Nigerians have woken up today June 8, 2016, to the shocking news of the death of former Super Eagles captain and coach, Stephen Keshi. The former Mali and Togo tactician died suddenly according to his relatives and close associates. “He was not ill at all, never showed any signs of illness, but we suspect he never got over the death of his wife,” one of his close friends said. Recall that on December 10, 2015, Keshi lost his wife to cancer at 33. The late tactician Keshi married at the age of 21. Nigerians have continued to react to the death of the ex-international, with many describing the news as total shock.
Adelani Adepegba The acting Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has deployed the Tactical Operation Unit, comprising of the Police Mobile Force, the Counter-Terrorism Unit and the Air Surveillance Team to flush out vandals and other criminal elements operating in Arepo and Ibafo areas of Ogun State. Idris said the deployment of the unit in the areas on Thursday was to ensure that normalcy returns to them in record time. A statement on Friday in Abuja by the Force Public Relations Officer, Don Awunah, quoted the IG as saying that the Nigeria Police Force would not watch any criminal group(s) take law into their hands, adding that he had authorised the team to deal decisively with anyone who constitutes himself as an enemy of the state. He also asked residents of the areas who had fled to return home and go about their normal businesses as the police would deal with the criminals. In another development, the police have arrested one Aloysius Ebiniko, said to be the ...

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