This happened in Zamfara state. Hisbah Police officers which is the Islamic police agents in the different Sharia states, arrested unmarried young men who were caught celebrating the Sallah holiday in company of their girlfriends. Also arrested were men who were caught drinking alcohol. See more photos below...
Following their loss against Croatia on last Saturday, many Nigerians have stormed the social media pages of the Super Eagles players to bash them.
This afternoon, John Ogu shared a photo of himself and appealed to Nigerians to keep supporting them. An angry Nigerian came on the comment section to ask him to leave social media so he can concentrate on his match. See his reply below
What a World Cup 2018 so far! We’ve had Cristiano Ronaldo shine as Lionel Messi faltered, Spain pretty much coach themselves, Russia hit five and VAR make its mark on the tournament. And day four is even more exciting.
Costa Rica kick it all off against Serbia at 1pm BST before two of the heavy favourites make their first marks in Russia this summer.
World champions Germany start their campaign to become only the second team to retain the trophy against Mexico at the Luzhniki Stadium before Brazil, who have won this competition more than any other country, take on Switzerland in Group E.
So, let’s get to it!
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Good morning all, and welcome to Day Four of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The Independent will have all the latest news, views and latest updates from Russia throughout the day.
A three-course Sunday for your pleasure today. First Costa Rica meet Serbia in Samara, with Los Ticos looking to recapture the magic of four years ago where they reached the quarter-finals. That kicks off at 1PM.
Then, from 4PM, Germany begin their quest to retain their crown and notch a fifth World Cup victory. They face an experienced Mexico side keen to dispel their reputation as underachievers.
And finally at 7PM the much-fancied Brazilians face Switzerland at the Rostov Arena. Can the Swiss replicate their strong qualifying campaign and shock Tite's men?
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed says President Buhari will sign into law the 2018 budget on Tuesday June 19th. He disclosed this in an interview with Reuters on the sideline of his visit to London.
“We will sign it off on Tuesday,” Lai Mohammed said
The National Assembly on May 16 passed the N9.12 trillion ($28.95 billion) 2018 budget.
Highlights of 2018 FIFA World Cup match between Portugal and Spain straight from Fisht Stadium Sochi, Russia
Portuguese talisman Cristiano Ronaldo scored his sixth hat-trick for the national team and 51st career treble as Portugal held an all-out attacking Spain 3-3 in the Group B clash at the Fisht Stadium in Sochi Russia on Saturday. After the five-time Ballon D'Or holder gave Portugal the initial lead Diego Costa scored the equaliser which was again cut to level by a goal each from the both Costa and Ronaldo for their respective sides. In the second-half Nacho put Spain in the lead through a volley well curled into the far post from outside the box. However, a free-kick given away to Portugal withing touching distance costed Spain the victory as the Portuguese captain brought back his national team on level terms.
Akinwunmi Ambode (born June 14, 1963) is the Governor of Lagos State. He was a civil servant for 27 years and a financial consultant before running for public office as Governor of Lagos State in 2015. (Wiki)
Ambode ran for office of the Governor of Lagos State in April 2015 as a member of the All Progressives Congress, the state’s ruling party. He won the election, just defeating the second-place candidate Jimi Agbaje of the People Democratic Party by 150,000 votes. He began his tenure as the governor of Lagos on 29 May 2015, succeeding former governor Babatunde Fashola.
Akinwunmi Ambode was born on 14 June 1963 in Epe, Lagos, into the family of Festus Akinwale Ambode and Christianah Oluleye Ambode. Akinwunmi Ambode is one of ten children of his father Festus Ambode
From 1974-81, Ambode, attended Federal Government College, Warri, Delta State. From 1981-1984, he attended University of Lagos where he studied Accounting, graduating at the age of 21.
He also has a master’s degree in Accounting from the University of Lagos, and he qualified as a Chartered Accountant.
In 1991, Akinwunmi Ambode got married to Bolanle Patience (née Odukomaiya) Ambode. They have three children together, twin boys and a girl. Ambode identifies as Christian Facebook
The much anticipated World Cup is here and of course the Super Eagles of Nigeria will be in action against Croatia on Saturday.
On this edition of NL TVVoice Of The Street, we went all out to test the belief of Nigerians in the Super Eagles team despite their poor results at the pre-World Cup Friendlies against England and Czech Republic.
How Far Do You Think The Super Eagles Will Go At The World Cup? Facebook
A two-term former governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Mimiko, today resigned from PDP and returned to his initial political party, Labour Party LP.
Mimiko was first elected as governor on the platform of the LP in 2007 but was not sworn in until February 2009 when the Court of Appeal, Benin declared him as the winner of the 2007 election. He left the LP on October 2014 preparatory to the 2014 general election.
In the resignation letter he tendered to the leadership of the PDP in his state, Mimiko said he was resigning due to personal reasons.
“I hereby with utmost humility inform you of my decision to resign my membership of the PDP with effect from today, June 13, 2018 for some well thought-out personal reasons. It was an honour working with many prominent Nigerians with whom I shared the PDP platform for the entire period I was in there as a member. Accept please the assurance of my very high regards,” Mimiko said
The formal return of Mimiko to LP would come up Thursday at Ward 7, Ondo West Local Government, Ondo town and would address some of his supporters at the Ondo Civic Centre.
Spain’s squad have been plunged into crisis after the coach Julen Lopetegui was sacked just two days before their opening World Cup game against Portugal in Sochi, with the director of football, Fernando Hierro, named as his replacement.
The president of the Spanish Football Federation, Luis Rubiales, insisted that he had little choice but to terminate Lopetegui’s contract as a matter of principle after the coach negotiated with Real Madrid behind the federation’s back. The sacking comes in response to the news, released on Tuesday afternoon, that Lopetegui had agreed to take over at Real Madrid after the World Cup ends.
That came as a huge surprise. Neither the players nor Hierro nor the president knew of the decision until moments before it was made public. Rubiales said that he had received a phone call from Madrid five minutes before they issued a statement announcing the appointment. He flew from Moscow to Krasnodar on Tuesday night, leaving the Fifa congress to head to the national team’s HQ to discuss how best to resolve the situation.
Just after 1pm on Wednesday afternoon, after discussions with the players, he announced the decision to sack the coach, describing it as an “obligation” on a “sad day”.
The announcement that Hierro would be his replacement followed three hours later. “It is a nice challenge. I could not say no: I would not have forgiven myself,” Hierro said.
“We are in an extremely difficult situation; this is very, very hard,” Rubiales had said earlier. He and Lopetegui were due to appear before the media the following morning but that was put back and when Rubiales eventually appeared, an hour and a half later than scheduled, he did so alone. Another planned press conference with Lopetegui, subsequently pencilled in to follow that of the federation president, was cancelled.
facebookRubiales had spent the morning talking to players, led by Sergio Ramos, who argued for the coach to continue. Ultimately, though, he chose to sack Lopetegui with immediate effect. There are decisions that we are obliged to take based on an understanding of how you should behave and on ethics,” he said. He added that it was legitimate for Lopetegui to negotiate withReal Madridbut not for the federation to find out just five minutes before a formal announcement was made, a matter of hours before the beginning of the tournament.Although he sought not to point the finger directly at Madrid or Lopetegui, insisting that “if it was up to the coach I am sure he would have done things differently”, Rubiales was furious.He has been the president of the federation for less than a month and has already been forced to manage his first great crisis. He said that there was no negotiation with Real Madrid and that his request that the announcement be delayed was ignored, with the deal made public before he could respond. He attempted to contact Lopetegui to speak to him but was unable to do so as the coach was telling his news to the players. Madrid released the statement “five minutes” l“The national team belongs to everyone and we have to send a clear message to all employees at the federation that there is a way of behaving, that there are ethics,” he said. “Julen has worked phenomenally well; I have nothing at all to complain about there. But the way that this has happened obliged me to take this decision. This is a very hard day and now we have decisions to make just two days before the World Cup starts.”It was later confirmed that Hierro, who won 89 caps forSpain, would take charge of the team for the duration of the World Cup. “I am grateful that Fernando said yes,” Rubiales said. “This [episode] has not left a good taste but we will overcome this.”Hierro said: “We’ve come to fight for the World Cup. The team is excited. We have a great opportunity and that should be the focus. The message from the team was fantastic. If I were not convinced of our aspirations, I would not be here. The key will be to change as little as possible.”The Juventus manager Max Allegri, meanwhile, has claimed he turned down an offer from Real Madrid to take over from Zinedine Zidane. Speaking to Sky Italia, he said: “Real Madrid and Chelsea? Let’s say I said yes to Juventus. I spoke with the president and it was right for me to stay at Juventus. It was a decision I had already made.”“I decided to stay at Juve and I respected what I said, I thank the president of Real who gave me the chance to go. Chelsea? The decision to remain at Juventus had been taken and it was right to confirm the word given to Juventus.”
’s imminent signing Sokratis Papastathopoulos rejected the chance to join Manchester United, according to the defender’s father. The Gunners are set to announce the first signing of Unai Emery’s reign after the Greek international completed his medical in London on Monday. Sokratis was about to enter the final year of his contract with Borussia Dortmund, which has enabled Arsenal to secure a €20 million (£17.5m) deal for the 29-year-old. Manchester United were also keen on a move for Sokratis, and reports in Germany had claimed that Jose Mourinho personally contacted the Greek centre-back to discuss a move to Old Trafford. But Sokratis’ father, Charalambos Papastathopoulos, has revealed that his son did not want to wait for United to follow up their interest and instead opted to join Arsenal.
