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The Inspector general of Police, Ibrahim Idris has deployed five additional units of mobile police force, helicopters and special intelligence squads to troubled local councils in Benue and River states. He placed commissioners of Police and Police Personnel in the affected States on red alert, while also ordering 24 hour crime prevention and visibility patrols all over the Country. A statement by Jimoh Moshood, the police spokesman said the measures have been taken by the IGP to nip in the bud and prevent further attacks on innocent Nigerians by suspected herdsmen and other criminal elements in the mentioned States. To…

By Chief Edwin Emeka Aboh In less than six months time, active political gymnastics would start across the country in preparation for the 2019 General Elections. I am talking about party primaries which is one way of pruning down the number of aspirants who have declared interest to run for various elective posts within some political parties. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) are the two main parties to look out for because the choice of who gets their tickets for elective positions later in the year especially their presidential candidates would go a long…

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has continued his feud with Chelsea boss Antonio Conte by saying he will never be “suspended for match-fixing”. Conte received a four-month suspension while at Juventus in the 2012-13 season for failing to report match-fixing at his previous club Siena. In 2016, the Italian was cleared by a court of any wrongdoing in the matter. Mourinho’s comments came after Conte had accused the Portuguese of forgetting his own antics in the past. Conte had reacted angrily this week to Mourinho’s assertion that he did not need to act like a “clown” in his technical area,…

Christians in countries such as Ethiopia, Egypt, Syria, Russia are just swinging into the Christmas celebration mood and have their gongs and cymbals ready for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. Adherents of the ancient Ethiopian Orthodox Church will be marking their Christmas tomorrow, simultaneously as it is observed by Orthodox Christians in Russia, Syria, Jordan, Egypt and Palestine. The Ethiopian Orthodox Christians who form more than 50 per cent of the country’s 102.4 million population will hold a Lidet Christmas Service today followed by a traditional Christmas feast after the service. Tomorrow is the Christmas Day. Orthodox…

Dozens of football fans have been injured after a glass barrier collapsed during celebrations following a match held at a stadium in Kuwait. The incident occurred when Omani fans rushed to greet their team after their win in the 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup final. “The barrier went down due to pressure caused by waves of moving fans,” state news agency Kuna reported. Read Also Saudi Arabia increases citizens stipends, benefits as taxes bite Oman beat the United Arab Emirates (UAE) 5-4 in a penalty shootout at the Jaber al-Ahmad stadium. About 40 people sustained “minor injuries” in Friday’s incident, with…

Passengers had to evacuate using emergency slides after two planes collided in Toronto. A WestJet plane from Cancun, Mexico, had been stationary and waiting to go to a gate at Pearson International Airport just after 6pm on Friday night when it was hit by a Sunwing aircraft. The Sunwing, which had no passengers on board, was being towed out of a gate at the time. The collision caused a small fire on the Sunwing’s wing, causing passengers to scream, video footage of the incident showed. Read Also Nigeria in search of 28 hardened in criminals in jailbreak saga Passenger Adrianna…

Saudi Arabia announced Saturday it had boosted stipends and benefits for citizens to cushion the impact of economic reforms including the kingdom’s first ever taxes after an oil price slump. Most working Saudi Arabians are employed by the state and, like nationals in other energy-flush Gulf monarchies, have long benefited from a generous welfare system. After the 2014 oil market crash, Saudi Arabia as well as the neighbouring United Arab Emirates announced a five percent value-added tax on most goods and services which took effect at the start of this year. In a move that aims to “soften the impact…

North Korea’s Olympic representative said Saturday the reclusive nation was “likely to participate” in next month’s Winter Games in South Korea, Kyodo news agency reported, in the latest sign of a thaw in tensions on the peninsula. The comments by Chang Ung, Pyongyang’s representative to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), come a day after the North and South agreed to hold rare talks next week and follow Seoul and Washington’s announcement that they would postpone joint military exercises that rile North Korea. The Japanese news agency said Chang made the brief comment to reporters during a stopover at Beijing’s international…

The Senator representing Rivers East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Ohna Andrew Uchendu, OON, has called on religious and traditional leaders to join in the condemnation of the senseless and continued killings in Rivers State. Senator Uchendu, who was reacting to the recent killings of about seventeen persons in Omoku in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area, on January 1, 2018 and about seven persons in Egbeda community in Emohua Local Government Area. He also reacted to killings by unknown gunmen yesterday. He said the Rivers State Governor had wailed enough, hence he believes that spiritual and traditional leaders should join…

Nigeria Prisons Service is searching for hardened 28 criminals who are among those that escaped from prisons in a major jailbreak at Ikot Ekpene on December, 27. The Controller General of Prisons, Mr Jaffaru Ahmed, who inspected facilities in Ikot Ekpene Prisons on Friday, said attributed the jailbreak to lapses on the part of prison staff. “About 40 inmates found their way out of Ikot Ekpene Prisons in a broad daylight around 11.45 a.m. “They took on the lapses that they saw, perhaps they have been planning it for a very long time and actualised it on December 27, 2017…