Doctor arraigned for alleged involuntary manslaughter of patient (Guardian)
A medical doctor, Oyeyinka Oyetunde, on Tuesday appeared before an Ikeja Special Offences Court for allegedly causing the death of a patient through negligence.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Oyetunde is facing a count charge of involuntary manslaughter.
He, however, pleaded not guilty.
Lagos State Government, which is prosecuting the case, alleged that the doctor failed to administer care on a patient, named Uchenna. Read more
Bamise: Lagos mortuary requests N500,000, family laments debt (Punch)
The family of late Bamise Ayanwola, who died after boarding a Bus Rapid Transit vehicle in Lagos State, have said the Mainland Hospital mortuary, Yaba, where her corpse was deposited, is demanding N500,000 from them.
The deceased’s elder brother, Pelumi, who spoke to our correspondent on Tuesday, said the money was for the period his late sister’s body was in the hospital’s morgue.
Pelumi said, “The head of the mortuary attendants at the Mainland Hospital, Yaba, called my elder brother, Oluwatobi, to inform him that nobody had been coming to check on her corpse and nobody had paid anything after the autopsy was carried out.
“The person said the bills were accumulating and demanded that we come. My brother asked if we were the ones they should be calling for that. My brother later went to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, to verify why they said we should be paying when we were not the one that brought her corpse to that place. Read more
Osinachi was verbally, physical abused by her husband- 2 employees alleged in court (Sun)
Two employees of the late gospel singer, Osinachi, on Tuesday told a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja that her husband, Peter Nwachukwu verbally and physically abused her.
Mr Adetunji Moses, a former Personal Assistant to Osinachi while giving his testimony led by the prosecution counsel, Yewande Gbola- Awopetu, alleged that on different occasions, Nwachukwu during rehearsals will refer to his wife as useless, lazy and indolent.
He said he worked with the defendant and his wife as a PA and also a key boardist from Sept.2018 to March 2021.
Moses alleged that he left because he could no longer bear the anger of the defendant which was most times directed at him. Read more
Ex-BBNaija housemate, Rico Swavey in critical condition after ghastly accident (Vanguard)
Nigerian Lawyer and ex-BBnaija Season 3 housemate, Patrick Fakoya, well known by his stage name Rico Swavey, was involved in a ghastly accident.
The terrible news was conveyed on Tuesday by his fellow Big Brother Naija season 3 ex-housemate, Alex Asogwa nicknamed Alex Unusual.
Asogwa made this known via her Twitter page, claiming the accident happened “hours ago” and Rico Swavey was still being revived when she left the hospital.
Additionally, Asogwa urged the public to remember Rico Swavey in their prayers because of his precarious situation. Read more
Sanwo-Olu mulls health insurance for theatre practitioners (Nation)
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has announced plans to institute a health insurance scheme for theatre practitioners in the State.
Sanwo-Olu stated this Monday night when he hosted some veterans in the Yoruba movie/Nollywood industry at the Lagos House in Marina.
The Governor noted that the movie industry and practitioners themselves play key roles in the development of society, adding that the industry was one of the biggest employers of labour.
According to him, the industry is able to do great things despite not having enough support, and even providing succour and comfort to millions. Read more
Ogun police arrest 3 for attempting to kidnap their former boss (Guardian)
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested three suspects for attempting to kidnap their former employer in Ijebu Ode.
The three suspects Peter Nse – 24 years, Chuckwuma Nwobodo – 48 years and Michael Umanah – 30 years were arrested following a distress complaint made by their former boss, Ifenuga Olayinka, to the Igbeba divisional headquarters.
Olayinka told the police that he had received a text message from an individual who described himself as a “Killer Vagabond of Africa” asking him to pay the sum of ₦5 million into a bank account or risk being kidnapped.
The police in a statement stated that the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Igbeba division, CSP Musiliu Doga, directed his detectives to unravel those behind the devilish message. Read more
Aviation body backs Lagos government on Lekki airport project (Tribune)
Nigeria’s aviation pressure group, Aviation Safety Round Table Initiative (ASRTI) has supported the decision of the Lagos State Government to build an airport in the Lekki axis to cater to the bourgeoning population and businesses around the Lekki industrial layout.
Despite prior promises and the potentials including the extensive plans for the development of the area over the years, the project never took off and the Lekki corridor continued to expand, creating congestion, logistic and traffic chaos, impacting the economic and business opportunities in the area.
For the benefits to Lagos, the group has strongly advocated for a Public Private Partnership (PPP) and the need for the regulator, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and the Federal Ministry of Aviation, to give the necessary support and approvals for this project.
ASRTI also used the opportunity to call on the relevant agencies and tiers of government,to as a matter of urgency, commence with the repair of the Cenotaphs erected to honour the fallen air passengers at Lisa, Epe and Ejigbo respectively. Read more
MSMEs: Kuda launches account to support Nigerian entrepreneurs (Vanguard)
A revolutionary FinTech company, Kuda Tech, has said that the newly launched “Kuda Business” being offered by its Nigerian subsidiary, Kuda MFB, will provide the needed boost to freelancers and entrepreneurs of Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises, MSMEs, in their quest to grow and manage their businesses.
Head of Banking Products and Partnerships of Kuda MFB, Nosa Oyegun, made the remark at the launch of the product in Lagos, on October 10, 2022.
Oyegun said, “Kuda Business will assist small-scale business owners overcome some of their many challenges.
“Kuda Business is the answer to some of the most basic challenges that freelancers and MSMEs face in the management of their businesses, especially in the areas of invoicing, making and receiving payments, and general management of their business outfits. Kuda Business is an all-in-one manager that lets customers send invoices, pay several bills to different individuals and corporate entities easily without having to switch apps.” Read more
Christina Aguilera teases powerful new music video for Beautiful in honour of 20th anniversary (Metro)
Christina Aguilera has announced a new music video for her hit song Beautiful in honour of its 20th anniversary.
Beautiful is arguably one of the star’s most iconic songs, alongside the likes of Dirrty, Lady Marmalade, and Fighter.
Released back in 2002 (feeling old yet?) on her album Stripped, the song earned Christina a Grammy for best female pop vocal performance, and we can totally understand why with that high note.
Two decades on, the star has surprised her fans by revealing the empowerment anthem will have its time to shine once again, as she broke the news on World Mental Health Day (October 10). Read more
Murder, She Wrote star Angela Lansbury dies at 96 (BBC)
Dame Angela Lansbury, who won international acclaim as the star of the US TV crime series Murder, She Wrote, has died aged 96.
The three-time Oscar nominee had a career spanning eight decades, across film, theatre and television.
Born in 1925, she was one of the last surviving stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.
Dame Angela died in her sleep just five days before her 97th birthday, her family said in a statement.
“The children of Dame Angela Lansbury are sad to announce that their mother died peacefully in her sleep at home in Los Angeles,” the family said. Read more
American French film festival opens as Hollywood counts the cost of Covid (RFI)
The American French Film Festival opened on Monday in Los Angeles, against a background of industry concerns over the sharp drop in audience figures in France and the United States in the wake of the Covid pandemic.
The American French Film Festival – formerly known as COLCOA – intended to show Hollywood the best of French productions, offers 75 French films and television series, many being screened for the first time in North America.
The 26th edition opened on 10 October with the screening of “Notre-Dame on Fire” by Jean-Jacques Annaud, the French director of “The Name of the Rose” (1986) and “Seven Years in Tibet” (1997).
“There’s no hiding the fact: cinema is experiencing a real upheaval,” Annaud said before the screening of his film. Read more
Cineplex posts September box office revenue of $23m amid limited Hollywood content (TorontoStar)
Cineplex Inc. says its box office revenue amounted to $23 million in September, a total representing 52 per cent of the figure for September 2019 before the pandemic pummeled the movie theatre industry.
The movie theatre company says lower business volumes were expected in August and September due to pandemic-related production delays.
Cineplex says it focused on increasing its offerings of international movies during the period in light of the limited Hollywood options.
Leading film performances during the month of September included Top Gun: Maverick, which continued to attract audiences after being released back in May, as well as Bollywood title, Brahmastra Part One: Shiva. Read more
Netflix targets Thailand and regional audiences with slate of 4 local films and 2 series (Variety)
International streaming company Netflix has unveiled six new titles representing its first wide-ranging slate of content from Thailand.
Its four films and two series span the comedy, suspense and comedy drama genres and hail from six different local production firms – GMM Studios, International, GDH, Song Sound Productions, Transformation Films, 18 Tanwa and Jungka Bangkok. Significantly, too, they are sourced from established directors or producers.
Writer-director Prueksa Amaruji’s dark comedy film “Lost Lotteries” is produced by Ekachai Uekrongtham (“Beautiful Boxer,” “Pleasure Factory”) and will stream from mid-November.
Writer-producer Kongdej Jaturanrasmee and veteran indie producer Soros Sukhum (“Memoria,” “Pop-Aye”) are behind director Sitisiri Mongkolsiri’s “Hunger,” a family drama with food as its central theme. It stars Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying, aka Aok Bap, the breakout star of “Bad Genius” and a former Talent to Watch, selected by Variety and the International Film Festival & Awards Macao. Read more
Blink-182 reuniting classic lineup with Tom DeLonge for 2023 world tour, new single (Billboard)
Blink-182 are getting the band back together. On Tuesday (Oct. 11) the pop-punk trio announced a reunion with former singer/guitarist Tom DeLonge for a 2023 global tour and upcoming single. After twice leaving the band — in 2005 and then again in 2014 — DeLonge is back in the fold alongside singer/bassist Mark Hoppus and drummer Travis Barker for an upcoming Live Nation-promoted tour touted as their biggest international trek ever.
The tour is slated to kick off on March 11 in Tijuana, Mexico at the Imperial GNP festival and keep the band on the road in South America and Mexico through April 12 before shifting to North America on May 4 with a show at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota; those dates will run through a July 16 gig in Nashville at the Bridgestone Arena and then move on to Europe in September and Australia/New Zealand in early 2024.
Most exciting for fans, though, is word that a new single, “EDGING,” is coming on Friday (Oct. 14), commemorating the trio’s first time in the studio in 10 years. In keeping with the barely-contained enthusiasm for the get-together, the eternally youthful Take Off Your Pants and Jacket stars released a promotional video for the tour in which a series of fans vow that they would “do anything to make them come”… to their hometown, is what they mean. Read more
Russia kidnaps prominent official of Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Ukraine alleges (Global)
A deputy head of the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine has been kidnapped by Russian forces and is being detained in an unknown location, Ukraine’s state nuclear energy company Energoatom said on Tuesday.
In a post on the Telegram messaging app, Energoatom said the official, Valeriy Martynyuk, had been seized on Monday. The Russian defence ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Energoatom called on International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi to take “all possible measures” to help free Martynyuk. The IAEA did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Grossi was due to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, according to the Kremlin.
The incident follows the detention of the plant’s then-chief, Ihor Murashov, on Oct. 1. Grossi announced his release on Oct. 3, after which the IAEA said Murashov would not return to his duties as the plant’s head. Read more
Flamingos get Teutonic test in World cup opener (Nation)
The seventh edition of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup finals begin in India today, with Nigeria’s Flamingos saddled with one of the hardest nuts to crack, Germany, as their first opponents.
Both countries take to the Pandit Jawaharlal Stadium in Goa from 8 pm India time (4 pm Nigeria time) in what is the second match of Group B, at the same time as hosts India take on the USA at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar in what is the official opening match of the competition.
Earlier, as of 12.30 pm Nigeria time, Nigeria’s group B opponents Chile and New Zealand will clash in Goa, while group A teams Morocco and Brazil also battle it out in Bhubaneswar.
The biennial competition for the world’s teenage girl-child, launched in New Zealand in 2008, did not take place in the year 2020 as a result of the global coronavirus pandemic. Read more
Liverpool: Trent Alexander-Arnold & Joel Matip out for up to 3 weeks (BBC)
Liverpool defenders Trent Alexander-Arnold and Joel Matip are expected to be missing for up to three weeks through injury.
Both England right-back Alexander-Arnold – who has an ankle injury – and centre-back Matip, who has a calf issue, came off at Arsenal on Sunday.
Winger Luis Diaz has been ruled out with a knee injury – also picked up against Arsenal – until December.
Liverpool lost 3-2 to the Premier League leaders at Emirates Stadium. Read more
Man Utd and Arsenal set to make millions from FIFA player payments during World Cup (Mirror)
Premier League clubs will make $10,000 (£9,033) per player per day during the World Cup – with the likes of Arsenal and Manchester United set to make several million should their stars go far in Qatar.
The payments are part of FIFA’s Club Benefits Programme, which the governing body says is to recognise the contribution of clubs towards the tournament. In total $209m (£188.8m) has been dedicated towards the programme, which benefited more than 400 clubs across 63 nations at the previous World Cup.
FIFA said that compensation will be paid to all clubs for which a player has played in the two years prior to the World Cup – meaning that Gabriel Jesus’ participation for Brazil – should he make the squad – would benefit Arsenal and Manchester City. FIFA’s total fund for the World Cup is worth about $700m (£632.3m) and the federation of the eventual winners will earn $50m (£45m).
All 32 nations will get $10m from FIFA for participating in the group stage having received $2m to pay for pre-tournament camps and other preparation. Read more
Kylian Mbappe Liverpool hope revived after report of superstar’s Paris Saint-Germain unrest (Liverpool Echo)
Kylian Mbappe wants to leave Paris Saint-Germain as early as January, according to a new report, which claims Liverpool could be his ‘only option’.
The World Cup winner confirmed that he held transfer talks with Liverpool before deciding to stay at the French club this summer, signing an improved deal to remain in the French capital. But a new report from Spanish outlet Marca, claims that Mbappe, 23, is already planning an escape route out of Paris and could even move on in the January transfer window.
Marca claims that PSG agreed to allow the France international to leave in the summer, but would not allow him to move to European champions Real Madrid, before he eventually signed a new contract. They also claim that the relationship between Mbappe and PSG is ‘completely broken’ and given their refusal to let their star man join Madrid, a move to Liverpool ‘could be the only option’. Read more
Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury to happen next year with Frank Warren ‘working hard’ on deal (Express)
Frank Warren has confirmed that he is working hard to get Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury over the line for 2023. The pair have been scheduled to face each other on two occasions to no avail.
Their first date in December 2021 was cancelled after Fury was forced to pull out with a broken rib. Then, their August 20 bout agreement was terminated when Fury was denied entry to the United States.
Both men have since verbally agreed to attempt to make the fight happen for the third time and it appears Warren – who promotes Fury – is on board as well.
“We’re gonna make that happen next year, we’re gonna work hard to make that happen,” Warren told iFL TV. Read more
Haas confirm 2 FP1 appearances for Pietro Fittipaldi (PlanetF1)
Pietro Fittipaldi will fulfil the Haas requirement to run a rookie driver in FP1 at two grands prix this season, Mexico and Abu Dhabi being the venues.
The Brazilian only scrapes within the criteria for being a rookie having made the maximum two F1 race starts, when he stood in for Romain Grosjean at the 2020 Sakhir and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix.
Those appearances came just after Grosjean had suffered burns and minor injuries in his horrific fireball crash in Bahrain, with Fittipaldi finishing 17th and 19th as his substitute.
The 26-year-old, born in Miami, has tested for Haas since 2019 and also fulfilled the reserve driver role for the last two seasons. Read more
Allowing Novak Djokovic to play Australian Open ‘would be a slap in the face’- Andrews (Eurosport)
It would “be a slap in the face for those people in Australia who did the right thing” to allow Novak Djokovic to play at the 2023 Australian Open, says Australia’s shadow home affairs minister Karen Andrews.
Djokovic had his visa cancelled and was deported ahead of this year’s Australian Open owing to his Covid vaccination status. Usually, under those circumstances, he would be banned from returning to Australia for three years.
The cancellation of his visa means he could be banned from returning to the country for three years.
However, the Serbian, who has won the Australian Open on nine occasions, has expressed a desire to compete at Melbourne Park next year. The 2023 Australian Open takes place from January 16-29. A change in government means it is not inconceivable that he be afforded the opportunity to go for a 10th title. Read more