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  Men of the Ogun State Police Command have rescued a suspected Internet fraudster, Haruna Usman, abducted by his colleagues for withholding proceeds of their crime. Our correspondent gathered that the kidnapped fraudster reportedly released N2,200,000 to other members of his syndicate out of the N26,437,950 allegedly obtained from a victim in the state. The sum taken by the suspect represents 91.7 per cent of the total sum. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement on Thursday, said the four suspected Internet fraudsters, also known as Yahoo Boys, were arrested on Monday. He said the suspects — Agbe Simeon, Messiah Nicky, Oladapo Dolapo and Yetunde Shonola — were arrested at Orile Imo village, in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of the state. The PPRO said their arrest followed a tip-off received by the police at the Owode Egba divisional headquarters that Usman was abducted last Thursday. Oyeyemi said, “Upon the information, the DPO,...

  A 30-year-old mother, Khadija Ibrahim, and her two daughters have died in a fire incident at Tsangarwa village,  Gwaram Local Government Area of Jigawa State. According to a statement issued by the spokesman for the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, in the state, Adamu Shehu, the incident happened on Friday at about 11pm when fire razed a hut while the victims were asleep. The statement said, “The fire incident engulfed a hut, where the 30-year-old mother was sleeping alongside with her two daughters, four-year-old Aisha  and two-year-old Rabi. The statement further explained that the mother and her daughters were completely consumed by the inferno, as none of the victims was rescued alive. “The cause of the fire was unknown, but neighbours said it might not be unconnected to a charcoal fire that was meant to keep them warm,’’ the statement said. Meanwhile, according to the statement, the remains of the victims were conveyed to a nearby hospital, where medical d...

  France’s Kylian Mbappe has emerged as the second player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final after lifting his team to level in the ongoing Mundial in Qatar. Mbappe converted an 80th-minute penalty and equalised with an acrobatic volley a minute later and another penalty in the 118th minute. The first hat-trick was scored by Bert Patenaude of the United States, playing against Paraguay in 1930. Details later… Mbappe scores second hat-trick in World Cup final (punchng.com)

  The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has said it will appeal the ruling of the Bauchi State High Court which discharged and acquitted Sanusi Isa, a former personal assistant to ex-governor of Bauchi State, Isa Yuguda. The anti-graft agency’s spokesperson, Azuka Ogugua, revealed this in a Sunday statement obtained by our correspondent. Ogugua noted that the Chief Judge of Bauchi State and the presiding judge in the case, Justice Rabi Umar, had on December 13, 2022, discharged and acquitted Sanusi Isa of all the 36 counts against him bordering on corruption, and ordered the release of all his properties in the possession of the ICPC. She added that the ICPC traced and seized 220 flats, located in 20 estates, belonging to Sanusi Isa in 2017. The houses range from two-bedroom to three-bedroom flats.  ther items seized were sophisticated guns, rounds of ammunition, exotic cars, designer watches, bales of brocade and air conditioners. According t...

  The District Governor, Rotary International District 9110, Omotunde Lawson, has admonished political parties and individuals to shun rancor and disunity in the forthcoming elections. Lawson made the submission at the 2022 family of rotary funfair tagged ‘Imaginative funfair’, on Saturday. The District Governor said, “One of the areas of focus for the rotary is peacebuilding, conflict prevention, and resolution. This year, we have different clubs showcased and a novelty football match tagged ‘Play for Peace’. We are peace-loving people and we want to show the world that we are apolitical, we don’t belong to any political party. If you see our backdrop, the logo of each political party is there, to show that we are for everyone and to plead to everyone to embrace peace and remove rancor and disunity. We need to come together as one family, one community, and one country. “People have become apprehensive because of our current political climes, that is why we in our little way are a...

  Argentina have won their first World Cup in 36 years and some months after defeating France 4-2 in a penalty shoot-out to win the World Cup for the third time in Qatar on Sunday. The match ended 2-2 after 90 minutes but Lionel Messi poked in a goal to put Argentina 3-2 ahead in the 108th minute before Kylian Mbappe completed his hat-trick two minutes before the end of extra-time. Argentina captain Lionel Messi scored twice and France striker Kylian Mbappe scored a hat-trick as a thrilling World Cup final finished 3-3 after extra time at the Lusail Stadium. The Argentina national football team has won two FIFA World Cups, one in 1978 and one in 1986, making them one of the most successful national teams in the world. Argentina was runner-up three times, in 1930, 1990, and 2014. According to a Football sports website, History of Soccer, mighty Argentina hosted the FIFA World Cup final for the first time in 1978, and it was two years after a military coup that led to a somewhat cont...

  The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation, on Sunday, named the Ekiti State presidential campaign council ahead of the 2023 General Elections. The PDP governorship candidate in the just concluded election that was held in the state, Bisi Kolawole, was named the Chairman of the council and Chief Makanjuola Ogundipe was named as the Vice Chairman. Meanwhile, the former governor of the state, Ayodele Fayose and the senator representing Ekiti South Constituency, Biodun Olujimi, were not included in the list. In a press statement signed and released by the Director-General, PCO, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, it read, “The Peoples Democratic Party after wide and extensive consultation has approved the composition of the Presidential Campaign Council for Ekiti State pursuant to NEC approved guidelines.” Tambuwal said the campaign council was composed to see to the emergence of the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in the forthcoming general elections. The statem...