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Another Nigerian Citizen, Maxwell Ikechuku Okoye, from Oji River Local Government Area of Enugu State, has been allegedly killed by members of the South African Police Service in Ladysmith, Kwa-zulu-Natal Province. The Vice-President, Nigerian Union in South Africa, Mr Joshua Ogade Itua, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on telephone from Pretoria that Okoye was allegedly tortured to death in the early hours of Friday. According to the Chairman of Nigerian Union South Africa, Ladysmith Chapter, the Police came to the deceased apartment and forced their way in. “While they were with him, he called to alert other Nigerians but before they could get to his apartment the police had made away with his body. Maxwell’s lifeless body was later seen at the mortuary,” he said. Itua said that NUSA leaders then went to the police for fact finding, noting that his death has added to the number of Nigerians that were killed either by the Police or through Xenophobia in that country. “T

Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) had requested the Clerk of the National Assembly, Mohammed Sani-Omolori, to retrieve the official vehicle identification plates from about 69 senators and 151 members of the House of Representatives who failed to return to the 9th National Assembly. The FRSC Public Education Officer, Corps Commander, Bisi Kareem,said in a statement that : “We have written to the clerk of the National Assembly to direct former lawmakers to return official number plates issued to them. We expect the clerk to reach out to them; we cannot get across to them ourselves, that was why we wrote to the National Assembly about it.” Forty-two of the senators lost out in October last year at their parties’ primaries while twenty-seven others were defeated at the National Assembly elections. Apart from former Senate President Bukola Saraki of PDP, Kwara Central, others expected to return their official vehicle number plates are Godswill Akpabio of APC , Akwa Ibom West; Nazi

Dixon, who played for Arsenal between 1988 and 2002, has urged the club to strengthen in the current window to avoid another year of mediocrity. “It’s a huge summer for Arsenal,” Dixon told TalkSport. “It was always going to be a big summer regardless of where they finished and whether they got to the Europa League or not. “I think Emery knew this season was going to end like this, to a point where we either got into the top four and got Champions League football or we didn’t quite. We failed on that front. “So he’s got to look accordingly and try to convince the board and powers that be to give him enough money to improve the squad. “It does need improving in all departments, and let's hope we can keep hold of our best players in order to do that.” Unai Emery's Arsenal squad "needs improving in all departments" after failure to qualify for the Champions League last term, according to Lee Dixon.

He was removed by the Supreme Court after it was held that he wasn't the true winner of the primaries.   APC   The Supreme Court on Friday declared Mohammed Sani Musa the winner of the last election for the Senate held in the Niger-East Senatorial District of Niger State, TheNation has reported.   By the ruling, the court set aside the April 8, 2019 judgment of the Court of Appeal, Abuja, which declared Senator David Umaru, ex-Chairman, Senate Committee Chairman on Justice, Human Rights and Legal Matters, the valid candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who won the election.   In a unanimous judgment on Friday, a five-man panel of the Supreme Court, led by Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, upheld arguments by Musa’s legal team, led by Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN) to the effect that Musa won the primary of the APC for the election and was the actual candidate for the election.   The apex court allowed the appeal filed by Musa marked: SC/405/2019 and affirm

Nollywood actress, Regina Daniels has confirmed that she's now a married woman in a recent interview.     Regina and Ned at a recent traditional ceremony   In a new video in which she answered some questions about her life, actress Regina Daniels confirmed she's now married.   Recall that the actress over the past weeks was seen performing marriage rites with husband, Ned Nwoko. However, the duo refused to officially announce the union.   Confirming her marital status, when asked, the actress took a ring from her middle finger and placed it on her ring finger before saying, "married".    Watch video below:  

According to reports, the former goalkeeper, who represented the country at the 1968 Olympic Games has been bedridden since 2001.   Peter Fregene     Help has finally come the way of ailing former international, Peter Fregene, as billionaire businessman and Chairman of Forte Oil Plc, Femi Otedola, agreed to foot the medical bills of the former Nigeria goalkeeper, who has been bedridden since 2001, after SUNDAY PUNCH’s report on May 26. The 72-year-old Fregene, who had been critically ill in Sapele, Delta State, will be airlifted from the Benin Airport in Edo State to Lagos on Friday (today) morning for medical evaluation and treatment. It was learnt that Otedola, after sending representatives to check on Fregene, finalised plans to move him to Lagos to commence immediate treatment at the Reddington Hospital in Lagos. The former goalkeeper, who represented the country at the 1968 Olympic Games, confirmed the development to our correspondent when contacted on Thursday. Fre

"Now is the time. If Frank gets offered it, it’s all about timing. I know you can turn it down and then it may never come again," Redknapp said at Stamford Bridge. Harry Redknapp believes Frank Lampard would not be able to turn down the Chelsea job, if offered, and believes the former Blues midfielder would do well should he return to Stamford Bridge. "He has the determination to be successful; nothing is going to stop him. He is very single-minded and he will work all day and night to be successful. He knows the kids; if Jody comes here with him, he will know the kids. "We will see whether the young players they have got here that everyone talks about are good enough because he would give them a chance. They keep going out on loan and doing well, stick them in and let’s see what they can do. "I think there is every chance that Frank would do that. He is a massive loss obviously (Hazard), but I still believe there are lots of good players here everyo