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In a bid to recover a debt of N215,223,857.4 United Bank of Africa, UBA, has dragged a Lagos businessman Prince Solomon Adediran Aluko and his company Cityflex Express Limited before a Lagos High Court. The bank is also seeking an order in the alternative of the court foreclosing the defendants’ right to redeem the mortgaged property situated at 82, Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos registered as 59-page 59 of Volume 1657 at the Lands Registry, Alausa Ikeja Lagos, used to secure the loan. In a statement of claim filed before the court by a Lagos lawyer, Barrister Akin Adesomoju, the bank…

The Borno Police Command on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of a female suicide bomber at the Bakassi Internally Displaced (IDPs) camp in Maiduguri, Borno State. According to a statement by Edet Okon, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), in Maiduguri, the suicide bomber was arrested by men of the Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) team, on Tuesday at about 6: 50 a.m. while lurking around the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs camp. He said that policemen condoned off the area, diffused the bomb and apprehended the suspect. The police spokesman added that the suspect is in police custody. READ: Nigerian Army intercepts 20…

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho is willing to let £89m midfielder Paul Pogba, 25, leave Old Trafford with forward and fellow France international Anthony Martial, 22, Netherlands defender Daley Blind, 28, and Italy full-back Matteo Darmian also set to be sold. (Mail) Darmian, 28, says he will make a decision on transfer interest from Serie A leaders Juventus imminently. (Express) Manchester City will give manager Pep Guardiola £200m to spend on transfers after winning the Premier League title, with Napoli and Italy midfielder Jorginho, 26, and Shakhtar Donetsk’s 24-year-old Brazilian midfielder Fred amongst their targets. (Mirror) Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp…

Nigerian troops have intercepted AK 47-carrying militia herdsmen in Benue state, central Nigeria during a routine patrol in the state. Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Texas Chukwu said troops of 72 Special Forces Battalion on 16 April recovered rifles and ammunition from the militia. “Operation MESA at Yogbo in Guma Local Government Area of Benue state encountered about 20 militia herdsmen at Teguma village while on patrol,” Chukwu said in a statement. “Four of them were neutralized during the encounter while others fled following superior gun power. READ: US General confirms Nigeria invaded by foreign extremists “Items recovered include…

A United States general has expressed concerned over attacks being carried out by foreign extremists in Nigeria and other West African countries. The Army’s concern came a week after President Muhammadu Buhari blamed the rise in herders’ attacks on foreign militia trained by late Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi. At the African Land Forces Summit in Abuja on Monday, the Commanding General of the US Army, Africa, Brig.-Gen. Eugene LeBoeuf, said insecurity and terrorism in Nigeria and other West African nations have been fuelled by the invasion of foreign extremists. LeBoeuf said the US military had set in motion a strategic plan…

Manchester United players who performed poorly in their Premier League defeat by West Brom will be dropped for Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final against Tottenham, says boss Jose Mourinho. The Red Devils were beaten 1-0 by bottom side West Brom at Old Trafford on Sunday, ensuring Manchester City won the Premier League title. United play Bournemouth in the league on Wednesday before facing Spurs. “The way you play is the only way I can select players,” said Mourinho. The Portuguese manager said “some of the guys” that played against West Brom “don’t have a place” in the team for the semi-final…

Gunmen in the northern Nigerian state of Kano killed a policeman and abducted a Germany citizen on Monday as they travelled to a construction site, police said. Five gunmen ambushed a vehicle carrying construction workers and opened fire on them along Sabon Titi Madobi road at around 7:45 a.m. (0645 GMT), Kano police spokesman Magaji Majia said. The road is on the outskirts of the state’s capital city, also called Kano. The vehicle was carrying staff of Dantata & Sawoe Construction Company, a Nigerian firm, to a building site, Kano police said in a statement. A police sergeant, who was…

President Donald Trump might not agree but The New York Times and The Washington Post whom he often refers to as ‘fake news’ have won the Pulitzer Prize for reporting Russia’s interference in the last US election. The New York Times and The Washington Post shared the national reporting prize for furthering understanding of Russian interference in the 2016 election, and the connections between Russian actors and the Trump campaign, his transition team and administration. Also the New York Times and The New Yorker won the Pulitzer Prize for public service on Monday for explosive reporting that brought down Harvey…

Rapper Kendrick Lamar has broken the records by winning the Pulitzer Prize for Music for his album, DAMN. He becomes the first non-classical or jazz artist to receive the honour, Rolling Stone reported. The Pulitzer board announced Lamar’s selection on Monday, calling the 2017 LP “a virtuosic song collection unified by its vernacular authenticity and rhythmic dynamism that offers affecting vignettes capturing the complexity of modern African American life.” DAMN. is Lamar’s fourth studio album, the latest in a series of acclaimed and sonically eclectic records. The LP, which has reached double-platinum sales status, was nominated for Album of the…

The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday, said it arrested 115 Shiite members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) during a violent protest in Abuja. The police also debunked stories in the social media that some lives were lost. “No life was lost in the violent protest as the police operatives deployed to quell the protest were professional in handling the situation,” police spokesman,DSP Anjuguri Manzah said. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the leader of the sect, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky was arrested by the authorities after a clash with the convoy of…