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Former Super Eagles coach and technical director, Amodu Shaibu is dead

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Former Super Eagles coach and technical director, Amodu Shaibu died on Saturday morning in Benin City, just three days after another ex-national team coach Stephen Keshi died in the same town. From observations at his surulere resident this morning, every body they are in morning mood. This news was confirmed by one of his neighbours who choose to remain anonymous. His corpse has been deposited at the Stella Obasanjo Hospital morgue in Benin City,” Edo FA chairman, Frank Ilaboya, said. Amodu coached the Eagles several times, qualifying the national team twice for the World Cup in 2002 and 2010 but was not allowed to manage the national team at both World Cups. The coach also led BCC Lions to win the 1989 FA Cup, breaking a long time jinx of northern clubs’ inability to win the trophy. The following year, he led the club to win the Africa Cup Winners. He was the Technical Director of the Nigeria Football Federation before his death. No statement has been made on the cause of hi...
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3-storey building collapses in Lagos

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By Evelyn Usman & Monsur Olowopejo Tragedy struck, Tuesday, at Ojodu Berger area of Lagos State, after a three-storey building under construction caved in and trapped a yet-to-be ascertained number of persons. At the time of this report, only one body, believed to be one of the construction workers, had been recovered. The incident, as gathered, occurred at 3.50pm at 24 Bashiru Street. The uncompleted building as gathered was owned by an unnamed church. A resident, who identified himself as Jamiu, told Vanguard that they (residents) were jolted by a deafening sound before the building caved in. Although nobody could tell how many construction workers were on site at the time of the incident, there were indications that some of the workers were still trapped under the debris as telephone calls reportedly made to one of the them, identified as Musilu, revealed that he was pleading passionately for urgent help. At 5.10pm, National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA; Lag...
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JTF arrests suspected killers of Gen. Shuwa

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Maiduguri — The Joint Task Force, JTF, on Operation Restore Order ORO, said  yesterday that it had arrested suspected killers of war veteran, Maj.-Gen. Mohammadu Shuwa, in Maiduguri, Borno State. JTF Spokesman, Lt.-Col. Sagir Musa, who stated this in a statement in Maiduguri, said the arrest followed series of investigations by the task force. “It will be recalled that an elder statesman, retired Maj.-Gen. Mohammadu Shuwa, was shot dead by gunmen in front of his house in Gwange, Maiduguri on November 12, 2012. “Preliminary investigation by the JTF has identified two key suspected Boko Haram terrorists: Mohammed Ibn Saleh and Abdulkareem Ibrahim, as the masterminds of the killing,” Musa said. The suspected killers of Major-General Shuwa paraded by the JTF in Maiduguri, Borno State, Monday. Photo: NAN. He added that a special operation was carried out by the JTF to get the suspected killers. “Consequently, a special operation was conducted on November 15, 2012 by th...
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US-based couple fail DNA test for twins at Embassy

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LAGOS — Controversy currently trails the parenthood of  five-month-old twins who were presented at the United States of America’s embassy by their supposed parents for the procurement of visa. This follows result of a DNA test ordered by the embassy which reports showed that the couple were not the biological parents of the twins as claimed. Consequently, the couple have been arrested and are being interrogated at the Special Fraud Unit, SFU Milverton, for alleged child-trafficking. Although investigation, according to the unit, had not been concluded, there were indication that the children could have been bought for N1.8 million somewhere in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Following the discovery, the passport of the supposed father, Mr Adenuga Shoyibo, a Nigerian based in America has been seized pending the outcome of the investigation. But Soyibo, who claimed to be a USA citizen, maintained that the children were theirs, disclosing  that the twins came at a tr...
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Bayelsa police killings : Police recover 11 bodies

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By Samuel Oyadongha Yenagoa — Emotions ran high, yesterday, at the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa Bayelsa State, as the remains of 11 out of the 12 policemen killed last Friday were deposited at the hospital’s morgue. The combined team of  soldiers drawn from the Joint Task Force, JTF, and operatives of the Nigeria Police, yesterday, recovered the burnt and decomposed bodies of the slain policemen along the creeks of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state. Some of the recovered bodies were reportedly burnt and mutilated by their killers who also stripped them of their uniforms and rifles during the attack. Security sources identified some of the victims as Senior Inspector Joseph Ofujuni, Constable Ebebi Lucky, aged 31 and an indigene of Isama in Delta State and one simply identified as Sgt Jack from Rivers State. The identities of others could not be obtained at press time. One of the three survivors was identified as Sgt Clinton Ambayi. The senior in...
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Lady found dead without eyes, tongue in Jos

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Jos – Ritual  killers on Monday struck in Jos, killing and removing the eyes and tongue of a young lady in Twanchit Village at Tudun Wada in the Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau. The police in Jos confirmed the incident but said they had no details yet. Residents who woke up to the ugly sight, said that the crime took place around 1:00 a.m. and that the victim could not be identified. They said, however, that the area had a lot of drinking spots that operated late into the night and that the assailants could have hidden under that to carryout the crime. The corpse had no visible mark or injury an indication that the assailants had strangled her before plucking out her eyes and tongue. The corpse, dumped by the riverside was neatly dressed in a blue jean trousers and T-shirt at the time of discovery before security operatives took it away at about 8:45 a.m. The murder threw Twanchit residents into pensive mood as most of the people who trooped to the sce...
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New born babies sale syndicate smashed in Delta

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BY AUSTIN OGWUDA ASABA — A syndicate which specializes in luring pregnant teenage girls eager to deliver their babies under cover and thereafter selling the newborns to ritualists and childless couples has been smashed in Asaba, Delta State capital. Already, a middle-aged woman (names withheld) who hails from one of the eastern states of the country alleged to be running an illegal maternity centre at a camp in Oduke, in the outskirts of the town, has been arrested, while a nurse and a medical doctor attached to the home are presently on the run. Vanguard gathered that police have intensified manhunt for the runaway medical doctor and nurse involved in the deal. It was also gathered that upon delivery of such babies depending on the sex of the child, they are sold for between N400,000 and N500,000 each. Police sources confirmed the story, saying the suspect would be arraigned in court. Thunder kills 2 traders, 3 goats in Asaba market Also two traders and no fewer ...
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