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http://ift.tt/2sQx8Oq Evans was arrested yesterday at his house at Magodo GRA Phase 2, Lagos More than 20 security operatives stormed the Fred Shoboyejo home of vicious kidnapper and robber, Evans, less than a month after the police announced a thirty-million-naira bounty in return for information leading to his arrest. For at least seven years, Evans has co-ordinated bank robberies across Oyo, Port Harcourt and Abia, as well as numerous high-profile kidnaps whose ransoms amount to hundreds of millions of naira. On that Saturday morning, utilising months of information gathering and fresh tips, the usual quiet ambience of Magodo GRA Phase 2 was interrupted by gunshots as security manned the Y-crescent zone where Evans lived. Without a picture of what he looked like, they had first descended upon an adjacent building and roughened the occupants before realising the error – Evans is said to own a certain pricey brand of Jeep which was used to identify the criminal’s building. ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF), on Friday expressed support to the call by the Coalition of Northern Youth Groups for Igbos to leave the region within three months. The forum expressed “disappointment” with the Northern Governors’ Forum for disowning the youth groups. Prof. Ango Abdullahi, the NEF spokesperson told newsmen in Zaria on Friday, that it was hypocritical for the Igbos to continue to live in other parts of the country while agitating for Nigeria’s break up. Ango said: “I am disappointed in the decision taken by Northern Governors’ Forum disowning and condemning the agitation by this young agile and progressive youth groups. “Let me ask, these Northern governors, whom are they representing, are they representing spirits, ghost or people of the north? “Recently, people from eastern part of this country, specifically Igbo, were busy calling for the Sovereign State of Biafra and from all indication their leaders including governors are behind them.”...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Lagos State Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Tuesday called for understanding of Lagosians on the removal of the presiding Chaplain of Chapel of Christ the Light Church, Lagos. The Chairman of CAN, Lagos State Chapter, Apostle Alexander Bamgbola, briefed newsmen at the church on the sack of Ven. Femi Taiwo, who was removed on May 15 by the governing council of the church. Bamgbola said that the issue should be regarded as that of an employer and employee relationship. “As a result of the unfortunate misunderstanding of the public which has been fanned by erroneous publications in the print media and social media generally, we believe that C.A.N Lagos State, must make clarification and educate the public correctly on this matter having looked into the matter objectively,” Bamgbola said. He said that the State Government created a standing legal constitution for The Chapel of Christ The Light, which has guided the running of it over t...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Thirteen South Sudanese soldiers accused of alleged rape of five foreign aid workers and killing their local colleague on Tuesday appeared before a military court on Tuesday. The attack, one of the worst on aid workers in South Sudan’s civil war, took place on July 11, 2016 as President Salva Kiir’s troops won a three-day battle in Juba over opposition forces loyal to former Vice President Riek Machar. Witnesses said that armed men attacked the Terrain Hotel in the capital Juba for several hours. Victims phoned UN peacekeepers stationed a mile away and begged for help, but none came, the witnesses said. The military head of the UN peacekeeping mission was fired and the political head resigned over the incident. “What is concerned here for the court is to address the case in a proper way,’’ Chief Prosecutor Abukuk Ramadan said in opening remarks. UN investigators and rights group have frequently accused both the army and rebels of murder, torture and rape sin...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Some football enthusiasts on Saturday said that much meaning should not be read to the Super Eagles 1-1 draw against Corsica in an international friendly match. The enthusiasts said this n Lagos that the match was a test run to evaluate the team ahead of the 2019 Nations Cup qualifier against South Africa on June 10. Bright Omokaro, a former Super Eagles player, stated that the outcome of the match was not bad, adding that it would help to prepare the team ahead of the qualifiers. “Friendly matches are good and I believe this is what our team need to be ready for the task ahead. “There should be more improvement in the next friendly match against Togo,” he said. Nduka Ugbade, an ex-international, said that the friendlies would help to create a better understanding among the players. “We have played Corsica and we are playing Togo. This will help the players to have a better understanding of themselves on the pitch. “The technical crew should also do the nee...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J A friend drew my attention to something profound that I had taken for granted. He said, “have you noticed that more people than before now queue up at the ATM to make withdrawals? I know you’ll say it is the cashless policy at work but my conviction is that the lower economic class now have more access to money under President Buhari even though people are lamenting about hardship because they have not even realized how much has changed.” Upon giving it some thoughts I concluded that my friend was right in several regards. President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has changed a lot of things even when as citizens we do not realize how much has changed because the revolution has been gradual as opposed to being dramatic and disruptive. He has implemented a departure from the norms without making any noise about it, while those who do not have the insight to appreciate what is happening channeled focus to his health, a natural event that can befall anyone. Let ...

http://ift.tt/2qAK6AW Tottenham Hotspur's English striker Harry Kane celebrates scoring his third goal, their fifth, during the English Premier League football match between Leicester City and Tottenham Hotspur at King Power Stadium in Leicester, central England on May 18, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Adrian DENNIS / Mauricio Pochettino insists there is no chance Harry Kane will be allowed to leave Tottenham after his “special” striker’s four-goal blitz in the 6-1 rout of Leicester. Kane is odds on to finish as the Premier League’s top scorer for the second successive season thanks to his lethal display at the King Power Stadium on Thursday. The England international now has 26 goals, putting him two ahead of Everton’s Romelu Lukaku with one game remaining in the race for the golden boot. It was the kind of predatory performance that Pochettino believes further enhances Kane’s reputation as one of the world’s best finishers. Inevitably, Europe’s top clubs will be considering me...

http://ift.tt/2rujOOZ Floyd Mayweather Fight promoter Dana White says he has an agreement with mixed martial arts champion Conor McGregor fpr a proposed megafight, but boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather remains unsigned. White told American television cable channel TNT on Wednesday night that McGregor has agreed to a boxing match and not a martial arts fight which heavily favors Mayweather, who has never lost in his two-decades long storied career. White said they still have a long way to go. But his plan now is to try to lure Mayweather out retirement for a superfight with McGregor. “The McGregor side is done,” Ultimate Fighting Champion president White said. “I’m not saying the fight will happen but I got one side done and it’s time to work on the other (Mayweather). “If we can come to a deal with (Al) Haymon and (Floyd) Mayweather, the fight’s going to happen.” White said that McGregor has agreed to step in the ring with the undefeated Mayweather despite not having foug...

http://ift.tt/2pB3trp The Minister of State for Pretroleum Resources Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu PHOTO: TWITTER/NNPC Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, said economic growth plan recently launched by Federal Government would provide strategic and economic partnerships in excess of 50 billion dollars. Kachikwu said this on Tuesday while wooing investors at an event organised in Houston, U.S., by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB). He said: “the Federal Government of Nigeria has launched a National Economic and Growth Plan for the next four years. This is anchored on the Nigeria Oil and Gas Roadmap among other sectoral roadmaps. “This roadmap presents exciting opportunities for financial and strategic partnerships in excess of 50 billion dollars (about N1.58 trillion). “About 13 billion dollars -17 billion dollars will go to the upstream for the development of upstream gas fields with a total of 37.4 trillion cubic feet. “Fourtee...