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Our correspondent Eighteen passengers were burnt to death in Zakirai town on the Kano-Ringim Road in Gabasawa Local Government Area of Kano State.   The incident, caused by over-speeding, dangerous driving, and overloading, involved two commercial vehicles and resulted in a head-on collision and the subsequent bursting into flames of one of the buses.   The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Sector Commander in Kano State, Ibrahim Abdullahi, who confirmed the tragic accident, said the incident happened on Friday evening.   “We received a call about the accident at about 8:35 p.m. on Friday and dispatched our personnel to the…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has threatened  to drag President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to court over failure to probe the missing US$2.1 billion and N3.1 trillion public funds of oil revenues and budgeted as fuel subsidy payments from 2016 or 2019, as documented by the Auditor-General of the Federation. SERAP urged him to “name and shame anyone suspected to be responsible for the alleged widespread and systemic corruption in the use of oil revenues and the management of public funds budgeted as fuel subsidy, and to ensure their effective prosecution as well as the full recovery of any proceeds…

Debutants Israel shocked favorite Brazil 3-2 and advanced to the semi-finals of the 2023  FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Argentina on Saturday, June 3. The tense quarter-final encounter in San Juan featured extra-time goals and two penalty shots wasted by Israel, who will face Uruguay or the United States in the semi-finals. After a scoreless first half, Marcos Leonardo netted first and Israel equalised with a header by Anan Khalaili four minutes later. Matheus Nascimento made it 2-1 for Brazil in the first minute of extra time, but Hamza Shibi scored Israel’s second two minutes later from close range. Dor…

Akwa Ibom State High Court in Uyo, Friday, sent three women to death for abducting three children in Uyo and selling them off in Aba, Abia State for N1.1 million. The convicts – Enobong Nsikak Sunday, 38; Gertrude Thompson Akpan, 48 and Mary Okon James, 49 years old-  were found guilty of conspiracy and kidnapping punishable by death under Section 1 of the Akwa Ibom State Internal Security and Enforcement Law, 2009 by Justice Gabriel Ette. Nsikak Sunday, a mother of two who hails from Atiamkpat in Onna Local Government Area, was found guilty of kidnapping a girl “looking poor…

Manchester City are one game away from a historic treble after Ilkay Gundogan scored twice to beat Manchester United 2-1 in the FA Cup final on Saturday. Pep Guardiola’s men completed a domestic double at Wembley and can become just the second side, after United in 1998/99, to win the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League in the same season should they beat Inter Milan to become European champions for the first time on June 10. Gundogan scored the fastest goal in FA Cup final history after just 12 seconds. Manchester City’s German midfielder Ilkay Gundogan shoots but is…

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Friday, declared a nationwide strike from Wednesday next week. The union stated this during its National Executive Council, NEC, meeting held in the Federal Capital territory, Abuja. According to Channels TV, the meeting was not unconnected to the fuel subsidy removal by President Bola Tinubu and the subsequent hike in the pump price of petrol. The NEC comprises all Presidents, General Secretaries, Treasurers of all NLC’s affiliate unions; State Chairpersons and Secretaries of the NLC State Councils, Chairperson of the NLC Youth Committee and members of the National Administrative Council (NAC). TUC Attacks the…

Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has described the appointment of the current Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, as the Chief of Staff to the Nigeria’s President by Mr Bola Tinubu, as a constitutional aberration. Though President Tinubu announced his appointment on Thursday, June 1 and Senator Remi, wife of the President confirmed it too, Gbajabiamila is yet to resign his speakership. In his Twitter handle on Friday, Effiong said ‘‘The principle of separation of powers under our constitutional framework applies both to functions and personnel of the different organs of government. The intention of the framers…

The marriage of Jordan’s Crown Prince Hussein, 28, and Saudi architect Rajwa Alseif, 29, drew a star-studded guest to the ceremony. The list included Britain’s Prince William and his wife Princess Kate, as well as US First Lady Jill Biden. The celebrations hold deep significance for the region, emphasizing continuity in an Arab state prized for its longstanding stability and refreshing the monarchy’s image after a palace feud. It even could help resource-poor Jordan forge a strategic bond with its oil-rich neighbour, Saudi Arabia. Experts consider the marriage an advantageous alliance for the Hashemites, historic rivals of the Al Saud family to the east. Jordan has…

AS Roma manager, José Mourinho threw his runners-up medal into the crowd after they lost 4-1 to Sevilla in the Europa League final on Wednesday night. Sevilla had defeated AS Roma to lift a record-extending seventh Europa League title in Budapest, Hungary. This is the first time Mourinho had lost in a major European final after winning his previous five (two Champions League, two Europa and one Conference League). The Serie A side took the lead through Paulo Dybala in the first half. Ivan Rakitic hit the post, before Gianluca Mancini’s own goal levelled the game. There were no goals…

The Nigeria’s Flying Eagles are through to the quarterfinal stage of the ongoing FIFA U-20 World Cup after an impressive 2-0 victory over the host nation, Argentina Thursday night. Second-half goals from Ibrahim Muhammad and Haliru Sarki saw the Flying Eagles cruising into the last eight in style at the expense of Argentina at the San Juan stadium. The Coach Ladan Bosso’s side will now face Ecuador or Korea Republic in the quarter-final. Also read: Europa league final: Mourinho’s AS Roma in battle royale against Sevilla The Flying Eagles came into Thursday’s Round of 16 tie as underdogs having finished…