6 Lagos BDC operators arrested for abduction of colleague’s child (Channels)
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested six Bureau De Change operators who allegedly conspired to abduct an eight-year-old child of their colleague.
Disclosing this in a terse statement tweeted on Tuesday, the police spokesman in the state, Benjamin Hundeyin said the child was released three days later bound in a sack.
He stated that preliminary investigation revealed that all the suspects are BDC operators in the same business district in Lagos.
He said the suspects whose names were withheld will be arraigned at the end of investigation. Read more
US-based Nigerian woman appeals to Sanwo-Olu over property (Punch)
A real estate investor based in the United States, Toyin Momodu, has appealed to the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, over the release of her property at SunnyField, Oko-Afo community, in the Badagry area of the state.
PUNCH Metro had reported that Momodu purchased 2200 square meters of land in 2012 from the state government and got a Certificate of Occupancy from the Governor’s Office Land Bureau for the property.
She explained that after purchasing the land, hoodlums encroached on it, adding that efforts to seek the state government’s support in reclaiming her property had proved abortive.
Speaking with our correspondent on Sunday, Momodu said her lawyer, M.A Sodipo, petitioned the Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, regarding the development but got no response. Read more
Food inflation soars to highest level in 2022 (DailyTrust)
Nigeria’s food inflation rate in October has risen to 23.72 per cent which is 5.39 per cent higher compared to the rate recorded in October 2021 (18.34 per cent), report by the National Bureau of Statistics has shown.
This is just as the country’s headline inflation figure rose to 21.09 per cent, a new 17-year high.
The bureau stated that flood inflation was caused by increases in prices of bread and cereals, food products like potatoes, yams and other tubers, oil and fat.
On a month-on-month basis, it said the food inflation rate in October was 1.23 per cent, this was a 0.21 per cent decline compared to the rate recorded in September 2022 (1.43 per cent).
It stated that the decline was due to the reduction in prices of some food items like tubers, palm oil, maize, beans, and vegetables. Read more
Kizz Daniel brings Afroclassic World Tour home (Vanguard)
Multi-award-winning Afrobeats singer, Kizz Daniel is set to bring his Afroclassic tour back to Nigeria on Saturday, December 17, at the Eko Convention Centre, Lagos.
Kizz Daniel had recently received word from FIFA that he would perform at this year’s FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.
In order to give his fans an electrifying show, the superstar has decided to bring his international tour home.
He made the news on his Instagram handle in collaboration with the promoters, Livewire Concerts, to deliver an “electrifying performance” to his fans. Read more
Meta hosts its debut creators day in Lagos (Guardian)
Meta recently hosted its first Creators Day in Lagos Nigeria, attended by over 50 creators across tech, lifestyle, entertainment, travel, beauty and fashion creator territories.
The event included a series of workshops aimed at empowering creators with skills and knowledge to establish and grow their brand, reach their audience and earn a living while doing what they love. During the workshops, Creators learned how they can use Reels in new and creative ways, getting future-ready by utilising the latest tools and features on the platforms, how to stay safe online, how to monetise their content on Facebook and Instagram and how to establish real relationships with brands.
During the creators workshops, experts from Meta touched on how Creators in Nigeria can realise their more opportunity, creativity and full potential while using Meta technologies. Read more
Aribisogan succeeds late Afuye as new Ekiti Speaker (Independent)
With 15 votes against 25 members, Hon. Gboyega Aribisogan representing Ikole Constituency 1, was elected the new Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly.
Aribisogan was elected Speaker at the plenary on Tuesday following the demise of the former Speaker, the Late Rt. Hon. Funminiyi Afuye who died last month after a brief illness.
The new Speaker polled 15 votes against 10 votes for Hon. Olubunmi Adelugba who represents Emure Constituency to win the election.
Aribisogan was nominated by Hon Tajudeen Akingbolu, Ekiti West 1 and seconded by Hon Adegoke Olajide, Efon Constituency while Hon Bode Adeoye Oyekola, Ekiti West 2 nominated Hon Olubunmi Adelugba and was seconded by Hon Ojo Martin, Ijero constituency. Read more
Buhari orders investigation of Imo monarch killing (Nation)
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed security and law enforcement agencies to thoroughly investigate the murder of the traditional ruler of Obudi Agwa community, Oguta Council Area of Imo State, Eze Ignitus Asor, and bring the perpetrators to Justice.
Gunmen, suspected to be youths from the community, on Monday stormed the palace of the traditional ruler, where a community matter was being discussed, killing five persons, including Eze Asor and his chiefs.
Reacting to the incident in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, Buhari condemned the killings and expressed condolences to the families of the deceased and the people of the community.
“President Buhari acknowledges the spirited efforts by the Imo State Government at improving the security situation and encourages all Imo residents and citizens to robustly support the collective efforts of state actors and members of the local community to keep everyone safe,” the statement reads. Read more
World Diabetes Day: Pyrates take medicare, free drugs to Kaduna community (Vanguard)
As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to commemorate World Diabetes Day on Monday, the National Association of Seadogs (NAS) has provided free medical services including testing, screening and drugs to hundreds of locals in the Kamazoo community of Kaduna State.
The free medical service is part of the association’s Corporate Social Responsibility to its immediate environment.
Speaking at the occasion, Ambassador Obinna Okpara, the Capoon of Kaduna Chapter of NAS also known as Pyrates Confraternity, said the association always reaches out to the poor in the society in itsi humanitarian services.
He further said that NAS always identifies with the downtrodden and those who don’t have the financial strength to check their health status.
According to him, NAS is not political and does not discriminate, adding that “it is a great advocate in helping those in academics and those who cannot pursue their legal cases.” Read more
Margot Robbie reveals Disney jumped ship on her female-led Pirates of the Caribbean remake (Metro)
Margot Robbie has announced that her female-led Pirates of the Caribbean movie has been scrapped by Disney, claiming: ‘I guess they don’t want to do it.’
Announcements made in June 2020 listed the actress as the leading lady for the project that would be written by Birds of Prey screenwriter, Christina Hodson.
However, it seems progress on the spin-off has stalled dashing hopes of fans everywhere.
The 32-year-old revealed: ‘We had an idea and we were developing it for a while, ages ago, to have more of a female-led — not totally female-led, but just a different kind of story — which we thought would’ve been really cool.’ Read more
Megan Thee Stallion granted restraining order against label ahead of American Music Awards (MusicNews)
Megan Thee Stallion has been granted a restraining order against her record label to stop them from allegedly interfering with her plans to promote her American Music Awards nomination.
The Hot Girl Summer star, who has been locked in an ongoing legal battle with 1501 Certified Entertainment for the past two years, claimed in the new legal documents that 1501 officials “unlawfully” tried “to block or interfere with (Megan) exploiting, licensing, or publishing her music” in the run-up to the AMAs on Sunday.
A Texas judge granted the order against 1501 and the rapper’s distributor 300 Entertainment, stopping them from “preventing or blocking the use and exploitation” of Megan’s music for promotional purposes up until 20 November.
The ruling states that Megan “provided evidence” showing the label “recently engaged and will continue to engage in threatening and retaliatory behaviour that will irreparably harm” the Savage hitmaker’s music career. Read more
Madonna, 64, stuns fans by going topless in new NSFW photos (PageSix)
Madonna shocked fans on Monday by posing topless in a pair of black lace underwear amid her slew of concerning posts on social media.
“in the Bag…” the “Vogue” singer, 64, captioned the NSFW snaps on Instagram.
In the at-home photoshoot, the pop icon donned a pair of sunglasses, black stockings and a caution tape Balenciaga bag that she used to cover up her bare chest.
However, the songstress seemed to have glanced over the snaps a little too quickly as her nipple was out in one of the explicit photos.
In another one of the snaps, the mother of six used the yellow purse to cover up her backside as she bent forward in the lacy lingerie. Read more
Pakistan’s prime minister orders review of ban on Oscar-entry Joyland, an aide says (NPR)
Pakistan’s prime minister has ordered a review of the ban on the country’s Oscar entry, the movie Joyland, days after the measure was imposed, one of his advisers said.
The movie, which features a love story between a married man and a transgender woman, is Pakistan’s entry for next year’s Academy Awards and was a prizewinner at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
But the film has caused controversy in Muslim-majority Pakistan and state censors last week banned its showings at movie theaters, reversing a previous all-clear for release.
According to a tweet late on Monday from Salman Sufi, an adviser to Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, a high-level committee is being set up to assess Joyland and review the ban. Read more
Netherlands to ban laughing gas from January (BBC)
The Dutch government is banning the use of nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, amid concerns over the health risks for the growing number of young people using it.
The ban, which starts in January, makes it illegal to buy, sell or own the gas.
However, the authorities say it can still be used for medicinal purposes and in the food industry.
The government also hopes the ban will reduce the number of road traffic accidents involving the drug.
According to road safety monitor TeamAlert, laughing gas has played a role in 1,800 accidents across the Netherlands over the past three years. Read more
Green Day confirm work on new album (NME)
Green Day have confirmed that they’ve been recording a new studio album this year.
The Billie Joe Armstrong-led trio, who released their 13th and latest record ‘Father Of All Motherfuckers’ in 2020, recently shared a video on TikTok that documents their time on the road in 2022.
In the clip, we see behind-the-scenes footage of the band as well as some live performance shots. “WTF WHAT a year,” Green Day wrote in the caption.
Armstrong and co. went on to reveal that they’d been “recording our [new] record in London & LA” in between the long-awaited UK and European leg of their Hella Mega Tour with Fall Out Boy and Weezer, and their many other dates elsewhere. Read more
Activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah breaks hunger strike in Egypt (AlJazeera)
Imprisoned Egyptian-British pro-democracy activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah has ended his weeks-long hunger strike, his sister Mona Seif has said, posting a letter from him on Twitter.
In the letter written Monday evening but shared by Seif on Tuesday, Abd el-Fattah confirmed that he had broken his hunger strike, telling his family that he would “explain everything on Thursday” when they are scheduled to meet.
“I feel both relieved and apprehensive, Thursday can’t come soon enough … keep him in your thoughts & prayers,” his sister posted.
In his latest letter, he inquired about his mother’s welfare and asked them to bring a cake to celebrate his birthday on Thursday. Read more
Williams brothers in World Cup with different teams (Guardian)
Athletic Bilbao forwards, Iñaki and Nico Williams, are set to become the latest brothers to play for different countries in a World Cup.
Iñaki Williams was selected by Ghana, yesterday, and his younger brother, Nico Williams, had been picked by Spain last week. They will be repeating the feat of the Boateng brothers, who played for different nations in 2010 in South Africa and in 2014 in Brazil. Jerome Boateng was a central defender with Germany, while the older Kevin-Prince Boateng was an attacking midfielder with Ghana.
The Boatengs, who played against each other in both tournaments, were born to a Ghanaian father and were raised by separate mothers in Germany. The Williams brothers were born in Spain from Ghanaian parents, who made the long journey to Europe looking for a better life.
To make it to Spain, they had to ride on the back of a crowded truck and walk barefoot through the Sahara desert, according to Iñaki Williams. His mother was already pregnant with him when the couple was detained while trying to enter Spain. They eventually received political asylum after taking advice from a charity worker who told them to say they had fled a civil war in Liberia.
The couple moved to the Basque Country region where both boys were born. It didn’t take long before Iñaki Williams, now 28, joined the youth academy of first-division club Athletic. Nico, now 20, eventually did the same. Read more
Falode salutes Bayelsa Queens over CAF CL performances (DailyTrust)
A member of the Nigeria Football Federation Executive Committee, Aisha Falode has praised the bronze medalists of the CAF Champions League 2022, Bayelsa Queens of Yenagoa, for their performances in the just concluded 2022 CAF Women’s Champions League in Morocco.
The Nigerian side emerged third place winners after defeating Simba Queens of Tanzania by a lone goal. Falode, also commended the Bayelsa State government for the positive investments made in the Prosperity Girls.
“The investment the governor made in Bayelsa Queens will surely have some impacts on the further development of women’s football league in Nigeria.
“The Prosperity Girls were handled professionally in all aspects of the game before and during the team’s campaign in the 2022 CAF Champions League, much that, the teams not emerging the eventual champions of Africa was a matter of hard luck and nothing to do with the technical aspect of the game,” she said. Read more
Arsenal using World Cup break to update Emirates Stadium (Standard)
Arsenal are using the World Cup break to begin work on replacing artwork around Emirates Stadium.
The exterior of the stadium has previously had images of former Arsenal players wrapped around it, but yesterday work began to remove and replace them.
Arsenal have held focus groups with fans over the new designs and the plan is for eight new pieces of artwork to go up, which will celebrate moments from the club’s history.
The final designs are yet to be approved, but work should be completed by the new year. Read more
Brighton’s head of recruitment follows Potter to Chelsea (DailyMail)
First its manager, now its head of recruitment.
Two months after bringing in Graham Potter from Brighton, Chelsea has gone back to its Premier League rival to entice the person who built a strong reputation at the south-coast club for finding and developing talent.
Paul Winstanley was hired by Chelsea on Tuesday as its director of global talent and transfers, ending an eight-year stint at Brighton where he was initially a talent identification manager and then the club’s head of recruitment.
Brighton is known for its shrewdness in the transfer market, buying players cheaply and selling them for high prices. Spanish defender Marc Cucurella, for example, joined Brighton from Getafe for a reported $18 million and was sold – to Chelsea – a year later for $65 million. Read more
Novak Djokovic to be allowed to play Australian Open (ESPN)
Novak Djokovic is set to be granted a visa to play in next year’s Australian Open despite his high-profile deportation in January.
The Australian Broadcasting Corp. on Tuesday said it had confirmed newspaper reports that the immigration minister had overturned a potential three-year exclusion period for Djokovic.
The Australian Border Force has previously said an exclusion period could be waived in certain circumstances — and that each case would be assessed on its merits.
Immigration Minister Andrew Giles’ office declined comment on privacy grounds, meaning any announcement on Djokovic’s visa status would have to come from the 35-year-old Serbian tennis star. Read more
Mattia Binotto to be replaced by Fred Vasseur as Ferrari team principal (PlanetF1)
Ferrari have decided to replace Mattia Binotto as team principal, according to a report – with Alfa Romeo’s Fred Vasseur his shock successor.
Gazzetta dello Sport are reporting that Binotto has paid the price for a 2022 season which Ferrari began with big leads in both World Championships after three rounds, but quickly fell away as Red Bull got on top.
Operational and strategy errors during races were a large part of Ferrari’s undoing and the pressure began to build on Binotto, the man at the top.
It is being reported by the Italian publication that Vasseur is held in high esteem by the Stellantis group and that he will replace Binotto from January. Read more
