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The Nigeria police force has defended the detention of Ademola Adeleke, lawmaker representing Osun west senatorial district. Speaking with ONE WORD on Monday, Frank Mba, force spokesman, said Adeleke was detained in connection with ongoing criminal investigations against him. ONE WORD had reported how the police detained Adeleke, who was candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2018 governorship election in Osun state. The senator had honoured an invitation at the force headquarters in Abuja before he was detained. Mba told ONE WORD Adeleke will be charged to court on Tuesday. He said: “Senator Adeleke is currently in police custody. He was taken into custody in the evening of today 6th May, 2019 in connection with ongoing criminal investigations touching on his person. “Meanwhile, in the best tradition of natural justice and fair hearing, he has already been served with the relevant charge sheet containing his alleged offences in the presence of his Attorn...

Meghan Markle The arrival on Monday of their first child a “very healthy” boy crowns the whirlwind love story of Prince Harry and his wife Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, coming less than three years since they first met. Meghan Markle It was love at first sight for both parties, who quickly sensed their brief blind date could blossom. They were set up by a mutual friend when US actress Meghan Markle was passing through London in July 2016. The couple knew little about each other and the speed of the relationship surprised them both. “The fact that I fell in love with Meghan so incredibly quickly was a confirmation to me that all the stars were aligned. Everything was just perfect,” Harry said. Within two years, they tied the knot at Windsor Castle, sealing a relationship that rapidly grew out of the media spotlight — and survived when it went public in explosive fashion. When the couple first met, she was 34 and a divorcee of three years; he 31 with a few foundered relat...

The suspect Adejoke Adeleye /Abeokuta A 28-year old man, Oni Olohunwa has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for culpable homicide. The suspect was arrested following a report by Wasiu Raheem who took the stabbed victim to the Ogijo Police Station. According to Raheem, the suspect and the victim were both attending a party, but the victim got drunk and started misbehaving. While the suspect was trying to caution him, an argument ensued between them and the suspect brought out a knife with which he stabbed the deceased in the chest and back. On the strength of the report, the DPO Ogijo Division CSP Baba Muhammed detailed his detectives to the scene where the suspect was promptly arrested. Meanwhile, the victim, Baraka Taiwo was rushed to a nearby hospital but died while receiving treatment. His corpse has been deposited at OOUTH Sagamu for post mortem examination. The Ogun State Commissioner of Police Bashir Makama has ordered the immediate transfer ...

Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) Seven banks quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) paid N144.99 million as fines to regulators in 2018 for various contraventions. Investigations by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) indicated that the fines were paid to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Financial Reporting Council and Corporate Affairs Commission. The affected banks are: Sterling Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA), Zenith International Bank, GT Bank, Access Bank, FBN Holdings and Fidelity Bank. A breakdown of the figure as contained in the banks’ annual reports showed that FBN Holdings and its subsidiaries, First Bank of Nigeria, FBN Quest Merchant Bank and FBN Insurance Limited, paid the highest fine of N32.65 million during the period under review. UBA came second having paid N30 million to the apex bank for various offences. Similarly, GTBank was fined N24 million during the period under review, while Access Ban...

Meghan Markle Meghan Markle, Britain’s Duchess of Sussex and wife of Prince Harry, went into labor early Monday, an announcement will be made soon – Buckingham Palace statement.

Patrick and Ireti Doyle Nigerian Celebrity Couple, Patrick and Ireti Doyle are officially back together. The broadcaster made this known on Monday via an emotional note he shared on his Instagram handle@#Patrick Doyle on Monday promising to make up for all his mistakes. “I have been more undeserving of the affection of this uncommon woman . “Have I taken her love for granted,you bet I have why? because like most men,I am prone to being a jerk. ”I cannot count how many times she has had to pick up the slack when I failed in my duties as a husband and father. ‘She has a great sense of responsibility,the rock of our family. “Without a doubt, she’s the most generous woman I know,a dependable friend, a loyal Ally and the most loving and sensual woman ever”he wrote. Patrick wrote that he had been less than worthy of her affection lately and was deservedly put in the proverbial ‘dog house” “As usual,she has with compassion released me from the dog house and reinstate me as...

Ajax players celebrate victory Ajax Amsterdam celebrated a first trophy in five years with success in the KNVB Cup at the weekend, and now have high hopes of capturing more silverware in the next weeks. “This is the first and now hopefully we can take more prizes,” said defender Daley Blind after scoring the opening goal in Sunday’s 4-0 win over Willem II Tilburg in the final at Rotterdam. Ajax could still achieve a triple this season. They take on Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday for a place in the Champions League final and are top of the table in the Dutch championship with two rounds to play. “It looks as if everything is going right for us, both on and off the field. It’s a feeling we must treasure. “But we are not finished. The season can still get whole lot better ,” Blind told reporters Sunday’s Dutch cup win was the 19th in total for Ajax but first since 2010. They were last Dutch champions in 2014 and have not won a European club prize since their Champions L...

Ooni Ogunwusi, left, and Alaafin Adeyemi By Ademola Adegbamigbe When Oba Okunade Sijuwade was alive and reigning as the Ooni of Ife, he and Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, the Alaafin of Oyo, were behaving like two recalcitrant cocks thrown into a pit or two male lions defending their own territories in the jungle against intruders who might want to claim their “wives”. The superiority contest between the two monarchs concerned who, between a political leader of Yorubaland or Oyo Empire (which spread up to Togo) and spiritual leader was superior. While the Alaafin saw himself as the political leader, the Ooni, the scion of Oduduwa, the progenitor of the Yoruba, regarded himself as the spiritual head. It was a war between the terrestrial and the celestial. Consequently, the Yoruba nation was not able to benefit from the two Obas in the areas of trouble shooting and interventions at critical moments. Everyone threw his hands up in utter helplessness as the two old men carried on as enemie...

Many people have been declared dead after a plane burst into flames while making an emergency landing in an airport. Forty-one people including at least two children have died after a Russian passenger plane made an emergency landing and erupted in a huge ball of fire and black smoke at Moscow's busiest airport on Sunday, investigators said. Dramatic footage that went viral on social media showed Aeroflot's Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft crash-landing and then speeding along the runway at Sheremetyevo international airport, flames pouring from its fuselage. Passengers could be seen leaping onto an inflatable slide at the front and running from the blazing plane as huge black columns of smoke billowed into the sky. "There were 78 people including crew members on board the plane," the Investigative Committee said in a statement, adding that the plane had been flying to the northwestern Russian city of Murmansk. "According to the updated info which the in...

Chelsea moved into third place in the table and secured UEFA Champions League football for next season after a dramatic day of action in the Premier League on Sunday. The Blues beat Watford 3-0 at Stamford Bridge thanks to goals from Ruben Loftus-Cheek, David Luiz and Gonzalo Higuain, while Manchester United and Arsenal were both held to costly draws. Manchester United saw their hopes of a top-four finish ended after being held at already-relegated Huddersfield Town. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side will not play in Europe's top competition next season and are set for the UEFA Europa League instead. Arsenal also look set to miss out after being held at the Emirates Stadium by Brighton and Hove Albion. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's early penalty put the Gunners 1-0 up, but Glenn Murray's spot-kick in the second half denied the hosts victory. Sunday's Results Chelsea 3-0 Watford Huddersfield Town 1-1 Manchester United Arsenal 1-1 Brighton and Hove Albion ...