Author: TheScrutinyNG

Italian icon, Salvatore Schillaci, the top scorer at the 1990 World Cup has died. He was aged 59. Schillaci, better known as ‘Toto’, scored six goals to win the Golden Boot at the 1990 World Cup on home soil. Italy lost in the semi-finals, but Schillaci was also awarded the Golden Ball as the best player and gained hero status. Capped 16 times for his country, scoring seven goals, he represented Italian giants Juventus and Inter Milan after beginning his club career at Messina. Schillaci scored his first goal of the 1990 World Cup as a substitute against Austria, and…

After a long wait, former Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has decided and subsequently honoured the invitation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). A statement by Yahaya Bello Media Office, signed by the Director, Ohiare Michael, noted that the former governor was accompanied to the EFCC headquarters by high profile Nigerians. The statement, dated 18-09-2024, and made available to Vanguard, was entitled “FORMER GOVERNOR YAHAYA BELLO HONOURS EFCC’S INVITATION”. It will be recalled that the anti-graft agency had been on the trail of the former governor who has declined subsequent invitations.

The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said that the males in Nigeria are getting more infected with the dreaded Monkey Pox (Mpox) than females. This is according to statistical figures NCDC posted on its website. According to the figures obtained, 67 percent of Mpox cases recorded since January 2024 have been in males. The agency said, “Men are predominantly affected, accounting for approximately 70 per cent of 6,001 suspected and confirmed Mpox cases recorded in Nigeria since September 2017, when the first confirmed cases occurred.” The figures released revealed that a total of 1,031 suspected cases…

A former Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (retd) has challenged the military to end the insecurity and killings in the country. According to him, the military has no excuse not to end insecurity once and for all. Danjuma spoke in Abuja on Tuesday at the public presentation of a book titled “Big Boots: Lessons from My Military Service,” authored by Maj. Gen. Solomon Udounwa (retd.). Speaking at the occasion, Danjuma said, “The number one problem today is security. We must end the pandemic and stop the killings that are going on in our country as soon as possible.…

Mr Julius Abure, the former National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), who is now the factional leader of the same party, has faulted position of Senator Nanedi Usman, the interim National Chairperson of the party, over her claim that her committee saved the LP from being deregistered by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Former National Publicity Secretary of the party, Obiora Ifoh, who said this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, stated: “Labour Party leadership wishes to refute that statement as ludicrous, unattainable, unsubstantiated and a pack of lies. “We wish to state emphatically that the Labour Party…

The Federal Government has alleged that some Nigerians are the ones giving the country a bad name abroad. This was alleged by Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, the Minister of Interior, at the opening session of a three-day national training workshop on counter-terrorism financing, organised by the Inter-Governmental Action Group Against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA), where he further noted that plans were underway to harmonise the citizenship database for effective individual and corporate identity management. The minister said the database harmonization would ensure that identities of Nigerians were easily verified from any part of the world. He said it would…

The United Nations has supported the victims of the September 10 flooding in Borno State with $6 million. This was announced on Tuesday by Mohammed Fall, the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria. He announced that the sum was donated from the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund to support the flood victims. Alau Dam, located just over 10 miles to the south of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State collapsed on September 10, compelling hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes. UN spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, at a briefing in New York Monday, said a joint mission, comprising UN agencies and…

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, on Tuesday led the leadership of the party and the Obidient Movement to Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, to condole with the state over the flood disaster that befell it recently. Accompanied on the trip were the National Chairman of the Party’s caretaker committee, Senator Nenadi Usman, Obi’s running mate in the 2023 polls, Dr Datti Baba-Ahmad, the National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement, Dr Yunusa Tanko, and other leaders of the party. The team made an initial donation of N50 million to the emergency relief…

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday described the murder of Prince Kazeem Ademola Akinloye, first son of the Ojomu of Ajiran land, Oba Tijani Akinloye, as one too many. The House urged Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Kayode Egbetokun, to urgently commence investigation into the incident with the goal of ensuring justice for the bereaved family. According to a press statement by Mr. Eromosele Ebhomele, the Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, theHouse, which observed a minute silence in honour of the deceased, also resolved to send…

The police in Borno State has announced the rearrest of one of the fleeing inmates, Abubakar Mohammed, who escaped following the September 10 devastating flood that rocked Maiduguri, the state capital, recently, affecting the Nigerian Correctional facility which carved in under the heavy flood. This was disclosed in a statement released on Tuesday by the Police Public Relations Officer in Borno, SP Ahmed Wakil. Wakil said the police were alerted by a resident who had sighted Abubakar in Gubio town. He said, “The Borno Police Command is pleased to announce the successful rearrest of an escaped convict, Abubakar Mohammed, 27,…