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One-time World Cup Champions, Spain, Sunday, joined other champions in the ditch of defeats, readying to pack their loads and head home. Germany, World Cup Champions  were chased out in the qualifying stage by underdogs- South Korea followed by Argentina- a two-time Champions left in the Round 16. Hosts Russia pulled off the biggest shock of the 2018 World Cup so far as they beat 2010 winners Spain in the first penalty shootout of the tournament to reach the quarter-finals for the first time in 48 years. After extra-time ended with the score locked at 1-1, goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev was…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Buhari Media Organisation (BMO), Saturday, traded blames over the recent killings in Plateau State. Between June 23 and 24, this year, more than 200 persons were killed in 11 communities of the state by suspected herdsmen. BMO had blamed the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for instigating the  “harvest of death in order to truncate the achievement of the APC and cast dark imagery on the season of goodwill of President Buhari’s political party.” Butt, the PDP described Buhari Media Organisation (BMO)’s allegations that it sponsored the killings in Plateau State as diversionary, callous,…

Against current security challenges in the country, the calls for the creation of state police in the country have become stridently deafening. At the closing of the recent two-day summit on national security organised by the Senate, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had said “the creation of state police was the way to go” in view of the security challenges in the country. This stand caught the attention of Reno Omokri who hailed the decision and saw it as a change of attitude of Osinbajo on the current realities in the society. This is even as the clashes between farmers and…

Kylian Mbappé became the youngest player to score a brace in the World Cup since Pele performed the feat in 1958. At 19 years and six months, Mbappé is just 10 months older than the legendary Brazilian. It was the final when Pele managed his double, which came against Sweden, to help them seal the title. Kylian Mbappe was the hero for France as they defeated Argentina 4-3 to reach the quarterfinals of FIFA World Cup 2018 in Kazan on Saturday. The 19-year-old, who plays for Ligue 1 side Paris Saint-Germain, scored twice in the second half as the 1998…

President Muhammadu Buhari who departed Daura, Katsina State on Saturday arrived at Nouakchott, Mauritania for the 31st Session of the African Union. According to the Twitter handle of the President, Buhari was welcomed by the President of Mauritania, Mohammed Ould Abdel Aziz at the airport See the tweet below: President @MBuhari is welcomed by the President of Mauritania, Mohammed Ould Abdel Aziz, upon his arrival in Mauritania today, ahead of the 31st Session of the @_AfricanUnion Summit. #PMBinMauritania

After Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi called for speedy executions in response to the kidnapping and killing of eight members of the security forces, Iraq put to death 12 people convicted of terrorism hours, the government said on Friday. Abadi had ordered late on Thursday “just retribution” through faster executions of all those on death row for terrorism convictions who had exhausted their appeals. “Based on the orders of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, executions were carried out on Thursday of 12 convicted terrorists who have received final verdicts,” a government spokesman said in a statement. Security forces on Wednesday found the…

Okon Iyanam, a former Accord Party governorship aspirant in Akwa Ibom state, was killed Wednesday in Ogun State. It was gathered that the gunmen who after gaining entrance into his Heritage Hotel, Mowe made their way into his room where they woke him up and then shot him at close range. Victor Iyanam, a former Attorney-General in Akwa Ibom state, and the elder brother to the late politician and businessman confirmed his death. “It is with a heavy heart that I announce the tragic death of my brother, Okon, in the early hours of Wednesday, 27th June, 2018. “Okon papa…

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, is sad over complaints concerning “horrific” incidents of Police brutality, inordinate arrest, detention and extortion of innocent Nigerians by security agents. Onnoghen has, therefore, directed Chief Judges of the 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to compel Chief Magistrates to conduct an inspection of Police Stations or other detention centres within their territorial jurisdiction. In a statement he issued Thursday, the CJN maintained that such incidents have assumed frightening proportions in recent times to warrant the intervention of the judiciary. He bemoaned that Magistrate Courts across the country are…

Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, the Minister of Finance, has raised alarm that the stalemate in Federation Account Allocation Committee, FAAC, disbursing allocations to states would affect payment of salary to some states’ workers June this year. Despite the FAAC’s imbroglio, Akwa Ibom and Cross River states are said to have reportedly paid June salary to their state workers. State Commissioners of Finance, who had converged on Abuja with the expectation to collect their states’ share of the monthly allocation, reportedly walked out of the FAAC meeting as they protested the deductions. This is even as the National Economic Council, NEC, Thursday…

As rampant killings of people continue unabated, a fiery Nigerian preacher, Thursday, parodied the act of sacrificing human beings for cows in the country as a dishonour to humanity. This may be against the background of allegation by Danladi Ciroma, the chairman of Miyetti Allah Breeders Association of Nigeria (MAGBAN), North-Central zone that the killing in Plateau State was in retaliation of the rustling of 300 cows by Berom youths in the state. Although he has eaten back his words, people in various parts of the country have lambasted him for equating human lives with those of cows as more…