The dream of out of contract Nigeria coach, Stephen Keshi to return to Mali Eagles as coach has been terminated with the appointment of Frenchman Alain Giresse by the Mali Football Federation yesterday.

A teenager, Mary Ogah, was yesterday arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, for allegedly stealing gold jewelry valued at N5 million. This came as the police also charged a 27-year-old man, Okechukwu Okafor, before an Apapa Magistrate’s Court in Lagos for allegedly stealing from one Mr. Ugochukwu Ojukwu three printing machines, four registered vehicles, 42 pieces of bicycles, one refrigerator and one motor cycle, with a total valued of N4.1 million.

BENIN—Men of the Department of State Services, DSS, in Edo State have nabbed six men said to be involved in the kidnap of a former local government chairman in the state, Mr. Anselm Adima. The suspects were also said to be involved in the kidnap of a woman, who was raped in the presence of her daughter, with the pictures of the act taken.

ABEOKUTA— An Abeokuta Chief Magistrate’s Court, sitting at Isabo has remanded a 35-year-old pregnant fake police officer, Iyabo Ojulari-Abideen, in prison custody over alleged theft of Honda Accord valued at N4.5 million. The police prosecutor, Inspector Sunday Eigbejiale, told the court that the accused committed the offences on October 20, 2014, at Opic Roundabout, Oke-Ilewo, in Abeokuta.

MAKURDI—Unknown persons kidnapped the Rector of the College of Education, Katsina-Ala, Benue State, Mr. Hans Senwua, yesterday, sparking angry protest by students of the institution, who torched the personal residence of Governor Gabriel Suswam in the town. Vanguard learned from a reliable source that the Rector was forcibly taken away from his residence at about 9pm, while he was relaxing with his family in Katsina-Ala.