The Adamawa State Command of the Nigeria Police has decorated newly promoted traffic wardens. The officers include Husseini Jidauna, who is widely known in the state capital, Yola, for his entertaining gesticulative traffic control style. Famously called ‘Dancing Husseini’, the warden who is most often found at a busy junction called AA Lawan in Jimeta, Yola North LGA, where he controls traffic, attracts the admiration of many both for his unique expressive working mode and matching friendliness. Consequently, he gets lots of gifts, mostly cash, from passing motorists. He was in 2022 rewarded by the state command for the acclaimed…
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The Super Eagles will open camp for their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against the Cheetahs of Benin Republic in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, on Sunday, November 10. The invited players, according to SCORENigeria, will fly straight to Abidjan from their respective bases. Augustine Eguavoen’s charges will take on the Cheetahs at the Houphet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan, in a matchday 5 encounter on Thursday, November 14. The three-time African kings will be home to the Amavubi of Rwanda four days later. The Super Eagles top Group D with 10 points from four games. Benin and Rwanda occupy second and third…
Inter Miami captain, Lionel Messi has categorically declared that he won’t become a manager when he retires from active football. Messi is at the tail-end of his professional football career. The Argentina forward is currently the most decorated footballer in the world, having won 46 trophies. The 37-year-old has also won eight Ballon d’Or awards in the past. When asked if he would consider going into coaching after retirement, Messi said (Fabrizio Romano): “I’m not planning to become a manager when I will retire. “This is not something I’m considering to do.” Messi speaks on becoming football manager after retirement
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called on President Bola Tinubu to order the withdrawal of all charges against the minors being tried for alleged participation in the #EndBadGovernance protests. DAILY POST reports that 76 suspects, 32 of whom are minors, were arraigned before Justice Obiora Egwuatu at the Abuja Federal High Court on Friday for their involvement in the protests. Recall that Nigerians had protested nationally from August 1 to August 10 to voice their complaints about the economic hardship, removal of fuel subsidy and some polices of President Bola Tinubu. Some of the protesters were arrested…
The 2023 Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has declared that politics and church must be dismantled in Nigeria. Obi said night vigil should be turned into night shift so that people can be productive. He disclosed this while speaking on Honest Bunch podcast. According to Obi: “It’s attractive, politics and church but it has to be dismantled. “We are going to turn night vigil into night shift so that people can be productive. “I go to church and believe in God but we can’t have it that people Monday to Friday, be in church morning and night. “If…
Absence of electoral materials and officials at polling units marred the conduct of Saturday’s Local Government Elections in Abia State According to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, the Abia State Independent Electoral Commission, ABSIEC, did not distribute materials to the polling units as at 11 am against the 7am slated by the commission. The Commission said eletoral materials were scheduled to arrive at the polling units at 7am, while accreditation and voting would commence by 8am. At Umuahia South, Osisioma, Aba North and Aba South LGAs, neither the electoral materials nor election officials were seen at some of the…
The Nigeria Correctional Service, NCoS, has said that suspects arrested during the #EndBadGovernance protest in August 2024 were not remanded in any of its adult custodial centres in Abuja. The Service Public Relations Officer, Abubakar Umar, stated this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. Recall that suspects arrested during the protest were on Friday arraigned before Justice Obiora Egwuatu at the Federal High Court, Abuja Division. Umar said there were misleading reports making the rounds in some sections of the media purporting that the suspects were remanded in one of the adult custodial centres in Abuja. According to the…
Liverpool are beginning to plan for life without Mohamed Salah. Salah is into the final months of his current contract with the Anfield club. The Reds have now identified two potential targets in case the Egyptian leaves next summer. Liverpool’s scouts have earmarked Brentford’s Bryan Mbeumo and Bournemouth’s Antoine Semenyo as possible targets, according to Sky Sports. Mbeumo has scored eight goals in nine Premier League appearances so far and has “been monitored by Liverpool for some time”. Semenyo is well known to Liverpool’s new sporting director Richard Hughes. Hughes brought Semenyo to former club Bournemouth from Bristol City back…
Sensitive electrical materials arrived very late in the local government elections held on Saturday in Cross River State. There was also voter apathy as polling units witnessed low turnout of voters. In Calabar Municipality, for instance, materials arrived at 1:00 pm as against 8:00 am. Many of the electorate who had waited from 8:00 am to vote got angry and returned home. But a few of them came back later to vote. The polling officer at Abang Asang in Eta Agbor community, James Ogar profusely apologized for the late commencement, citing logistics challenges. Candidate of APC for the Calabar Municipality,…
The lawmaker representing Kogi Central in the National Assembly, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has condemned the detention of minors involved in the recent #EndBadGovernance protests. She described the detention of the minors as “inhumane and unjust”. The senator on Saturday equally called on the Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, to investigate the detention order granted by Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court. Egwuatu granted N10 million bail to 72 defendants, including the malnourished minors, over their alleged participation in the nationwide #EndBadGovernance protest, saying that each defendant must provide two sureties in like sum. “The children…