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NBA suspends season after player tests positive for Coronavirus
The NBA suspended the season Wednesday after a Utah Jazz player tested positive for the new coronavirus, prompting a game to be abandoned just before tip-off. The test result was reported as Utah’s game against the Thunder in Oklahoma City was about to begin. The game was abruptly postponed and the players were effectively quarantined
Ondo policeman kills wife, self over alleged infidelity
Peter Dada, Akure A policeman identified as Tolulope, who was attached to the Ondo State Police Command, has allegedly shot his wife dead and later killed himself. The incident, which occurred on Tuesday evening, was said to have happened in Akungba-Akoko in Akoko South-West Local Government Area of Ondo State. A police source said the
For Sanusi, dethronement is freedom
Abimbola Adelakun Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, was finally dethroned for insubordination to the political authorities in Kano State. It was not an altogether surprising development. Sanusi has both been outspoken and arrogant. He could not have survived the ultra-conservative ideology of the northern aristocracy nor conform to their willful blindness, even as their
Nigerien nabbed for altering stolen phones’ IMEI numbers
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The police have arrested a Nigerien, Abdullahi Ali, who allegedly specialises in altering the International Mobile Equipment Identity number of stolen mobile phones. Ali, 29, from Maradi, Niger Republic, said he used apps to alter the IMEI of phones, adding that he learnt the skill from some persons. The IMEI is a
China shuts down Mount Everest over Coronavirus
China has cancelled permits for Mount Everest because of the coronavirus, expedition organisers said Thursday, ahead of the spring climbing season on the world’s highest peak. Last year’s traffic-clogged spring window saw a record 885 people summit Everest, 644 of them from Nepal and 241 from the northern flank in Tibet. The Nepal side remains
Lagos Assembly crisis: Tinubu’s political empire intact, says Obasa
Samson Folarin The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has said “the political empire” of the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in Lagos “is intact and strong.” Obasa spoke following the crisis rocking the Lagos Assembly, which saw four lawmakers suspended on Monday and their
UNILAG lecturers protest, demand Babalakin’s removal
Samson Folarin Tension mounted on Wednesday as lecturers at the University of Lagos, Akoka, protested against the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council, Dr Wale Babalakin. The lecturers, who marched round the school, gathered under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, UNILAG branch. The placard-carrying protesters, who chanted slogans against the
Anambra newborn baby found hanging on barbed wire fence
Tony Okafor, Awka A newborn baby girl was on Wednesday found hanging on a barbed wire fence in Oko in the Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The baby was said to have been thrown from the first floor of a female hostel of the Federal Polytechnic, Oko. The mother of the baby
Court bars APC NWC from stopping Tues NEC meeting
Oladimeji Ramon The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja has restrained the National Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress, Babatunde Ogala; the National Publicity Secretary, Lanre Issa-Onilu; and Waziri Bulama from taking any steps to disrupt the meeting of the APC National Executive Committee, convened by the party’s National Working Committee and
Lagos court jails pastor for visa fraud
Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe A pastor, Michael Njoteah, was on Wednesday sentenced to two years’ imprisonment by the Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Igbosere over visa fraud. It was gathered that Njoteah obtained the sum of N1.3m from one Samuel Ezeoha under the pretext of procuring Australian visa for him. The convict also obtained the sum of
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