Author: David Great

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Anambra Command, rescued a 16-year-old girl, suspected to be a victim of human trafficking at Mgbakwu in Awka North Local Government Area. Mr Anthony Okafor, Public Relations Officer of NAPTIP in Anambra, said this to newsmen on Friday in Awka. Okafor said that the agency achieved the human trafficking bust in a joint operation carried out on Thursday with the state Ministry Of Women And Social Welfare and the Anambra Vigilante Group. “The victim identified as Chioma Obi, gave birth three days ago before her rescue in an uncompleted…

As part of efforts to ensure victory for Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, no fewer than 600 vote canvassers began training on Sunday in Abuja. The training organised by one of Tinubu’s support groups – Asiwaju Beyond 2023, is aimed at selling his candidacy and that of his running mate, Sen. Kashim Shettima to Nigerians, particularly at the grassroots. Realwan Okpanachi, the Director-General of the group told NAN on the sideline of the training which took place in Maitama Abuja that 10 canvassers were selected from each polling unit across the country. NAN reports that the…

Manchester City’s Erling Haaland became the first player to score three successive Premier League home hat-tricks as Manchester United were humiliated in the derby at Etihad Stadium. Haaland’s rampage this season continued as he made it 17 goals in 10 games since his move from Borussia Dortmund and Phil Foden also scored a treble as City closed the gap on pace-setters Arsenal to one point. This was a brutal reality check for United after their recent improvement, as the reigning Premier League champions ran riot to illustrate the gulf in class between the teams. City’s lightning start was rewarded when…

Wolves have sacked manager Bruno Lage after 16 months in charge following Saturday’s defeat by West Ham United left them in the bottom three. Wolves have won just one and lost nine of their past 15 Premier League matches under the Portuguese. Lage succeeded Nuno Espirito Santo last summer and led Wolves to a 10th-placed finish in his first season in charge. However, his side have only scored three goals and picked up six points from eight games this season. Wolves chairman Jeff Shi said: “Bruno Lage is an excellent coach, a hardworking and dedicated manager, and a warm, wise…

The Kwara Fire Service says it has recovered two corpses after a vehicle plunged into a river at Akerebiata area in Ilorin. Head of media and publicity of the service, Hassan Adekunle, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Ilorin. He said that the two human bodies and a Toyota Yaris car with registration number: APP544E, was recovered from a river opposite Olusola Saraki Abattoir in Ilorin. “Rumour had it that the incident occurred during the Friday night downpour when the casualties were struggling to drive through the bridge and suddenly got stuck by the flood which pushed…

East Java stadium disaster apparently worst since 1964 Around 180 injured during crowd stampede Indonesia football association suspends league to investigate Police say they fired tear gas to control crowd At least 174 people were killed and 180 injured in a stampede and riot at a soccer match in Indonesia, officials said on Sunday, in one of the world’s worst stadium disasters. When frustrated supporters of the losing home team invaded the pitch in Malang in the province of East Java late on Saturday, officers fired tear gas in an attempt to control the situation, triggering the stampede and cases…

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed the death of one Ginikanwa Izuoba in the Enugu-Otu, Aguleri flood in Anambra state. The acting state coordinator of the agency in Anambra, Mr Thickman Tanimu, confirmed the incident to NAN in Awka on Saturday. Tanimu said that Izuoba died, when his house collapsed due to the impact of the flood. He also said that at least 651,053 persons in six local government areas of the state had so far been displaced by flooding. Tanimu said that the agency had undertaken an assessment of flooding in different parts of the state. He…

Arsenal are hoping to move ahead of Liverpool and Manchester United in their pursuit of Wolves midfielder Ruben Neves, 25. (Express) Barcelona will rival the Gunners for the signature of Neves, too. (Sport) Wolves boss Bruno Lage’s future at the club is in doubt after their poor Premier League start continued with defeat by West Ham. (Telegraph – subscription required) West Ham are competing with AC Milan to sign 23-year-old Club Bruges winger Noa Lang. (Calciomercato) Manchester City will increase striker Erling Haaland’s wages after the 22-year-old’s superb start to the season. (Star) Haaland’s father Alf-Inge has said in a new documentary that he only sees his son playing at City for “three or four years”. (Star) Nice are leading the race for Shakhtar Donetsk and…

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to declare Kogi a “State of National Disaster,” following the ravaging effect of flood in the state and environs. The governor made the appeal to Buhari in his Independence Day address on Saturday in Lokoja, Kogi state capital, stressing that, a lasting solution must be proffered to the yearly menace. Bello said that such an emergency declaration would help to unlock the nation’s latent capabilities to respond more aggressively with more men, money and materials to the harrowing situation. “The President may wish to recall that he made such…

Chris Smalling headed a 78th-minute winner as Roma came from behind to beat Inter Milan at the San Siro and jump to fourth in the Serie A table. Smalling rose highest to nod in Lorenzo Pellegrini’s free-kick and ensure Roma beat their rivals for the first time since February 2017. Federico Dimarco had opened the scoring for Inter Milan after 30 minutes. But the visitors were level nine minutes later through Paulo Dybala’s volley from an acute angle. Big win calls for a big celebration. Well done @ASRomaEN ????????????#InterRoma pic.twitter.com/8kTqSk8RLE — Lega Serie A (@SerieA_EN) October 1, 2022 The win…