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A Nigerian man who reportedly spent 2 years in ritualists' den, has been released by his captors because he wasn't useful. He was reportedly dropped along BCJ road, Apata area of Ibadan. ConnectIbadan shard a video of him on Instagram; "A Good Samaritan, Miss Opeyemi was passing by along BCJ road, Apata area of Ibadan and found people gathered around a man that was dropped by kidnappers/ritualist. The short video conducted by the Good Samaritan showed that he had been kidnapped for the past 2 years but when it was his turn to be used for ritual they said he is not useful and that there are still a lot of people in the captivity of the ritualist den. His name is Dayo Ajala and further interview also confirmed that he attended Oke Nla Grammar School, Ogun State. Watch video below Attached Files: Capture.JPG File size: 30.9 KB

The Nigeria Ports Authority, NPA, has explained why it terminated ts boats pilotage monitoring and supervision contract awarded to Intels, a firm largely owned by ex vice president Atiku Abubakar.  A statement by NPA General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications, Abdullahi Goje, said it relied on advice from the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to terminate Intels’ contract. It explained that the NPA sought the AGF’s advice after trying in vain for more than one year to get Intels to comply with the federal government’s directive on the Treasury Single Account, TSA. “The first such correspondence was through a letter written by the former Executive Director, Finance and Administration, Mr. Olumide Oduntan on June 28, 2016, directing the company to pay all revenues collected on behalf of the NPA into the TSA sub account at the CBN. “All further attempts by the Authority to get the company obey this directive was met with v...

Authorities at the Kirikiri prisons in Lagos state has denied reports that billionaire kidnapper Evans planned to escape from prison by bribing a guard $100,000.  The prison's Public Relations Officer, Francis Enobare said “the suspect was in high spirit”. The Deputy Controller of Prisons insisted that Evans did not plot to escape. “It is not true that Evans plotted to escape from our custody. He is in high spirit and he sees his lawyers as he wants. “He has never plotted to escape since we took custody of him. The security around him is very tight; all our prisons are well fortified.” Attached Files:

Manchester United played a goalless draw with Liverpool on Saturday in an early Premier League match at Anfield.  Save for a De Gea save in the first half, it was for the most part a boring game. Liverpool failed to score from the multiple chances they create and Manchester United defended most of the time. Speaking after the game, Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho, said: “In the first we had the ball and were always compact. We had a few shots in the second half. "They played with a very strong midfield of Can, Wijnaldum and Henderson for 90 minutes but in the second half I had no one on the bench to change the direction of the game. I thought they were afraid of our counter attack. "I just tried to improve in attacking areas where I could surprise them, but they kept a strong organisation in midfield. I was waiting for him [Klopp] to break it [the play] a bit more. But he didn’t let it break. "A point, in this long marathon? A point at Anfield is OK." Liver...

Nigeria's former president Goodluck Jonathan has denied responsibility for the poor state of the state house clinic in Asp Rock. This follows developments that the house of reps will probe authorities over the continued state of the clinic despite billions being spent on it. In a statement by his Media Adviser, Ikechukwu Eze, Jonathan said he was not responsible for the implementation of 2015 budget and therefore would be the wrong person to answer questions on provisions of a budget he was not part of. “The House of representatives resolved Thursday 12 October, 2015, to probe 2015-2017 allocations to Aso Rock Clinic and some media reports are needlessly dragging the name of former President Goodluck Jonathan into it. We had thought that the media should be the first to remind Nigerians that since Dr. Jonathan left office on May 29, 2015, he had absolutely nothing to do with the implementation of the budget for that year,” the statement reads. “For emphasis, the 2015 Appropriation...

Crystal Palace have earned their first points of the season in the Premier League, and it's against the champions Chelsea.  Before the match Chelsea supporters were confident of a high-margin win but got the shock of their lives. A lackluster Chelsea started poorly and went behind early in the first half via a Cahill own goal. Bakayoko pulled one back, latching on to Fabrega's corner kick before Zaha's pace dazzled Chelsea's defense to put the premier league bottom team in front. Chelsea mounted a weak comeback in the second half but couldn't get a goal. Crystal Palace actually should've gotten more than 3 goals but Puncheon, Zaha and others were wasteful. Attached Files:

Chelsea's coach, Antonio Conte has reacted to his side's loss away to Crystal Palace The Blues lost 2-1 to a Palace side that has never scored in goal before now He said:  Today was a difficult game for us. Our start was poor. We had to start with more personality. We conceded goals at bad times which made it very difficult for us and allowed Crystal Palace to grow in confidence. Despite this we have to find the will to fight. This season we have to put 150% because it will be difficult. I don't like to lose. Today my soul is bad. We must try to turn a negative situation into a positive situation. “We played this game without three important players and that's not straightforward. We started very badly and it was a very difficult day. But we need also to understand the situation and to continue to work, to find solutions despite our injuries. “They are big losses for us but we can only accept the situation and then do our best. We have to go game by game, and this seas...

Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has spoken on the condemnation of Aso Rock clinic by wife of the president, Aisha Buhari. Aisha had on Monday said the facility was redundant despite a budget of N3bn. She further lamented that the clinic had no syringes, drugs and a functional X-ray machine. In a chat with Punch, the minister said he was not aware of the “huge allocation” to the ministry. ”But certainly, the revelation by the wife of Mr. President is quite unsettling and I have called the Managing Director of the hospital. ”The hospital is not under me but under the Presidency, but as the minister of health, I intervened and I will be visiting the facility to have firsthand knowledge of his challenges. ”I don’t want to make any pronouncements until I have been there and till I hear his side of the story.” Attached Files:

Air Vice Marshall Mohammed Alkali Mamu, a former Chief of Administration at the Nigerian Air Force headquarters, on Friday revealed in court that foreign mercenary pilots were engaged to combat Boko Haram terrorists, disguised as instructors.  Led in evidence by his counsel, Chief Joseph Daudu (SAN) in a four-count charge bordering on bribery brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mamu said the office of the National Security Adviser decided to assist the Nigerian Air Force by engaging these mercenaries due to “the terrible performance of our armed forces at the height of the war against Boko Haram towards the 2nd and 3rd quarters of 2014.” “I was in Ukraine when this covert and sensitive military assignment was given to one Hima Abubakar of Societe D’Equipments Internationaux Nigeria Limited (the company EFCC said he received the bribe from) by the NSA. Abubakar identified three mercenary fighter pilots, soldiers of fortune and veterans of man...

Former vice president Atiku Abubakar has reacted to a disclosure by World Bank president, Jim Yong Kim, that President Muhammadu Buhari sought the institution’s support for Northern states. In a Facebook post on Saturday, Atiku stated that news of assistance to Nigerians by international organisations was commendable. The Waziri Adamwa said he’s “glad to hear the President of the World Bank Group, Jim Yong Kim and the IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde reiterate some of the points I’ve made recently in the ongoing conversations on restructuring as it relates to investing more in human capital, infrastructure, education for our people, etc. “I’m also glad to learn of the work both organizations are doing, in partnership with the Federal Government to boost and stabilize our economic growth.” Atiku, however, shared a link of a speech titled ‘Restructuring for a united and progressive Nigeria’ he deliveredat the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN). It reads in part: “My vision of Re...

Niger state's governor Babangida Aliyu has admitted that the Peoples' Democratic Party, PDP, is behind the formation, registration and creation of the Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance (APDA). Speaking when he hosted AIT's Raymond Dokpesi, he said after the 14 months leadership crisis that rocked the party, there was need to “rebuild, re-brand and rejuvenate the party’’ ahead of the 2019 elections. He said some PDP members actually thought of preparing alternative party for committed members, should the recent Supreme Court judgment become unfavourable for the party. The former governor said that not only was it agreed by some PDP members to be involved in the registration of APDA, PDP also had discussion with 17 other political parties for coalition. Attached Files: