*Landlord’s son arraigned for allegedly stabbing tenant with bottle (Sun)*Ojodu Accident: We are too professional to indulge in chasing vehicles – FRSC boss (Channels)

Landlord’s son arraigned for allegedly stabbing tenant with bottle (Sun) A 30-year-old landlord’s son, Nurudeen Adegboyega, on Wednesday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly assaulting a tenant with a bottle. The police charged Adegboyega, who resides…

*Fear grips Lagos community as six kids go missing (Punch)*Tramadol concealed in ceramic tiles intercepted in Lagos (Nation)

Fear grips Lagos community as six kids go missing (Punch) At least six children have been declared missing in Idi Araba, Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State, as concerns over the safety of kids in the community grow on…

*Fleeing driver arrested with boss’ stolen car in Ogun (Punch)*‘We know nothing about body found in Lagos lagoon’ (Nation)

Fleeing driver arrested with boss stolen car in Ogun (Punch) Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested one Eyo Eta on the Ijebu-Mushin/Benin Expressway while allegedly fleeing with his boss’ car. Eta, a resident of No. 78 Iju…

Newcastle takeover: Moral values should prevail, Khashoggi’s fiancee says

Newcastle United and the Premier League must put moral values ahead of financial gains, says the fiancee of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund looks set to finance 80% of a £300m takeover of the club. Khashoggi…

*COVID-19: Sanwo-Olu vows to re-impose total lockdown if residents continue to violate guidelines (Vanguard) *Social distancing: Crowded banks, bus stops as lockdown eases in Lagos, FCT (Punch)

COVID-19: Sanwo-Olu vows to re-impose total lockdown if residents continue to violate guidelines (Vanguard) The Lagos State Government says it will not hesitate to re-impose total lockdown in the state if residents continue to violate guidelines on the easing of…

My identity on facebook has been stolen — Soyinka (Vanguard)

Barely a week after President Muhammadu Buhari cleared the air over his identity, Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, yesterday, raised the alarm over his stolen identity being used on Facebook by a Nigerian living in Poland. The Nobel laureate spoke…

Reps wade into UNILAG, community land dispute (Guardian) * 2019: I’ll never be neutral, says Obasanjo (Nation)

Reps wade into UNILAG, community land dispute (Guardian) Hope of peaceful resolution of the land dispute between the authority of University of Lagos (UNILAG) and the neighbouring Iwaya-Abete community, resonated last week with the intervention of the House of Representatives.…

CIA head to brief Congress on Khashoggi (BBC)

The head of the CIA will now brief Congress on Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, US media say. They say Gina Haspel is to talk to Senate leaders on Tuesday. She was absent from last week’s briefing by the secretaries…

Turkey says Trump turning a ‘blind eye’ to Khashoggi murder (Guardian)

Turkey on Friday said US President Donald Trump intended to turn a “blind eye” to Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder after he said it would not affect Washington’s ties with Riyadh. Trump’s backing of Saudi Arabia, his key ally against…

US to give Saudis a pass even if Crown Prince behind murder (Guardian)

The gruesome murder of Khashoggi, who vanished after being lured into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2, has hugely embarrassed Washington. The killing torpedoed a PR campaign led by the crown prince to show that the conservative Islamic…

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