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Police recover 24 babies from factory in Rivers

The Rivers State Police Command has burst a baby factory in Port Harcourt, and recovered 24 babies and four pregnant teenagers. The babies which were recovered by operatives of the command were between the ages of one and two years. Addressing press men while parading the suspects in Port Harcourt, yesterday, the Commissioners of Police in the state, Mustapha Dandaura, not ed that the syndicate was uncovered on Tuesday around 3.30pm following an operation of Eagle Crack Unit of the Police in the state. Dandaura, who was represented by the Command's spokesman, Nnandi Omoni, said that the babies currently receiving medical attention at the Police clinic, adding investigations had commenced to identify other suspects at large. He said, "Today, I am glad to inform you that operatives of the Eagle Crack in a covert operation yesterday 25/2/2020 at about 1530hrs, burst a child trafficking syndicate at Woji in Port Harcourt, where twenty four babies betwe...

Vehicle inspection official instigates death of pure water seller

Omorodion (middle) with his other colleagues  An official of the Nigeria's Vehicle Inspection Unit (VIO) identified as Mr Noah Omorodion has accidentally caused the death of a sachet water seller in Sapele area of Benin City. The incident occurred Wednesday, the 27th May, 2015, when the official in question, in the line of his duty, impounded an unmarked AUDI wagon vehicle by first east circular road junction, for improper registration. The VIO official had ordered the driver of the vehicle to alight while he took charge of the steering with an unnamed colleague joining him on the passengers seat.  It was learned that Omorodion proceeded to drive the vehicle to their office only for traffic to be held down by the traffic lights at the junction.  It was also gathered that while this was going on, the driver of the impounded vehicle rushed in from and started struggling with the official in an attempt to get back his car. However, the VI...

Rivers community shuts down LNG over neglect

THE Rumuji Community in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State has closed down Greenville Liquefied Natural Gas operating in their area over alleged neglect and marginalisation of the community by the firm. The community leaders took the action on Monday after several calls on the management of the company to resolving lingering issues around Memorandum of Understanding and Environmental Impact Assessment report the firm conducted in the area. The community stated that it would occupy the company for 14 days unless their needs are addressed. Speaking, the Community Development Committee Chairman of Rumuji, Godswill Osimini, said that they need a clearly written Memorandum of Understanding, MoU and the Environmental Impact Assessment report of the firms operation.  Osimini said: “We are here to tell Greenville that enough is enough. They took this land over 1550 plots on lease in 2015 and MoU is not written and no EIA report. If they employ our peop...

Supreme Court sacks Bayelsa governor-elect, deputy

The Supreme Court of Nigeria has sacked the governor-elect of Bayelsa State, David Lyon and his Deputy, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremieoyo. The court on Thursday in a unanimous decision by a five-man panel of Justices led by Justice Mary Odili, held that Degi-Eremieoyo submitted a forged certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The apex ruled that the Form CF 001 Degi-Eremieoyo submitted to INEC for the purpose of the November 16, 2019, governorship election in the state, had false information of fundamental nature. Justice Ejembi Eko, who delivered the lead judgement affirmed the Judgement of the Fedel High Court in Abuja November 12, 2019, which disqualified Degi-Eremieoyo from participating in the governorship poll. The apex court held that since Degi-Eremieoyo shared a joint ticket with the governor-elect, his disqualification invalidated their nomination by the All Progressive Congress, APC. The court, however, ordered INEC to immediately w...

Tottenham vs Chelsea: Mourinho’s comment on Premier League clash

Tottenham Hotspur manager, Jose Mourinho has stated categorically that he is ‘100% Tottenham’ ahead of his side’s Premier League clash with Frank Lampard’s Chelsea this weekend. Mourinho, a former Chelsea manager, said he is going to give everything to Spurs and forget about his old club, Chelsea on Sunday.Mourinho’s men head to the game following a 2-1 victory over Wolves in their last Premier League encounter.Speaking at his pre-match press conference on Friday, Mourinho was quoted by Football London as saying: “For me, it’s a game. I am 100% Tottenham, 100% my club always, all my career.“No space at all for my previous clubs. I gave everything to all of them, my previously. Everything. I kept nothing from them. I gave everything but they are my previous clubs. I give everything to my club – my club is Tottenham.“For me, it’s so easy for me to play that game. Difficult because of Chelsea’s quality but not difficult from an emotional point of view. Not difficult at all. Easy.”The...

El Clasico:After a goalless draw Real Madrid fail to move ahead of Barcelona

Wednesday’s rescheduled El Clasico game between Barcelona and Real Madrid, ended in a goalless draw at the Nou Camp.Zinedine Zidane’s men had the chance to topple the champions with a win, but failed to make their dominance count.Raphael Varane saw his header cleared off the line in the first half, while Gareth Bale’s goal was ruled out for offside in the dying stages of the game.The result means Barca remain top with 36 points, the same as Real Madrid.However, the Catalans have a superior goals difference.

Mourinho brags to defeat his former side, Man Utd

" JOSE Mourinho has stated that his attention is to defeat his former side, Manchester United, when he takes his new team, Tottenham, to Old Trafford on Wednesday." JOSE  Mourinho has stated that his attention is to defeat his former side, Manchester United, when he takes his new team, Tottenham, to Old Trafford on Wednesday. Mourinho, who spoke at the pre-match press conference, described his time in the United as a ‘closed chapter’, noting that Hotspur was better in-form at the moment. “I left the club, I took my time to process everything that happened, I took my time to prepare myself for the next challenge. “Honestly, United for me is in my book of experiences, it’s in my history book.” United are struggling under Mourinho’s successor, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, but go into the game just two points behind fifth-placed Spurs. “It is not for me to analyse United now.” “I analyse them as an opponent, how they play. How can we beat them? How can they beat us? For me...