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Bayern Munich edge out Hertha in sub-zero Berlin

Bayern Munich slugged out another Bundesliga win in sub-zero temperatures against Hertha Berlin. Afterwards, they left for Qatar to compete in the Club World Cup, and the change in climate may just make them stronger. Everything stings that little bit…

NCDC reports 1,624 new COVID-19 cases, total now 137,654

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported 1,624 new infections of COVID-19 Friday. In a Twitter update via its verified handle, the government agency said there are now 137,654 confirmed cases of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus…

*Lawyers dare Lagos over Anti-Cultism Bill (Guardian)*Lagos butcher arrested for defiling two stepdaughters (Punch)

Lawyers dare Lagos over Anti-Cultism Bill (Guardian) Lawyers have criticised punishment for parents of suspects found guilty of cultism, describing such as unconstitutional. The Lagos State House of Assembly, while considering amendment of the Anti-Cultism Bill submitted to it by…

*CP Squad storms Ikorodu, arrests traffic robbers, cultists (Vanguard)*Water Transportation: Britain demonstrates hovercraft in Lagos (DailyTrust)

CP Squad storms Ikorodu, arrests traffic robbers, cultists (Vanguard) A Police Special Squad set up by Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has stormed Ikorodu area of the state arrested five suspected traffic robbers/cultists and cleared shanties in…

Vale to pay nearly $7b over Brazilian dam collapse that killed 270 people

Vale has agreed to pay nearly $7 billion in compensation after a dam collapsed at one of its mines in Brazil two years ago, killing 270 people and causing huge damage to the local environment. The settlement with the Brazilian…

WTO: Biden asked to endorse Okonjo-Iweala as Korean candidate withdraws

South Korean Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee withdrew her bid to lead the World Trade Organisation, leaving former Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the only remaining candidate for the job, Bloomberg reports Friday. Yoo was said to have made the…

Nigerians kick as Buhari extends IG’s tenure

Nigerians, yesterday, kicked as President Muhammadu Buhari extended the tenure of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, and forwarded the names of the immediate past service chiefs to the Senate as non-career ambassadors-designate. Buhari extended Adamu’s tenure, which…

Hoodlums set ablaze Police Division, 4 patrol vehicles in Ebonyi

Hoodlums suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), yesterday attacked Onicha Divisional Headquarters in Isu, Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. In a statement by the State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Loveth Odah,…

NDLEA intercepts men with cocaine at Lagos, Abuja airports

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has continued to put the heat on drug traffickers with the arrest of a businessman at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and another man at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, with…

ASUU, students union leader bemoan proliferation of universities in Nigeria

Some stakeholders in University education in Nigeria, on Thursday, warned against the proliferation of universities in the country, following Wednesday’s approval of 20 new private universities by the Federal Executive Council (FEC). In separate interviews with the News Agency of…

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