Jimi Agbaje picks female lawyer as running mate (Vanguard)
The governorship candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Mr Jimi Agbaje, on Thursday, announced Mrs Haleemat Busari as his running mate for 2019 gubernatorial election. Felix Oboagwina, Director of Media and Publicity of Jimi Agbaje Campaign Organisation (JACO), said that the choice of Busari, a lawyer, followed comprehensive consultations with leaders and stakeholders within and outside the party. Read more
Police arraign 130 Shiite members over Abuja violent protest (Nation)
The police on Thursday arraigned about 130 members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria also known as Shiite in Abuja over their alleged involvement in recent clashes with security personnels. The defendants were said to be among those arrested during last Tuesday’s violent protest engaged in by the Shiite members in many parts of Abuja over the continued detention of their leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky. Read more
NLC: You’ve my backing on planned nationwide protest, strike – Sen. Shehu Sani (Vanguard)
Sen. Shehu Sani representing Kaduna Central has thrown his weight behind the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) nationwide protest and planned Nov. 6 strike to press for a new National Minimum Wage. The NLC and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) are protesting the resistance of the federal, state and local governments to the adoption of new minimum wage. Read more
Ochanya: Kogi CSOs, FIDA call for justice (Independent)
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and the Federation of International Women Lawyers in Kogi, on Thursday demanded that nothing but justice be served in the case of Elizabeth Ochanya, a violated minor. Thirteen-year-old Ochanya who died on Oct.18 was allegedly violated, molested, defiled, drugged and abused from age five to death by her 52-year-old uncle, Andrew Ogbuja, a Lecturer attached to Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo and his son, Victor Ogbuja. Read more
OAU medical students reject ‘exploitative’ training fee (Nation)
The resolution of the Association of Provosts of Colleges of Medicine (APCOM) to impose professional fees on students undergoing medical training in public universities is causing unrest at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-Ife, Osun State. OAU medical students have protested against APCOM’s recommendation, vowing to resist the school management’s move to impose the fees on them. Read more
One ‘black box’ recovered from Indonesia jet as first funeral held (Guardian)
A black box from the crashed Lion Air jet has been recovered, authorities said Thursday, a find that could be critical to establishing why a brand new jet plunged into the Java Sea shortly after take-off, killing 189 people on board. Divers plucked the orange data recorder from the ocean and placed it in a plastic tub as search teams continued to scour the seabed for the fuselage of the Boeing-737 MAX 8, which crashed off Indonesia’s northern coast on Monday and had only been in service a few months. Read more
Refugee kids can’t stay in Australia (CNN)
Dozens of refugee children and their families set to be transferred from the tiny island of Nauru won’t be allowed to permanently settle in Australia, the country’s Home Minister Peter Dutton said Thursday. Dutton’s comments came after Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirmed that his government is working “quietly” to remove the remaining children on Nauru, where they were sent as part of Australia’s strict immigration policies. Read more
Italy storm leaves 11 dead as 110mph winds, 30ft waves and flash flooding leave thousands without power and shut tourist sites (TheSun)
Deadly storms have battered Italy with 110mph winds and flash flooding killing at least 11 people. Among the victims was a woman who was buried by a landslide and a 61-year-old man who was swept away from his car by the ferocious flood waters in the north of the country. The killer storms have lashed Italy for two days in succession resulting in some of its most famous landmarks being closed and forcing tourists in Venice to wade through knee-high waters. Read more
Ibiza streets full of poop, dead rats after sewage system flood (NYPost)
Tourists in Ibiza have woken up to streets filled with poop, dead rats and sanitary towels after huge storms flooded the sewage system. Tourists on the party island faced roads covered in feces and a bad smell lingering in the air after the heavy downpours. People were forced to cover their noses and mouths and carefully dodge piles of excrement on pavements and roads in Ibiza Town as they faced the gruesome site. Read more
Ex-S’Eagles lead campaign against polio (Independent)
The Rotary Club of Maryland, Ikeja has thrown its weight behind the campaign against Polio with a 2km walk from Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, to the Nigerian Ports Authority Sports Complex, Bode Thomas Street, Surulere, Lagos. As part of activities marking the event, a novelty football match concluded the campaign. The match featured the Rotary Club of Maryland team against a team of some ex-Super Eagles stars led by Henry Nwosu (MON) at the Nigerian Ports Authority Sports Complex. Read more
Djokovic celebrates elevation to world number one (Punch)
Novak Djokovic celebrated his elevation to world number one by reaching a new personal landmark to reach the Paris Masters quarter-finals on Thursday. The Serb won his last 16 tie with Damir Dzumhur after the Bosnian was forced to retire trailing 6-1, 2-1 at Bercy. For second seed Djokovic it meant he extended his sequence of consecutive winning sets to 30, passing his previous best mark of 29 from 2015. Read more
Mum, daughter lace hot water with pepper, bath neighbour with it (Punch)
A 50-year-old woman, Basirat Lamidi; and her 35-year-old daughter, Taiye, have been accused of pouring hot water mixed with pepper on their neighbour. The two women were, on Thursday, brought before an Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged attempted murder. The duo are facing two counts of conspiracy and attempted murder, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. Read more
Airline delays flight as pilot too drunk to fly (Punch)
Japan Airlines apologised on Thursday after one of its co-pilots was arrested in London for being drunk, delaying its Tokyo-bound flight, a day after another Japanese carrier reported delays blamed on a hung-over pilot. JAL executives told reporters that the co-pilot cleared an in-house breath test but aroused the suspicion of a bus driver taking him to the plane from Heathrow airport on Sunday. Read more