Author: Rashaad Harris

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a notorious member of the dreaded Eiye confraternity, Olamide Olabode. The command disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday and posted on its Twitter handle. It said Olamide was nabbed by operatives on way to launch an attack with other members of his group. According to the statement, the suspect was arrested on the 23rd of October 2022, at Oke-iganmu area of Ilaro/Papalanto road, while the patrol team from Ilaro division were on routine patrol of area and sighted the suspect and two others on a Bajaj motorcycle. The statement reads, “The…

Chelsea suffered their first Premier League defeat under Graham Potter (W3 D2 L1), conceding double the number of goals today (4) as they did in their first five league matches under the Englishman (2). Brighton started the game at an incredible pace and forced Thiago Silva into two clearances off the line before Trossard opened the scoring in the fifth minute. He rounded Kepa before shooting past Cucurella on the line. Loftus-Cheek then scored Chelsea’s first own goal of the half after turning home March’s corner in the 14th minute. Sanchez was forced into some brilliant saves, the most notable…

Police in Imo State seized three rifles, a Toyota Sienna bus and killed a man when a police check point came under attack on Thursday. In a statement released by SP Michael Abattam, the PRO of the Imo State Police Command, five of the six man gang ran away into the nearby bushes. The statement further added that the owner of the Sienna bus which was stolen, has been informed to come and clear his car with necessary documents. “On 27/10/2022 at 0900hrs, luck ran against a six-man terror gang, who came in a sienna vehicle with registration number ABUJA-GWA…

Peter Obi and his running mate, Prof. Baba Yusuf Ahmed-Datti were in Lafia, Nasarawa state on Saturday for the commencement of their nationwide campaign. A statement by Dr Doyin Okupe, Director General, Obi Datti Presidential Campaign Council released on Saturday read, “I am happy to announce to you that our much-awaited nationwide campaign rallies flag-off will take place today, Saturday, October 29, 2022. We are still kicking off with an Obi Datti Mega Rally in Lafia, Nasarawa State.”

The Nigeria Police have quashed claims that there is a real terror threat on Abuja. This is coming after the United States, Canada, Ireland and other foreign embassies in the country closed down, haven earlier warned their citizens to be “careful.” Switch Nigeria also reported that Jabi Lake Mall located in the FCT also closed business indefinitely, until further notice. Lai Mohammed had insisted that Nigeria is safe. The Nigeria police released a statement on Saturday, siding with Lai Mohammed, Minister for Information and Culture. READ MORE Jabi Lake Mall shuts down Nigeria is safe, no cause for alarm- Lai…

Victor Osimhen was in inspired form when Napoli took on Sassuolo in the Serie A on Saturday. Fresh from his worker goal against Roma in the previous weekend, the Nigerian got himself three goals as Napoli consolidated their grip on top spot. Osimhen who will not be going to the World Cup with Nigeria due to the African nation’s failure to qualify, opened the scoring in the 4th minute, scoring again in the 19th and 77th minute, with Kvaratskhelia also scoring to make it 4. This was Osimhen’s first Serie A hattrick.

By Farooq A. Kperogi With an unusually inept Central Bank of Nigeria governor like Godwin Emefiele and the unprecedently anything-goes climate that the Muhammadu Buhari regime has engendered in the last seven years, I won’t be surprised if the main motive force for the CBN’s move to redesign the naira is to accomplish a plan to put Buhari’s face on one of the notes. In a May 14, 2022, column titled “Emefiele: A Corrupt, Inept, Heart-Attack-Loving Presidential Wannabe,” I described Emefiele as an “infernally incompetent, exceptionally corrupt, mind-blowingly self-serving, incomprehensibly clueless, overweeningly ambitious, and cruelly insensitive” person and revealed his…

Jordan Henderson reportedly called Gabriel a “fucking idiot” in English, which the Brazilian mistook for a serious insult in Portuguese. Brazilian, Gabriel Magalhães appeared to have been deeply displeased with Jordan Henderson in Liverpool’s 3:2 defeat to Arsenal on October 9. The Football Association announced on Wednesday that after looking into the incident, Jordan Henderson has been cleared of any wrong. The FA statement said: “The investigation included taking witness statements from the complainant and accused, along with an additional six players who were within proximity of the alleged incident, reviewing multiple angles of video footage, and seeking independent linguistics…

Twitter users have expressed happiness over what many are calling a renaissance of the microblogging site. Many have reported that they gained more followers since Elon Musk’s official take over saw him fire the CEO and other top ranking officials. Musk, in a series of tweets, said he would restore free speech and do away with bots and spam accounts and unnecessary algorithms that regulate which things people get to see on the app. According to Bongino, https://twitter.com/dbongino/status/1586026369309282304?t=IhiffDrkHTkjQTvkNE5A5g&s=19 Monica Crowley added, https://twitter.com/MonicaCrowley/status/1585817974027341824?t=IwWy7Cl5VFEDjaVMsc4Q3g&s=19 Brian Karem added, https://twitter.com/BrianKarem/status/1585800786323607554?t=n_9OkRrxoWQSRX5h_hIKAA&s=19 The Matt Walsh said, https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1585989139115429889?t=E52qJkw4Cofw_WuB8dVCGA&s=19 The Ben Shapiro said, https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1586001101815533568?t=2bvEvTc5KM9RlpEWOeohdA&s=19

On the Court of Appeal nulled an earlier ruling that sacked Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi state and his Deputy, Dr Eric Igwe after they jumped ship to the APC. The three-man panel led by Justice Haruna Tsanami ruled that there was no constitutional provision for the removal of a serving governor or deputy governor that dumped the political party that sponsored them to power. In March, Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja had ruled that the 393, 343 votes governor Umahi secured during the March 9, 2019 governorship contest in Ebonyi state, belonged to the…