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Korea Republic struck quickly through Lee Kangin, who converted his penalty kick in the fifth minute

The match burst into life after a sluggish start

The Presidency said it welcomes the report of the European Union on the 2019 general elections in Nigeria, promising to analyse it fully and act on the recommendations.

Festus Keyamo, the Spokesman of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, has faulted the European Union Election Observation Mission report on Nigeria’s 2019 elections for not coming to a conclusion in its report.

Three personnel of the Nigerian Air Force and two civilians who stormed the farmhouse of the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, in 2017 thinking they would find sacks of foreign currencies buried in septic tank are now swimming in stormy waters.

It was close to midnight a few weeks ago and we just landed Lagos. I was scheduled to be in Ilesa, Osun State for a workshop on security the next morning. My driver had been waiting at the airport since midday. Prior to that day, news had filtered in of all sorts of horrors on the road from Ibadan to Ife. Nonetheless, I needed to get to Osogbo that night so I could deliver a keynote address the next morning on the very issue of security. No other option, I set out for Osogbo at midnight.

The newly appointed Secretary to the Ogun State Government and Chief of Staff, Olatokunbo Joseph Talabi and Alhaji Shuaib Afolabi Salisu, are bringing with them years of meritorious service to the table.

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar on Saturday, said that the Nigerian Air force had trained no fewer than 611 personnel for force protection and securing critical national assets.

The Independent National Electoral Commission has said that the large number of political parties that participated in the 2019 general elections created a lot of logistics problem.

President Mohammadu Buhari has been lauded over the initiatives and policies of the Federal Government to improve the fortunes of the country through research and development.

The Nigerian Army said on Saturday it has begun proceedings to court martial 14 officers and soldiers accused of murder, kidnapping and desertion, among other criminal offences.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met with Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Our correspondent learnt that the musician regained his freedom around 4:20pm on Friday after his sureties signed the bail bond.

The Council of Legal Education has said that 850 students of the Nigerian Law School passed the Bar Final Resit Examinations conducted in April.

The Peoples Democratic Party has urged the European Union and other international communities to continue to monitor electoral process in Nigeria.

A businessman, Alhaji Idris Mohammed, on Friday told a Zuba Upper Area Court Abuja that a Bank Manager of First City Monument Bank, Lukman Bada, and his accomplice, Idris Yusuf, allegedly defrauded him of N210 million.

Some members of the Nigerian Association of Small Scale Industrialists have expressed concern over lack of due process in the election that produced officials of the association.

An official of the Kano Zoological Gardens has reported to the Kano State Police Command that a gorilla under his watch and other officials has swallowed the N6.82 million they made during the last sallah festivities.

As government intensifies efforts to end activities of bandits in Zamfara State, the state’s new Commissioner of Police, Usman Nagogo, has said he would deploy dialogue as opposed to fire power to tackle the trend.

The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Major General Shuaibu Ibrahim, has said the scheme will communicate to corps members when the payment of N30,000 new allowance would take off.