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A State High Court in Benin City, Edo Sate, on Friday, sentenced a police constable, Joseph Omotosho, to death for conspiring with four other constables, said to be at large, to kill a car dealer in 2015. The slain car dealer, Benson Obodeh, was suspected by the police to belong to a criminal gang. Mr Omotosho, who was dismissed from the Nigerian police after the incident, served with the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a police unit that was notorious for its brutality and other forms of human rights abuses. The four other dismissed constables were also convicted but not…

The Primate of Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Henry Ndukuba, has urged Nigerians, especially Christians, to ensure that they are inoculated against the deadly COVID-19 pandemic when general vaccination commences in the country. Mr Ndukuba, a most reverend, said this at the February 2021 Standing Committee meeting of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, which began on Feb. 8 and ended on Feb. 14, with a church service at the All Saints’ Cathedral, Onitsha, Anambra. A full text of the meeting obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday quoted Mr Ndukuba as saying that many…

Anthony Martial was racially abused on social media after Manchester United’s 1-1 draw with West Bromwich Albion. Martial played 66 minutes before being replaced by Mason Greenwood as United came back to level against West Brom after going behind inside two minutes. After the game, Martial was subjected to abuse on his Instagram account, with a number of users posting racist messages and symbols on his photos, and using the N-word. It comes not long after Martial – along with teammate Axel Tuanzebe – was abused after the team’s loss to Sheffield United on January 27. Last weekend, United joined Manchester City, Liverpool…

The Gunners skipper was in superb form at the Emirates Stadium as his side took on Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang notched up another major career milestone when he scored his first Premier League hat-trick in Arsenal’s game against Leeds United. The Gunners captain cut in off the left flank to rifle home the opener inside the first quarter-hour at the Emirates Stadium, before converting from the penalty spot just before the break after Bukayo Saka was fouled by Illan Meslier. Hector Bellerin slotted home a third on the stroke of half-time, but it was Aubameyang who wrote himself a new chapter after…

President Joe Biden said Saturday that despite Donald Trump’s acquittal in the US Capitol insurrection trial the charges against him are not in dispute and the attack shows “democracy is fragile.” READ ALSO: Fresh Ebola outbreak looms as Guinea records three deaths “While the final vote did not lead to a conviction, the substance of the charge is not in dispute,” Biden said after the Senate voted 57-43 to acquit Trump in his second impeachment trial. “This sad chapter in our history has reminded us that democracy is fragile. That it must always be defended. That we must be ever…

The head of Guinea’s health agency said Sunday that the country was in the midst of an Ebola “epidemic situation” with seven cases confirmed in the West African nation, including three deaths. “Very early this morning, the Conakry laboratory confirmed the presence of the Ebola virus,” Sakoba Keita said after an emergency meeting in the capital. Health Minister Remy Lamah had earlier spoken of four deaths. It was not immediately clear why the toll had been reduced. The cases marked the first known resurgence of the virus in West Africa since a 2013-2016 epidemic that began in Guinea and left…

Comedian  Debo Adebayo who is popularly known as Mr Macaroni has condemned the police for the treatment meted out to him and other protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate, claiming that they were stripped naked.  “When we were picked up, we were taken to Adeniji where we were beaten, we were stripped naked,” he said in a video posted on his Twitter handle on Sunday. “Everyone was beaten.” The comedian explained that he initially did not want to go for the protest as he had been warned by his family, but noted that he changed his mind because people will be…

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), in the Southeast, says it will support any policy by the government that seeks to stop the clashes between host communities and the herdsmen. It listed conditions to be followed by the government to stop incessant clashes between its members and farmers in the country He said the association in the southeast zone was in support of any government policy that would put to an end, the continued clashes between Fulani herders and farmers in the country. So long the policy would be of benefit to both parties. According to Siddiki,…

Vice president, Yemi Osinbajo has decried the recent mayhem that led to the loss of lives at the Shasha market in the past few days. Prof. Osinbajo also said that criminals must be dealt with according to law and not ethnic conflict. He has also urged for peace to reign between Northern traders and the Yoruba people. “I have heard about the unfortunate mayhem and the tragic loss of lives at the Shasha market in the past few days.” “Shasha market  has been a melting pot for traders bringing foodstuff from the North to the Southwest for decades.” “For decades…

Ace comedian Debo Adebayo popularly known as Mr Macaroni and 39 other arrested #OccupyLekki protesters have been granted bail, The Nation can confirm. Spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, Muyiwa Adejobi, announced this in a statement on Saturday evening. He said: “The command has arrested forty (40) suspects at Lekki Toll Gate plaza, Lagos State, on Saturday 13th February, 2021, for conspiracy, conduct likely to cause breach of peace and violation of COVID-19 protocols. “The suspects had gathered at the Lekki Toll Gate plaza creating tension and behaving in such a manner that could cause breach of public peace without due…