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Seven alleged members of the dreaded Badoo cult, accused of bestial killings in Ikorodu area of Lagos, were on Friday docked and subsequently granted bail at an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court. They were charged with conspiracy and membership of an unlawful society. The accused Afolabi Kessington, 25,Ismaila Shaibu, 36, Mutiu Nurudeen, 26, Ibrahim Bello, 25, Lukman Mohammed, 35, Gift Itafa, 50 and Sheriff Adewunmi, 23, all pleaded not guilty. Ambode tells NASS to close Federal Land Registry in Lagos The Prosecutor, ASP Fidelis Dike, said that the accused committed the offences between July 3 and 5 at Powerline, Agbala area…

Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday described the continuous operation of the Federal Land Registry in Lagos as an aberration which the current ongoing Constitutional amendment process must address in line with the principle of fiscal federalism. Speaking at a joint working retreat of Senate and House Representatives Committees on the Review of 1999 Constitution held in Lagos, Governor Ambode also called on the National Assembly to jettison the proposed Stamp duties Bill currently being considered, which according to him, would cripple the internally generated revenue due to States in the federation if allowed to scale through. While…

Barcelona have re-signed winger Gerard Deulofeu from Everton after exercising a buy-back clause believed to be worth 12m euros (£10.6m). Deulofeu originally went on loan to Everton in 2013-14 then signed in a £4.3m permanent deal in 2015. The 23-year-old made 13 appearances for Everton last season before joining AC Milan on loan in January. The Spaniard, who came through the youth academy at the Nou Camp, has signed a two-year deal. After a good first season on Merseyside, Deulofeu fell out of favour and manager Ronald Koeman allowed him to spend the second half of the last campaign in…

Grandparents and other relatives of people living in the US cannot be barred from entering under President Trump’s travel ban, a judge has ruled. The order, by District Judge Derrick Watson in Hawaii, is a fresh legal blow to Mr Trump’s immigration crackdown. The judge said the ban had interpreted a Supreme Court ruling too narrowly. That decision, made last month, partly reinstated the ban on refugees and travellers from six Muslim-majority countries. It said only those with “bona fide” family ties would be let into the US. But the Trump administration decided that did not include grandparents, grandchildren, brothers-in-law,…

Beyonce has shared the first picture of herself with her twins on Instagram to celebrate them turning one month old. The US singer also confirmed they are called Sir Carter and Rumi – which had been rumoured after she and husband Jay-Z filed a trademark for the names. The picture showed the 35-year-old mother-of-three and the twins draped in a purple floral sheet, while she wore a blue veil. It clocked up more than two million likes on Instagram in an hour. Beyonce wrote: “Sir Carter and Rumi 1 month today”, with a string of emojis of prayer hands and…

North Korea on Friday threatened to take “corresponding measures” if the UN Security Council adopts another sanctions resolution in response to the North’s test-launch of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) on July 4. The North’s foreign ministry said in a statement carried by the official KCNA news agency that the ICBM test was an exercise of its legitimate right to self-defense against nuclear threat from the United States. The U.S. has been trying to get China and Russia to back a new UN Security Council resolution imposing stiffer sanctions on North Korea following its latest missile test. NAN reports that…

Nigeria’s parliament is investigating reports that 97 fishermen have been killed in the Bakassi peninsula, which the country ceded to Cameroon. Reports say that the killings happened last week when a Cameroonian paramilitary unit was enforcing a $300 (£230) fishing levy. Nigerian Interior Minister Abdulrahman Dambazau accused Cameroon of breaching an agreement to protect its citizens. The Cameroonian government is yet to comment. READ: INEC halts Dino Melaye’s recall process Cameroon took control of oil-rich Bakassi in 2008 after an International Court of Justice ruling, ending years of border skirmishes. Survivors of the attack have been arriving back in Nigeria…

Nathaniel Chalobah has sealed a permanent return to Watford from Chelsea, the Hornets are delighted to confirm. The England Under-21 international midfielder has signed a five-year deal at Vicarage Road and joins for an undisclosed fee. Chalobah has played 97 times for England at various youth levels, and he was a key part of the Under-21s’ recent run to the semi-final of the European Championships. READ: Man City close to signing Kyle Walker for £50m The 22-year-old excelled during 42 appearances while on loan with the Hornets during the 2012/13 season, scoring five goals. Since then he has spent temporary…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it would comply with the order of the Federal High Court, Abuja that temporarily suspended the recall of Senator Dino Melaye from the Senate. Melaye represents the Kogi West Senatorial District at the Upper Chamber. The Commission disclosed this in a statement issued by Prince Adedeji Soyebi, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee on Thursday in Abuja. Soyebi said the commission reached the decision after considering the court order dated July 6, 2017, at its regular weekly meeting held on Thursday. READ: Corruption: Court admits ex-Jigawa Gov, Turaki to…

Justice Halilu Yusuf of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja on Thursday July 13, 2017 granted bail to the former governor of Jigawa State, Ibrahim Saminu Turaki. The former governor was re-arraigned before Justice Sabi’u Yahuza at the Federal High Court, Dutse, Jigawa State on a 32-count charge of misappropriating N36 billion while in office, after successfully challenging the jurisdiction of the FCT High Court, where he was first arraigned before Justice Binta Murtala Nyako. Since his re-arraignment, Turaki refused to attend trial – a situation which resulted in the Commission declaring him wanted in May,…