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Dare Rolls Out Buhari Scorecard on Sports And Youth Development Sector   ABUJA - (Federal Ministry Sports & Youth Development Report) - The Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Sunday Dare has outlined the President Muhammadu Buhari Administration's Scorecard under the Sports and Youth Development Sector, since inception in 2015 While presenting the achievements during the International Press Briefing held at the National Press Centre, Abuja recently, Dare stated that his Ministry has the mandate to promote the physical, mental and socio - economic development of the youth, constituting the largest demographic composition representing 65% of Nigerian population.   He stated that under the present Administration, the Sports and Youth Development sector has witnessed tremendous turn - around through the implementation of well-thought out initiatives, programmes and policies targeted not only at empowering the youth, but also moving sports away from mere recrea...

How Lagos policeman killed my pregnant wife — Lawyer Bolanle Raheem’s husband • Killer cop 33 years in service, Atiku, Sanwo-Olu, NBA fume Gbenga Raheem, the husband of a female lawyer, Omobolanle, who was shot dead by an Assistant Superintendent of Police, Drambi Vandi, has narrated how his wife was killed. Gbenga spoke on Monday when sympathisers visited his house in the Ajah area of Lagos State. The media had exclusively reported that Omobolanle was coming from an eatery with some family members on Christmas Day and had tried to make a U-turn under the Ajah Bridge when the cop shot at her vehicle. The 41-year-old woman was rushed to a hospital, where she was confirmed dead. It was gathered that the woman, who had a child, was seven-month pregnant when tragedy struck. Vandi, who was attached to the Ajiwe Police Station, Ajah, Lagos State, was said to have spent 33 years in the police force. This reporter obtained a voice recording from one of the lawyers who visited the deceased’s fa...

Belongings of Nigerian musician stolen in US hotel Singer, Oluwajuwonlo Iledare, popularly known as Jaywon, has been robbed of his belongings at a hotel in the United States. Jaywon, in a video shared on his Instagram page, said he stepped out of his hotel room where he left his luggage and other items only to get back and realise everything was missing. In the video shared, two policemen were captured searching the room while the singer lamented his loss. The ‘This Year’ singer said: “This is where I left my luggage just this afternoon. Now to come back to my hotel, I can’t find my luggage, I can’t find my bag. “I can’t find my laptop bag, my laptop, everything. I left all these just this afternoon. “Hilton Baltimore, what is happening? I don’t know, I’ve not seen anything like this before in my life. Left my room this afternoon…….Hey God, abeg!” The caption of the video reads: “Left my hotel today #hiltonbaltimore to the studio only to come back and I couldn’t find my luggage, my car...

This is Ijeoma Phyllis. 42 and Tochukwu Edeh,32, they met on Facebook in 2020, started a relationship and were deeply in love. In October, Tochuckwu sold Ijeoma's Toyota highlander car, when she questioned his action, he hit her head with a piston at her Abuja home and she died. This happened on October 24th 2022. He fled to Port Harcourt with her Toyota Camry car and was later arrested by the police. Don't fall in love with heartless souls. According to another source ‘I Hit Her With A Pestle’, Abuja-Based Suspect Speaks On Girlfriend’s Killing Operatives of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) have arrested a 31-year-old man who allegedly killed his lover, 48-year-old Ijeoma Felix in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The suspect, who was paraded at the IRT Office in Abuja on Tuesday, confessed to having hit the victim with a pestle during an allegedly violent argument at her two-bedroom residence in the Lugbe area of the FCT on October 24. After hitting her, the sus...

I’m not in support of Obi’s ambition, warned him to withdraw – Arthur Eze Yesterday, an Anambra born-business billionaire, Prince Arthur Eze, has condemned Obi’s ambition of becoming the next president of Nigeria after, President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. Eze, while speaking at the occasion of the 2022 Ofala festival of HRH Igwe (Dr.) Robert Eze, the traditional ruler of Ukpo in Dunukofia local government area of the State, opined that he warned Obi to drop his ambition, but he wouldn’t listen. He noted that he advised Obi to wait for next time after however listening to him lists the number of states he thought he would win. His words: “I warned Peter Obi to withdraw from this race but he would not listen. I told him plainly that I am not part of his plans. I told him to drop his ambition, and wait for next time. “When he told me about his ambition, I asked him the states he thinks he can win in the west and in the north – he told me; but I was not convinced. I told him he cannot not ...

Abducted man found dead on Christmas day in Anambra A young man allegedly abducted near a hotel in Okpuno, Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State, has been found dead. The deceased, simply identified as Ifeanyi, hailed from Awgbu, Orumba North Local Government Area. His body was found in Awka, the state capital on Christmas day. He was abducted on Friday along Geneva Hotel road. A friend of the deceased, Ebuka Okoye, posted his photograph on his Facebook wall. He blamed the growing insecurity in the state. The post read: “One death too many!!! This sweet soul was kidnapped in the heart of the state capital on Friday, and just yesterday evening, his lifeless body was seen by the roadside. “If such a barbaric outing can take place in the capital city of the state, without any intelligence as regards hunting the perpetrators of this crime down, then I can confidently tell you that no person is safe down there.” Also, one Naeche Okoye who described the deceased as his younger br...

27th December, 2022 PRESS RELEASE   DELTA STATE POLICE COMMAND OPERATIVES  NUETRALIZES TWO SUSPECTED KIDNAPPERS, RECOVERS ONE AK49 RIFLE, ONE LOCALLY MADE DOUBLE BARREL GUN AND CARTRIDGES: On 24/12/2022 at about 2300hours, operatives of ‘B’ Division Warri patrol team, while on night surveillance patrol duty along Okumagba Estate roundabout in Warri South LGA, they intercepted a tricycle with two male occupants, and subjected them to a search. During the search, three live cartridges concealed under the seat of the tricycle were recovered. The suspects were taken into custody. Upon interrogation, suspects confessed to be members of a five man kidnapping syndicate operating around Warri and its environs. Acting on their confessions,  on 25/12/2022, the suspects led Police operatives to their hideout at a house located along Upper Erejuwa Street, where one (1) AK49 rifle with breach no. 11876, one (1) locally made double barrel long gun, two (2) machetes were recovered. On t...