pleaded not guilty. According to the Prosecutor, ASP Ezekiel Ayorinde, the defendants and others still at large committed the offences on November 18 at Edge Base Technology, Ikeja. He said that the defendants conducted themselves in a manner…

Megan Rapinoe of the United States has won Women’s Ballon d’Or for 2019, with England’s Lucy Bronze the runner-up. Winger Rapinoe, 34, co-captained the US to victory at this summer’s World Cup, where she was named player of the tournament and finished joint-top scorer with six goals. Bronze, 28, the Uefa Women’s Player of the Year, played a key part in England’s run to the semi-finals. Rapinoe’s compatriot Alex Morgan came third in the Ballon d’Or ranking. Lyon striker Ada Hegerberg, who became the first winner of the women’s version of the award last year, finished fourth, while Arsenal and…

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi state has declared support for the Federal Government’s border closure, commending President Muhammadu Buhari for his courage in taking the action. Umahi made the declaration on Monday at Onueke, Headquarters of Ezza South Local Government Area (LGA) while declaring open the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Account Opening Week (AOW), adding that the nation would gain tremendously from the closure. Umahi urged Nigerians to weigh the option of consuming poison from foreign produced-rice and ‘killers’ crossing the borders into the country in the name Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) treaty. “We should consider…

A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on Monday, December 2, 2019, ordered for interim forfeiture of the Ilorin residence of the the immediate past Senate President Bukola Saraki. The Ilorin Zonal Office of the EFCC had approached the Court Presided over by Justice Ridwan Aikawa for an order of interim forfeiture of about one billion naira property located at 1, Abdulkadir street, GRA, Ilorin, Kwara State on the grounds that it was acquired through the proceeds of unlawful activity. South African policeman jailed 32 years for killing Nigerian Ruling on the exparte application filed by EFCC Lawyer, Rotimi…

Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has won the Ballon d’Or award for the world’s best player for a record sixth time. It is the 32-year-old Argentine’s first Ballon d’Or since 2015 and comes after he scored 54 times for club and country in 2018-19, in which Barca won La Liga. Virgil van Dijk was second – one of four Liverpool players in the top seven, including Sadio Mane in fourth. Juventus and Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo, who has won the award five times, was third in the voting. England defender Lucy Bronze was beaten to the women’s award, finishing second behind Megan…

The South African Police Constable, Austin Reynold, who robbed and killed a Nigerian, Emeka Okoli, was on Monday sentenced to 32 years in prison by a Durban High Court. NAN reports the court sentenced the policeman three days after he was found guilty of robbing and killing the late Okoli during an illegal raid in the community where the deceased resided. The court sentenced Reynold to seven years for counts of robbery and 25 years for the count of murder. Reacting to the judgment by Justice Shyam Gyanda, the Nigerian community in South Africa welcomed the sentencing/jailing of the South…

The Minister for Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, said he had no regrets citing the Transportation University in Daura. Amaechi said this at the ground breaking of the Transportation University in Daura, Katsina on Monday. “When we sited the factory at Kajola, there was no noise, nobody debated about it, nobody abused us for it unlike the site for the University. “Daura is in Nigeria, it is not in any other part of the world. It is not in Niger Republic, Biafra or Mali, it is in Nigeria. So, what is wrong in siting the University of transportation in Daura? “I…

Subsidiaries win best bank in Benin, Chad, Cote D’Ivoire, Gabon, Congo, Sierra Leone at The Bankers Awards The Banker Magazine has once again selected leading African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc as the “African Bank of the Year 2019”. This is the second time, UBA has clinched the prestigious award, having been named Best African Bank of 2017 by The Banker magazine. This year, UBA also won best bank category in 6 of its subsidiaries: UBA Benin, UBA Tchad, UBA Gabon, UBA Congo, UBA Cote D’Ivoire and UBA Sierra Leone. The unprecedented win marks the first time…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will be bestowed with the Integrity specialty of the Anti-Corruption Defender Award during 2019 Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Journalism. In a statement signed by Motunrayo Alaka, Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of the centre, the honourary award of the Vice President is in recognition of his anti-corruption fight. “Prof. Osinbajo has been recognised for his invaluable work of overhauling the Lagos State Judiciary, facilitating far-reaching reforms in the administration of justice in the state, his work of promoting integrity in the civil society and business in Nigeria and his consistency as a strong voice for promoting integrity in…

The Presidency has reacted to a statement credited to a former Chief of Defence Staff, General Alexander Ogomudia (retd.) that “Nigeria may be restructured violently”. “This vituperation, coming from a former military Chief speaks volumes about the mindset of groups of citizens who have yet to accept democracy as a form of government.” a spokesperson to the President, Garba Shehu said. He added that, “It is very important to stress that we as a nation, are a constitutional democracy and changes to the country in structure, its systems, policy and politics must abide by the norms of democracy, otherwise they would…