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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Austin Eguavoen, the immediate past Technical Adviser of Sunshine Stars, Akure, on Saturday said he resigned his appointment due to bad attitude and performances of some referees in the local league. Eguavoen made the disclosure in a telephone interview with pressmen in Akure. Newsmen report that the Ondo State Football Agency had on April 25 in Akure made public the appointment of former Super Eagles’ Chief Coach, Austin Eguavoen, as Sunshine new Technical Adviser. Also, a former Eagles’ goalkeeper trainer, Ike Shorounmu, was unveiled as the goalkeeper trainer. The Interim Management Committee of the Ondo State Football Agency led by Gbenga Elegbeleye, former Director-General, National Sports Commission, opted for the choice of Eguavoen and Shorounmu based on their track records in the game. “We agreed on bringing Eguavoen and Shorounmu on board to handle this club because of the track records of the two coaches. “We believe they can firstly save the club f...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J   Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has described the late Professor Babatunde Osotimehin as a medical practitioner of immense status and knowledge to boot, while also expressing grief on the passing of the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). This was as he condoled with the family, friends, and co-workers of the late professor, who died at the age of 68, noting that Nigeria had lost one of its finest health workers, who fought severely against the spread of HIV/AIDS in the country. The governor grieved in a statement that: “Professor Osotimehin was not your ordinary doctor. He was a thorough man, who did not overlook little details. It was this hardwork and attention to detail that made him a very successful man, so much so that the United Nations called him to serve, and he excelled again, as was usual to him.” Speaking further, Governor Obaseki added that Osotimehin’s passing was a loss to not only Nigeria, but the ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J   Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has described the late Professor Babatunde Osotimehin as a medical practitioner of immense status and knowledge to boot, while also expressing grief on the passing of the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). This was as he condoled with the family, friends, and co-workers of the late professor, who died at the age of 68, noting that Nigeria had lost one of its finest health workers, who fought severely against the spread of HIV/AIDS in the country. The governor grieved in a statement that: “Professor Osotimehin was not your ordinary doctor. He was a thorough man, who did not overlook little details. It was this hardwork and attention to detail that made him a very successful man, so much so that the United Nations called him to serve, and he excelled again, as was usual to him.” Speaking further, Governor Obaseki added that Osotimehin’s passing was a loss to not only Nigeria, but the ...

http://ift.tt/2sTBT96 Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai The Kaduna State Government has ordered the arrest, investigation and prosecution of the signatories to the statement ordering the Igbos in the North to leave within three months. Mr Samuel Aruwan, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to Gov. Nasir E-Rufai gave the order in a statement in Kaduna State on Wednesday. He said that the Kaduna State Government had therefore directed that its Ministry of Justice should prepare charges and prosecute the signatories and anyone involved in arranging egregious assault on the rights of fellow citizens. “Preparatory to prosecution, the police have been directed to immediately arrest, interrogate the signatories to the statement and investigate all the circumstances and persons that may be implicated in the matter. “The Kaduna State Government urges all residents to ignore the threats from the northern youths. “We are in contact with the leadership of the Igbo ...

http://ift.tt/2sTBT96 Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai The Kaduna State Government has ordered the arrest, investigation and prosecution of the signatories to the statement ordering the Igbos in the North to leave within three months. Mr Samuel Aruwan, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to Gov. Nasir E-Rufai gave the order in a statement in Kaduna State on Wednesday. He said that the Kaduna State Government had therefore directed that its Ministry of Justice should prepare charges and prosecute the signatories and anyone involved in arranging egregious assault on the rights of fellow citizens. “Preparatory to prosecution, the police have been directed to immediately arrest, interrogate the signatories to the statement and investigate all the circumstances and persons that may be implicated in the matter. “The Kaduna State Government urges all residents to ignore the threats from the northern youths. “We are in contact with the leadership of the Igbo ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J A man who had been fired in April from his job at a Florida company opened fire Monday at the Orlando business, killing five people before taking his own life, authorities said. Four people were killed at the scene, while a fifth died at the hospital, Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings told reporters. Seven people survived the ordeal. The business, Fiamma, makes awnings for recreational vehicles. Demings said the incident was being treated as a “workplace violence incident” and did not appear to have any links to terror. The 45-year-old shooter, who was not yet identified by the authorities, had both a gun and a knife in his possession. All of the dead were former co-workers. The assailant allegedly beat up another employee at the business in 2014, but no charges were filed, the sheriff told reporters. “It is a sad day for us here once again in Orange County,” Demings said. A year ago, Orlando — a hub of Florida’s resort industry popular with tourists...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J No fewer than fifty armed Cameroonian soldiers demanding unpaid salaries briefly blocked off a major highway in the north of Cameroon on Sunday morning, an army source and the government said. The soldiers, who were at the end of a tour near the border with Chad in Cameroon’s Far North region, demanded two years’ worth of salaries and expenses that they said they were owed. “Soldiers from the air force…took up arms against the advice of their military hierarchy and blocked national route 1 after dismantling their posts at the frontier,” said an army source in the regional capital of Maroua. The source said soldiers returned to barracks later on Sunday after discussions took place with army generals, said the army source. It was not clear how much money the soldiers demanded. Soldiers in northern Cameroon operate in one of the region’s most dangerous areas. Suicide attacks carried out by Boko Haram have become less frequent this year due to military successes...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J .Assures residents of safety of lives and property By Olasunkanmi Akoni Following violent clash between members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, and Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, RTEAN, Lagos State Government in Oshodi area, Lagos State Government has assured residents of safety of lives and properties even as it urged them to go about their normal business. Chairman of the Lagos State Task Force, Superintendent of Police, SP, Olayinka Egbeyemi, who gave the assurance, added that different warring factional leaders of NURTW, and RTEAN and their supporters who were trying to cause trouble around Oshodi area have been arrested and were presently with the Lagos State Commissioner of Police Mr. Fatai Owoseni for interrogations. Egbeyemi said security team including taskforce and other security agencies have been strategically deployed to the area, such as: Mafoluku, Shogunle, Sadiku, Ladipo and the entire Oshodi area of th...

http://ift.tt/2qFoMdT Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, ‎has restated the commitment of the Nigerian Army to secure the country, pledging the commitment of officers and men in the discharge of their duties.‎ ‎Buratai stated this on Saturday in Kano when he paid a courtesy visit on the governor of the state , Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje. ‎ ‎”Insurgents and other criminals have been seriously degraded and the army would not relent until it ensures peace and stability in all parts of the country,” he assured. Buratai said that he was in Kano to round off a special military exercise “Operation Scorpion Sting (Harbin Kunama II) in Falgore forest of Doguwa Local Government area of Kano state.‎ He said that the operation was launched in Southern Kaduna to address the problem of clashes between farmers and herdsmen, as well as ethno-religious crises in the area.‎ ‎The Army Chief said that the first phase of the operation was cond...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Nigerian Army on Sunday arrested a suspected terrorist who had been on the run at Fika Local Government Area of Yobe. The army spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, said in a statement that four suspected kidnappers were also arrested at Mundu village in the state, following a tip off. “They were found to be in possession of one locally made six-loader single barrel gun, one empty cartridge, two machetes, a knife, two handsets, two packets of tramol tablets and N360,” he said. He said further investigation into the arrests would continue. =======   The post Army arrest suspected terrorist, 4 kidnappers appeared first on Vanguard News . Vía Vanguard News http://ift.tt/2r6xzpy