Author: Prince Ade ADe

A policeman, Rilwan Kasumu, has rejected a N4 million bribe offered by some drug peddlers in the Ilogbo area of Lagos State. Kasumu, a Superintendent of Police, is the officer in charge of Area K, Marogbo, Lagos State command. On Tuesday, the police team arrested Esther Newman Obiekezie at her residence in Ilogbo, where she sells illicit drugs. Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, saying Obiekezie was discovered to have been selling the illicit drug. Police officers raided her residence, and large quantities of drugs and some AK-47 live ammunition were said to…

As a temporary response to the nation’s growing food crisis and the rising cost of commodities, President Bola Tinubu has ordered the immediate release of more than 102,000 metric tons of various grain types from the National Food Reserve and the Rice Millers Association of Nigeria. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this to State House correspondents after the last leg of a series of three meetings of the Special Presidential Committee on Emergency Food Intervention at the Aso Rock Villa on Thursday. Idris said the first one is that the Ministry of Agriculture and Food…

Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin says he will not seek re-election in 2027. It comes after Uefa voted to change its rules, which would have allowed the 56-year-old Slovenian to run again and potentially stay at the helm of European football’s governing body until 2031. The English Football Association (FA) was the only nation to oppose the rule amendment at a Uefa congress in Paris. The FA said leaders should serve a “maximum” of three terms of four years. Previous rules allowed a president to serve three terms in office but the new ruling means Ceferin’s initial term, when he replaced…

Zaidu Sanusi trained separately as the Super Eagles started preparations for their final clash with the Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire. Sanusi missed the Super Eagles semi-final victory against the Bafana Bafana of South Africa due to injury. The FC Porto defender was replaced in the starting line-up by Bright Osayi-Samuel. Head coach Jose Peseiro refused to offer assurance on Sanusi’s availability for the game. Peseiro said during his interaction with the media, “I don’t know if he (Sanusi) can recover, I hope he can recover for the next match but he’s out now because of injury. He didn’t do any…

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday issued Certificates of Return to winners of Saturday’s rerun and by-elections. On February 3, 2024, INEC conducted legislative by-elections and re-run elections across the country in 26 states. Seven political parties won seats in both the National and State Houses of Assembly. They are the Action Democratic Party, All Progressives Congress, All Progressive Grand Alliance, Labour Party, New Nigeria Peoples Party, Peoples Democratic Party and the Young Progressives Party. Certificate presentations were done by INEC national commissioners representing each of the states where the rerun and bye-elections were conducted, and winners were declared…

Ali’s late strike helped Qatar reach the final of the Asian Cup and continue their title defence with victory over Iran. Hosts Qatar led after goals from Jassem Gaber and Akram Afif cancelled out Sardar Azmoun’s superb overhead opener. A controversial penalty decision helped level the scores, but Ali’s 82nd-minute strike and Shoja Khalilzadeh’s late red card were fatal to Iran’s final hopes. Qatar will play underdogs Jordan in Saturday’s final at Lusail Stadium. Jordan stunned two-time winners South Korea on Tuesday to reach their first Asian Cup final. Qatar are bidding to become the first team since Japan in…

Britain’s Emma Raducanu was denied a place in the Abu Dhabi Open quarter-finals by second seed Ons Jabeur. Competing as a wildcard in Abu Dhabi, the 21-year-old Raducanu lost 6-4 6-1 to the Tunisian world number six. A surprise US Open champion in 2021, Raducanu made her Grand Slam return at last month’s Australian Open after missing the final eight months of 2023 following wrist and ankle surgeries. Jabeur, 29, will play Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia in the last eight. Jabeur, a three-time Grand Slam finalist, was in impressive form and hit 35 winners and eight aces on her way…

The Super Eagles of Nigeria are through to the final of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations after beating Bafana Bafana of South Africa 4-2 on penalties in a dramatic game at the Stade de la Paix in Bouake, Wednesday night which ended 1-1 in regulation and extra time. Star striker Victor Osimhen won a penalty for Nigeria which Captain William Troost-Ekong converted in the 67th minute to give the Super Eagles the league. With just five minutes of normal time remaining, Osimhen thought he had clinched victory when he tapped in Bright Osayi-Samuel’s low cross following a swift counter-attack…

The Spanish La Liga reported racist insults aimed at Vinicius Junior ahead of a league match last week at Getafe’s stadium to Spanish prosecutors on Tuesday The Spanish top flight told reporters they had made the legal complaint after some fans yelled Vinicius, monkey outside the Coliseum Alfonso Perez stadium, before Madrid’s 2-0 victory. Vinicius, 23, has become a symbol of the fight against discrimination in Spanish football after suffering racist abuse on many occasions Most notably in May 2023 Vinicius remonstrated with a supporter at Valencia’s Mestalla stadium after he was racially abused. Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said…

The Federal Government in the meantime has renewed the suspension of commercial flights from Niger Republic to Nigeria and from Nigeria to the nations northern neighbouring country by the Economic Community of West African States resolution. This resolution was put forth by ECOWAS in response to the events in Niger Republic on July 26, 2023, when the democratically elected President, Mohamed Bazoum, was ousted in a coup and replaced by the military junta led by General Abdourrahamane Tchiani. This directive was contained in a letter titled: ECOWAS Restriction on the Republic of Nigeria, from the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA)…