Footballer Francis Uzoho And Wife Welcome a Son

  Nigerian professional footballer Francis Uzoho and his wife Sommie have welcomed a son!

Court Extends Adoke’s Detention Over $1.09b Oil Deal

 

   The EFCC has obtained Fresh order to detain former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice Mohammed Bello Adoke for additional 14 days. The anti-graft agency said the order was given by Justice A.O. Musa of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Abuja, following its application.

   A statement by the commission’s Head of Media and Publicity, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren said Adoke, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), will be in custody preparatory to his arraignment over $1.09 billion Malabu Oil Block Settlement Agreement.

   The statement said: “In granting the application, the judge stated that the extension of the remand of the respondent for another 14 days for the purpose of his arraignment in court is necessary and granted as prayed.  “The Commission took custody of Adoke on December 19, 2019, upon his arrival from Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).

No survivor as plane carrying judges, soldiers, injured people crashes

 

   A Russian Antonov military plane carrying Sudanese judges and injured people crashed on Thursday in the Darfur region of Sudan, with all those on board killed, according to the Sudanese Red Crescent.

Fire razes David Mark’s residence

   The residence of a former Senate President, David Mark, in Otukpo town, Benue State has been gutted by fire. Witnesses said the fire spread from a nearby bush bordering the fence of the ex-senate president’s residence and bunt down two ambulance vehicles as well as over 15 motor cycles parked in the premises.

Kwara Government demolish house of ex-Senate president’s dad

 

    A demolition of structures on Plots 1, 3 and 5, otherwise known as Ile Arugbo (Old People’s Home) owned by the late Abubakar Olusola Saraki on the order of Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq.

The demolition was reportedly supervised by one of his aides in the early hours of the morning after heavy firing of gunshots and tear gas canisters to scare away women and youths who had been keeping vigil on the land since New Year eve.

  The house, popularly called Ile Arugo is located along the Ilofa Road in the Government Reserved Area, Ilorin. Commissioner of Communications, Murtala Olanrewaju, in a statement, yesterday, defended the demolition and reclamation, saying the government acted within the limits of the law. He also urged the public to remain calm and law-abiding.