Nigeria news today headlines update Wednesday 27th February 2019
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target=_blank>Royal Liverpool To Host The 151st Open In 2022
The 151st Open will be played at Royal Liverpool in 2022, the R&A have announced. It will be the 13th time that the famous championship has been played over the Hoylake links course and the first since Rory McIlroy’s wire-to-wire victory in 2014. Martin Slumbers, chief executive of The R&A, said: ‘We know that there
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target=_blank>Sanath Jayasuriya Banned From Cricket For Two Years
. The former Sri Lanka captain and World Cup-winner, who was charged in October, admitted failing to co-operate with a wider investigation into corruption in Sri Lankan cricket by “concealing, tampering with or destroying evidence”, as stated in Article 2.4.7. The 49-year-old retired in 2012 after a decorated playing career. He spearheaded his nation to
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target=_blank>Liverpool Academy Defender Rhys Williams Signs First Professional Contract
Highly-rated Liverpool Academy defender Rhys Williams has signed his first professional contract. The Preston-born centre-back, who turned 18 earlier this month, has been rewarded for the progress he’s made so far this season. Williams has been one of the shining lights for Barry Lewtas’ exciting Liverpool Under-18s side this term – helping them reach the
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target=_blank>Tottenham Move For Fulham’s Sessegnon Brothers
Tottenham are reportedly interested in Fulham’s twin brothers Ryan and Steven Sessegnon. According to TEAMtalk, Spurs are long-term admirers of the English pair and are keen on completing a deal for them in the summer. The report details that Mauricio Pochettino’s side are prepared to offer a deal worth up to £20million for the 18-year-old
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target=_blank>Polls: Police Arrest 14 Suspects In Anambra
The Police Anambra Command, on Tuesday, said 14 suspects were arrested for various electoral offences committed during the February 23, Presidential and National Assembly elections in the state. Mr Rabiu Ladodo, the Commissioner of Police in-charge of the 2019 general elections in Anambra, disclosed this in Awka during a media briefing. Ladodo explained that the
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target=_blank>Manslaughter: Appeal Court Reserves Judgment On 15 -Year- Jail Sentence
The Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan on Tuesday reserved judgment in an appeal against a 15- year-jail sentence handed down on one Mukaila Amodu who was convicted for manslaughter. The three-man panel of Justices led by Justice Jimi Bada reserved judgment after listening to the submissions of counsel to the respondent and appellant. Other
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target=_blank>Man Remanded For Allegedly Stealing Generator Parts In Ogun
ABEOKUTA – An Ogun State Magistrate Court sitting in Isabo area of Abeokuta, the State Capital on Monday ordered that a 31-year-old man, Mustapha Sanusi be remanded in prison custody for allegedly stealing a generator and other machine parts. The accused who was brought before Magistrate Temitope Obasanjo on a two-count charge of stealing and unlawful
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target=_blank>Tribute To Okuokpellagbe Of Okpella
BENIN – To those who knew His Royal Majesty, Dr. Andrew Yesufu Eshioroamhe Dirisu, the Okuokpellagbe of Okpella during his lifetime, it will not be easy to forget his struggle for the unity of the people of the kingdom as he left his footprints in the sands of time. History will forever remain kind to the
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target=_blank>Man Arraigned For Allegedly Presenting Forged Title Docs To Commit N12m Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, February 26, 2019, arraigned one Otunba Kelvin Olumide, before Justice Silvanus Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, sitting in Apo, on a three-count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretense and forgery. Olumide and one Grace Obinna (now at large), allegedly forged a
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Female Teacher Accused Of Sexually Assaulting 4-Year-Old Pupil Remanded In Prison
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded a 29-year-old female teacher, Adejuyigbe Moni, who allegedly sexually assaulted her four-year-old pupil by inserting her fingers in her vaginal. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Olufunke Sule-Amzat, ordered that the defendant should be kept in Kirikiri Prisons in Lagos pending the receipt of legal advice from the Lagos […]
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