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A Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) official identified as Sunday Dade, reportedly shot dead an operative of Department of State Services (DSS) named Seyi Adebowale in Osun State. It was gathered that Adebowale was shot in Kuta, Ayedire Local Government Area in the palace of the traditional ruler after the commissioning of a bridge built by the Nigeria Army which was flagged off by Osun State Governor, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola and the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, on September 15, 2020. The NSCDC official, Dade, was said to have been shooting sporadically to express his…

The Lagos state Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has ordered the Police Public Relations Officer of the command to roll out the phone numbers of the Public Complaint Bureau of the command, in addition to the already released phone numbers, to the general public in order to allow them lodge complaints against police harassment, brutality and extortion. The police chief, while restating his zero tolerance for unethical and inhuman conducts in the police, ordered all checkmating units in the command including provost, X-Squad, CP Monitoring Team and Public Complaint Bureau (PCB) to wake up to their duties and arrest…

The Ekiti State Police Command has launched an investigation into the death of a policeman attached to Aramoko Division after he was crushed by a vehicle on his way to work. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Sunday Abutu, said this while speaking with newsmen in Ado-Ekiti on Sunday. Abutu said the investigation was “to ascertain the actual cause of the death of the policeman for necessary action”. Court remands 2 men over alleged murder of policeman The News Agency of Nigeria gathered that the unnamed policeman died as a result of injuries he sustained when he was crushed…

Arsenal will turn their attention to securing a loan deal for Chelsea’s Italy midfielder Jorginho, 28, as their hopes fade of signing Lyon’s French midfielder Houssem Aouar, 22. (ESPN) Tottenham Hotspur’s England Under-21 winger Ryan Sessegnon, 20, is on the verge of a loan move to Bundesliga side Hoffenheim. (Mail on Sunday) Newcastle United, West Ham United and Crystal Palace have enquired about signing 31-year-old former England winger Theo Walcott on loan from Everton. (Teamtalk) Manchester City could scupper Manchester United’s plan to sign Porto left-back Alex Telles with a late bid for the 27-year-old Brazil defender. (90Min) Chelsea have rejected Bayern Munich’s loan and £70m option-to-buy deal for England forward Callum Hudson-Odoi, 19. (Mail on Sunday) French midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko, 26, is poised…

The Chief Priest of Igbudu community in Warri South Council Area of Delta State, Victor Alawuru, was reportedly stabbed to death Thursday, for impregnating a lady of the Muslim faith. The incident which took place along Degbori Street in the Hausa Quarters axis of the community, saw people running helter-skelter in the neighbourhood, Friday evening as youths of Igbudu market sought to launch a retaliatory attack on the hoodlums, said to be some “Hausa boys”. The victim, 23, is said to be a grandson of Alawuru, a popular family name in Warri and Udu areas of the state, and only…

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has alleged he caught Precious Chikwendu, his estranged wife, with a married man in bed. He stated this while reacting to a viral video claiming that he physically abused Chikwendu. The couple has been reportedly separated over unresolved issues despite having four kids, including a triplet. In the 21-second video, released by SaharaReporters, the two could be seen engaging in a heated exchange. While reacting in a series of tweets on Saturday, he said the short clip was nothing but a “mere propaganda.” …My words in the video are self explanatory. I urge those…

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Saturday joined in the agitation for the restructuring of Nigeria, saying it is the only solution to the persistent threats to secede by aggrieved component parts of the country. Adeboye spoke at a symposium co-organised by RCCG and the Nehemiah Leadership Institute to mark Nigeria’s 60th Independence Anniversary. He also advocated the adoption of a system of government that is unique to the country but borrowing from the British system of government and the American model. His words: “Why can’t we have a system of…

The 2023 presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will be open to all party members, National Chairman Uche Secondus said on Saturday. “Everyone who is qualified, young, old, governors and non-governors, is qualified and will have the opportunity to contest, and we have the space for everyone,” Secondus said in Bauchi. His handling of the crisis in the party in the Southwest is not sitting well with governors elected on the platform of the party, its Board of Trustees (BoT) and some other prominent groups and individuals. Secondus’ position appears to contradict the calculations in some quarters that…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 160 confirmed new coronavirus cases in the country on Saturday. The 160 cases announced by the Centre for Disease Control takes the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 59,287. The NCDC also announced the discharge of 125 patients from isolation centers across the country with one new death reported. Rivers state recorded the most cases for the day with 42 positive cases announced by the NCDC. Lagos state, the epicentre of the virus in Nigeria reported 32 new confirmed cases taking the total number of confirmed cases in Lagos alone…

The Nigerian Local Content bill received presidential assent on April 2, 2010. The Act was to provide a framework that would guide indigenous content and participation in the Nigerian oil and gas industry. The law also provided for the establishment of the Nigerian Content Monitoring Board (NCMB), charged with the responsibility of managing the coordination, monitoring and implementation of the new Local Content law. The Act states without equivocation that “(1) Nigerian independent operators shall be given first consideration in the award of oil blocks, oil field licenses, oil lifting licenses and in all projects for which contract is to…