Benue police arrest two men for raping married woman (Punch)
The Benue State Commissioner of Police, Mr Omololu Bishi, has said the command has arrested two suspects, Tersoo Joseph, aka Adikpo, and Demenenge Iorwa, for allegedly raping a married woman and robbing her. Bishi said, “On February 9, 2019, around 6pm, some armed robbers operating on a motorcycle behind the Bem Hotels, Ankpa Quarters, Makurdi, abducted a woman and took her to the Quararafa Quarters, Wadata, where they raped and robbed her of a phone and N2,000. Read more
Police confirm attack on Kwara APC senatorial candidate, others (Nation)
The Kwara State Police Command yesterday confirmed the attack on the campaign train of Kwara South senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Lola Ashiru, by suspected Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) thugs loyal to its Kwara South senatorial candidate, Senator Rafiu Ibrahim in Ojoku, Oyun Local Government Area. Police spokesperson Ajayi Okasanmi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), said: “We received with astonishment the reported attack unleashed on Lola Ashiru, the APC senatorial candidate for Kwara South and his campaign train in Ojoku, Oyun Local Government Area, on Tuesday evening. Read more
Kwankwaso storms Lagos for Agbaje, Atiku (Punch)
A former governor of Kano State, Alhaji Rabiu Kwakwanso, on Tuesday joined the Lagos State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Jimi Agbaje, to visit to the Serikin Hausawa of Agege, Lagos.
Kwankwanso and the PDP flag bearer were said to have visited Agege along with Agbaje’s running mate, Mrs Oluwayemisi Busari, a statement said on Wednesday.
The Serikin, Alhaji Musa Dogonkadai, prayed for the duo, as well as the PDP presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Read more
Lagos motorists, commuters lament road closure after train derailment (Punch)
Motorists plying the Agege and Ikeja areas of Lagos through Ashade Market, Akanni Doherty and Oba Akran Avenue and residents of the areas have lamented the closure of the railway level crossing at the Ashade Market area by the Nigerian Railway Corporation.
The road from the Ashade level crossing through Akanni Doherty and Guinness Nigeria Plc to Oba Akran Avenue was shut by the NRC shortly after a train derailed in the area on January 10, 2019. Read more
PDP’ll be defeated on Sat, says Tinubu (Nation)
All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council Co-chairman Asiwaju Bola Tinubu yesterday urged party members in Lagos to intensify the mobilisation for Saturday’s rescheduled presidential and National Assembly elections.
Noting that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was jittery, he said the ruling party will defeat the opposition party at the poll and put it to shame.
The former Lagos State governor also explained why Igbo in Lagos should vote for the APC, saying that the government in the Centre of Excellence has never discriminated against them and other non-indigenes in the distribution of the dividends of democracy. Read more
Five domestic workers allegedly steal employer’s N105m gold jewellery (Punch)
Five domestic workers have been arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly breaking into their employer’s room and carting away her gold jewellery valued at N105m.
The defendants, Segun Akintola, 49; Tomisin Alade, 28; Felicia Musa, 23; Amaka Irozuru, 38; and Zakara Yau, 38, were arraigned on five counts bordering on conspiracy, housebreaking, stealing and possession of stolen items.
According to the police prosecutor, Inspector Raphael Donny, the defendants conspired among themselves and entered into the bedroom of their employer, Mrs Oluyemisi Wada, who had travelled out of the county, and stole her gold jewellery worth N105m. Read more
Court of Appeal fails to hear Onnoghen’s suits (Nation)
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has postponed its planned hearing of the three appeals filed by the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, to February 27. It was the third time, in one month, that the court will postpone hearing in the appeals filed against the decisions of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), before which the suspended CJN is standing trial for alleged breach of code of conduct for public officers. Justice Onnoghen is, by his first appeal, challenging the jurisdiction of the CCT to hear the charge against him, being a serving judicial officer. Read more
FG to address security concerns from fake phones (Punch)
The Office of the National Security Adviser, the Nigerian Communications Commission and other government agencies are set to address security concerns and cybercrime arising from the proliferation of fake phones in the country. To achieve this, they have set up two joint committees to combat fraudsters deploying their trade using fake and substandard mobile devices. At a meeting on Wednesday in Abuja, a Project Steering Committee comprising the Infrastructure Concession, and Regulatory Commission; the Federal Ministry of Communications and the NCC was formed. Read more
EFCC arraigns woman over alleged employment scam (Guardian)
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has arraigned one Lillian Bisi Kadiri before Justice Adebukola Banjoko of a Federal Capital Territory, (FCT) High Court, Maitama, on a one-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence. Lillian was alleged to have at various times, collected a total sum of N21, 450,000 from her victim in the guise that she was going to help secure jobs, for his relatives. She, however, failed to help secure any jobs, and did not refund the money collected. Read more
El Kanemi hit Heartland two times as Rivers United hold Insurance (Guardian)
El Kanemi Warriors yesterday dug deep inside their armoury to beat Heartland of Owerri 2-0 in a matchday 10 Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) tie at home. The Warriors, who are currently second on the Group B table, found the Naze Millionaires a little too hot to handle in the first half, but at the end, two strikes from Ba’akaka Kolo (74th minute) and Innocent Gabriel (86th minute) gave them the three points. Read more
Most Nigerian players trust jujumen than doctors, says Odemwingie (Guardian)
Osaze Odemwingie has acknowledged that he was taken to a Nigerian juju man after breaking his arm in training as a teenager. The former Super Eagles star, who was born in the old Soviet Union, returned to Nigeria to play briefly for amateur club AS Racines Lagos before transferring to Bendel Insurance, where he spent two years. “I had a fall in training, I also hurt my shoulder and broke my arm. I was afraid to tell my mom so they took me to the local juju man,” Odemwingie told championat.com. “They poured hot water to relax their muscles. Somehow they returned the hand to the place, while I yelled, they twisted some small sticks. There was a rite with a chicken. Read more
Fitzwilliam players serve up longest-ever doubles match (IrishTimes)
Four Irish tennis players who have entered the record books for the longest-ever game of doubles.
The Guinness World Records has formally ratified the feat after viewing footage of the match. which lasted over 60 hours at the Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club in Dublin last July.
David Mullins, 39, James Cluskey, 32, Daniel O’Neill, 27, and Luke McGuire, 23, called an end to their marathon game with the score at 77 sets to 72 after 60 hours, 24 minutes and 19 seconds. The previous record was 58 hours. Read more
Tiger Woods admits 2019 focus is on winning first Masters title in 14 years (NewsHub)
Tiger Woods admits he already has one eye on getting himself “race ready” for the Masters, even as he tries to win an incredible 19th World Golf Championships title.
Woods ended a five-year winless drought by claiming his 80th PGA Tour title in the Tour Championship last year, but has never made any secret of the fact that major titles are his primary target. Read more