Court declares restriction of movement in Lagos estate unlawful (Vanguard)
A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has declared the restriction of movement of homeowners within the Pearl Garden Estate situated at Sangotedo Village in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of the state by CMB Building Maintenance and Investment Company Limited as unlawful.
Justice Mufutau Olokoba made the declaration while delivering judgment in a suit filed by some of the homeowners against CMB(property and the estate management agents) and the Oyetubo Jokotade Estate Resource Limited (previous landowners).
According to a Certified True Copy of the judgement obtained by newsmen in Lagos on Thursday, the judgment was delivered by the judge on December 1, 2021.
The N100 million suit was filed by the claimants on February 9, 2015 following their dispute with the property developer. Read more
NDLEA intercepts 101 parcels of cocaine in children duvets (Nation)
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 101 parcels of cocaine concealed in eight children’s duvets at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos.
Its spokesman Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, said the illicit drug was brought into the country by a 52-year-old Brazilian returnee, Akudirinwa Hilary Uchenna who hails from Oru East Local Government area of Imo state.
According to the statement, the suspect was arrested on Saturday 9th April at the D-Arrival Hall of the Lagos airport upon his return from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Doha aboard Qatar Airline flight while the 101 parcels of the class A drug with a gross weight of 13.2 kilogram were recovered from his only check-in bag.
Babafemi said during a preliminary interview, Uchenna who claimed to be a carpenter confessed that he was to be paid N5 million for trafficking the drug after successfully delivering the consignment in Lagos. Read more
Makoko boy gets full scholarship from US varsity chess master (Punch)
A boy from the Makoko area of Lagos State, named Benjamin, has been given a scholarship up until the university level by a chess master from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States.
The chess master, Tyrone Davis III, who is the president of the MIT Chess Club, visited Nigeria two weeks ago to see the works of a charity organisation, Chess in Slums Africa.
The development was announced in a tweet by the organisation’s founder, Tunde Onakoya, who described Benjamin as a chess prodigy.
According to Onakoya, Davis’ visit to Nigeria was inspired by a US-based charity, The Gift of Chess, where he paid a visit to Benjamin in Makoko, with both of them engaging in a game of chess. Read more
EKEDC apologies to customers in Lagos, Ogun over irregular power supply (Guardian)
The management of Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has apologised to its customers in Lagos and some parts of Ogun State over the irregular power supply they are currently experiencing.
The General Manager, Corporate Communications, Mr Godwin Idemudia, in a statement in Lagos, said the irregular supply was due to system collapse from the National Grid.
According to him, a system collapse occurred on the National Grid at 6:30pm on Friday, affecting our entire network.
“Efforts are ongoing by our Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) partner to restore supply soon. Read more
Lagos policeman caught smoking weed, IGP orders probe (Punch)
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered an investigation to unravel the identity of an officer captured smoking weed in public in the Ijora area of Lagos State.
Sunday Punch gathered that the picture, which was taken by a concerned fellow, was posted online.
The post which went viral was reposted by Instablog on Instagram.
A message attached to the post read, “Nigerian police officer at Ijora Lagos smoking weed on duty.” Read more
2023: Pastor Tunde Bakare joins presidential race (Independent)
The Pastor of the Citadel Global Community Church, Tunde Bakare, has declared his intention to run for the 2023 presidency.
Daily Post reports that Bakare disclosed this on Saturday at the virtual meeting unveiling Project 16 to Nigerians in diaspora with the theme The portrait of a new Nigeria, organised by the PTB4Nigeria in diaspora group.
Bakare urged Nigerians to consider the capacity of candidates before electing a leader in 2023.
The cleric warned that ahead of the 2023 general elections, the south is being set against the north, while Christians are set against Muslims. Read more
Buhari eulogises business magnate, Aliko Dangote, at 65 (ThisDay)
President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, as he marks his 65th birthday on April 10, 2022.
In a statement issued Sunday by his Media Adviser, Femi Adesina, the president joined family members, friends and associates to celebrate the milestone with the business magnate.
President Buhari shared the memorable occasion with the Dangote Group, which includes the management and members of staff, and the many visionary leaders that daily redefine the livelihood of Nigerians for the better, and drive competitiveness in the economy with a clear ranking of excellence in provision of goods and services.
He affirmed the footprints of the consummate businessman in key sectors of the economy, and the remarkable results achieved in production and supply of food items, making him a household name. Read more
Auto crash: Jonathan visits injured police officer in hospital (Nation)
Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday visited his security aide, Inspector Gambo Joseph, who was injured in the Wednesday’s auto crash within the vicinity of the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja.
Jonathan expressed joy that the injured officer was responding to treatment and recovering fast.
He also stated that the second officer, Inspector Michael Ebute, who sustained injury during the accident, was discharged on Friday.
“Thank God Gambo is recovering so fast. I am pleased to inform you that the second officer, Michael, has been discharged and returned to his family,” he said. Read more
38 houses collapse, 302 others destroyed in Niger windstorm (Leadership)
No fewer than 38 houses collapsed, while 198 residential houses and 104 shops were destroyed and 11 persons were injured in Shiroro local government area of Niger State by windstorm yesterday.
Leadership Sunday gathered that among the houses affected were four schools, a veterinary hospital and the Kuta General Hospital.
Spokesman of the Coalition of Shiroro Association (COSA) Barrister Salis Sabo said; “It was the first rainfall of this year. The people of Kuta, the headquarters of Shiroro local government area, paid a costly price to welcome and receive the first rain.
“In the history of the town, there had never been such a disastrous windstorm which lasted for almost two hours, leaving many casualties and rendering many homeless and jobless. Read more
Taylor Swift on what she admires most about Phoebe Bridgers’ music (NME)
Taylor Swift has revealed what it is she admires most about Phoebe Bridgers’ music.
Last year, the pair collaborated on the song ‘Nothing New’, one of the “From The Vault” bonus tracks that appear on Swift’s re-recording of her 2012 fourth album, ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’.
In a new profile on Bridgers for the Los Angeles Times, Swift shared a few words about the ‘Savior Complex’ singer-songwriter and what it is specifically she enjoys about her music.
“I think that the specificity of Phoebe’s lyrics, and the vulnerability she expresses in her voice when she delivers them, is what makes her music so deeply impactful and moving for me as a fan,” Swift wrote in an email to the publication. Read more
Kids’ Choice Awards: ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ wins big; Dr. Jill Biden speaks (THR)
Spider-Man: No Way Home and High School Musical: The Musical: The Series were among the top winners at the 2022 Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards on Saturday, where co-hosts Miranda Cosgrove and Rob Gronkowski led the festivities, first lady Dr. Jill Biden made a special appearance and no shortage of slime was spilled.
During the ceremony held at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica for the awards show that is voted on by fans, the latest installment in the Spider-Man film franchise collected three Orange Blimps. It won for favorite film, favorite movie actor for Tom Holland and favorite movie actress for Zendaya, who was also recognized in the category for her work from the Oscar-winning movie Dune.
High School Musical: The Musical: The Series was similarly honored in three categories, winning for favorite kids TV show, favorite female TV star (kids) for Olivia Rodrigo and favorite male TV star (kids) for Joshua Bassett. Rodrigo also won a music prize for favorite breakout artist.
Among the other film winners were Encanto for favorite animated movie and Sing 2′s Scarlett Johansson for favorite voice from an animated voice. Read more
Cobra Kai’s cast and creators tease season 5: ‘Always looking for ways to surprise’ (People)
Fans of Cobra Kai know that the series’ recent fourth season was jam-packed with all kinds of thrills, relationship drama, and intense karate showdowns that were first laid out in The Karate Kid series of films that inspired the Netflix series.
But while attending a showcase panel at the 39th PaleyFest in Los Angeles on Friday, the cast and creators teased an even more eventful and unpredictable fifth season ahead after the All Valley Karate Tournament.
Executive producer and showrunner Jon Hurwitz told PEOPLE that after a fourth season finale that was tightly plotted down to every moment of the tournament — which saw Terry Silver (Thomas Ian Griffith) and John Kreese’s (Martin Kove) brutal Cobra Kai dojo emerging victorious over the students of both Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka), even after the two long-sparring senseis mended their fences — season 5 will be loaded with surprises.
“The fun with season 5 is you don’t know where it’s headed, because season 4, you knew a tournament was coming — season 5, it’s a wide-open canvas,” revealed Hurwitz, 44, who said he and fellow creators Josh Heald and Hayden Schlossberg and the writing team never tire of mining the Karate Kid source material for new inspirations. Read more
LeAnn Rimes to release ‘beyond special’ new album ‘god’s work’ this September (USAToday)
This year finds LeAnn Rimes in full swing celebrating her 25th career anniversary. Now there’s a new album coming.
On Friday, the “I Need You” singer announced marking the momentous occasion by naming September 16 as the release date for her 19th studio album, “god’s work.”
“For me, ‘god’s work’ was all about a journey of reclamation, where humanity meets spirit,” Rimes said in a press release. She intentionally chose an all-lowercase album title and track listing and defended the choice. “If we’re arguing about why the ‘g’ is or isn’t capitalized, we’re missing the whole point. It’s so important for us to focus on the messages, rather than the nuances.”
The album features collaborations with various artists, including Mickey Guyton, Ziggy Marley, Aloe Blacc, Ben Harper, Ledisi, Sheila E., Robert Randolph, and more. Also, Rimes paired with her frequent collaborator Darrell Brown as a producer and songwriter for the recording. Read more
Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz are finally husband and wife after saying ‘I do’ (Mirror)
Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz are finally husband and wife after swapping vows at their star-studded ceremony in Florida.
The 23-year-old son of Spice Girl Victoria Beckham, 47 and football ace David, 46 is now a married man after saying ‘I do’ in front of friends and family at the lavish ceremony.
And now 27-year-old Nicola is his partner for life as the American actress – and daughter of billionaire businessman Nelson Peltz, 70 – agreed to be his lawfully wedded wife.
The young love birds exchanged vows at a lavish £3 million ceremony at one of the bride’s family’s palatial properties – a £76million oceanfront mansion in Miami. Read more
Imran Khan dismissed as Pakistan PM after losing no-confidence vote (TimesofIsrael)
Imran Khan was dismissed Sunday as Pakistan’s prime minister after losing a no-confidence vote in parliament following weeks of political turmoil.
A new premier will be chosen Monday, with Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) chief Shehbaz Sharif almost certain to be picked to lead the nuclear-armed nation of 220 million people.
No prime minister has ever served a full term in Pakistan, but Khan is the first to lose office this way.
Opposition supporters took to the streets early Sunday, waving national and party flags from car windows as they raced through the streets. Read more
Sri Lankans occupy president’s office entrance for 2nd day (VOA)
Sri Lankan protesters occupied the entrance to the president’s office for a second day on Sunday, demanding Gotabaya Rajapaksa resign over the debt-ridden country’s worst economic crisis in memory.
Hundreds of demonstrators weathered heavy rain with raincoats and umbrellas and chanted anti-government slogans. Some called for the entire Parliament to disband to make way for a younger leadership.
“We will stay on, we will leave only when we have chased them out,” Sanjeewa Pushpakumara, a 32-year-old ex-soldier, said of Rajapaksa, his influential family and all the lawmakers.
Pushpakumara said he fought in the last stages of Sri Lanka’s civil war with ethnic Tamil rebels, which government soldiers won in 2009 after 2 1/2 decades. Both Rajapaksa, who served as a powerful defense bureaucrat, and his older brother Mahinda, who was the president and is currently prime minister, were credited with the victory. Read more
Odegbami frowns at plans to hire foreign coach for Super Eagles (Leadership)
1980 Africa Cup of Nations winner Segun Odegbami has frowned at the hiring of a foreign coach for the Super Eagles following the failure of the previous crew.
The Nigeria Football Federation sacked the Super Eagles’ coaching crew led by Augustine Eguavoen after the team failed to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
Eguavoen had taken up the temporary job following the dismissal of Gernot Rohr in December.
But the NFF withdrew the contract it had offered Eguaveon and his assistants,days after the Super Eagles lost on aggregate to Ghana in the final World Cup playoff. Read more
Nigerians hail Pinnick’s decision not to run for third term (DailyTrust)
Nigerian football fans have welcomed the news making rounds that the Nigeria Football Federation president, Amaju Pinnick won’t be seeking a third term when his current tenure ends.
It will be recalled that the FIFA Council member was elected in 2014 and got re-elected in 2018.
He was also said to be seeking a third term which he has now confirmed he will not contest in the coming elections despite being eligible to do so.
Pinnick cited family as the reason behind the move and his decision comes just a few weeks after Nigeria failed to qualify for the 2022 World Cup finals in Qatar. Read more
Spurs beat Aston Villa 4-0 and take advantage of losses for Arsenal, Manchester United to claim fourth spot (ABC)
It was a Premier League day that could hardly have gone any better for Tottenham Hotspur.
With its 4-0 win at Aston Villa — inspired by Son Heung-min’s hat trick — and losses for both Arsenal and Manchester United on Saturday, Spurs became favourite to claim the fourth and final Champions League qualification spot.
Antonio Conte’s team is hitting form just as its rivals are imploding and now has a three-point cushion in fourth place over Arsenal, which slumped 2-1 at home to Brighton for a third loss in fourth games.
As for United, a 1-0 loss to an Everton team that had been in freefall constituted another low in what has turned into a desperate season. One, remarkably, that could yet end without qualification for European competition. Read more
Kylian Mbappe and Neymar both score hat tricks in PSG’s lopsided victory (CBS)
Paris Saint-Germain obliterated Clermont Foot 63 on Saturday with a 6-1 thumping in Ligue 1 which opened a 15-point gap at the summit thanks to Kylian Mbappe and Neymar both recording hat tricks, as well as a treble of assists from Lionel Messi. The Brazilian started and finished the scoring while also adding a penalty, and the Frenchman had two of his goals laid on by the Argentine and another by Neymar as Les Parisiens’ star trio clicked at Stade Gabriel Montpied.
It took just six minutes for Mauricio Pochettino’s men to open the scoring with Neymar on target from a Messi assist, and he was at it again after 19 minutes when he teed up Mbappe to create an early cushion.
Jodel Dossou got hosts Clermont back into it just before half time, and Pascal Gastien’s men kept PSG within reach until the final 20 minutes when things blew apart with four reasonably quickfire goals to ensure that the capital outfit ran away with the result.
Neymar got his second from the spot with 19 minutes to go before Mbappe added his second from the Brazilian’s assist and completed his hat-trick thanks to Messi within six minutes of each other before providing for Neymar to complete the scoring. Read more
Shane Mosley Jr. defeats Gabriel Rosado by majority decision (BoxingScene)
Gabriel Rosado and Shane Mosley Jr. failed to deliver on their promise of in-ring violence.
In a bout where both fighters desperately needed to win, it was Mosley who ultimately prevailed over Philadelphia’s Rosado by majority decision in a tepid ten-round super middleweight affair. Judge Angel Mendez (95-95) had the bout even, overruled by judges Tom Carusone (98-92) and Ruben Carrion (97-93) who had Mosley winning the co-feature bout Saturday evening at Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
Action was slow out the gate, as the passionate crowd quick to offer their disapproving feedback. Boos rained down from the opening bell, which saw the Las Vegas-based Mosley Jr.—the son of Hall of Fame former three-division champion Shane Mosley Sr.—fight behind his jab as Rosado came forward but wasn’t able to do much even when able to close the gap.
Fans did their best to provide entertainment after failing to receive it in the ring, bringing back ‘The Wave’ which made its way around the venue several times while ignoring what was taking place in the ring. It didn’t seem to resonate with Rosado and Mosley, who remained on the hunt but with little in the way of sustained offense for much of the first half of the bout. Read more
Ons Jabeur, Belinda Bencic to square off for Charleston Open title (ESPN)
No. 4 seed Ons Jabeur continued her run of success the past two years at the Credit One Charleston Open, overcoming Amanda Anisimova 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 on Saturday to reach the championship.
Jabeur of Tunisia will face Olympic gold medalist Belinda Bencic of Switzerland, a 6-4, 6-3 winner of Ekaterina Alexandrova.
For Jabeur, it was just more good play on the green clay surface at Charleston. She reached the semifinals of this event last year. A week later in a second tournament at the facility, Jabeur got a step further before losing in the final.
Now, Jabeur has another chance of gaining her first win here and her second on the WTA tour. Read more
Scheffler, Smith set for last-group Masters showdown (France24)
Scottie Scheffler and Cameron Smith, the hottest golfers on the US PGA Tour, tee off in the last group at the Masters on Sunday, both in search of a first major title.
Scheffler, who has rocketed to number one in the world with his first three career victories in his last five starts, takes a three-stroke lead over Smith into the final round at at Augusta National.
The 25-year-old Texan fired a one-under par 71 on Saturday for a 54-hole total of nine-under 207.
Australia’s sixth-ranked Smith, who won the Tournament of Champions in January and the prestigious Players Championship in March, carded an impressive 68 in cold, blustery conditions for six-under 210. Read more