Новости за 23.08.2021

Jailed Bolivian ex-president Jeanine Anez was in “stable” condition Sunday after she tried to kill herself when prosecutors charged her with “genocide” over 2019 protesters’ deaths, an official said. Anez, 54, made an attempt on her life due to “severe depression” due to her prolonged imprisonment, said her daughter, Carolina Ribera. “We can say, without…

ENGLAND Frank Onyeka (Brentford) Nigerian midfielder Frank made his second appearance for Brentford. Onyeka had a fizzing effort from distance saved by Vicente Guaita in the 63rd minute. He was replaced in the 70th minute Saman Ghoddos in his second start of the campaign. Alex Iwobi (Everton) Super Eagles forward Alex Iwobi made his first…

SOME parents of the abducted students of Bethel Baptist High School, Kaduna, have said the kidnappers called them to pick up their children at different locations with the promise that they (students) have all been released. However, only 15 of the students, who were kidnapped in July, regained their freedom on Sunday after 46 days…

LEICESTER City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi says he expects a very tough game against West Ham in their second game of the  English Premier League today (Monday). Leicester started the League on a fine note when a Jamie Vardy goal separated the Brendan Rogers men from visiting Wolves for their first game and first win of…

Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen had a night to forget as he got a straight red card in Napoli’s 2-0 victory over newcomers Venezia in the 2021/22 Serie A opener on Sunday. Osimhen was given his marching orders in the 23rd minute after he was adjudged to have punched Venezia defender Daan Heymans. Heymans was…

A police source has said about N17.5m was reportedly traced to bank accounts belonging to Gloria Okolie after she was arrested by the Intelligence Response Team for alleged link to the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra. The source claimed that detectives, who were investigating Gloria’s alleged connection to the group, found that her accounts were…

RAPHEL EDE writes on the plight of pupils of the Idaw River Primary School, 1, Enugu SouthLocal Government Area of Enugu State, whose classroom roof fell and injured 10 of them Teachers and pupils of Idaw River Primary School 1 don’t pray for rain because whenever it rains, they scoop water from their classrooms. On…

Officials of the Lagos State Ministry of Health have recovered the decomposing remains of a yet-to-be-identified man from a bush in Odogunyan, in the Ikorodu area of the state. PUNCH Metro gathered that the corpse was discovered when residents of the Oguntade Oloja community in Odogunyan started perceiving a stench emanating from the bamboo bush…

A lecturer at the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, Ogun State, Adesola Adeleke, has accused the Lagos State Government of unfair treatment and illegal detention over the COVID-19 pandemic. Adeleke, in an interview conducted by AlaroyeTV in Yoruba and posted on Facebook, lamented that the state government subjected her and her baby to hardship despite…

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a suspected drug dealer, Stephen Ikeanyionwu, who was declared wanted for allegedly attempting to export 69 kilograms of cocaine, heroin and cannabis to the United Kingdom through the NAHCO export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at Ikeja, Lagos. A statement on Sunday by…

The Adamawa State Police Command has arraigned a student of the Federal Polytechnic, Mubi, Mumuni Abubakar, for allegedly killing his pregnant girlfriend, Franca Elisha, and burying her corpse in a shallow grave. The command also arraigned two other accomplices, Huzaifa Shuaibu and Rabiu Adamu, for their roles in the incident. Elisha, a Diploma student of…

The family of Pa Amos Ibiam of Ezi Ndi Ogudu, Ogwuma Edda community, in the Afikpo South Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, have petitioned the state Commissioner of Police, Aliyu Garba, over the alleged murder of their 36-year-old son, Kelechi. The petition, dated Thursday, August 5, 2021, and signed by the elder brother of…

The Ekiti State Police Command has said it rescued a man, Segun Alabi, who was abducted from his house at Iye Ekiti in the Ilejemeje council area of the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Tunde Mobayo, in a statement on Sunday by the Police Public Relations Officer, Sunday Abutu, said the police received a…

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a suspected drug dealer, Stephen Ikeanyionwu, who was declared wanted for allegedly attempting to export 69 kilograms of cocaine, heroin and cannabis to the United Kingdom through the NAHCO export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at Ikeja, Lagos. A statement on Sunday by…

The National Association of Resident Doctors, on Sunday, faulted the N4.8bn, which the Federal Government promised to release for the residency training fund. The first Vice-President of NARD, Adejo Arome, said in an interview with The PUNCH that the association could no longer trust the Federal Government. Arome said this as the strike embarked upon…

The Ondo State Security Network Agency also known as Amotekun Corps, on Saturday, arrested a man identified as Akorede Lawal for allegedly kidnapping a teenager, Segun Thomas, in the Mushin area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the 65-year-old man asked for the assistance of the teenager, who was an apprentice at an automobile…

An illegal cream repackaging factory has been discovered by officials of the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency. The agency’s Chief Public Affairs Officer, Bola Ajao, in a statement, said the factory was located in the backyard of a two-storey building in the Owode Onirin axis of the Ikorodu Local Government Area of the state. The…

The Federal Capital Territory Administration has warned Mpape residents against reconstructing demolished structures in the area. The administration said there should be no reconstruction in the area until the demolition was completed. Speaking during an evaluation visit to the area on Sunday, the Chairman FCTA Ministerial Taskforce on City Sanitation,  Ikharo Attah, said, “If you…

The Ooni Caucus of Eminent Yoruba Sons and Daughters has condemned the killing of seven persons by some gunmen from Modakeke at Toro village on Friday The Coordinator of Ooni Caucus, Akin Osuntokun, in a statement on Sunday decried the attempt to make the crime appeared as a renewal of the crisis between Ife and…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has hailed the the new Olu of Warri, His Majesty Tsola Emiko Atuwatse III, saying his ascension was a new dawn for Itsekiri people. The former president, as well as the Governor of Delta State, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, charged the new king to effect the process of uniting the Itsekiri nation….

The abducted 80-year-old mother of the Secretary to the Bayelsa State Government, Madam Betinah Benson, has regained her freedom after spending 33 days in her abductors’ custody. It was learnt that the octogenarian was brought to her residence in Yenagoa on Sunday, where she was whisked away on July 20 by gunmen dressed in military…

The Chief of Staff to the President, Prof Ibrahim Gambari, has said that the nation’s foreign policy has been impacted by the Boko Haram insurgency. According to him, the threats to Nigeria’s safety and survival have grossly limited her diplomacy, impacting negatively her external visibility continentally and globally. Speaking at the 2021 annual public lecture…

The Chief of Staff to the President, Prof Ibrahim Gambari, has said that the nation’s foreign policy has been impacted by the Boko Haram insurgency. According to him, the threats to Nigeria’s safety and survival have grossly limited her diplomacy, impacting negatively her external visibility continentally and globally. Speaking at the 2021 annual public lecture…

The Nigerian Bar Association has faulted the statement credited to the Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, that suspects arrested over the last Saturday attacks on commuters along Rukuba Road should not be granted bail. Recall that the attack left no fewer than 22 persons dead, while other attacks had followed. But the NBA in…

CHIEF Adanma Okpara, the wife of the First Republic Premier of the defunct Eastern Nigeria, late Dr Michael Okpara, is dead. Aged 96, she reportedly died on Sunday morning in an undisclosed hospital in the state. The Governor of Enugu State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, had while addressing Catholic Bishops in Enugu reportedly disclosed the incident and…