*Veteran Actor, Hanks Anuku, seeks financial support (DailyTrust)*Insecurity: Senate invites NSA, Service Chiefs, IGP, others (Tribune)

Veteran Actor, Hanks Anuku, seeks financial support (DailyTrust) Veteran actor, Hanks Anuku has pleaded for financial assistance from Nigerians. In a video that has now gone viral, Anuku explained his struggles with unemployment and called on his supporters to help…

Mikel announces First Back2Base talent hunt programme

Chelsea legend and former Super Eagles captain John Mikel Obi is set to create an opportunity to stardom for young and talented Nigerian athletes. Mikel who started out as an academy player in Jos, Plateau State and rose to the…

*Navy nabs 10 suspected vandals, recovers 210,000 litres of AGO (Vanguard)*Chinese restaurant’s manager, four other workers die, Filipino injured in Lagos explosion (Punch)

Navy nabs 10 suspected vandals, recovers 210,000 litres of AGO (Vanguard) A syndicate which specialised in smuggling petroleum products from Nigeria to other parts of Africa has been smashed by operatives of the Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS BEECROFT, Apapa, Lagos.…

*“Blasphemy”: How angry youths attacked vigilante commander in Lagos community (DailyTrust)*Lagos CP reads riot act to criminals (Leadership)

“Blasphemy”: How angry youths attacked vigilante commander in Lagos community (DailyTrust) There was an uproar at Gangare area beside the popular Mile 12 International Market in Kosefe Local Government Area of Lagos State on Friday as a vigilante commander in…

Eagles missing dressing room leaders – Etebo

Getafe midfielder Oghenekaro Etebo has admitted that the exit of Mikel Obi and Odion Ighalo from the Super Eagles has left the team short of leaders in the dressing room. Both players retired from the Eagles after featuring at the…

Mikel set to join Botafogo

Former Super Eagles captain, Mikel Obi, is on the verge of joining Brazilian club, Botafogo, with the deal likely to be concluded on Friday (today). Mikel is a free agent after terminating his contract with Turkish club, Trabzonspor, in March…

*Lagos in lockdown as Africa virus closures spread (Guardian) *Lagos lockdown: We don’t know how to survive without working for two weeks – Residents (Punch)

Lagos in lockdown as Africa virus closures spread (Guardian) Africa’s largest city Lagos was deserted Tuesday after Nigeria locked down its economic hub and shuttered its capital, in the continent’s latest effort to break the juggernaut of coronavirus. Businesses were…

*Caregiver docked for defiling teenager, raping woman with Down syndrome (DailyTrust) *LASTMA after my life over impounded vehicle, says pastor (Punch)

Caregiver docked for defiling teenager, raping woman with Down syndrome (DailyTrust) A 30-year-old caregiver for persons with Down syndrome, Kabiru Wasiu, was on Tuesday arraigned before an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court for defiling a teenager. The News…

Racism: Mikel in tears after family abuse…calls for racists’ ban from stadiums

Trabzonspor midfielder, Mikel Obi, was forced to hold back the tears while speaking about the racial abuse he and his family suffered on social media after his team’s 2-1 win against Fenerbahce on Saturday in the Turkish Super Lig. In…

*Okada ban: Schoolgirl shot, LASTMA, police vehicles destroyed (Punch) *Man remanded for alleged $4,500 love scam (Nation)

Okada ban: Schoolgirl shot, LASTMA, police vehicles destroyed (Punch) Pandemonium broke out in the Iyana-Ipaja area of Alimosho in Lagos State on Wednesday as motorcyclists and the police clashed over the ban and restriction on the activities of motorcycle riders…

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