1 killed as Okada riders clash in Lagos (Punch)
One person was killed on Monday when Okada riders clashed in the Baruwa-Gate area of Ipaja, Lagos State.
The cause of the fight could not be ascertained as of the time of filing this report.
The Lagos State Police Command’s spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident.
He noted that the suspected killer had been arrested while an investigation is ongoing on the cause of the time.
In an update the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command said, “Our officers responded to the violent fights that broke out in Baruwa/Gate area of Ipaja this morning. Read more
Tompolo’s vessel under EFCC custody sinks in Lagos (Leadership)
A boat seized by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and owned by Niger-Delta warlord, Government Ekpemupolo, also known as Tompolo, has sank in Lagos waters.
In a statement sent to LEADERSHIP by the assistant director, Public Relations, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Edward Osagie, he clarified that the vessel was one of the Global West’s platforms engaged by NIMASA some years ago.
Though christened NIMASA Barugu, Osagie said the boat and its management have been a subject of litigation while its crew doesn’t report to NIMASA anymore.
According to him, the boats and its management have remained a subject of litigation and under the custody of the EFCC for years. Read more
Embrace dialogue, ex-NURTW boss urges parties (Punch)
A former Lagos State Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Rafiu Olohunwa, has called on aggrieved members of the state chapter who had pulled out of the national body to take a volte-face and seek honest dialogue in resolving the lingering conflict.
In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Monday, Olohunwa urged the suspended chairman, Musiliu Akinsanya, and his followers to retrace their steps into the main body of the NURTW.
Olohunwa, who was Lagos State NURTW chairman between 2008 and 2011, said that the advice became necessary in the interest of peace and progress of the union.
“Whatever every one of us may have become today as a unionist is by virtue of our membership and service to the NURTW. Therefore, we should not be seen to be taking any action that will jeopardize the unity and integrity of the union,” Olohunwa said. Read more
The Nation ex-campus reporter breaks LASU Mass Comm 10-year-record (Nation)
A former campus reporter with The Nation, Mariam Ogboye, has emerged the best graduating student of the School of Communication, Lagos State University (LASU).
Ogboye accrued a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.73 to break the 10-year-old record, including the first-class jinx in the faculty.
Sharing the experience that culminated into the feat, the Hesselbein Fellow at the University of Pittsburgh in the United States, noted it dates back to high school when her dad read her stories of best graduating students across different universities.
“My response to him then was: I was going to graduate with a first class too,” she said. Read more
Train attack :14 missing passenger found alive, 8 dead : NRC boss (Guardian)
The Managing Director, Nigerian Railway Corporation, Mr Fidet Okhiria, has said that 14 of the 21 passengers abducted on board Ak9 train on the standard gauge rail from Kaduna to Abuja were found alive and safe.
This is contained in a statement issued on Monday in Lagos by Okhiria in an update on the attack and abduction of passengers on the train by terrorists on March 28, at Kateri-Rijana area of Kaduna State.
He said that a total of 362 validated passengers were on board the attacked AK9 train service
“No fewer than 186 persons on the manifest are confirmed to be safe and at their various homes with additional 14 persons confirmed safe today. Read more
NURTW crisis: Court grants Kunle Poly N1m bail, transfers case (Punch)
A Yaba Chief Magistrate’s Court in Lagos State, on Monday, granted bail in the sum of one million Naira to the Lagos Island Branch B chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers charged with murder.
The NURTW Chairman, Azeez Lawal (a.k.a Kunle Poly), is charged along with one Adekanbi Wahab, 38.
Chief Magistrate, Linda Balogun, also transferred the case to a high court, stating that a prima facie case had been established against the defendants.
According to Balogun, Lawal, aged 48, is to be tried for accessory after the fact to murder while Wahab will face trial for membership of an unlawful society. Read more
Bandits abduct 22 villagers on Abuja-Kaduna Highway 24 hours after IGP’s visit (DailyTrust)
Bandits have raided some houses at Anguwar Maji, in Jere town along the Abuja-Kaduna Highway and abducted 22 villagers barely 24 hours after the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, visited the highway.
Jere, which shares a boundary with Tafa-Sabon -Wuse in Niger State, is located on the ever-busy Abuja-Kaduna Highway.
A resident of Anguwar Maji, Shehu Bala, who confirmed the latest abduction through a telephone conversation with our reporter on Monday, said the incident happened around 11pm on Sunday.
He said the bandits, who came in large numbers and wielding AK-47 rifles, invaded some houses and whisked away 22 residents, including five women. Read more
2022 UTME: JAMB tasks NSCDC on good conduct (Independent)
As part of it preparations for the smooth conduct of the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) Mock examination, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has charged the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) to be proactive in the discharge of its responsibilities.
The Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, gave the charge at a meeting with top officials of the Corps recently in Abuja.
Jambulletin reports that the Registrar expressed displeasure with the conduct of some of the NSCDC personnel during the 2021 UTME/DE urged the Corps to be proactive in all matters arising from the conduct of the examination and other engagements with JAMB to address those issues as promptly as possible.
Prof. Oloyede pointed out that some of the NSCDC personnel had been implicated in misdemeanours ranging from lateness to examination venues to extortion of candidates, among others. Read more
Anambra commences prayer session to end Monday sit-at-home order (Vanguard)
St. Patrick’s Catholic Cathedral, Awka, has commenced a prayer session that will put to an end the Monday sit-at-home order that has lingered for months in the state.
The governor of Anambra state, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, had on Saturday appealed to Anambrarians to come together and fix the state.
Speaking with stakeholders, Soludo directed all the churches to hold prayer sessions that will put to an end Monday sit-at-home order issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.
His words: “We will engage with the good, the bad and the ugly, we will not discriminate against anybody. Read more
Poliça announce new album ‘Madness’, share pulsating new track ‘Alive’ (NME)
Poliça have announced details of new album ‘Madness’ and shared the pulsating first single from the record.
‘Madness’ is out June 3 and has been described as “something of a companion piece” to 2020’s ‘When We Stay Alive’.
The album was mostly recorded between 2020 and 2021 in Ryan Olson’s Minneapolis studio and was partially created by anthropomorphic production tool “AllOvers(c)”, which was designed by Olson and fellow producer and sound-artist Seth Rosetter.
According to vocalist Channy Leaneagh, the lyrics across ‘Madness’ represent the idea that “I am here for you all and I am never truly myself here. I am her for you all and I am never truly her”.
SZA gives update on ‘Unisex’ new album while explaining Grammys Crutches (HipHopDX)
SZA was among the array of stars at the 64th Grammy Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday night (April 3). After 13 nominations, the TDE songstress finally landed her first Grammy award as her “Kiss Me More” collaboration with Doja Cat won Best Pop/Duo Group Performance.
SZA’s big moment came with a bit of difficulty, though, as she hobbled to the stage on crutches to accept the award alongside Doja Cat. “Thank you, Doja,” she said after the Planet Her star showered her with praise. “Thank you to my momma, thank you to God and just thank all of y’all.”
Following the awards ceremony, SZA — clutching her shiny new gramophone along with her crutches — spoke with Variety backstage in the TV/radio room, where she gave an update on her long-awaited new album.
“Very much so,” she replied when asked if the project is coming soon. “I just actually finished it up in Hawaii recently.” Read more
“Squid Game” creator is working on a ‘more violent’ movie called Killing Old People Club because of course (EW)
No one can accuse Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk of being cryptic about his next project.
Following the international success of his Korean TV series, which is most definitely coming back for at least one more season, the director says he’s now working on a movie with a pretty clear-cut title: Killing Old People Club.
Dong-hyuk was a keynote speaker for MipTV at an international Cannes Series Writer’s Club discussion on Monday with his Squid Game producer Jun Young Jang. As first reported by Variety, at the event Dong-hyuk revealed that he’s written a 25-page treatment for a movie inspired by a novel by Italian author and medieval historian Umberto Eco. It will be “another controversial film,” Dong-hyuk said. “It will be more violent than Squid Game.”
It may be some time since we see whatever debauchery is in store for us with Killing Old People. Dong-hyuk has been vocal about Netflix’s desire for a second season of Squid Game, which skyrocketed to the top of Netflix’s ratings charts after launch last September. Read more
Black Sherif’s ‘Kwaku The Traveller’ debuts at No. 76 on Apple Music’s Top 100 Global (MyJoy)
Less than a week since ‘Kwaku the Traveller’ hit streaming sites, the song is making waves beyond the borders of Ghana.
The song debut at number 76 on Apple Music’s Top 100 Global.
Black Sherif surpassed J.Cole’s ‘No Role Modelz’, Drake’s ‘Wants and Needs’, Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Good 4 U’ and Doja Cat’s ‘Women’.
This comes days after he made history as the first solo artiste from Ghana to reach number one on Nigeria’s Top 100 Chart on Apple Music.
Iran Court finds film student Azadeh Masihzadeh not guilty in Asghar Farhadi defamation suit (THR)
Azadeh Masihzadeh, the former film student of Asghar Farhadi who has accused the two-time Oscar-winning Iranian director of stealing the idea for his new film A Hero from her original documentary, has been acquitted of defamation charges by an Iranian court. Farhadi had brought the suit against Masihzadeh after she publicly claimed the plot for A Hero was taken directly from her 2018 documentary All Winners, All Losers. In response, Masihzadeh filed a plagiarism suit against Farhadi.
The Iranian court has now dismissed Farhadi’s defamation suit, saying there was “insufficient evidence” to support the director’s claims that Masihzadeh was deliberately trying to damage the director’s reputation with her plagiarism claims. The ruling is final and cannot be overturned on appeal. If Masihzadeh had been found guilty, she potentially faced a prison sentence of up to two years as well as 74 lashes (corporal punishment still being a part of the Iranian penal system).
The court has not yet ruled on Masihzadeh’s plagiarism suit, and it is unclear whether Masihzadeh’s acquittal will impact her case against Farhadi.
The plagiarism case focuses on similarities between the plot of All Winners, All Losers and A Hero. Both the documentary and the feature film are focused on the story of a man on leave from debtors’ prison who stumbles across a purse containing gold coins. But when he tries to return them, things get complicated and the man becomes the focus of a media campaign that he hopes will refurbish his image from ex-con to selfless do-gooder. Masihzadeh researched and developed her film at a 2014 documentary workshop in Iran taught by Farhadi. Read more
Lil Nas X’s ‘Montero’ music video director Tanu Muino on first Grammy nomination, filming in Ukraine (Variety)
There are very few people that can claim to have stamped the collective visual consciousness the way Ukrainian director Tanu Muino has. Her colorful and undeniably memorable iconography is what led her to be nominated alongside Lil Nas X for best music video at the 2022 Grammys for “Montero (Call Me By Your Name).”
Muino’s career has skyrocketed these past few years, despite the cultural, physical and emotional stagnation caused by the pandemic. The Odessa native has produced some of pop culture’s most notable music videos for big names like Lizzo, Cardi B and, most recently, Harry Styles, for his new single “As It Was.”
Muino also recently shot and directed Foals’ “2am” music video in Ukraine earlier this year.
“It’s my favorite to shoot in Ukraine! Because it’s my team,” she says. “It was the beginning of January and things were calm. You could still go outside and it was the normal, usual Ukraine life… Everybody was so happy. Things are different now for sure.” Read more
Elon Musk snaps up $3b Twitter stake (BBC)
Elon Musk has taken a 9.2% stake in Twitter, according to a US securities filing.
The news sent Twitter shares soaring about 25% in pre-market trading.
The Tesla founder bought 73,486,938 Twitter shares on 14 March, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The stake is worth $2.89bn (£2.20bn), based on Twitter’s closing price on Friday. Read more
Cliftonville and Coleraine fined for spectator misconduct at League Cup final (BBC)
Cliftonville and Coleraine have been sanctioned by the IFA’s disciplinary committee for spectator misconduct during the League Cup final.
Both clubs have been penalised for “several” incidents involving their fans, with Cliftonville charged £1,250 and the Bannsiders fined £750.
It is not the first time either side has been charged with spectator misconduct this season.
Cliftonville won a dramatic final 4-3 at Windsor Park last month. Read more
Why Guild of Sports Editors wants FG, NASS to cleanse NFF (Independent)
The Guild of Sports Editors, the umbrella body of managers of sports in the country’s major media organisations, has advised members of the executive committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to resign from their positions honourably and give the game chance to breathe.
Speaking on the backdrop of the Super Eagles’ failure to qualify for the Qatar 2022 World Cup, the editors stated that the board members would be doing the nation great injustice if they continued to misdirect Nigerian football after last Tuesday’s misadventure.
In a statement signed by the Guild’s Vice President, Adekunle Salami, the editors described the decision to sack members of the Super Eagles’ technical crew as diversionary, adding that Nigerian football needed a clean break from the malaise of the last eight years.
“Nigerian football is bigger than any individual and should not be tied to the fortunes of anybody.
“The leadership of the current NFF has ridden on the back of Nigerian football to get to top positions in the world football governing body, FIFA, to the detriment of the game. Read more
Klopp ‘happy’ with Salah contract position (France24)
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has insisted he is “happy” with Mohamed Salah’s contract situation.
British media reports at the weekend suggested the Egypt forward, currently on a deal that will keep him at Anfield to 2023, was close to agreeing a new contract that would keep him with Liverpool until the end of his career.
Klopp, asked about the 29-year-old star striker’s contract position at his pre-match press conference ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League tie with Benfica, said: “I’m happy with it because there’s nothing new to say.
“It is good. The decisive parties are talking to each other and that’s all I need.” Read more
Shields reveals Marshall row: I don’t want any excuses! (Sky)
Claressa Shields has revealed how she told Savannah Marshall to “bring her punching power” and doesn’t want “any excuses” after this summer’s super fight.
The American star had a heated face-off with Marshall in the ring at the weekend, with negotiations nearly concluded for an undisputed world title fight between the two champions.
Marshall defended her WBO title with a dramatic knockout of Femke Hermans in Newcastle, but Shields insists she challenged Marshall to unload her biggest punches when they share the ring.
“I just told her to make sure she brings that punching power with her in the summer because I don’t want any excuses when I beat her,” Shields said on Sky Sports News on Monday. Read more
McLaren concedes rivals have done ‘a better job’
(PlanetF1)
McLaren need to accept that rival teams have done a “better job” with their all-new 2022 cars, says team boss Andreas Seidl.
This season marked the beginning of Formula 1’s new ground effect aerodynamic era, the sport adopting a new philosophy to create downforce in a bid to improve the racing.
The teams were warned that some will get it right, and at least one or two will get it very wrong.
McLaren, at least at this moment in time, seem to fall into the latter category. Read more
On 25th anniversary of Tiger Woods’ historic Masters triumph, players tell what it meant to them, golf (USAToday)
Rory McIlroy was watching every shot from Northern Ireland.
Jason Day was waking up at 3 a.m. to catch every round in Australia.
Pat Perez was peeking in on the action from Arizona.
Millions of others around the world were sitting in awe, as well. Read more
Bayern Munich explain substitution mix-up saw them briefly play with 12 men (ESPN)
A mix-up involving Bayern Munich substitutes that saw the champions play with 12 men for a few seconds late in Saturday’s 4-1 win over Freiburg was down to a wrong number displayed on the board, Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann said.
The incident came in the 86th minute when Corentin Tolisso and Kingsley Coman were to be taken off for Marcel Sabitzer and Niklas Sule.
But the fourth official displayed a wrong number for Coman and the France winger played on for a few seconds, according to the champions and referee Christian Dingert.
“The fourth official showed the wrong number,” Nagelsmann told a news conference. “King [Coman] did not know he had to come off. It was eight or nine seconds. I think that we played like that. It was not a game-deciding incident but still a bit weird. Read more