Ayeiroyin

Frustrated Arsenal supporters hired a van to spread the ‘Wenger Out’ message ahead of Sunday’s Premier League game against Manchester City. A group of fans hiring a light aircraft to drag a ‘#WengerOut’ banner over the Hawthorns during Arsenal’s last match – a shock 3-1 defeat to West Brom – and the same group of fans have now taken their protests to the streets. The van features a sign quoting the club’s chief executive, Ivan Gazidis, who claimed in 2011 that Wenger will always be answerable to the club’s fans. Underneath the headline “That time is now – Wenger out”, the billboard reads: “Arsene is accountable to the fans – they ultimately make judgement. If you are seeing the relationship between the fans and the manager break down over time that is unsustainable.” The other side of the van mocks Arsenal’s record in Europe, with “twenty years in Europe and we’re still waiting…” written alongside a picture featuring Sir Alex Ferguson, Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola cel...

Nigeria made its presence count at the 2017 African Para Taekwondo Open as the two-man contingent claimed two medals at the two-day championship. According to the Secretary General of the Nigeria Taekwondo Federation (NTF), Oriss Taiwo, the athletes showed their stuff against their African counterparts to lay claim to the gold medals in the men’s 44kg and 62kg. Samson Ukpera who competed in the men’s 44kg was in fine form to win the highest medal at the championship while Faith Bazuaye featured in the women’s 62kg and she fought her way to the final to clinch the gold medal. This feat was described as a lift to para taekwondo in Nigeria as this would give the athletes the chance to improve their world rating. “This is indeed a big feat for Nigeria because these two athletes has now put Nigeria on the world map with their performance and their ranking will surely move up. Prior to the tournament, Nigeria female team was rated fifth while our male was 11th and I am sure with ...

Peru drug law enforcement yesterday seized 1,417 kilos of cocaine with logos that bear a photo of Barcelona star Lionel Messi as well as his name, found wrapped in containers of squid filets and destined for Belgium. The drugs were worth an estimated $85 million in street value, Peru officials said in a news release. Many packages of the drugs bore the likeness of Messi and his name, while the rest were wrapped in black packaging with a logo saying “King” with a likeness of the king of Spain. A spokesperson for the Peruvian National Police’s Anti-drugs Office (Dirandro) said that no one has been arrested or detained yet. “Most of the 1,288 packages of drugs were camouflaged as squid filets and had a label that said ‘Messi’ along with a picture of the Argentina player Lionel Messi wearing the shirt of the Spanish club Barcelona,” the news release said. The logos are used to guarantee the purity of the drugs by the gangs who traffic them, the official said, as well as guara...

The Lagos High Court yesterday gives judgement to Two of the four men tried for the 2012 murder of a general’s daughter, Cynthia Osokogu, Okwumo Echezona Nwabufo and his nephew  Olisaeloka Ezike are to die by hanging. Justice Olabisi A . kinlade found them guilty of drugging, chaining and strangling Osokogu, who was a Nasarawa State University post-graduate student, to death at Cosmilla Hotel, Festac Town, Lagos, on July 22, 2012. Orji Osita, 37, and Ezike Nonso, 29, were discharged and acquitted of the charge of recklessness, negligence and possession of stolen goods. Osita, a pharmacist, had been accused of supplying Nwabufo with Rophynol, a sedative which was allegedly used on the deceased, without a prescription. While Nonso was accused of buying her stolen Blackberry phones from Ezike. Nwabufo, 37, Ezike, 27, Osita and Nonso were arraigned on February 8, 2013, on a six-count charge of conspiracy, murder, stealing, recklessness, negligence and possession of s...

No fewer than 20 suspects in last Wednesday’s mayhem in Ile Ife, Osun State, have been arrested. Besides, panel of enquiry would be set up to investigate the immediate and remote cause of the crisis to complement the truth commission set up by the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi. Osun Sstate Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, disclosed this yesterday at Sabo area of Ile Ife where he and the visiting Senator Musa Kwankwaso addressed leaders of Hausa community over the crisis. He urged residents to assist the law enforcement agents to fish other troublemakers who participated in the crisis. Aregbesola, who visited Ile Ife for the second time since the unfortunate incident occurred reiterated that the mayhem was caused by miscreants who did not have the interest of the state at heart. Kwankwoso urged the parties to put the crisis behind them stating that the they should continue to live together in peace. He recalled his standing relationship with people in the southwest say...

N49 million “crispy notes of N200 and N50 denominations” abandoned at the Kaduna International Airport on Monday night packed in sack This is found by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).  A man who believed to be the owner ran away before EFCC operatives could question him.  The cash was discovered by EFCC Zonal Office in Kaduna in five large black 150kg sacks during routine baggage screening at the airport. A top source in the commission said: “Upon careful scrutiny of the sacks, it was discovered that they contained fresh crispy naira notes of N200 denomination in 200 bundles totaling N40million and N50 denomination in 180 bundles totaling N9million. “The bundles were all sealed, purportedly emanating from the Nigerian Security and Minting Company (MSPMC) as seen in the label on the packs. “The five sacks were sighted unattended and without tags containing fresh bulk items suspected to be money from the aroma perceived from the sacks. “The owner of the mo...

The return of President Muhammadu Buhari from the United Kingdom on Friday has brought stability into the polity. Says the Abia former governor, Dr Orji Kalu.  Kalu told newsmen in Lagos on Sunday that Nigerians were happy that the president was back in good health. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the president went on vacation to the UK on Jan. 20, and also met with his doctors during the trip before returning on Friday. Kalu said: “Now that the president is back, I am very happy; we have been praying. “Both Christians and Muslims have been praying because the country has been so polarised that the fabrics of our nation have been eaten with tribalism and religion. “So I am very happy that the president is back and I want him to listen to his doctor’s advice and continue to take his medication, if any’’. The former governor noted that the president had kept his campaign promise of restoring peace to the North Eastern part of the country, which had been...