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Udeme confessed to killing her husband A female lawyer accused of killing her husband has confessed according to an Assistant Superintendent of Police, Olusegun Bamidele. Bamidele revealed this on Wednesday before a Lagos State High Court in Igbosere. According to the police officer, the lawyer, Udeme Otike-Odibi, confessed to killing her husband after allegedly stabbing him to death. Forty-eight-year-old Udeme is standing trial for the murder of her husband, Symphorosa Otike-Odibi, to death at their residence on Diamond Estate, Sangotedo, Lagos State. According to Punch, Udeme was also alleged to have mutilated the corpse of her husband after killing him. The offences were said to contravene sections 165 (b) and 223 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015. At Wednesday’s proceedings, Bamidele, the final prosecution witness, while being led in evidence by the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions, Titilayo Shitta-Bay, said he was the head of the team that invest...

Former Arsenal and France striker Thierry Henry has been suspended from his role as coach of Monaco with his team second bottom of Ligue 1, the Ligue 1 club announced on Thursday. “Henry has been suspended until a definitive decision is made,” the club said in a statement, adding that assistant coach Franck Passi would oversee training on Friday ahead of the weekend’s clash with fellow strugglers Dijon. Henry took up the post with 2017 French champions Monaco in October but they have just three Ligue 1 wins after 21 games. Details Later… (AFP) source:https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/01/breaking-monaco-coach-thierry-henry.html

  If you were born in the 80s / 90s, you would be familiar with these Legendary Old things that I want to share with you. These are the things that made Millions of Nigerian Kids childhood memorable, it placed a lot of us under spell, that if we don’t get them at the time we wanted, we go Violent. So sad, the small child around us now won’t know some or all of these things. Below are the 5 Legendary things that rock our childhood; 1. Digestive Biscuit   One major junk food that make Primary school interesting is this Biscuit, the Joy derived in eating it can’t be compared to none. If you beg me and I give you make I bend! Join with Ptit milk then. It taste heaven. Children of nowadays won’t know, they are already eating  Pizza  and  Burger . 😂 2. Robot Chewing Gum  This is the only junk food that has a record kept in place. You are like what’s the record shey? Robot Chewing Gum is the only Junk food that you wil...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is too late for any candidate to withdraw from contesting any position in the upcoming elections. Oby Ezekwesili INEC said this while reacting to the withdrawal of Oby Ezekwesili as presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) Ezekwesili announced her withdrawal on Thursday, saying she wanted to give room for a coalition against candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC). But reacting via a statement, Rotimi Oyekanmi, chief press secretary to the INEC chairman, said November 17 was the last date for withdrawal. The statement read: “It is impossible for any presidential candidate to withdraw from the race now. According to the Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the 2019 General Election, the last day for withdrawal by candidates or replacement of withdrawn candidates by political parties was 17th November, 2018 for Presidential and Natio...

Nantes’ Argentinian Italian forward Emiliano Sala/AFP Police on Thursday ended their search for Premier League player Emiliano Sala, saying the chances of finding the Argentine alive three days after his plane went missing over the Channel were “extremely remote”. The light aircraft transporting the 28-year-old striker, who signed for Cardiff City at the weekend, disappeared from radar around 20 kilometres (12 miles) north of Guernsey on Monday night. The tiny island sits off the northern coast of France. “We reviewed all the information available to us, as well as knowing what emergency equipment was on board, and have taken the difficult decision to end the search,” Guernsey said in a statement. “The chances of survival at this stage are extremely remote.” The police said they have informed the next of kin of Sala and the missing pilot, who has been identified as David Ibbotson. The police said teams from the Channel Islands, the United Kingdom and France had searched...

Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested a fake Assistant Commissioner of Police, Kingsley Udoyen. The fake Senior Police Officer who claimed he was sacked from the Force in 2006 as Superintendent of Police while serving in Alagbon, Lagos State, has admitted parading himself as ACP, adding that a female serving Police woman and girlfriend who has also been arrested, procured the uniform and ranks for him. Parading the suspect today at the Command Headquarters, Ikot Akpan Abia, Uyo, the Commissioner of Police, Akwa Ibom State, Mr Musa Kimo said that Udoyen had until his arrest at No. 3 Stadium Road, Abak, used the fake ACP position to defraud and threatened unsuspecting members of the public. Kimo added that a search in his house led to the recovery of “one English pistol without magazine and ammunition, portraits of Chief Superintendent of Police and Assistant Commissioner of Police, three pairs of uniform, Police belt, fake Police ID card, and other documents.” ...

Where is Aisha Buhari, wife of the president? She has not been campaigning along with President Muhammadu in his re-election bid and this has raised concern as to her whereabouts. But TheCable understands that she is currently abroad for medical reasons, although her office has refused to confirm or deny the speculation. When TheCable contacted Suleiman Haruna, media aide to the president’s wife, he said he did not have any comments. “Honestly, honestly, I don’t have any comment on that. People have been calling me. I don’t have any comment on that,” Haruna said. Speaking with TheCable on Wednesday, a presidency source explained that the president’s wife has not been seen campaigning for her husband “because she is ill”. “For about two weeks now, you will observe that the president’s wife has not been campaigning. She is ill and she has travelled abroad for treatment,” the source said. TheCable understands that she will be back by Monday. Earlier in the month, Buhari...

Paris Saint-Germain’s Brazilian forward Neymar is tackled by Strasbourg’s Tunisian midfielder Moataz Zemzemi during the French Cup round of 32 football match between PSG and Strasbourg in Paris on January 23, 2019. FRANCK FIFE / AFP Paris Saint-Germain talisman Neymar suffered a fresh injury to his right metatarsal in the holders’ French Cup win over Strasbourg, the club said Thursday. A fractured metatarsal curtailed the Brazilian’s campaign last season, and the recurrence comes just three weeks ahead of the first leg of PSG’s crunch Champions League clash against Manchester United. Neymar posted a photo of himself leaving the pitch on Instagram, with a caption saying: “Your will be done, my God.” The severity of the new injury is not yet known, although Neymar was able to walk off the field unsupported. “Initial tests carried out revealed a painful reactivation of the injury to the fifth metatarsal,” a club statement said Thursday. “The treatment will depend on progress...

The United States and the United Kingdom have announced repercussions, including visa restrictions, for election interference and election-related violence in Nigeria. This was announced in a statement issued on Thursday. Both countries described the elections as very important to not just Nigeria but Africa, demanding that the process be fair and transparent. “The conduct of the upcoming elections in Nigeria is important not only for Nigeria, but for the African continent,” the US mission in Nigeria said in a statement. “The United States government does not support any specific candidate or party in Nigeria’s upcoming elections. The United States supports the Nigerian democratic process itself. We support a genuinely free, fair, transparent, and peaceful electoral process. “We, and other democratic nations, will be paying close attention to actions of individuals who interfere in the democratic process or instigate violence against the civilian population before, durin...

Former Premier League champions, Chelsea have reacted to Super Eagles’ captain, John Mikel Obi joining English Championship side, Middlesbrough, on a six-month deal. Middlesbrough on Thursday confirmed the signing of Mikel Obi, a former Chelsea midfielder. Mikel tore up his contract with Chinese Super League (CSL) side, Tianjin TEDA, after escaping relegation. The 31-year-old has battled injuries since the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia and has put in efforts to get back in top shape. Chelsea took to their official Twitter page, @ChelseaFC, to congratulate Mikel and wished him good luck at his new club, Middlesbrough. “Good luck at Middlesbrough, @Mikel_John_Obi!,” Chelsea tweeted alongside a picture of Mikel wearing the Blues’ jersey. Mikel will be expected to make his debut for Middlesbrough when they take on Newport County in an FA Cup clash scheduled for Saturday, January 26. Source:https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/01/chelsea-react-as-john-mikel-obi.html

French Ligue 1 club AS Monaco are reportedly set to sack manager Thierry Henry just after three months in charge. The Arsenal legend is expected to lose his job in the Principality, following a wretched start to his managerial career. Henry will be told in the next 48 hours that he is surplus to requirements with former boss Leonardo Jardim in line for a shock return. Jardim was axed in October to make way for the former Gunners’ striker, but now it appears the club's owners are about to make an abrupt U-turn. MySportDab report Monaco currently sit one point off the bottom of Ligue 1 and their season has lurched from one problem to the next. The 1998 World Cup winner has been little short of a disaster in his first managerial job – winning just two league matches in 12 attempts. Matters came to a head following Saturday's 5-1 defeat at home to Strasbourg. source: https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/01/as-monaco-set-to-sack-thierry-henry.html

Olusegun Obasanjo Ahead of the February 16 presidential election, former President Olusegun Obasanjo will in the coming days embark on foreign trips where he will market Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to the international community on why he thinks he will make a good president of Nigeria if elected. According to Obasanjo’s aide, the former president who has not hidden his disdain for President Muhammadu Buhari’s presidency is expected to visit leading countries and international organisations such as the United States, EU and the United Nations “where he will appeal to them to take special interest in the forthcoming election and also canvass for a leadership change to save Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, from the brinks of collapse caused by the Buhari presidency”. Speaking on why Obasanjo has not been visible at the rallies of Atiku as he has always done with former candidates he endorsed, the aide said Obasanjo bel...

The Federal Government on Wednesday announced that Value Added Tax (VAT) will be increased this year. Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, at the unveiling of government’s Strategic Revenue Growth Initiatives in Abuja, said the initiative was to boost accruals into government’s coffers and to sustain revenue generation in all sectors. She said: “We are studying a possibility of a VAT increase but you also know that the increase of VAT requires an amendment of a law. It is most likely the VAT increase will be selective. It will be on special items so it won’t be across the board. “There would be a VAT increase during the course of 2019, we will announce later the items and what the rate would be. We would have to take a request to the National Assembly for amendment before it takes effect. “President Muhammadu Buhari has mandated the Federal Ministry of Finance to generate more revenues to finance national development and to proactively monitor collections by all Mini...

Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), has revealed what the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, said when he first exposed Walter Onnoghen, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), as possessing accounts containing unexplained funds. According to him, the EFCC shut him down for making such allegations. Sowore revealed this yesterday night while featuring at a town-hall meeting tagged ‘The Candidates’, broadcast live on the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) with the support of MacArthur Foundation. He was answering a question on how his administration would tackle corruption if elected. He explained that for any anti-corruption war to succeed, it must be fought indiscriminately. He said: “There must be consequences for people to know that it is not alright to be corrupt and still get a chieftaincy title. “Look at the judiciary. Look, Nigeria has been playing around with corruption for a long time, but you know, as an in...

An Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Wednesday remanded a 42-year-old driver, Adebola Akinyele, who allegedly drugged, defiled and dumped a 13-year-old girl. The Magistrate, Mrs E. Kubeinje, ordered that Akinyele should spend the next 96 days in prison pending advice from the state Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), NAN reports. Kubeinje said that the court could not take the plea of the accused as she needed the DPP’s advice. The magistrate adjourned the case until April 8 for mention. Akinyele, who resides at Ketu area of Lagos, is standing trial on a two-count charge of child defilement and sexual assault. Earlier, the Prosecutor, Sgt. Lucky Ihiehie, urged the court to remand the accused pending the DPP’s advice. He said that the accused committed the offences on Dec. 6 in Ketu, where he resided in the same compound with his alleged victim. According to the prosecutor, the driver sneaked into the teenager’s parents’ apartment in their absence, drugged, ...

In this file photo taken on October 27, 2018, US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing for a rally in Murphysboro, Illinois. President Donald Trump plans to abolish t Nicholas Kamm / AFP US President Donald Trump backed down late Wednesday in a spat with Democrats over his State of the Union address, agreeing to delay it until a government shutdown ends, although the more than month-long impasse dragged on. The US Senate prepared meanwhile Thursday to hold two showdown votes on measures to reopen the shuttered federal agencies, but Trump’s toxic sparring with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi essentially assured no solution was at hand. An intensifying war of words between the president and Pelosi came to a head Wednesday with the top Democrat effectively blocking Trump from delivering his annual address in Congress until the partial government shutdown, now in its 34th day, is brought to an end. But in a tweet sent after 11:00 pm, Trump wrote, “As the Shutd...

A man identified as Abdullahi Yadau, has divorced his wife after they clashed over the politics of the 2019 presidential election.in central Nigeria’s Plateau state. Abdullahi, who resides in Jos Plateau state, told the BBC Hausa that he had divorced his wife, Hafsat Suleiman, after she kept asserting that “President Muhammadu Buhari will be reelected in 2019.” According to him, her staunch support for President Buhari had been a source of quarrel between them. Yadua said with the consent of his parents, he decided to divorce her according to the Sharia legal system. The BBC Hausa reported that it has been trying to reach Hafsat to get her own side of the divorce story but to no avail. However her cousin, Ibrahim Suleiman, who spoke to BBC Hausa about what had happened between the couple vowed that “she would not return to his (Yadau’s) home.” President Muhammadu Buhari’s major challenger is former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar who bears the presidential flag of the oppo...

Wales manager, Ryan Giggs, has said that Aaron Ramsey’s proposed move to Juventus from Arsenal, will take the midfielder out of his “comfort zone” and make him a better player. Ramsey, 28, will complete a free transfer move to Italian champions Juventus at the end of this season, following the Gunners’ decision to withdraw a contract offer to the Welshman last September. Giggs admits he has been surprised by Arsenal’s failure to re-open negotiations over a new deal for Ramsey, but the former Manchester United winger believes that moving to Juventus will benefit the player and the international team. “I think the main thing for me, as a national team coach, is that your players are playing, but you’ve seen the great experience that Gareth [Bale] has had going abroad and what he’s won. “When you go into a team that is winning things, with that confidence that it gives you, you become a better player with that experience, I think, and sort of going out of your comfort zone. “...

(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 12, 2018 French Renault group CEO and chairman of Japan’s Nissan Motor CO. Ltd and Mitsubishi Motors Corp, Carlos Ghosn poses during a photo session at the Renault headquarters in Boulogne-Billancourt. – Renault boss Carlos Ghosn has handed in his resignation, France’s economy minister said on January 24, 2019 ahead of a board meeting at which the French car maker is to appoint his successor. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP) Arrested car boss Carlos Ghosn resigned his position as chief executive and chairman of Renault, ending his leadership roles in the auto industry and signalling the start of new era for the French manufacturer. Ghosn, the most powerful man in car-making until his sensational arrest in Japan last November on financial misconduct charges, had already been sacked as chairman of Japanese auto groups Nissan and Mitsubishi. But the 64-year-old had held on to the top job at Renault, which has been run on an interim basis b...

Polaris Bank The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria is seeking new investors to take over Polaris Bank after elections next month and is taking stock of the bank’s assets ahead of a sale, Punch has reported. The spokesman for AMCON, Jude Nwauzor, was quoted by Reuters as saying on Tuesday, “The election season has slowed down things. We would advertise for expressions of interest from investors after elections and commence the sale process.” Nigerians will vote on February 16 in a presidential election where President Muhammadu Buhari is seeking a second term. Some banks in the country have faced tough times since low oil prices put pressure on their business of lending to the oil and gas industry. The country emerged from a recession in 2017 but economic growth remained sluggish and this had weighed on credit growth. Polaris Bank was set up last year to take over the assets of Skye Bank Plc, which collapsed and had its operating licence revoked by the Central Bank of...

Football agent, Mark McKay, has confirmed he arranged the flight that was carrying striker Emiliano Sala to Cardiff, but has denied reports he or his family owned the plane. On Wednesday evening, Guernsey Police confirmed the search to find the Piper Malibu that was carrying Sala and pilot David Ibbotson had been called off for the day, almost two days after the plane lost contact and disappeared off the radar near Alderney, in the Channel Islands. McKay, one of Sala’s intermediaries involved in the £15m deal to bring him from Nantes to Cardiff, released a statement saying he was involved in the Cardiff player’s travel arrangements, but denied reports that he was the owner of the plane. “I can confirm that when Emiliano made myself and his agent Meissa N’Diaye aware that he wished to travel back to Nantes following his medical and signing on Friday, I began to look into arranging a private flight to take him to Nantes on Saturday morning. “That evening, it was confirmed a pl...

Fela Durotoye, Kinglsey Moghalu and Omoyele Sowore The Presidential Candidate of the Alliance for New Nigeria, Fela Durotoye has said that he is ready for a coalition with the Presidential Candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), Kingsley Moghalu and African Action (ACC), Omoyele Sowere. Mr Durotoye made his declaration known through a series of tweets on his social media platform. His comments come after the Presidential Allied Congress Party (ACP), Oby Ezekwesili on Thursday withdrew from the Presidential race “I have always believed that leadership is about service & sacrifice & today, I would like to commend Oby Ezekwesili for leading the charge to form a viable coalition to presenting a Consensus Candidate for the 2019 Presidential elections. “To ensure an alliance is formed and we present a united front, I am ready to come into coalition talks with my brothers Omoyele Sowore & Prof. Kingsley Moghalu to submit myself to any transparent process tha...

Says, ex-minister interested in being Finance minister  ABUJA: The Allied Congress Party of Nigeria ACPN has angrily reacted to the withdrawal of its Presidential Candidate, Dr Oby Ezekwesili from the February 16 Presidential Elections, saying the former Education minister only tried to use it’s platform to negotiate a ministerial position in the next political dispensation. Ezekwesili Addressing a news conference Thursday in Abuja, the party said Dr Ezekwesili never consulted with the party before withdrawing from the race. Those who addressed the press on behalf of the party were its National Chairman and running mate to Dr Ezekwesili, Alhaji Ganiyu Galadima, National Secretary, Chief Paul Isamede, Deputy National Chairman, South, Otunba Bosun Omosule and his counterpart for the North, Alhaji Ibrahim Goronyo. They said they received with consternation but not surprising Ezekwesili’s withdrawal which was to preempt the decision that the party would have reache...

Neymar was forced off with a nasty-looking ankle injury, as Paris Saint-Germain defeated Strasbourg 2-0 in the last 32 of the Coupe de France on Wednesday night. Thomas Tuchel will be sweating over Neymar’s injury ahead of the side’s Champions League clash with Manchester United. The Brazilian forward went down in a heap in the second half and tried to play through the pain after some initial treatment on the touchline at the Parc des Princes. However, Moussa Diaby came on as a substitute in the 62nd minute and Neymar was in tears, as he made his way down the tunnel. Neymar, who suffered foot problems before and during the World Cup last summer, appeared to roll his ankle while dribbling past Strasbourg midfielder Moataz Zemzemi. Asked about the injury after the final whistle, Tuchel replied: “No news for Neymar but he’s worried. “It’s the same foot [that he injured before the World Cup].” PSG travel to Old Trafford on February 12. The return leg of the Champions Lea...

Manchester United have been unseated as world football’s biggest earners, after slipping to third behind Real Madrid and Barcelona in Deloitte’s annual report into club revenues. However, the Premier League provided six of the top 10, which is a record from a single country. The report found that the 20 highest-earning clubs in the world generated a record £7.4bn of combined revenue in 2017/2018, an increase of 6% on the previous year. United, though, were unable to keep pace with Madrid and Barcelona after pulling in £581m, a fall of £8.8m on the previous season. Madrid moved from second to first, by increasing revenues by more than £85m to £665.2m off the back of a third consecutive Champions League title and a big uplift in sponsorship, merchandising and the exploitation of increasingly lucrative pre-season fixtures. They are the first club to generate more than €750m. Barcelona are in second place with revenues of just over £611m, a rise of more than £50m, after ...

The sacked Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TeTFund), Abdullahi Baffa, said he was forced out of office owing to his refusal to provide monetary kickbacks to Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu. Baffa told BBC Hausa on Wednesday that the Minister had sent a contractor to him demanding his share of N200 billion disbursed by the agency to tertiary institutions in Nigeria. He stated that he had never collected a dime from any of the benefiting tertiary institutions. “If they bring any evidence indicting me, I’m ready to accept death punishment,” Mr Baffa said. Bichi also said he was sacked over ‘false’ accusations of insubordination, inaccessibility and speaking to the press without authorisation. “On Friday night, I was informed at the Presidential Villa that Minister of Education came with a letter reporting me to the president. “This is not the first time Adamu Adamu reported me to the president, requesting my sack but the president stood his grou...