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New Deal for our creative industry ON JULY 16,  20201:34 AMIN EDITORIAL Kindly Share This Story:FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsAppPinterestShare THE good times may just be ahead for our long-suffering creative industry, as President Muhammadu Buhari has formally handed over the National Theatre Complex, Iganmu Lagos, to the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and the Bankers Committee for restoration and redevelopment. According to the Governor of CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, the scope of the intended project, which will be completed within 18 months, is capable of generating over $20 billion (about N8trn) annually. That is more than oil will ever contribute to our post-COVID-19 economy. That is part of the diversification of the economy we have been clamouring for but unable to actualise over the decades. More than crude oil, the massive number of job creation and shared wealth this is capable of generating is mind-boggling. According to Emefiele, the National Theatre will only be one of three l...

Offa bank robbery suspect narrates how police killed his colleagues ON JULY 10, 20203:25 PMIN NEWS Kindly Share This Story:FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsAppPinterestShare Robbery By Demola Akinyemi – Ilorin One of the suspects on April 5, 2018, Offa bank robbery, Azeez Salawu, yesterday told the court in Ilorin, Kwara state, how six suspects were killed in his presence by the policemen in Abuja. Azeez gave graphic details of how he was being tortured in “Generator house” at police headquarters in Abuja with tyre hung on his neck and his two hands tied to the back, and his body was hung within two main planks amid heavy beating before they shot dead six persons in his presence. All the accused; Ayoade Akinnibosun, Ibikunle Ogunleye, Adeola Abraham, Salahudeen Azeez, and Niyi Ogundiran were present in court yesterday. Salawu who denied the statement credited to him said that the policemen interrogating him did that purposely to coerce him to admit his alleged participation in the bank robbery...

Barcelona and Bayern Munich will meet in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League should both sides make it through, Friday’s draw for the final eight confirmed. READ ALSO: Premier League admits VAR blunders Both teams still need to complete their last-16 ties, with Bayern 3-0 up against Chelsea after the first leg and Barcelona having drawn 1-1 with Napoli. ADVERTISING Other quarter-finals will see Real Madrid or Manchester City play Juventus or Lyon, while RB Leipzig will face Atletico Madrid and Atalanta were drawn against Paris Saint-Germain. All ties from the quarter-finals onwards will be played in Lisbon. VANGUARD Kindly Share This Story:FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsAppPinterestShare Related Insecurity: NDYC seeks support for Buhari, FG July 24, 2019 We will reject plot to truncate democracy, trigger anarchy across Nigeria - APC Youths The APC Youth Solidarity Network (APCYSN) has vowed to resist any attempt by some persons to truncate the nation's hard-earned democracy d...

Police nab suspected killer of Zamfara doctor ON JULY 10, 20202:28 PMIN NEWS Kindly Share This Story:FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsAppPinterestShare I’m paid N5000 to kill a person — Suspect By Ibrahim HassanWuyo The Zamfara state police command has arrested a suspect, Abubakar Namalika, who participated in the gruesome murder of a medical doctor, Dr. Enoch Okpara in Gusau, the state capital. The suspect, Namalika, who told journalists that he had killed many in the course of committing a crime, said he was paid N5000 for killing each person. While parading the suspect at the police headquarters in Gusau, the Commissioner of Police, Usman Nagoggo said the suspect was arrested at Lalan area while preparing to make a kidnap at mareri area. READ ALSO: Miyetti Allah: Kidnappers, rapists are from Zamfara, Niger, Kaduna, Bauchi, Katsina According to the Commissioner of Police, six (6) suspects were fingered that included Abubakar Namalika, Alhaji Shehu Bagewaye(Leader Maijan Ido Bandits Camp ...

Man United boss, Solskjaer dismisses Ake transfer rumours ON JULY 8, 20206:01 PMIN SPORTS Kindly Share This Story:FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsAppPinterestShare Ole Gunnar Solskjaer dismissed the idea of signing Bournemouth’s Nathan Ake after a video appearing to show the Manchester United manager suggesting he wanted to do a deal for the centre-back went viral. United crushed Bournemouth 5-2 in the Premier League on Saturday, with Ake featuring for the visitors at Old Trafford. At full-time, Solskjaer greeted Ake and briefly exchanged words, and a clip of that moment was shared on social media with subtitles suggesting the Norwegian told the Netherlands international he was hoping to buy a left-footed centre-back. Unsurprisingly it led to considerable debate and interest on social channels, though Solskjaer has distanced himself from his alleged comments. ALSO READ: Brazil’s World Cup humiliation that became an expression Speaking to reporters ahead of Thursday’s Premier League trip t...

Canada’s Border Services Agency “lost track” of two-thirds of some 50,000 foreigners who had been hit with deportation orders, an audit presented to parliament on Wednesday found. The agency, which is responsible for enforcing removal orders for foreigners in Canada, were unable to locate 34,700 foreigners, mainly asylum seekers slated for deportation because their requests had been rejected, the report by the Office of the Auditor-General said. In the remaining 15,300 pending cases, the agency knew their whereabouts but in many cases had delayed action for several years. “Most orders had been enforceable for years, including criminal cases and failed asylum claimants,” the report said. “The accumulation of enforceable removal orders has been an ongoing issue for the Canada Border Services Agency,” it said, adding that enforcement was hindered by poor data and flaws in case management. Also contributing to the backlog were deficiencies in information sharing with Canada’s immigration, ...

By Etop Ekanem Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has advised aggrieved Ijaw of Gbaramatu Kingdom and Itsekiri in the Escravos area of Warri South-West Local Government Area to sustain dialogue to achieve a win-win outcome with the Federal Government, over pending demands. In an earlier conference, the Gbaramatu Kingdom in a statement by its spokesman, Chief Godspower Gbenekama, threatened to shut down oil operations in its area with an ultimatum expiring Thursday, over alleged Federal Government nonchalance to long-standing demands. Also, the Itsekiri citing similar demands in a statement by Mr. Besidone Samuel, spokesman of Itsekiri Oil/Gas Producing Communities, said if the Escravos Gas Revolution Industrial Park, Deep Sea Port in Gbaramatu, Warri South-West LGA, Omadino-Escravos Road projects are not kick-started, including stopping the recent FG-announced bidding round for 57 marginal oil fields, it would shut down oil operations in Itsekiri communities. ALSO READ: Osanebi cong...