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The Senate has given the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mr Ibrahim Idris 14 day ultimatum to arrest and investigate the perpetrators of Benue killings. This position was sequel to the consideration of a report of the Senate Ad Hoc Committee on the Review of the Current Security Infrastructure in Nigeria. The committee had on Friday last week, visited Benue to ascertain the level of killings in the state. The report was presented by Chairman of the Committee, Senator Ahmed Lawan during plenary on Tuesday. He said the recommendations of the committee included re-examining, revamping and reinventing the nation’s security architecture…

ntel, Nigeria’s most advanced 4G/LTE network provider raked in the highest number of Internet subscriptions in the third quarter, 2017. According to the Nigeria Bureau Statistics (NBS) report for Q3, 2017, released last weekend, the GSM platform remained the most dominant means of accessing the Internet for subscribers in Nigeria. The report showed that for the period under review, active GSM Internet subscriptions stood at 92.9 million representing a 1.5 per cent growth from the previous quarter’s 91.5 million, and a 0.22 per cent decline from the same period last year. The NBS report informed that “while GSM Internet subscriptions…

The English Championship was the third most-watched league in European football during the 2016-17 season. The Premier League tops the list with total attendances of more than 13m, with Germany’s Bundesliga second. England’s second tier, with an total of more than 11m, ranks higher than Spain’s La Liga, Italy’s Serie A and France’s Ligue 1. League One – which was won by Sheffield United – is ninth in UEFA’s Club Licensing Benchmarking Report. The Championship was fourth in last year’s report and enjoyed an average attendance of 20,125 during the 2016-17 campaign. Title winners Newcastle United’s 1-1 draw with Leeds…

Kelechi Iheanacho became the first player to score a goal awarded by a Video Assistant Referee, VAR, in English football as Leicester beat Fleetwood in an FA Cup third-round replay. Iheanacho opened the scoring – with a routine strike – from Islam Slimani’s pass. The big talking point of the game came when the former Manchester City striker initially had a goal disallowed for offside from Riyad Mahrez’s through ball. But referee Jonathan Moss liaised with video official Mike Jones, who told him Nathan Pond’s trailing foot was keeping Iheanacho onside, and the goal was awarded 67 seconds after…

The Nigeria Police Force said the office of the Peace Corps of Nigeria in Jabi, Abuja remains shut because the order proscribing the existence and operations of the organisation is still in force. The police made the clarification in a statement on Tuesday following innuendos and misinformation created by some media reports. A Federal High Court recently ruled that the office be opened. But the police said they have appealed the judgment and filed a stay of execution. They said they took the steps “in the interest of National Security and Public Safety”. The statement by Jimoh Moshood gave a…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday charged a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Jumoke Akinjide before a Federal High Court Lagos, for allegedly laundering the sum of N650 million. Akinjide was re-arraigned before Justice Muslim Hassan, on a 24-count charge, following the transfer of the case file by the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court Justice Adamu Kafarati. She was first charged before the Oyo State division of the court, but was charged by anti-graft agency in Lagos, alongside a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke. Allison-Madueke was however, said to be…

Yobe Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Gaidam, on Tuesday signed the N92 billion 2018 appropriation bill into law. In his speech while signing the bill in Damaturu, Gaidam commended the state House of Assembly for the speedy passage of the document 32 days after its presentation to the lawmakers. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the budgetary proposals presented by the governor was retained by the assembly. “The appropriation bill as presented remains the same except for some internal adjustments decreasing allocation for recurrent services and increasing capital programmes.’’ Read Also 10 people die in Anambra road accidents He said…

The Anambra Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said on Tuesday that no fewer than 10 persons lost their lives in 23 road accidents in Anambra in 2017. Mr Sunday Ajayi, the Sector Commander of the FRSC in Anambra, disclosed the figure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka. Ajayi said that there was a slight drop in the figures last year, compared to 2016, which recorded 11 deaths and 34 crashes. He said that there were seven fatal accidents in the state in 2016, while 2017 recorded five fatal road mishaps.…

Nigeria’s military says it has released 244 “repentant” Boko Haram suspects who have undergone rehabilitation. The authorities say they have been de-radicalised and can re-enter society, but critics are sceptical about whether they have repented. The group, which includes women and children, has been handed over to the governor of Borno state, an area badly affected by Islamist violence. Some 20,000 people have been killed in Boko Haram’s eight-year insurgency. The army released the suspects as part of activities marking Armed Forces Remembrance Day. READ: Carcasses of two goats presented as evidence against man having sex with goats “The detainees…

Arsenal forward Theo Walcott is set to have a medical at Everton within the next 24 hours before completing a move worth more than £20m. It seems the England international, 28, has played his last game for the Gunners, whom he joined from Southampton 12 years ago. Everton’s offer is expected to fend off rivals, including Southampton. Walcott is also enticed by the prospect of Toffees manager Sam Allardyce helping to reignite his career. He has scored 108 goals in 397 appearances for Arsenal but has fallen out of favour with boss Arsene Wenger. If a deal goes through, Arsenal…