Ambode doesn’t have skyscraper in Eko Atlantic City —Developer (Punch)
Developers of Eko Atlantic City, South Energyx Nigeria, has said that the former governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, does not own a skyscraper in the Eko Atlantic City. South Energyx Nigeria in a statement released on Monday said the claims made in an advertorial, titled, ‘Ambode’s Many Sins against Lagosians (Part 1)’ were false. Part of the statement read, “We would like to clarify that this report is completely false as Ambode has no ownership or links to any skyscrapers in Eko Atlantic City. Read more
Xenophobia: First batch of 320 Nigerians to return Wednesday (Nation)
The Consul General of Nigeria in Johannesburg, Godwin Adama, has said that the first batch of the Nigerian returnees from South Africa would depart South Africa for Lagos on Wednesday. Adama told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview that the first batch of returnees, are expected to depart South Africa by 9:00 a.m Wednesday. Read more
I’ve lost a honest, wonderful commander —Buhari (Punch)
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the passing of “a loyal and honest staff,” Buhari Nalado Sandamu, who served him and his family for more than 30 years. The president made his feelings known in a condolence message by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Tuesday. Buhari said: “I have lost a good and honest caretaker. Read more
Inflated contracts: BPP statements misleading, says Fashola (Punch)
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said that statements credited to the Bureau of Public Procurement as regards inflated contracts in ministries spearheaded by the former Lagos State Governor were misleading. It was reported on Monday that BPP saved N26bn for the Federal Government in 2018 alone by revising the contract sums of government contracts approved by some ministries, departments, and agencies. Read more
Tribunal nullifies Akande’s petition against Buhari, APC (Punch)
The National and State House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal in Oyo State has nullified a petition challenging the victory of Senator Fatai Buhari of the All Progressives Congress in the Oyo North Senatorial poll. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Mulikat Akande of the Peoples Democratic Party had challenged the declaration of Buhari as the winner of the Feb. 23 Oyo North Senatorial poll. Read more
Kwara State disowns ‘fake’ cabinet nominees list (Guardian)
Kwara State Tuesday disowned a list of the state’s Commissioner nominees circulating online. The state government said the list is fake. “Yesterday, a list purportedly containing commissioner-nominees of Kwara State surfaced online and a number of people have asked us to confirm or deny, we are doing neither,” the state’s governor Chief Press Secretary Rafiu Ajakaye said in a statement on Tuesday. Read more
Man throws four months old son into Niger River (Nation)
A 20-year-old man, Mustapha Aliyu has been arrested for throwing his four months old son into river Uti in Borgu local government area of Niger state. The Corpse of the baby is yet to be found. The Suspect, who was arrested by the Niger state Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), said he took the step because the mother of the baby refused to accept the baby and left him in his custody. Read more
FUOYE students protest over poor power supply (Nation)
Students of Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State (FUOYE) have staged a peaceful protest again over poor power supply in the community. Tuesday’s protest is coming after a similar action four months ago when they stormed the office of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company in Oye-Ekiti, disrupting academic activities over poor power supply. Read more
Kidnapped Ondo varsity lecturer found dead (Guardian)
The kidnapped lecturer of the Ondo State University of Science and Technology (OSUSTECH), Okitipupa, Prof. Gideon Okedayo, has been found dead. Okedayo, of the Department of Mathematical Sciences and Acting Dean of the School of Postgraduate Studies in the university, was kidnapped on Sept. 5 on his way to his hometown in Igara, Edo State. Read more
OOUTH doctors call off eight-day strike (Punch)
Doctors under the aegis of the Association of Resident Doctors in Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Ogun State, have called off their indefinite strike. The Secretary of ARD in OOUTH, Dr. Ajose Oluwafemi, made this known in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abeokuta on Tuesday. Read more
FBI mum on Nigerians’ involvement in $1.2bn global fraud (Nation)
The United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has declined comment on the percentage of Nigerians involved in a $1.2 billion global Cybercrime-related fraud. It said the fraud involved nationals of several countries around the world, but that the US does not identify crime according to nationalities. Read more
Relatives, officials attend mass for Mugabe in Singapore (Guardian)
Relatives and government officials attended a mass for Zimbabwe’s ex-president Robert Mugabe in Singapore on Tuesday after arriving in the country where he died to collect his body. Mugabe, a guerrilla leader who swept to power after Zimbabwe’s independence from Britain and went on to rule for 37 years until he was ousted in 2017, died on Friday, aged 95. Read more
Rwanda agrees to take in African refugees stuck in Libya (Guardian)
Rwanda agreed Tuesday to take in hundreds and potentially thousands of African refugees and asylum-seekers stranded in Libya, a deal the African Union hopes to replicate with other member states. “We will be receiving the initial number of 500 in a few weeks,” Hope Tumukunde Gasatura, Rwanda’s ambassador to the AU, told a news conference after signing a memorandum of understanding alongside representatives of the AU and the UN refugee agency UNHCR. Read more
Sudan PM to visit South Sudan in first official trip (Guardian)
Sudan’s new prime minister will travel to Juba this week, his first official overseas trip since becoming premier after the ouster of longtime leader Omar al-Bashir, officials said Tuesday. Abdalla Hamdok, who heads an 18-member cabinet as Sudan transitions to civilian rule, will travel to Juba on Thursday and return the next day. Read more
New EU Commission team enshrines gender equality (BBC)
Incoming European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has named her choices for the EU’s new top team. Those on her list face some difficult challenges, including handling the UK’s exit from the 28-nation bloc and the fight against climate change. If approved by the European Parliament, Mrs von der Leyen’s executive team will be the most gender-diverse in EU history, with 13 women and 14 men. Read more
Girl ‘humiliated’ after school said her trousers were too tight (Metro)
A schoolgirl was left ‘humiliated’ when teachers told her to change trousers, her mum said. Francesca Negus, 14, was ordered to choose between being placed in isolation or putting on a replacement pair of elasticated trousers from the school office. Teachers ruled that the teen’s trousers were too tight and broke the uniform rules at Dereham Neatherd High School in Norfolk. Read more
Russia-US spying: Moscow plays down story of ‘extracted agent’ (BBC)
Moscow has played down reports in American media that the US extracted a high-level spy from Russia in 2017 fearing his cover could be blown. The Kremlin said a man named by Russian media as Oleg Smolenkov was not a senior employee and had been fired. A Kremlin spokesman said he did not know if Mr Smolenkov was a spy and that the extraction reports were “fiction”. Read more
Indonesian police arrest dozens over Papua riots (Guardian)
Indonesian authorities have arrested 85 people linked to weeks of deadly unrest in Papua, police said, as Jakarta accused an exiled separatist leader of stoking riots in its easternmost territory. Tens of thousands protested across Papua — on the western half of New Guinea island — as anger over racism and fresh calls for self-rule fuelled mass demonstrations and violent clashes with security forces. Read more
Fukushima: Radioactive water may be dumped in Pacific (BBC)
Japan’s environment minister says contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant may have to be released into the ocean because storage space will run out in 2022. More than a million tonnes of water that has been used to cool melted reactors is kept in giant tanks. Fisherman’s groups are strongly opposed to the idea but many scientists say it would pose a low risk. Read more
Cyclist headbutts pedestrian who told him off for jumping red light (Metro)
Police are hunting a cyclist who headbutted a City worker to the ground after a near-miss on a pedestrian crossing. The cyclist ran a red light in Farringdon Street in the City of London at around 1.45pm on August 22, narrowly avoiding hitting the pedestrian who was crossing the road. He then got off his bike, came back towards the businessman and headbutted him in the face, calmly cycling away as his victim lay sprawled on the pavement. Read more
Mum blasts ‘discriminatory’ school after son, 12, removed from class due to Mohican (Metro)
A mum has accused her son’s school of discrimination after he was removed from class for sporting a mohican. Ethan Lewis, 12, who struggles with learning difficulties, was told by teachers at Strood Academy, in Rochester, that he had broken uniform rules with the haircut. He was was pulled from class during his first day of year eight and made to take all his lessons under the supervision of a form tutor. Read more
Robert Frank: Influential Swiss-American photographer dies at 94 (BBC)
Robert Frank, one of the most influential photographers of the 20th Century has died at the age of 94. Frank, who was born in Switzerland but emigrated to the United States in 1947, was best known for his work The Americans – a book which chronicled his 10,000-mile journey across America at the height of the Cold War. Read more
Kano club buys player for N5,000 (Punch)
A Division two football club in Kano FA league, Super Stars club, has signed a new player, Ibrahim Salisu Iriyos, for the sum of N5, 000. Iriyos used to play for Aston Villa Gano, before his transfer to Super Stars. It was reported that Iriyos, a striker was known for scoring goals and showed interest in playing for Super Stars, a club, he used to train with, whenever Aston Villa Gano was on break. Read more
Callum Hudson-Odoi poised to return from Achilles injury for Chelsea U23s against Brighton on Friday (Metro)
Callum Hudson-Odoi has been pencilled in to play a part for Chelsea U23s in their game against Brighton on Friday as he steps up his recovery from a serious Achilles injury. The 18-year-old has been sidelined for the past five months after suffering a ruptured Achilles while playing for Chelsea against Burnley towards the end of last season. Read more
Manchester United stick to £179million asking price for Paul Pogba to complete January transfer (Metro)
Manchester United will not budge on their £179million (€200m) asking price for Paul Pogba when the transfer window re-opens in January, according to reports in Spain. Pogba failed in an attempt to force his way out of Old Trafford during the summer, with Real Madrid the Frenchman’s main suitor. Zinedine Zidane is still determined to sign Pogba and Spanish outlet Sport claim Real will revive their interest in the playmaker in January. Read more
Everton defender Yerry Mina hit with FA fine for appearing in betting advert (Metro)
Everton defender Yerry Mina has been hit with a £10,000 fine by the FA for his appearance in a Colombian betting advert. The 24-year-old turns in a pretty impressive display in the ‘Betjuego’ ad, in which he plays a range of characters, including a baker and a dancer. However, the FA are nonplussed and charged the Colombian in July for his appearance in the ad, aired in his home country. Read more
Tottenham fear Giovani Lo Celso has suffered a ‘serious’ injury on international duty(Metro)
Tottenham Hotspur fear they could be without Giovani Lo Celso for several weeks as he may have sustained a ‘serious’ injury on international duty with Argentina. The midfielder returned to north London early after being removed from Argentina’s 0-0 draw with Chile with a groin issue. Read more
Tyson Fury warns Anthony Joshua about losing muscle for Andy Ruiz Jr rematch (Metro)
Tyson Fury has warned Anthony Joshua about losing muscle and changing his style for his rematch against Andy Ruiz Jr. After his shock defeat at Madison Square Garden on June 1, Joshua has the chance to win back his titles as he faces Ruiz in Saudi Arabia on December 7. During his press tour last week, Joshua revealed his trimmer physique and said his training so far has been more ‘boxing focussed’. Read more
Michael Schumacher admitted to Paris hospital for stem-cell treatment (Metro)
Seven-time Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher is undergoing stem-cell therapy at a hospital in Paris, according to reports in France. In December 2013, Schumacher was placed in a medically induced coma for six months following a skiing accident in the French Alps. The 50-year-old has not been seen in public since while little is known about his recovery. Read more
FIFA 20 demo out now on PS4, Xbox One, and PC (Metro)
The FIFA 20 demo has just been released and clocks in at a 6.47GB download, including the chance to try out the new Volta mode. You can download the PlayStation 4 version here from the PlayStation Store, the Xbox One version here from the Microsoft Store, and the PC version here for EA Origin. Read more