2 killed, 15 injured in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway accident (Punch)
Two persons lost their lives on Saturday, while 15 others sustained injuries when a speeding DAF truck overturned at a diversion point along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
Our correspondent gathered that the incident involved a vehicle loaded with bags of onions and passengers.
The vehicle was travelling towards Lagos when the incident occurred around the Eldorado axis on the expressway.
The accident which occurred around 6.30 am led to gridlock, as the truck emptied the onions and passengers on the road. Read more
Passport Office introduces Saturday, Sunday services in Ikeja (Sun)
The International Passport Office in Ikeja, Lagos, has begun operations on Saturdays and Sundays to meet rising demand by applicants.
Mrs Rose Bukar, its new Passport Control Officer, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Saturday that the extra duty was to speed-up service delivery to applicants.
“We want to ensure that applicants spend lesser time in processing passports.
“We shall also continue to initiate measures that will enhance smooth and fast service to Nigerians,” she said. Read more
12 dock workers in our custody linked to N9.5b cocaine seized at Lagos port, says NDLEA (Guardian)
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has said that it is holding 12 dockworkers at the Apapa seaport in Lagos because of their significant links to the importation of 32.9 kilograms of cocaine worth over N9.5 billion in street value.
A Federal High Court in Lagos had granted an application by the Agency for the interim attachment of a vessel MV Chayanee Naree used to import the 32.9 kilograms of cocaine into Nigeria through the Apapa seaport. Beside the attachment order, the court also granted NDLEA’s request to detain the Master of the ship, Mr. Tanahan Krilerk and 21 foreign crew members as well as the dockworkers arrested in connection to the case.
The anti-narcotic Agency had on October 13 intercepted the ship at the Apapa seaport following intelligence from international partners and support from other security forces such as the Nigerian Navy, Customs, DSS and the police. A thorough search of the ship led to the recovery of 30 parcels containing cocaine, which weighed 32.9kg.
The application in suit no: FHC/L/CS/1518/2021, which was filed by the agency’s Director of Prosecution and Legal Services, Joseph Nbone Sunday on Thursday 28th October was granted the following day Friday 29th October by Hon. Justice A.O. Awogboro. Read more
ISWAP: Army confirms killing of Brig-Gen Dzarma Zirkusu, 3 soldiers in Askira Uba encounter (Vanguard)
Troops of Joint Task Force, North East ‘Operation Hadin Kai’ have neutralized several Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists during a recent encounter in Askira Uba Local Government Area of Borno State.
This is just as a Brigadier General and Commander of the Special Forces, Brig-Gen Dzarma Zirkusu and some soldiers were killed during the fierce encounter with the troops reportedly charging against the terrorists to prevent the town from falling to ISWAP.
The terrorists were said to have arrived in the town with a massive arsenal of movable weapons and high calibre equipment with which to overrun troops but the soldiers stood their ground. Read more
How we used woman to lure lawmaker who broke my marriage, rob him of $2,000 –Suspected kidnapper (Punch)
An information technology expert, Cyril Isong, has been apprehended by the police for the alleged abduction of a House of Representative member.
Isong, who lived in Abuja, reportedly connived with others at large to lure the lawmaker to a short let apartment in Asokoro, Abuja, with a woman and held him hostage afterwards, dispossessing him of $2,000 and N65,000.
City Round learnt that Isong was tracked down recently in Akwa Ibom by operatives of Force Intelligence Response Team led by DCP Tunji Disu following a petition addressed to the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, by the lawmaker.
The victim was said to have alleged in the petition that on August 4, 2020, he received a call from an unknown caller who introduced himself as Sani and claimed to be a former National Assembly member.Read more
Father, security man arrested over death of son in Jigawa (Nation)
The Police in Jigawa has arrested a 40-year-old man for the death of his 18-year-old son in Birninkudu Local Government Area of the state.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Jigawa Police Command, ASP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigerian (NAN) in Dutse on Saturday.
Shiisu said the father, along with a 45-year-old member of a local security network in the area, known as ‘Yan Bulala, were arrested after the deceased died as a result of a beating he received from the security man.
Shiisu said the case was initially reported to the police by the mother of the deceased, Safiya Musa, of Kafin Gana village. Read more
4 die as gunmen attack mourners in Benue (Tribune)
No fewer than four people were murdered by gunmen in the early hours of Saturday at Adigi community in Mbayatyo Mbater council ward of Logo Local Government Area of Benue State.
Five other people were reportedly injured when gunmen invaded the community and shot at people who had gathered for the wake of an elderly woman, Mama Achin Agidi.
While some locals in the community said that the gunmen were suspected to be local militias, the council Chairman, Agber Isaac, said the attackers were suspected to be Fulani herdsmen. Read more
Katsina blames insecurity, banditry for livestock eggs scarcity (Nation)
The Katsina State Government has blamed the growing scarcity of livestock eggs in most markets and shops in the state, on the worsening security challenges and banditry attacks in most of its local government areas.
A recent The Nation investigation revealed that livestock eggs were in short supply in most of the state’s shops and supermarkets.
Livestock eggs were also not readily available on the menu during visits to most tea joints and eateries.
Special Adviser to Governor Aminu Bello Masari on Livestock, Dr Lawal Usman Bagiwa, told The Nation that scarcity of livestock eggs was not caused by a high cost of feeds, but by insecurity, lack of farmers and an inability of farmers to attain up to 70 per cent production capacity.
Police in Delta arrest notorious armed robber, recover stolen car, ammunition (Guardian)
Police in Delta have arrested a suspected armed robber in Sapele and recovered several ammunitions from him.
Police spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe, said in a statement issued in Warri, Delta, that the suspect was nabbed on Wednesday.
He stated that the 38-year-old suspect had been terrorising residents of Sapele and environs adding that he was also on the police’s watch list.
“On Nov. 10, 2021 at about 4.45 p.m., police got a tip-off that he was in Sapele. Read more
Richard Ratcliffe ends hunger over wife’s detention in Iran on 21st day (Metro)
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s husband is ending his hunger strike after three weeks without food.
Richard Ratcliffe has spent 21 days camped outside the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in London.
He has been campaigning for his wife’s release for years and has seen his and seven-year-old daughter Gabriella’s hopes raised and dashed on numerous occasions.
His wife, a British-Iranian dual national, has been held in Iran since 2016 after being accused of plotting to overthrow the government in a case which has sparked international outrage. Read more
9 students killed after canoes capsize in Ghana (Guardian)
Nine junior high school students drowned on Friday after two canoes capsized on a river in the Northern Region of Ghana, the Police confirmed on Saturday.
Bernard Baba Ananga, Northern Regional Crime Officer of the Ghana Police Service, told Xinhua that about 31 students were on the canoes, which they used to cross the Oti River to a farm.
But two of the canoes capsized on their way back. Read more
Russia has ‘nothing to do with’ Poland-Belarus border crisis, Putin insists (CNN)
Russian President Vladimir Putin insisted Saturday that Russia has “absolutely nothing to do with” the ongoing crisis at the Poland-Belarus border, where thousands of people are stranded in desperate conditions.
The migrants — most of whom are from the Middle East and Asia, and who are hoping to travel on from Poland deeper into Europe — have been gathering on the Belarusian side of the border, where they are enduring bitter weather and a lack of food and medical attention.
Western leaders are accusing Belarus of manufacturing a migrant crisis on the EU’s eastern frontier as retribution for sanctions over human rights abuses. President Alexander Lukashenko’s government has repeatedly denied such claims, instead blaming the West for the crossings and accusing it of poor treatment of migrants.
Russia, Belarus’ largest political and economic partner, continues to defend Minsk’s handling of the border crisis while also denying any involvement in it. Read more
Glen de Vries: William Shatner’s spacecraft partner dies in plane crash crash (BBC)
A US businessman who blasted into space with Star Trek actor William Shatner has died in a plane crash less than a month later.
Glen de Vries, 49, was aboard a single-engine aircraft which crashed in woodland in the US state of New Jersey on Thursday.
The other person on the flight, Thomas Fischer, 54, was also killed.
Mr De Vries, who joined Mr Shatner on Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s New Shepard spacecraft, was a tech entrepreneur.Read more
Tory former Home Secretary says Boris Johnson ‘can’t talk about banning second jobs, he’s done plenty of that himself’ (DailyMail)
The former Home Secretary has said Boris Johnson ‘can’t talk about banning second jobs, he’s done plenty of that himself’ as he earned more than £4m from outside interests.
Amber Rudd, in an interview on LBC today, predicted the Prime Minister will come under increased pressure amid the Tory sleaze scandal.
Rudd, who was elected as MP for Hastings and Rye in 2010, resigned as a cabinet minister in 2019 over the way Johnson was handling Brexit negotiations.
She said: ‘He can’t talk about banning second jobs because he’s done plenty of that himself Read more
Enchanted sequel finally gets a release date and we are counting down the days (Metro)
Disney’s upcoming Disenchanted movie is coming to us all in fall 2022 so get ready for more adventures with Amy Adams’ Giselle.
The film – a sequel to 2007 flick Enchanted – boasts a star-studded cast, including Adams, Patrick Dempsey and James Marsden.
Set to air on Disney Plus late next year, Adams, Idina Menzel and Marsden will reprise their roles as Giselle, Nancy and Prince Edward.
As revealed by Deadline, Maya Rudolph, Yvette Nicole Brown and Jayma Mays are turning evil for the upcoming sequel.Read more
Paris Hilton shares footage of beachside engagement after extravagant wedding (PageSix)
Paris Hilton has revealed intimate footage of Carter Reum’s February proposal just days after they’ve said “I Do.”
“I grew up reading fairytales and dreaming of my ‘happily ever after’,” the socialite, 40, wrote alongside the video. “Now that I’ve finally found mine, I can’t wait to share it with you for the rest of our lives.”
In the clip both Hilton and the venture capitalist, also 40, are dressed in all white as they walk down to a cabana on the beach that reads “marry me” across the top.
Reum then gets down on one knee and tells Hilton, “From that first day we started texting there were so many magical lightning bolts and over the last 14 months you’ve let me into your world, you’ve let me realize who the real Paris is. Kind, authentic, smart, playful and fun.” Read more
Man Utd’s senior players ‘agree’ Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has committed sackable offence (Mirror)
Senior Manchester United players reportedly want the club to replace struggling manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
The Red Devils are currently sixth in the Premier League after winning just one of their last six games in the competition.
United have recently suffered embarrassing home defeats to Liverpool and Manchester City, despite boasting one of the most expensive squads in Europe.
The club reportedly spent more than £130million during the summer on Jadon Sancho, Raphael Varane and Cristiano Ronaldo. Read more
Barcelona legend Dani Alves set to be reunited with new manager Xavi after ‘agreement in principle’ to return (CNN)
Barcelona legend Dani Alves is set to be reunited with his former teammate and now manager of the Spanish giants, Xavi, after the club “reached an agreement in principle” for him to return.
In a statement released by Barcelona, the club announced that Alves will join the first team for the remainder of the current season.
“The Brazilian will be joining training from next week but will not be able to play until January,” Barcelona said, also calling him the “greatest right back in Barca history.”
The 38-year-old returns to the Nou Camp five years after he left for Juventus. Read more
Gareth Southgate provides Luke Shaw and Mason Mount injury updates (Metro)
Luke Shaw and Mason Mount both sat out England’s rousing win over Albania on Friday night and are now ‘very unlikely’ to play against San Marino on Monday as well, confirmed Gareth Southgate.
The Manchester United and Chelsea men were not missed as Harry Kane scored a hat-trick and both Harry Maguire and Jordan Henderson netted in a comfortable 5-0 victory.
There was hope that both would return for Monday’s contest, though, after Shaw suffered a concussion in the Manchester derby last weekend and Mount had his wisdom teeth removed earlier in the week.
Southgate has now confirmed that we should not expect to see either man on Monday night, with neither recovering in time to play in the final World Cup qualifier. Read more
Backroom staff follow new Aston Villa manager Steven Gerrard from Rangers (Independent)
Steven Gerrard’s backroom staff have followed the former England midfielder in switching from Rangers to Aston Villa.
Gerrard was appointed Villa manager on Thursday, with the ex-Liverpool star leaving the Scottish champions after three years in Glasgow.
The 41-year-old has replaced Dean Smith at the Villa Park helm, with the Birmingham club having suffered five-straight Premier League defeats.
Former Scotland midfielder Gary McAllister and Michael Beale will now assume the roles of assistant head coach at Villa Park. Read more
England vs Albania: Harry Kane scores hat-trick as England win 5-0 (Punch)
Harry Kane scored a first half hat-trick as England romped towards the 2022 World Cup with a 5-0 thrashing of Albania, but Italy still have work to do to reach Qatar after a 1-1 draw with Switzerland.
England still need a point to mathematically qualify when they visit San Marino on Monday, but boast a three-point lead and six-goal advantage on goal difference over Poland, who sealed at least a playoff place with a 4-1 win over 10-man Andorra.
The Three Lions can look ahead to Qatar with confidence as they bounced back to form at Wembley in style after a disappointing 1-1 draw at home to Hungary last month.
Harry Maguire put a difficult start to the season at club level behind him as the Manchester United captain opened the floodgates with a thumping header from Reece James’ free-kick.Read more
FIFA World Cup 2022: Argentina on brink of reaching Qatar after beating Uruguay (BBC)
Argentina are set to qualify for next year’s World Cup after a 1-0 win over Uruguay.
Angel Di Maria’s strike secured victory, leaving La Albiceleste second in South American qualifying after 12 games.
They face leaders Brazil, who qualified by beating Colombia, on Tuesday.
Uruguay sit in sixth – level on points with Chile who occupy the final automatic qualification spot – having lost three successive games.
Victory for Argentina will be enough provided Uruguay, Colombia or Chile fail to win. Read more
Ex-NBA player apologizes for daughter’s brutal basketball sucker punch (NYPost)
Corey Benjamin, who played three seasons with the Chicago Bulls and part of one with the Atlanta Hawks, has apologized after his daughter sucker-punched and concussed an opponent.
Video of the brutal incident at a girls basketball tournament went viral earlier this week.
“This is not how I raised my daughter,” Benjamin told NBC Los Angeles.
In the video, Benjamin’s daughter missed a shot. With her team down double-digits, she socked 15-year-old Lauryn Ham, a player on the other team.
Benjamin apologized to the teen who was struck, and said that he was “shocked and disappointed” in his daughter, who made a mistake “that she will need to make right.” Read more
