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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J A Civil Society Organization, Progressive Mind for Development Initiative, has forwarded a petition to the Inspector General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, over alleged assault on a policeman by Adamawa Assembly Speaker,  Kabiru Mijinyawa. In the petition read to newsmen on Friday in Yola, President of the organization, Abubakar Abdulsalam, accused the speaker of using “police institution” in the state  to cover up the matter. “We write in respect of the assault carried out by Hon. Speaker Adamawa State House of Assembly against one Sgt. Salihu Aliyu who was posted to the speaker’s house as a security man.” It claimed that state police command had not shown interest to investigate the matter. “We have been following with keen interest the trends of this matter and our investigation revealed to us that the State Police Command is no longer willing to investigate and prosecute this case for reasons best known to them. “It is consequent on the above that ...

http://ift.tt/2rhr2Fk Arsenal's French manager Arsene Wenger / AFP PHOTO / Ian KINGTON / Former Arsenal defender Lauren believes it will be a “good thing” if Arsene Wenger stays as manager, amid reports the club will announce a new contract for him on Wednesday. Several British media outlets have reported that the FA Cup winners are poised to announce that Wenger, 67, has signed a new two-year contract. Lauren, right-back in Wenger’s 2003-04 ‘Invincibles’ team, thinks it would be a positive move, but he called on the Frenchman to bolster his squad during the close season. “We back him because it is a good thing that he has signed a new contract,” he told BBC Radio 5 Live. “But obviously people ask him to win things and I believe that he should go to the market and spend some more because the competition is getting tougher and tougher. “They have to do more effort to sign a few top players. To win the Premier League, the Champions League and a top competition, you real...

http://ift.tt/2rQsFNY British Andy Murray attends a training session ahed of the Roland Garros 2017 French Tennis Open on May 26, 2017 in Paris. / AFP PHOTO / Gabriel BOUYS Andy Murray targets a French Open tonic in the broiling heat of Roland Garros on Tuesday as the 2016 runner-up seeks to get his season back on track. World number one Murray, who was the first British man to reach the Paris final since 1937 when he lost to Novak Djokovic 12 months ago, faces Andrey Kuznetsov, the world number 85, in his opening round. The 30-year-old has endured a trying 2017 with bouts of illness as well as an elbow injury conspiring against him and his form. He suffered a shock fourth round defeat to Mischa Zverev at the Australian Open. On clay, he lost in the third round in Monte Carlo, made the semis in Barcelona, was a third-round loser in Madrid before an opening defeat in Rome to Fabio Fognini. Then he fell sick again when he arrived in Paris. “It’s frustrating — it’s the thir...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J A Federal High Court Lagos on Tuesday, further adjourned till June 29, the hearing in a suit by Sterling Bank against a former Aviation Minister, Sen. Stella Oduah, over alleged indebtedness. The bank alleged that Oduah and her company, Sea Petroleum and Gas company Ltd, were indebted to it in the sum of 16.4 million dollars and N100.5 million. The suit which was earlier adjourned for the hearing of all pending applications was however adjourned to June 29, because the trial judge, Justice Ayokunle Faji, was indisposed. Counsels representing all the parties were present in court. The suit was initially pending before Justice Abdulaziz Anka of the same court, but was eventually, reassigned to Faji to begin afresh. In March, Justice Anka had issued an order, restraining Oduah and her companies, from making any withdrawal from its account and those of three other companies domiciled with 21 banks in the country. The other companies include: Sea Shipping Ag...

http://ift.tt/2qaibsY People light candles in front of messages and floral tributes in Albert Square in Manchester, northwest England on May 23, 2017, in solidarity with those killed and injured in the May 22 terror attack at the Ariana Grande concert at the Manchester Arena.Twenty two people have been killed and dozens injured in Britain's deadliest terror attack in over a decade after a suspected suicide bomber targeted fans leaving a concert of US singer Ariana Grande in Manchester. British police on Tuesday named the suspected attacker behind the Manchester concert bombing as Salman Abedi, but declined to give any further details. / AFP PHOTO / Ben STANSALL Britain police have released CCTV footage of Manchester bomber Salman Abedi on the night of the attack as thousands defied the terror threat to take part in the Great Manchester Run on Sunday. Security was tight as 40,000 runners pounded Manchester’s streets in the annual half marathon (21.1 km/13.1 miles) a day after P...

http://ift.tt/2ppB8Uo Iranian President Hassan Rouhani / AFP PHOTO / STRINGER Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani faced angry protests from victims’ families on Sunday when he visited the site of a mine accident that claimed dozens of lives, two weeks ahead of an election. Local news agencies showed family members shouting at the president and hitting his car as he visited the site in the northern Golestan province, where at least 26 people were killed by an explosion on Wednesday. “The entire Iranian nation shares the sorrow of families of those killed in the Zemestan Yort mine accident,” Rouhani said according to the government’s website. “Those responsible and anyone who had a fault in the incident must be found and dealt with accordingly, without any exceptions,” said Rouhani, who is standing for re-election on May 19. As well as 26 confirmed dead, at least nine more miners were trapped inside after Wednesday’s explosion, but officials say there is little chance they have ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Kaduna – The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Moro’a Chiefdom chapter, Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State, says hate speeches by religious and political office holders are aggravating crises in southern Kaduna. The association’s scribe in the Chiefdom, Rev. Mapunu Yohanna, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Kaduna. Yohanna said that the area was being heated up by different versions of hate speeches that continued to be spread by various politicians, religious and traditional leaders. He said that politicians and religious leaders were sabotaging peace efforts in the area with discriminatory, bias and sentimental comments. He described hate speeches as virus that continued to threaten the peace in southern part of the state and the country at large. Yohanna said that government, religious and traditional leaders had a duty to ensure peaceful coexistence among various ethnic and religious groups under...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Abuja – The Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed June 19 to rule on an application filed by Olisah Metuh , former Spokesman of the People’s Democratic Party(PDP) for adjournment of his trial. At the resumed hearing of the matter on Tuesday, Justice Okon Abang said that although the court on March 22 fixed May 2 to deliver the ruling, it was not ready. “The matter was adjourned for ruling today, but due to the work load of the court, the ruling is not ready. “I handled cases in Abuja, Asaba and Lagos Divisions of the court and I have several other judgments and rulings to deliver.” Metuh who is standing trial on a seven -count charge bordering on allegations of fraud, wants the court to suspend the trial pending the decision of the Supreme Court on his no-case submission appeal. He had filed an application in the Supreme Court, appealing the decisions of the trial and appeal courts, both which had dismissed his no-case submission. Counsel to Metuh, Mr Onyeach...

http://ift.tt/2qlkSUY Said Karimian, the owner of the GEM TV Group and a British citizen of Iranian origin, was gunned down late Saturday along with a Kuwaiti business partner in the upscale Maslak district of Istanbul. The owner of a leading Persian-language satellite entertainment channel was shot dead by unknown individuals in Istanbul along with another man, Turkish media reports said Sunday. Said Karimian, the owner of the GEM TV Group and a British citizen of Iranian origin, was gunned down late Saturday along with a Kuwaiti business partner in the upscale Maslak district of Istanbul, the Hurriyet newspaper said. Initial reports on Saturday had said two Iranians had been killed, without giving the identities. In a statement on its Facebook page, GEM TV confirmed that Karimian had died but without making clear the circumstances of the death. “With great sorrow and regret we announce the death of Said Karimian,” it said, describing him as a “great man who with a pure a...