Messi’s lookalike almost jailed for disrupting public

Reza Parastesh and Messi

Iranian student Reza Parastesh looks so much like his sporting hero Lionel Messi that it almost landed him in jail for disrupting public order this week.

So many people came out to take selfies with Parastesh in the western city of Hamedan over the weekend that police rushed him into a station and impounded his car to stop the chaos and clear traffic.

Over 23 killed in Guinea as truck crushes minibus

The death toll from a head-on crash between a truck and a minibus packed with people going to a wedding in Guinea has risen to 23, hospital authorities said Monday. The deadly crash took place on Saturday just north of the capital Conakry, when a minibus was crushed by a truck loaded with sand.

“Following the tragedy.

Gas tanker leak sends 200 students to hospital

Nearly 200 school students were hospitalised Saturday after complaining of irritation in their eyes and throat following a gas leak in New Delhi, police said.

Classes were underway when gas leaked from a container parked at a depot close to the school and filled with chemical meant for industrial use, police said.

Ife crisis: Arraignment of Yoruba suspects delayed again

CHAOS: One of the scenes
of the crisis in Ile-Ife,
yesterday

For the second time, the arraignment of the five suspects including Oba Ademola Ademiluyi arrested in connection with recent clash between the Hausa and their Yoruba host community in Ile-Ife was yesterday put on hold.

Their arraignment was supposed to come up before Justice Kudirat Akano yesterday but was at the last minute shifted till today. The suspects who were brought to court yesterday amidst tight security remained in the police vehicle until they were returned to Osun state command headquarters.

PDP, CLO attack Buhari over decision to work from home

The Peoples Democratic Party and Civil Liberties Organisation have criticised   President Muhammdu Buhari’s decision to perform  his official roles from home.

 Buhari was   absent  from  a meeting of the Federal Executive Council  inside the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday.

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo  presided  over the meeting. Buhari did not also  attend the FEC meeting last week, with the  Presidency attributing his absence  to the Easter holiday.

Recession: Reps ask other states to learn from Lagos

As Nigeria gradually makes its way out of economic recession, the House of Representatives on Wednesday commended the Lagos State Government’s role, saying that the success story of the State was not only benefitting residents, but helping to get the nation’s economy back on the track.

Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Economic Recession, Hon. Olabode Ayorinde who said this when he led members of the Committee on a courtesy visit to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode  at the Lagos House in Ikeja, said the State currently dictates the pace of the economy in Nigeria.

Buhari dying in Aso Rock – Perry Brimah

Perry Brimah, a popular columnists and convener of ENDS [Every Nigerian Do Something], has raised alarm that President Muhammadu Buhari is dying in office.

Brimah in a statement on Friday said Nigeria was being very compassionless to its president and called on the masses to rise against “cabal” locking up Buhari.

According to him, “There can be no denying how chronically ill president Muhammadu Buhari looks when he seldom does appear in public. The last time was last week Friday when Kaduna state governor Nasir el-Rufai came visiting.