Again, kidnappers strike on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, commuters shot (Punch)
Men of the Ogun State Police Command on Tuesday battled suspected kidnappers during an attack on commuters travelling on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
PUNCH Metro gathered that the gunmen, who were dressed in military camouflage, attempted to abduct passengers in an 18-seater bus.
The vehicle was reportedly heading for Lagos from Ibadan, Oyo State, when the incident happened.
Our correspondent learnt that the gunmen stormed the road from a bush before the Sagamu Interchange and started shooting at the bus. Read more
TCW holds medical outreach for Lagos women, teenage girls (Guardian)
The Complete Woman (TCW) initiative is organising a platform to bring women in Lagos together, to equip them on health awareness and how to prevent life-threatening diseases common to the female gender.
The medical outreach tagged: “Pathway to Healthy Living in Times Like These,” is scheduled to take place at the Police College, Oba Akinjobi Way, Government Reserved Area (GRA), Ikeja, Lagos on Saturday, November 26, 2022.
TCW’s founder and national president, Tunrayo Falade, in a statement, yesterday, said Ikeja Local Council and some private organisations will sponsor the outreach, to be coordinated by Mrs. Folawe Oshiame.
She said: “Concerns about health challenges confronting modern-day women have inspired the programme, and organisers have promised to bring qualified health practitioners to teach and create awareness on the most prevalent diseases among the women folk. Read more
Presidential Race: Controversy trails attack on Atiku’s convoy in Maiduguri (DailyTrust)
Controversy yesterday trailed the reported attack on the convoy of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, during a campaign visit to the state.
While the campaign council of the former vice president insisted that the convoy was attacked during the rally, the Borno State Police Command and the state government have faulted the claims, insisting that the event was held peacefully. The police, however, said it has arrested one thug with a stone. Atiku was in Maiduguri in continuation of his campaign for the February 25 presidential election.
Reports filtered yesterday that the opposition candidate’s convoy was attacked, with many persons injured and vehicles destroyed.
A resident told this paper that hoodlums attacked the campaign team of the PDP. He said the convoy was attacked along the Airport Road and at Dalori Roundabout. Read more
Rotary Club of Ojodu supports treatment of hearing impaired students (Guardian)
Rotary Club of Ojodu, in collaboration with District 9110, has supported the treatment of hearing impaired children at Wesley Schools, Surulere, Lagos.
President of the Club, Edwin Okon, said that the joint project was the desire of the club to help those in dire need, especially children with special needs, to achieve their potentials.
Meanwhile, the District Governor, Omotunde Lawson, who commended the club for providing hearing aid for the students, promised the management and members of staff of the school that District 9110 would continue to support the school.
Responding, the headteacher of the school, Mrs. Elizabeth Aderonke Ojemola, thanked the Rotary Club of Ojodu and District 9110 for the project, noting that it would go a long way to support the students in achieving their potentials. Read more
Sanwo-Olu visits Tek Experts, discusses collaboration, tech skills transfer (ThisDay)
In line with its mission to stem brain drain in Nigeria, leading technology support service company, Tek Experts, has further reinforced its commitment to employ, nurture and invest in tech talents in Nigeria.
The company made the commitment during the visit of Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to its office in Victoria Island recently.
During the visit, possible collaborations in the areas of technology and skills transfer with the global tech support and services company, were discussed.
At the meeting, the Lagos State Governor noted that technology and innovation were critical components of his administration’s T.H.E.M.E.S agenda, the framework for policy and project implementation. “With Tek Experts’ outlook, there may be grounds for solid partnership in the relevant areas of our policy agenda”, the governor said. Read more
50 buses seized, members attacked, Lagos drivers lament (Punch)
Lagos drivers, under the aegis of the Joint Drivers Welfare Association of Nigeria, have cried out, alleging continued attacks on its members and the seizure of buses allegedly by the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority.
JDWAN, in a statement made to our correspondent on Wednesday, signed by its National Leader, Abiodun Akintade, noted that it was awaiting the response of the Lagos government on its demands regarding alleged extortions by the motor park management committee in the state.
“While we await the Lagos State Government to fulfill its promises to stop extortion and violent attack on commercial drivers after the recent drivers strike, Yesterday (Tuesday), November 8, 2022, one of our members, a Mazda bus driver named Samson Adewunmi was attacked at Volks bus stop by Lagos State caretaker committee members formerly known as the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, on his way to mile 2, around 7am in the morning over N500 illegal extortion. Read more
Terror Alert: IG deploys 3 armed drones to boost surveillance (Nation)
Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali has acquired three Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to boost security surveillance operations and checkmate criminal activities across the country.
The IG described the development as a manifestation of the Federal Government determination to deploy innovative technology in law enforcement duties of the police.
The newly-acquired drones, he said will assist the police in monitoring active crime scenes, coordinating response operations, and providing armed aerial support to officers on reconnaissance operations.
The UAVs (rotary wing aircrafts) have the capacity to fly up to an altitude of 1000ft with high operational endurance and capable of firing at acquired threats and targets from reasonable distances. Read more
Buhari meets King Charles III in UK (DailyTrust)
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday met with His Royal Majesty King Charles III at Buckingham Palace, the United Kingdom.
Buhari has been in London since October 31 for a routine medical check-up.
Although no statement was issued on the meeting between the two leaders, Daily Trust learnt that issues that would strengthen the existing bilateral relationships were discussed.
Both leaders had exchanged communications before Wednesday’s meeting. Read more
Everyone’s lost their minds over Mighty Hoopla’s truly iconic line-up (Metro)
Mighty Hoopla has dropped its full line-up for 2023 and has broken the internet in the process.
The festival, set to take place at Brockwell Park in London, with feature headline performances from the likes of Kelly Rowland and Years & Years.
Music icons such as Beverley Knight, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Kelis, Rachel Stevens, Natasha Beddingfield, Jake Shears, Aqua, Vengaboys, Samantha Mumba Jamelia and many more will perform across the two-day event.
Other all-star names on the bill include Kiddy Smile, Krystal Klear, Midland. Read more
Nas shares details about new album ‘‘Kings Disease III’’ including tracklist (NME)
Nas has shared further details about his 16th studio album, ‘Kings Disease III’, including the tracklist.
The album, which is the follow-up to last December’s ‘Magic‘ and is the third installment in his ‘Kings Disease’ album series, was announced last month. It’s released this Friday (November 11) via Mass Appeal Records.
‘King’s Disease III’ is produced by Hit-Boy and executive-produced by both Nas and Hit-Boy.
Nas kicked off ‘King’s Disease‘ with Hit-Boy in 2020. The following year the record earned him the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. Read more
Top Iranian actress poses without headscarf (BBC)
A top Iranian actress has posted an image of herself on Instagram without a headscarf to signal solidarity with anti-government demonstrations.
Taraneh Alidoosti – best known for her role in the Oscar-winning film The Salesman – also held a sign reading “Woman, Life, Freedom” in Kurdish.
The slogan has become a common rallying cry among protesters.
Demonstrations sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody are entering their seventh week.
The 22-year-old died after she was arrested by morality police in Tehran for allegedly violating Iran’s strict rules requiring women to cover their hair with a hijab, or Islamic headscarf. Read more
Gal Costa, influential Brazilian singer, dies aged 77 (Guardian)
Gal Costa, the influential Brazilian singer who was one of the principal figures in the Tropicália movement of the 1960s, died on Wednesday, her public relations agency confirmed. She was 77.
No cause of death was immediately provided. The singer, who lived in São Paulo, had recently canceled a concert at a local music festival on advice from her doctor, after surgery in September to remove a nodule from her right nasal cavity. She had been expected to return to the stage in São Paulo in December, according to tour dates listed on her website.
Costa was a muse of Brazil’s booming popular music scene in the late 1960s, and sang with some of the biggest names in Brazilian music, including Tom Jobim, Chico Buarque, Milton Nascimento and her close friend Caetano Veloso.
Born on 26 September 1945 in the city of Salvador, the capital of the state of Bahia, Costa began her professional singing career in 1964. She released her first album, Domingo, in 1967, before joining the Tropicália artistic movement, which melded Brazilian artistic styles with foreign influences. Her eponymous solo debut in 1969 is now considered a Tropicalismo classic. Read more
Steven Spielberg blames Warner Bros. And HBO Max for “relegating” films to streaming (Deadline)
Director Steven Spielberg hates the way streaming services – and HBO Max in particular – are treating filmmakers.
Speaking to the New York Times, Spielberg said moving theatrical releases to streamers in the heart of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 may have changed the film industry forever.
“The pandemic created an opportunity for streaming platforms to raise their subscriptions to record-breaking levels and also throw some of my best filmmaker friends under the bus as their movies were unceremoniously not given theatrical releases,” Spielberg said. “They were paid-off and the films were suddenly relegated to, in this case, HBO Max. The case I’m talking about. And then everything started to change.”
He took particular aim at Warner Bros. and its HBO Max streaming service, which released its entire 2021 slate in theaters and on the streamer at the same time. But he lamented the loss of a special experience if theaters are permanently shuttered. Read more
Warren Beatty accused of sexually coercing a teen girl in 1973 in new lawsuit (NBC)
A Louisiana woman has accused Hollywood legend Warren Beatty of coercing her into a sexual relationship when she was a teenager decades ago.
Kristina Charlotte Hirsch outlined the accusations in a lawsuit filed Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court that states she was 14 in 1973 when she met the actor on a movie set.
Beatty is not identified by name in the suit, which did include a detailed description of the actor.
The defendant “acted in television and several Hollywood films, including portraying Clyde in ‘Bonnie and Clyde,’ a major box-office success that earned DEFENDANT DOE an Academy Award for Best Actor,” the suit said. “By 1973, DEFENDANT DOE had acquired wealth, stature and power as a result of his career and status as a movie star.” Read more
Kherson: Russia to withdraw troops from key Ukrainian city (BBC)
Russia’s military has been ordered to pull out of the Ukrainian city of Kherson, the only regional capital it captured after invading in February.
Russia’s commander in Ukraine, Gen Sergei Surovikin, said it was no longer possible to keep supplying the city.
The withdrawal means Russian forces will pull out entirely from the western bank of the River Dnipro.
It is a significant blow as Russia faces a Ukrainian counter-offensive. Read more
Delta prepares 1,000 athletes for 21st National sports festival (Guardian)
Host, Delta State, is preparing a contingent of about 1,000 athletes for the 21st National Sports Festival, which will begin in Asaba on November 28 and end on December 10. The number is the largest ever witnessed in the history of the Festival.
Team Delta began its final phase of camping for the Games, yesterday, with about 1000 athletes drawn from all sports. Head of Delta State athletics team, Coach Seigha Porbeni disclosed that track and field athletes are using the Sapele Stadium as preparatory ground, and will relocate to Asaba on November 26, a few days to the opening ceremony.
“We have about 950 to 1000 athletes at the moment preparing in the final phase. Series of construction work is going on at Stephen Keshi Stadium, which is the main venue of the Games. But luckily for us, Delta State has so many sporting facilities.
“The former College of Education, Asaba, is now a technical college for secondary school students. It has two big outdoor halls, a court for basketball, handball and volleyball. Our swimmers are operating at Obiaruku pending when they will move to Asaba. Our cyclists are preparing at Agbor, while our combat sports, including wrestling, judo, karate, taekwondo, kickboxing and boxing are busy with their daily activities. Read more
Akinwunmi advocates Nigerian coach for Super Eagles (Sun)
The former 1st Vice President of the Nigeria Football Federation and the Chairman of the Lagos State Football Association, Barrister Seyi Akinwunmi, has said that a Nigerian is the best suitable person to handle the Super Eagles.
Akinwunmi noted that any Nigerian with the expected qualification and knowledge of the game just as a foreign coach should have an edge.
He noted that the Nigerian mentality in the Nigerian coach is always going to be an edge for any Super Eagles coach.
Akinwunmi said: “We have argued this over and over again. There is a big issue of what to be paid and also the foreign currency issue but the truth is when we have a Nigerian with the same pedigree as the foreign handler, all we need to do is to trust the coach and support him to get it right with time. Read more
Jurgen Klopp: Liverpool manager says he is committed to the club despite ownership uncertainty (BBC)
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says he is committed to the club no matter what happens with the current ownership.
Fenway Sports Group (FSG) have said they are looking for new investment but some reports claim they are willing to sell Liverpool in its entirety.
The move has sparked concern among some Liverpool fans worried about potential upheaval at Anfield, with questions over Klopp’s future.
On Wednesday, Liverpool beat Derby County on penalties in the Carabao Cup. Read more
Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham eliminated from League Cup (DailyMail)
Just how important Nick Pope´s penalty shootout saves prove to be for Newcastle may not be known until February.
But this was a very good night to stay in the English League Cup for a team looking to make a statement with a trophy.
Newcastle, flying high in the Premier League, looked in danger of joining a host of big teams to be eliminated from the competition on Wednesday, with Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham all losing in the third round.
West Ham was also beaten by Blackburn on penalties following a 2-2 draw, to add to the number of topflight sides going out. Read more
Errol Spence ordered to defend WBC title against Keith Thurman (ABC)
Errol Spence Jr. could defend his unified welterweight championship against Keith Thurman next after the WBC ordered the mandatory title fight on Wednesday at its convention in Mexico.
Spence, who holds the WBC, WBA and IBF belts at 147 pounds, was in advanced talks to fight Terence Crawford, but after negotiations collapsed, he still needs a challenger for his next defense.
Crawford, who will defend his WBO title against David Avanesyan on Dec. 10, said last week that he expected Spence to fight Thurman.
Both Spence and Thurman fight for Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions, and organizations often only order bouts when a promoter has a deal in place. However, Spence has been steadfast that he would never give Thurman a shot at his three titles because Thurman showed no interest in fighting him years ago. Read more
NBA: Vaughn named new Brooklyn Nets head coach (StraitsTimes)
The Brooklyn Nets named Jacque Vaughn as the team’s new head coach on Tuesday following the sacking of Steve Nash.
Vaughn, who had taken over as interim coach after Nash’s dismissal on November 1, has agreed a deal which will run through the 2023-2024 season, US reports said.
The appointment ends speculation that the Nets were set to bring in suspended Boston Celtics coach Ime Udoka to replace Nash.
ESPN reported on Tuesday that the Nets backed away from Udoka as a candidate fearing the disruption that any move for the Celtics coach would likely trigger. Read more
