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Nov

14

2022

‘I hear voices in prison asking me to kill somebody’

Lifestyle, MetroCourt, Crime, Lifestyle, Metro

A 41-year-old man, Nurudeen Bakare, standing trial for the murder of his mother, has told a Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square that he has been hearing voices asking him to kill somebody in prison. Nurudeen, who lived abroad for 12 years, is standing trial before Justice Modupe Nico-Clay. The defendant was 37-year-old when he allegedly killed his mother, Abosede, 65, by stabbing her with a kitchen knife. When the case came up before the court for the commencement of trial on Thursday, the defendant, who was brought from the Ikoyi Custodial Centre, said he was a…

Nov

13

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Eriksson accuses Nigeria FA officials of demanding money for Super Eagles job

Opinion, SportsNFF, Nigeria, Soccer, Sports, Super Eagles

Sven Goran Eriksson has accused Nigerian football officials of asking to take half of his salary before giving him the job of managing the Super Eagles. The Swedish football coach who has managed top sides, both club and country, said he was in the race to lead Nigeria to the first World Cup on African soil – South Africa, but his refusal to ‘play ball’ was the major reason why he missed the opportunity. “After Nigeria lost the semi-final of the Africa Cup of Nations, the Nigerian FA had sacked the team coach, despite just four months remaining before the…

Nov

13

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Gunmen invade Benue pub, kill vigilante, four others

Lifestyle, Metro, NewsBandits, Benue State, Crime, Metro, Nigeria, Security

Five people have been killed by suspected gunmen at Pevya community, a town in Katsina Ala area of Benue State. City Round gathered that the incident happened on Wednesday when some hoodlums invaded a pub in the community in a tinted vehicle and opened fire on the fun-seekers, leading to the death of five people and leaving many injured. A source in Katsina Ala town who spoke on condition of anonymity said that the gunmen were members of the late Terwase Akwaza’s (aka Gana) gang. He said, “An incident happened at a community called Pevya which is a border town to…

Nov

13

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

PDP crisis: Atiku’s reconciliation attempt belated – DG VON

Opinion, Politics2023, Atiku Abubakar, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Osita Okechukwu, Peoples Democratic Party, Politics

The Director-General of Voice of Nigeria, Osita Okechukwu, has said that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s move to reconcile with Governor Nyesom Wike’s group in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is belated. Okechukwu said this when he responded to a statement by Atiku that the ruling All Progressives Congress was a contraption of Bola Tinubu’s party, Action Congress of Nigeria, and the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)’s party, the Congress for Progressive Change, which, according to him, would collapse after its defeat in the 2023 general election, and that he would reconcile with Wike-G-5-Masquerade. In a statement in Abuja…

Nov

13

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Presidency: Don’t ruin S’East chances, Ohanaeze begs IPOB

Lifestyle, News, Opinion, Politics2023, Next Level, Nigeria, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Opinion, Politics

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has urged members of the proscribed secessionist group, Indigenous People of Biafra, to sheathe their swords and allow peace to reign in the South-East. This is as Kanu in a Friday statement by his lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, urged his followers to be ‘circumspect’ because ‘the enemies were relentlessly exploiting vulnerable means to blackmail IPOB.’ Ohanaeze’s spokesperson, Chief Alex Ogbonnia, in an interview with our correspondent, also stated that some elders in the South-East led by the leader of Ohanaeze, Prof George Obiozor, were engaging with the president, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)…