Manchester United plays against West Ham in third-round of Carabao Cup 2021/2022. Chelsea face Aston Villa, Norwich play at home to Liverpool and Nuno Espirito Santo will take Tottenham to his old club Wolves; Arsenal handed a home tie against League One side AFC Wimbledon; Everton travel to QPR, Leicester face trip to Millwall Carabao Cup third-round draw QPR vs Everton Preston vs Cheltenham Manchester United vs West Ham Fulham vs Leeds Brentford vs Oldham Watford vs Stoke Chelsea vs Aston Villa Wigan vs Sunderland Norwich vs Liverpool Burnley vs Rochdale Arsenal vs AFC Wimbledon Sheffield United vs Southampton Manchester…
Author: Editor-in-chief
Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity has assessed the intention of bandits’ attack on the headquarters of the Nigerian Defence Academy – Kaduna, stating that the incident might be politically motivated to embarrass the APC administration. “Is it political, did somebody want to embarrass the government by doing this?” he questioned during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday. “So many scenarios are being created though, could this be a criminal act to violate the sanctity of that military institution? Was it an opportunistic crime?” “So, in a climate —…
Governor of Ogun State, Mr. Dapo Abiodun has stated that random kidnapping and cultism were the biggest security challenges confronting the state. The Gateway Governor made the categorical statement when he played host to the new Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 2, Johnson Kokumo, in his office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta. He noted that many federal roads within the state would require huge manpower and equipment to monitor criminal activities on the roads. “The biggest issues we have today in Ogun State are that of random kidnapping and cult activities. I believe that the cult activities…
Exactly a week after daredevil armed robbers attacked a bullion van at Emure-Ile Junction along the Akure-Owo Highway, another bullion van on the outskirts of Ondo State along the Lagos-Ore expressway. The robbers were said to have opened fire on the bullion van at about 1pm on Wednesday, while on its way to Araromi-Obu in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo from Edo State. The Police Public Relations Officer in Ondo, Funmilayo Odunlami, confirmed the incident to Channels Television via a telephone conversation. She stated that the robbers killed two persons – a policeman attached to the van and the…
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu has accused Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom of inciting farmers against herders, and Christians against Muslims in Nigeria. The Buhari’s aide is reacting to Governor Ortom’s position that Buhari is the worst president when it comes to security. Governor Ortom while reacting to the president’s open grazing policyon Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday said he was disappointed at the way the president has handled certain critical matters in the country, especially insecurity. However, Garba Shehu in his reaction stated that the Benue State Governor is stirring…
Following the leadership crisis rocking the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the governors elected on the party are set to hold an emergency meeting in Abuja on Thursday. This is contained in a press release signed by Director-General of PDP Governors Forum, Hon. C.I.D Maduabum. “The Chairman of the PDP GOVERNORS FORUM , Rt Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, CFR, in consultation with his colleagues have summoned an emergency meeting of the Forum to hold on Thursday 26th August, 2021 at 5pm. The meeting will discuss recent developments in the PDP. The Governors enjoined all PDP members and stakeholders to exercise patience…
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has urged President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government to declare state of emergency on security in Northern states. According to the APC governor, the recent attack on the headquarters of the Nigerian Defence Academy in Kaduna is another setback to the quest for peace in the country Matawalle stated that his government has approved N17 million naira for Security agencies to secure communities bedevilled by the activities of bandits in the state. The Zamfara State governor also promised to secure the release of eighty three persons kidnapped in Rini community in Bakura local government area of…
The Nigerian Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has denied a news publication by Cable online news media claiming that personnel on duty at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) CCTV monitoring room were sleeping when bandits attacked the officers’ residential quarters leading to the death of two officers and the abduction of 1 other officer. In a statement released by Director Defence Information, Major General Benjamin Olufemi Sawyerr, the Nigerian Armed Forces stated that the allegation is untrue. The Defence Headquarters challenged the Cable Online to publish forthwith a verifiable proof of personnel sleeping during the incident. The statement reads in full: RE:OWN…
Nigerian Defence Headquarters has released its preliminary assessment of the security breach leading to the death of two officers and the kidnap of a third at the Nigerian Defence Academy, NDA. The assessment according to the release shows that the fleeing bandits gained acess and escaped the Academy’s barbwire fence along Airport road in Afaka. It adds that bushy areas around the officers quarters leading to the fence allowed the bandits easy concealment and escape. It also described the response time of the troops who responded to the aleert as being slow with the bandits having suuccessfully broken into 5…
The Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari has stated that the attack launched on the facility of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) on Tuesday, will buoy the country’s armed forces’ determination to make a decisive end of criminality in the country rather than throw a dampener into their morale. This is contained in a statement released by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina. President Buhari noted that the attack, which led to loss of lives, came at a time that the military had put insurgents, bandits, kidnappers, and other types of criminals on the retreat, the…