Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:
1. Nigeria, Saturday qualified for the quarter-final of the Africa Cup of Nations, after they defeated Cameroon 3-2. Odion Ighalo opened scoring in the 19th minute, after his shot was deflected in by Banana. The Indomitable Lions fought back to lead 2-1 before the break. However, Gernot Rohr’s men turned it around with two quick goals from Ighalo and Alex Iwobi.
2. Mrs. Uloma Nwosu, wife of Uche Nwosu, the governorship candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) in the 2019 elections, and two others have dragged Governor Emeka Ihedioha; Commissioner of Police, Imo State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice and three others before a Federal High Court. Mrs Nwosu, who is also the daughter of immediate past governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha, took the action over alleged invasion of her shopping complex, the House of Freeda Limited, by members of the Committee on Recovery of Government Property.
3. Tragedy struck in the riverine community of Biagbini in Ese Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State on Saturday following the death of a 70-year-old woman and her four grandchildren in an inferno. According to an eyewitness, who gave the name of the deceased grandmother as Moyo Jide, the grandchildren identified as Jennifer, 3; Gbana, 7; Biddaddy, 5 and Wisdom, 9 were all consumed by the fire, which allegedly started from the kitchen.
4. Host, Egypt are out of the Africa Cup of Nations after they lost to South Africa in a Round of 16 encounter on Saturday. Nigeria will now take on South Africa in the quarter-final of the competition. Stuart Baxter’s men were not given a chance against the Pharaohs but produced a fine display of counter-attacking football to win 1-0. Thembinkosi Lorch grabbed the winner with five minutes left.
5. Argentina captain, Lionel Messi, was shown a straight red card, during their Copa America semi-final win against Chile on Saturday. Argentina won the game 2-1. In the 38th minute, Messi tussled with Gary Medel for a loose ball and Mario Diaz de Vivar from Paraguay deemed it to be bad enough and sent off both players.
6. The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said that he will only allow Fulani herdsmen to lay pipes from the Bonny Ocean to the North for their cows. Wike said there was no part of the State that would be given to herdsmen. He also said that if not for God, Nigeria would not be in existence. The Governor said his state would not participate in any settlement programme for herdsmen by whatever name it is called.
7. Parents of Muslim students at the International School, University of Ibadan, under the umbrella of International School Ibadan (ISI) Muslim Parents Forum have called on well-meaning Nigerians to call Principal of the school, Mrs. Phebean Olowe, to order in order to avert crisis in the school. The Muslim parents noted that the need to call Olowe to order was necessary so as to avoid further harassment, molestation and inhuman treatments of female Muslim students over the use of Hijab outside the school.
8. A 104-year-old World War ll veteran of the Nigerian Army, Adama Aduku, on Saturday urged the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Government to pay his pension. Aduku was one of those conferred with the Chief of Army Staff World War II Veteran Award at the 2019 Army Day Celebration in Lagos. While speaking to journalists at the event, he lamented that since he was discharged as a Private from the Nigerian Army in 1957 he was yet to receive his pension.
9. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, secured final forfeiture of 244 vehicles and petroleum products contained in each of the vehicles in Rivers. The forfeiture order was granted by Justice I. M Sani of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt. The forfeited vehicles comprise 154 fuel tankers, a vessel, smaller passenger buses, cars and sport utility vehicles.
10. The Biafra Nations Youth League, BNYL, has threatened to force northerners out of the Southeast and South-South. The group said it does not see reasons the northerners would be safe in the East whereas the Easterners were being threatened in the North. Deputy Leader of BNYL and Head of Operations, Biafra Broadcasting Service, BBS, Ebuta Victor Takon in a statement to DAILY POST on Saturday, said his group would take appropriate measures to expel northerners, especially the Fulani if Abdul Azeez Suleman and his northern group do not withdraw their threat.
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