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A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has vacated a forfeiture order secured by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) on some properties belonging to former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, and some members of his family. The anti-graft agency had early this month obtained the court’s orders for the interim forfeiture of assets traced to the former governor, his wife, Nneoma Nkechi and their daughter. The properties are: “a 16 – block 96 – flat structure and an eight – bungalow multimillion naira estate, hotel, two schools, shopping plaza, supermarket, hospital and four vehicles. “The…

The University of Lagos has announced the death of one of its workers, Mr Sunday Meshioye, aged 36. In a statement issued on Friday night in Lagos, the university said the late Meshioye took his life, by ingesting a pesticide suspected to be sniper. It noted that until his death, Meshioye was a transport supervisor attached to the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences. “It is indeed with a heavy heart that the management of the university announces the news of the untimely death of Sunday Meshioye. “He was received as an emergency case at the Medical Centre of…

An 18-carat solid gold toilet has been stolen in a burglary overnight at Blenheim Palace. A gang broke into the Oxfordshire palace at about 04:50 BST and stole the artwork, Thames Valley Police said. The working toilet – entitled America, which visitors had been invited to use – has not been found but a 66-year-old man has been arrested. The burglary caused “significant damage and flooding” because the toilet was plumbed into the building, police said. It was part of an exhibition by Italian conceptual artistMaurizio Cattelan that opened on Thursday. The 18th Century stately home is a World Heritage Site…

Bandits have attacked a hamlet and killed six persons on Saturday in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The attack occured at Fadaman Rimi hamlet a remote settlement near Udawa village in the local government area. One person survived the attack, but the bandits were confirmed to have rustled some cows. Spokesman of Kaduna State Police Command, DSP Yakubu Sabo, who confirmed the incident, gave the names of those killed as Saminu, Wosha, Isiya, Titus, Madami and Tanko, whose surnames were not yet ascertained. He added that one Ikoniya, who sustained gunshot injury has been admitted in hospital for…

Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State says the state government is determined to implement the RUGA project, meant to resettle herdsmen and boost economic activities. Ganduje stated this on Saturday in Kano while receiving the report on the establishment of Ruga and Milk Market in Kano State. According to him, apart from tackling insecurity, the RUGA settlement project will change the socio-economic status of Fulani herdsmen and open new revenue outflow to government. “Don’t bother yourself with RUGA or whatever name it is called, the fact remains that Fulanis must be settled and enjoy basic social amenities like any other…

[contact-form][contact-field label=”Name” type=”name” required=”true” /][contact-field label=”Email” type=”email” required=”true” /][contact-field label=”Website” type=”url” /][contact-field label=”Message” type=”textarea” /][/contact-form] Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola shrugged off his team’s shock 3-2 defeat by newly-promoted Norwich City in the English Premier League (EPL) on Saturday with a direct message. He said his team simply could not be expected to win every week. Guardiola’s team beat Liverpool to the title by a solitary point last season after winning their last 14 games. But after five games of this season they already trail Juergen Klopp’s side by five points. “The people cannot expect us to win or pick…

RB Leipzig came from a goal down to snatch a 1-1 draw against champions Bayern Munich on Saturday to remain top of the Bundesliga, a point ahead of second-placed Borussia Dortmund. Bayern Munich, who host Red Star Belgrade in their UEFA Champions League group opener next week, got off to a perfect start when Robert Lewandowski was sent through by Thomas Mueller. The Pole struck in the third minute for his seventh goal of the campaign. Yet in spite of having more than 75 per cent possession in the first half, the Bavarians failed to make their dominance count. They…

Paris St-Germain (PSG) striker Neymar expects to get a hostile reception no matter where he plays this season. This was after sections of the home crowd turned a blind eye to his match-winning performance on Saturday and booed the want-away Brazilian. Neymar scored a spectacular goal with a bicycle kick two minutes into stoppage time to give the home side a 1-0 win over Racing Strasbourg. But that was not enough to placate some of the fans who are not only angry with him for trying to force a move back to his former club, FC Barcelona. They were also…

Neymar was booed by his own fans throughout his Paris St-Germain return against Strasbourg – then scored an injury-time overhead-kick winner. The Brazil forward missed the opening five games as he tried and failed to seal a move back to Barcelona. PSG ultras booed him when his name was read out before the game, when he touched the ball, when he took a corner and when he shot wide. There was a mix of cheers and boos after he scored the late winner. Neymar’s goal – earning his side a 1-0 victory – was a sensational acrobatic volley from Abdou…

Zimbabwe’s founder and former president, Robert Mugabe was honoured as an icon, principled leader and African intellectual giant at a state funeral on Saturday, after a week of disputes over his burial threatened to embarrass President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The body of Zimbabwe’s founder and longtime ruler Robert Mugabe is brought to the national sports stadium for a state funeral in Harare, Zimbabwe, September 14, 2019. He died in a Singapore hospital on Sept. 6 aged 95, far away from a country he left polarized by a raging political rivalry between its two largest political parties, ZANU-PF and the opposition MDC.…