How Lagos police infiltrated den of kidnappers – CP (Guardian)
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, on Monday narrated how operatives of the command infiltrated a den of suspected kidnappers who were planning to kidnap their employer. Briefing newsmen in Lagos, Edgal said that men of the FSARS, posing as accomplices, infiltrated the ranks of the suspects who had concluded arrangements to kidnap one Ijeoma Eze-Okafor, a renowned businesswoman. Read more
Buhari keeps Nigeria safer than past govt – Lai Mohammed (Vanguard)
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says President Muhammadu Buhari has kept Nigeria “safer than it was before the advent of his Administration in 2015”. The minister stated this on Monday in Abuja at a ceremony to bid farewell to foreign bikers who had undergone a tour of the nation’s monuments, museums and other cultural heritage and tourist sites. Read more
APC calls for security probe of Atiku’s Dubai meetings (ThisDay)
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked security agencies in the country to probe the strategy meetings of the leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, alleging that they have sinister agenda. But the main opposition party said the APC’s fretting over the meetings by its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, was defeatist, and a clear sign that the ruling party was already petrified ahead of the 2019 electoral contest. Read more
Call Prof Dokubo to order, Ex-Militant leaders tell Buhari (Independent)
Ahead of the 2019 general elections, ex-militant leaders under the Presidential Amnesty Phase 2 programme have told President Muhammadu Buhari to call Professor Charles Dokubo, the Coordinator of Amnesty Programme, to order because the Coordinator has been denying them access to him. They have therefore called on President Muhammadu Buhari to blame the Professor if he loses the presidential election in the Niger Delta region. Read more
Court quashes suspension of five Imo lawmakers (Nation)
An Imo State High Court sitting in Owerri, on Monday declared the suspension of five members of the state House of Assembly as null and void. The presiding Judge, Justice Goddy Anunihu ,who declared the processes that led to the indefinite suspension of the five lawmakers as “putting the horse before the cat” awarded, N8m as cost against the three defendants. Read more
Kwara advertisement agency removes 50 campaign billboards (ThisDay)
The Kwara State Signage and Advertisement Agency (KWASA) Monday said it had removed over 50 campaign billboards across the state for non-compliance with laid down rules. The campaign billboards removed according to THISDAY checks include those of aspirants for governorship, National Assembly and House of Assembly. Read more
Prince Charles to address herdsmen attacks during Nigeria visit, says envoy (Nation)
The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Paul Arkwright, announced in Abuja on Sunday that Prince Charles would engage in peace-building activities, including addressing the persistent attacks of herdsmen on farming communities in Nigeria. The Prince of Wales and his wife, Princess Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall are expected in Nigeria from Nov. 6 to Nov. 8 in a high profile visit during which the royals would also have audience with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa. Read more
Gunmen abduct school principal, 78 students in Cameroon (ThisDay)
More than 80 people, mostly students, were kidnapped from a school in the city of Bamenda in western Cameroon by gunmen on Sunday, government and military sources said. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the abduction in the English-speaking region where separatists are fighting to form a breakaway state. Read more
Brexit protesters form human chain outside Downing Street (Guardian)
Rights groups representing Britons living in Europe and EU citizens in Britain formed a human chain outside Downing Street on Monday, demanding the government guarantee their statuses in a no-deal Brexit scenario. The protesters, who linked arms along Whitehall in the heart of London’s political district, then delivered a letter to Prime Minister Theresa May saying they were “extremely concerned” at stalled Brexit negotiations. Read more
Nigerian striker dies of heart attack during match (Guardian)
Nigerian striker Ekundayo Ebenezer Mawoyeka has reportedly died of heart attack during a match between his club, Sarayköyspor and Yeşilköyspor on Sunday in Turkey. The 23-years old suffered heart attack in the 35th minute of play and died in hospital Sunday night. Denizli Amateur Sports Clubs Federation President, Feyyaz Ceşen, in a statement, described Mawoyeka’s death as sad. Read more
Obaseki gives Bendel Insurance FC N25m as team beats 3SC (Vanguard)
After dropping from the Nigerian elite soccer league, for over a decade, Bendel Insurance Football Club, on Monday in Benin City, made a historic return to the Premier League with a 2-1 defeat of 3 SC Football Club, thanks to the revamp of the club by Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki. The highly anticipated make-or-mar encounter, between both teams, was concluded on Monday morning at the University of Benin Sports Complex, after a tension-soaked Sunday afternoon encounter that was postponed due to bad weather. Read more
Helicopter tragedy will haunt me forever, Leicester’s Schmeichel says (Guardian)
Leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel says the helicopter crash that killed the club’s revered Thai owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha will haunt him forever after he witnessed the tragedy. The 32-year-old Danish international — speaking after Leicester had beaten Cardiff on Saturday in their first match since the crash, which also killed four others — waved the helicopter off following the 1-1 draw with West Ham on October 27. Read more
Child Abuse: Woman arrested for locking 14yr-old maid in toilet (Independent)
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a woman who allegedly abused her 14-year-old househelp by locking her in the toilet. The suspect whose name was not given by the police is said to be in the habit of locking her maid (name withheld) in the toilet any time she is going out. While briefing the press on Monday, the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Edgal Imohimi, said the suspect was arrested on November 4, at about 1330hrs, at her Baruwa Estate home. Read more
Supervisor, others in police net for robbing petrol station (Independent)
A Supervisor of a petrol station based in Lagos and one of the attendants, alongside four others has been arrested by operatives of the FSARS for robbing Skepter Petrol Station. The suspects who were paraded by the Commissioner of Police are: Obinna Ofoma, 25, Ndukwa Junior 22, William Okon 22, Tony Oluchukwu 28. Read more