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Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure would prefer to play “without a referee” in Thursday’s derby with Manchester United after criticising the standard of officiating in the FA Cup semi-final defeat by Arsenal. Referee Craig Pawson ruled out Sergio Aguero’s first-half strike at Wembley. Replays suggested the goal should have stood and City went on to lose the game 2-1 after extra time. “I think the referees have to stop this,” said Toure. “I am very disappointed. It is not the first time, there have been a couple of times. “Maybe on Thursday we are going to have a better referee…

A 28-year-old fashion designer, Chizoba Nwakuro, who allegedly slapped his landlady over unsettled house rent, was on Monday hauled up before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court. Nwakuro, a resident of Odusola Street, Aboru, Ipaja, a Lagos suburb, is being tried for breach of peace and assault. According to the Prosecutor George Nwosu, the accused committed the offences on April 4 at his apartment. He said the accused assaulted his landlady, Mrs Destiny Dennis, by slapping her several times. Nwosu said the accused was owing the complainant four months rent and when the complainant accosted asked for the money, the accused got…

The body of late Sen. Isiaka Adeleke has been buried at his residence in Ede, Osun state. The corpse was brought to the residence from Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo at about 10:46am, where the Chief Imam of Ede, Alhaji Moshood Akaje performed the funeral prayers at about 11:03 am. Adeleke’s body was immediately buried after the prayers amidst tears by families, friends and political associates. Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti and Ibikule Amosun of Ogun, were among the dignitaries that attended the burial. Earlier in his sermon, Alhaji Ibrahim Adekilekun, the Chief Imam…

Disturbed by the worsening cases of violence in Ikorodu area of Lagos, the police have accused traditional rulers and chiefs in the area of collaborating with criminals to unleash terror on residents. “There are Baales (village heads) that are informants and sponsors of criminals in this area,” the Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, said on Sunday at a meeting with the traditional rulers. “They allow militants to build houses harbouring criminals in the creeks. “I want the royal fathers to call their chiefs to order. This meeting is convened to tell them that we will no…

Angry youths in Ede, Osun State have attacked Mrs Idiat Babalola, the Senior Special Adviser to Gov. Rauf Aregbesola on Diaspora. Babalola who came for the burial of Sen. Isiaka Adeleke, who died on Sunday, was mobbed by the youths who prevented state government officials from attending the burial, alleging that the senator was poisoned. It took the intervention of policemen with an order from the State Commissioner of Police, Mr Fimihan Adeoye who was present at the late senator’s residence, to ferry her out. The atmosphere at the late Adeleke’s house was tensed as sympathisers and family members were…

Both men are said to be on a shortlist that is currently before President Muhammadu Buhari, as the Osinbajo panel kicks off the investigation into the management of funds meant for humanitarian assistance in the North-east. Lawal and the Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ambassador Ayo Oke, were sent home by Buhari last week over their respective involvement in the alleged mismanagement of the funds allocated to the Presidential Initiative on the North-east (PINE) and the discovery of N13.3 billion in an apartment in Ikoyi, Lagos, penultimate week. The president also set up a panel headed by…

The Marquee of the Federal Palace hotel Lagos was a bright and lovely redoubt on Sunday April 9, 2016 as guests arrived for the 7th Woman Rising concert, an annual celebration of women who inspire and the men who love them. Billed as a “celebration of women through Music, Arts and Networking” Woman Rising is convened by Ugoma Adegoke in concert with Zebra Living and this year’s edition was supported by FBN Quest, FCMB, Cointreau, The Wheatbaker, Strada Media, sabinews.com and The Guardian.  This year’s event had award winning actor and producer, Lala Akindoju as compere and she did a…

An official North Korean website warned Monday that Pyongyang will “wipe out” the United States if Washington starts a war on the peninsula, the latest tit-for-tat sabre-rattling that has sent tensions soaring in the region, AFP reports. According to Vice President Mike Pence, the US supercarrier Carl Vinson will arrive in waters off the Korean peninsula “in a matter of days” amid reports the North could be preparing a sixth nuclear test. Pyongyang is still believed to be far from reaching its aim of building a missile capable of reaching the US mainland, but the secretive nation has ramped up…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won the chairmanship seats of the 13 local government areas of Ebonyi State in the last Saturday local council polls. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the party also won all the councillorship seats in the 171 wards of the state. Mr. Jossy Eze, Chairman of the state Independent Electoral Commission (EBSIEC) announced this yesterday at the commission’s headquarters in Abakaliki while declaring the result of the polls. According to him, seven political parties participated in the elections out of the 40 registered parties in the state including the PDP and the…

A middle aged man has been arrested in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital for possessing human parts. Reports gathered that the suspect had been monitored by residents of Ita Kudimo, Abata Suban, Pakata area of Ilorin West local government in the past few days after speculation grew that he possessed a corpse in his building. It was also gathered that the neighbours of the suspect swooped on his residence at about noon on Sunday and the suspect was allegedly caught with human parts. He was later dragged to Adewole Police station in the Ilorin metropolis amidst shouting and rain of…