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Ajimobi condemns attack, police deny action There was pandemonium in the Popoyemoja palace of Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, yesterday, as gunmen invaded the place forcing people that came for the installation of some Baales to run for their lives. The gunmen were said to have arrived at the palace around 12 p.m. in a white Sienna Toyota utility car shooting sporadically into the air to disperse people at the event before shooting into the vehicle of the former Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Sharafadeen Alli, who is the current Asaaju Balogun of Ibadanland. Palace sources said they…

An Egyptian woman once believed to be the world’s heaviest has died in the United Arab Emirates. Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty had travelled to India earlier this year for bariatric weight loss surgery. Local media reported that she had lost more than 300kg (660lb) of her 500kg but had died from complications from other health conditions. A hospital statement said the 37-year-old had heart disease and kidney dysfunction. “Our prayers and heartfelt condolences go out to her family,” said the hospital. Read Also SON warns Nigerian motorists against substandard tyres Ms Abd El Aty had been in the UAE…

Juventus president Andrea Agnelli has been banned for a year for his role in the sale of match tickets to mafia-linked supporters’ groups. The 41-year-old was also fined 20,000 euros (£17,600), while Juventus must pay 300,000 euros (£264,000) and three other club officials were banned. Agnelli was accused of helping to sell tickets – later resold at a huge profit – to ‘ultras’ fans, some with alleged links to organised crime. He and the club plan to appeal. Prosecutor Giuseppe Pecoraro had requested a 30-month suspension and 50,000 euro (£44,000) fine for Agnelli at the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) hearing.…

A goal in each half from Alexandre Lacazette gave Arsenal a 2-0 win over West Brom at the Emirates in the Premier League. West Brom had several chances in the first half, and Jay Rodriguez had a strong call for a penalty turned down early on, but Lacazette’s headed rebound (20) had Arsenal ahead at the break. Lacazette’s penalty made it 2-0 to Arsenal midway through the second half, and that’s how it stayed as Arsene Wenger’s side kept their 100 per cent home record this season. The result means Arsenal moved up to seventh on 10 points, while West…

Pep Guardiola is refusing to get carried away with the potential of his prolific Manchester City team as they prepare to welcome Shakhtar Donetsk to the Etihad on Tuesday evening in the Champions League. Free-scoring City have been outstanding in recent weeks, thrashing Liverpool, Watford and Crystal Palace in their last three Premier League games by an aggregate score of 16-0. Combined with a 4-0 thrashing of Feyenoord in the opening Champions League group game, and a more modest 2-1 victory over West Brom in the Carabao Cup, City’s momentum since the last international break has been formidable. Spaniard Guardiola,…

The Lagos State Government on Monday donated 120 power generating sets to the state police command for its 107 divisions and 13 areas commands to enhance security operations. Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode was represented at the event by Mr Oye Hassan-Odukale, Chairman, Lagos Sate Security Trust Fund (LSSTF). The governor said at the presentation of the generators at the Lagos House, Ikeja, that security was a major agendum of the administration. “We know the situation of security in our country today, and we, on our part, need to be proactive to secure the lives and property of the citizens, and make…

The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on Monday warned Nigerians to desist from using substandard tyres, which it described as a death trap. The Director-General of SON, Mr Aboloma Osita, gave the warning at a one-day seminar organised for members of the Association of Tyre Dealers of Nigeria in Osogbo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the theme of the seminar is “Substandard Tyres – A Risk to National Economic Security”. Osita, who was represented by the SON South-West Regional Coordinator, Mrs Oyenike Owoyele, said the proliferation of substandard tyres in the country had led to preventable loss…

Ali Ahmadu, the six year old boy from Chibok village, Borno State, who was run over by Boko Haram terrorists when they invaded his village three years ago, survived an intensive corrective surgery in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). After the incident, young Ali, who was left devastated, with a spinal cord injury and unable to move, was flown out of the country on Sunday, September 10, 2017 for the operation courtesy The Dickens Sanomi Foundation (DSF). The Foundation had on August 18, 2017 offered to pay the entire $48,000 (about N17.5million) medical bill required to help the young boy…

President Muhammadu Buhari has joined world leaders in congratulating German Chancellor Angela Merkel on her victory at the polls. President Buhari felicitated with the German Chancellor’s party for producing leadership for the country for over 12 years, and winning another opportunity to sustain the legacy of good work. Read Also Trump adds new countries to travel ban list – including N/Korea According to Femi Adesina, President Buhari recalled his interactions with Chancellor Merkel over the years, especially at the G8 meeting in 2015 and during his visit to Germany in 2016. President Buhari came “away with a strong impression of…

Six members of a family were found dead at their home in the southern Indian city of Madurai in an apparent suicide pact over debt, officials said on Monday. Two more family members were rescued from their residence in a critical state late Sunday night and were being treated at hospital, administration official, Veera Rao, said. Read Also London’s new $1 billion american embassy is world’s most expensive The family which ran a school, committed suicide by consuming poison and police found a suicide note that said they were under a huge loan default, Rao added. The family, in the…