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The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) yesterday declared that the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu was not in any military custody. It also said the military did not in any way raid the home of Kanu, saying it watched the operation live and can justify that his home was not raided by the military. Speaking at a press briefing in Abuja, yesterday, Director Defence Information, (DDI) Major Geneneral John Enenche, said the people that came out to attack the military were the Biafra Security Service and the Biafra National Guard, adding that it is not right…

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday ordered the Department of State Service to produce the detained former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), before a Federal High Court in Abuja to enable him testify in defence of a former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olisa Metuh. In a unanimous judgement delivered by its three-man panel, the Court of Appeal also ordered the trial judge, Justice Okon Abang, of the Federal High Court, Abuja before whom Metuh is being prosecuted to immediately sign the subpoena filed by the ex-PDP spokesperson. Read Also Court remands…

Exclusive: Nneka Obazee overdosed on pain medication after finding out she was being returned to her home country of Nigeria A lesbian asylum seeker attempted to take her own life in order to stop herself being deported from the UK. Nneka Obazee, 34, was meant to be flown on a charter flight to her home country of Nigeria but she overdosed on pain medication which led to her hospitalisation, according to activist group Lesbians and Gays Support the Migrants. Ms Obazee was set to be deported along with her 19-year-old stepson on an 11pm charter flight on Wednesday back to…

England midfielder Dele Alli has been banned for one international match following his middle-finger gesture during the World Cup qualifier against Slovakia. The Tottenham player was also fined 5,000 Swiss francs (£3,852) by Fifa, who says the incident on 4 September was “offensive and unsporting”. Alli will miss Thursday’s World Cup qualifier at home to Slovenia. Read Also Sergio Aguero injured in Amsterdam car crash The 21-year-old will be available for the game against Lithuania on Sunday. Alli said his gesture was aimed at former Spurs team-mate Kyle Walker during the 77th minute of the 2-1 win in Group F.…

A Minna Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered the remand of a 38-year-old Arabic teacher, Bashiru Isah, accused of strangling his own son. Isah was arraigned on a one count charge of culpable homicide, punishable under Section 221 of the Penal Code Law. The Police prosecutor, Insp. Emmanuel Danladi, told the court that one Aisha Bashiru, wife to the accused person, reported the matter at Lapai Police Division on Sept. 19. Read Also Gunmen kill traditional ruler in Plateau Danladi said the complainant alleged that on the same date at about 1:15 am, her husband, a resident of Ebbo village in…

Unknown gunmen at midnight attacked Gyangyang village in Jhar Chiefdom of Kanam Local Government area of Plateau killing the acting village head, Alhaji Mohammed Suleiman. A family source told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos that the gunmen invaded the house of the deceased at about 1:00 a.m on Friday and killed the traditional ruler. The source said that the gunmen who carried sophisticated weapons stationed some of their men outside the house to ensure that nobody interfered with their operation. Read Also EFCC disrupts Fayose’s party, arrests Ekiti finance commissioner “We heard when they shot him and…

• Nigeria does not have documented drug resistance, says NMEP Scientists have raised fresh alert to the rapid spread of ‘super malaria’ in South East Asia, which they say pose a global threat to efforts to eliminate the mosquito-borne disease. They fear that this dangerous form of the malaria parasite has become untreatable with the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended drug-of-choice, Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy (ACT). The researchers from the Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit in Bangkok in their study published in The Lancet Infectious warned that the menace is spreading. It emerged in Cambodia but has since spread through parts…

Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero has been involved in a car crash in the Netherlands, according to reports in Argentina. The unverified claims say the 29-year-old fractured a rib after the taxi in which he was travelling in Amsterdam hit a lamp post. Dutch police have told Sky Sports News that two people were injured and taken to hospital, but would not confirm their names. Aguero had earlier posted a picture of himself with Colombian singer Maluma on his Instagram account. He was understood to have been attending Maluma’s concert before the accident happened. https://www.instagram.com/p/BZl_rxCFDjc/ The City star’s former club,…

Nigeria has restated zero intolerance for human trafficking, saying it has put in place strong measures to eradicate the menace in the country. The Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Nigeria to Vienna, Mrs Vivian Okeke, stated this in New York at the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Appraisal of the UN Global Plan of Action against Trafficking in Persons. Okeke said Nigeria considered the meeting very important, in view of the need for global solidarity and cooperation to fight the menace of trafficking in persons. “Nigeria is not exempted from the scourge. It has been both a destination country…

Theo Walcott scored twice as Arsenal beat BATE Borisov 4-2 in an open encounter in their Europa League group-stage clash in Belarus. Walcott’s early double put the visitors in control, Rob Holding’s close-range finish made it 3-0, but Mirko Ivanic pulled one back before the break for BATE. Olivier Giroud regained the three-goal cushion with a penalty after half-time, but Mikhail Gordeichuk made it 4-2 with just over 20 minutes remaining from six yards. The result means Arsenal are in control of Group H, sitting top with six points from two games, two points ahead of Red Star Belgrade. Arsenal…