Third Mainland bridge closure: Tankers, trucks take over alternative routes (Vanguard)
The temporary closure of the Third Mainland Bridge to allow for a three-day investigative maintenance test prior to its repair began last night with strong indications that serious hardship awaits motorists and other road users in Lagos. Reason: Most of the alternative routes announced by the Lagos State Government are currently blocked by trucks. Read more
Lagos set for Red Cross youths camp, tackles drug abuse (Nation)
The Nigeria Red Cross Society (NRC) is set to host a week-long International Youth Camp (IYC) that will tackle the menace of drug abuse, especially among youths in Lagos. Adebola Kolawole, the Chairman, Local Organising Committee (LOC), made the disclosure in an interview on Thursday in Lagos. Read more
Good government policy will transform Nigeria’s economy (Nation)
The Managing Director, Lifemate Nigeria Limited, Dai Derek said good economic policies will transform the country’s economy from the present state to a developed one. Derek said China’s economy was like Nigeria twenty-five years ago, but it is now among the leading global economies as a result of good policies. Read more
Pupils develop “Made in Ikeja Mobile Games‘’ (SUN)
A software development company, Softwareshop Pty Ltd., on Friday said that 16 pupils on a three-month free software development training had to develop computer games and apps for their usage on Android phones. The Chief Executive Officer of the organisation, Mr Austin Agbakor, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Read more
You leak our congresses, primaries’ notices, APC accuses INEC (Guardian)
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of leaking information on its Congresses and Primary elections submitted to the commission. The party made the allegation in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Yekini Nabena, on Friday in Abuja. Read more
Police kill four hoodlums linked to alleged attack on Akpabio’s residence (Nation)
The police in Akwa Ibom have killed four persons linked to Tuesday’s night alleged attack on the residence of the former governor, Senator Godswill Akpabio at Ukana Ikot Ntuen in Essien Udim local government area. Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr. Adeyemi Ogunjemilusi in a press briefing at the weekend the hoodlums, robbed petrol attendants and customers at Golf Safrin filling station close to Senator Akpabio’s house, forcing security details of the Senator to immediately respond. Read more
Labourers bag 5 months’ imprisonment each for stealing from beer parlour (Nation)
A Kuje Upper Area Court, Abuja, on Friday sentenced two labourers – Simon Dufu and Mark Ferdinand – to five months’ imprisonment each, for stealing two android phones, sound amplifier and a power generator, all valued at N200,000. Dufu, 22, and Ferdinand, 24, both of whom reside at Anguwan Tiv Area of Kuje, were convicted on a two-count charge of housebreaking and theft. Read more
SARS: Angry residents set police station ablaze after extrajudicial murder (PremiumTimes)
Aggrieved residents of Iwo Town in Osun State have burnt down a police station following the killing of a young man allegedly by the operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, a notorious police unit. PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the deceased, Tunde Nafiu, was shot while he was trying to board a commercial motorcycle to Ile-Ogbo, a neighbouring community, at about 9:30 p.m. on Thursday. Read more
Bayelsa probes killings, vows to prosecute perpetrators (Nation)
The Bayelsa State Government on Friday said it had launched investigations into the violence that left three youths dead and many others injured in Brass Local Government Area of the state. The government vowed to ensure the arrest and prosecution of all the hoodlums including high-profile politicians fingered in the bloody clash. Read more
Stop dragging Miyeitti Alla in the mud, Gololo warns Ortom (Punch)
The National Coordinator, Miyeitti Alla Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, in Benue State, Alhaji Garus Gololo has warned Governor Samuel Ortom to stop dragging Miyeitti Alla in the mud. Gololo who was reacting to the claim of Ortom that Fulani herdsmen were planning to kill him said that the MACBAN is a respectable and reputable organization which does not have any problem with anybody in Nigeria. Read more
NBC threatens to sanction Ondo State TV for alleged anti-Fayose broadcast (Punch)
The National Broadcasting Commission says it will sanction Ondo State Television Service for broadcasting hate speech against Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti during the recent governorship election in the state. Director-General of the Commission, Ishaq Modibbo-Kawu, disclosed this to News Agency of Nigeria in Ilorin and said that NBC would not tolerate impunity as the 2019 general elections approach. Read more
National Assembly endorses NSE demutualisation bill (Nation)
Operators in the capital market have hailed the National Assembly for the passage of the bill on the demutualisation of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), describing the development as both timely and reasonable. They urged President Muhammadu Buhari to speedily assent the bill in view of what they described as its “huge benefits to the nation’s economy”. Read more
High-cap stocks lift equities to N198b gain (Nation)
Nigeria’s largest quoted company and most capitalised financial services institution led the stock market to a major recovery yesterday despite continuing selloffs within mid and small-cap companies. More than two out of every three deals at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) were closed at the discount as trading resumed after the Eid-ul-Kabir holiday, but gains by large-cap stocks in the cement and banking sectors lifted the equities market to its major positive close in many weeks. Read more
Arsene Wenger awarded Liberia’s highest honor (CNN)
Arsene Wenger has received Liberia’s highest honor from his ex-player, the footballer-turned-president, George Weah. The former Arsenal manager was given the award alongside Claude Le Roy, who is a longterm friend of both Weah and Wenger at the ceremony in the country’s capital, Monrovia Friday. Read more