Daily News Roundup..

Halimatu Atta, a 90-year-old woman, who was abducted from the Kaduna-bound train in March, has regained her freedom. She was released alongside her daughter and two other victims, according to a Kaduna‎-based Publisher, Tukur Mamu, who negotiated the release of some of the victims.

-. Gunmen on Thursday night shot dead a lawyer identified as Barrister Benedict Azza, close to his residence in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital. The attack came barely a week after the state government announced a ban on the operation of motorbikes in parts of the Gusau metropolis.

The state’s NBA chairman, Barrister Junaidu Abubakar, confirmed this in a statement on Friday...

-. Kidnapped Nasarawa State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mohammed Yakubu Lawal, has regained his freedom, after spending five days in a terrorists’ den. It was, however, not certain whether the N100 million ransom earlier demanded by the bandits was paid before his release.

-. The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, Friday opened discussions for peace and reconciliation in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital. The committee set up for that purpose consists of members drawn from both the Atiku and Wike’s strategic teams.



-. Ten people have been confirmed dead and scores displaced by flood in Girei Local Government Area of Adamawa State. Executive Secretary of the Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA), Dr. Suleiman Muhammad, confirmed the casualty figures in an interview on Friday.



-. An Iyaganku Family Court sitting in Ibadan ordered the remand of three teenagers and a 12-year-old in a juvenile home on Friday for allegedly raping an 18-year-old person with a disability. Prosecution counsel, Insp Folake Ewe, told the court that two of the four accused are siblings aged 15 years and 12 years.

-. President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the deployment and re-deployment of nine Permanent Secretaries in the Federal Civil Service. Mr Mohammed Ahmed, Deputy Director of Communications, office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), made this known in a circular issued on Friday in Abuja.



-. Fresh facts have emerged on why the Academic Staff Union of Universities rejected the proposal by the Federal Government. The zonal coordinator, Port Harcourt zone, Stanley Ogoun, in a statement yesterday, said the FG has promised to increase the salaries of professors by N60,000 while others may have N30,000.

-. The Ogun State Police Command has warned that a yet-to-be-identified serial killer is on the prowl in the Remo axis of Remo-North local government area of the state. The state police spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this on Friday in a statement.

- Manchester United and their arch-rivals, Liverpool will lock horns on Monday in what would have been the most exciting and biggest game of the new Premier League season so far.

But supporters of both giants may not expect so much from teams that have started the season very poorly, especially the Red Devils.

While the pressure is mostly on Liverpool with Jurgen Klopp’s side widely tipped to challenge Manchester City for the title this season, Manchester United, who have fired two managers under one year, were not expected to start the new campaign so helplessly with the coming of Erik ten Hag.

Jurgen Klopp’s Reds are languishing in the 12th position in the league table, already four points behind fellow title contenders, Manchester City, who have resumed their position in the league’s summit.

A defeat for both Manchester United and Liverpool would be an early confirmation that either of them may rather be fighting to avoid relegation instead of chasing the title. But it is still too early to draw up such conclusions.

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