LASU Senate re-elects Prof. Noah as DVC, Academics (Vanguard)
The Senate of the Lagos State University (LASU) on Monday re-elected the institution’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics), Prof. Olumuyiwa Noah, following the expiration of his tenure on Aug. 24. The university’s Spokesman, Adekoya Martins, told newsmen in Lagos that Noah polled 104 votes to beat Prof. Danoye Oguntola-Laguda who polled seven votes. Read more
We arrested 57 suspected homosexuals, Lagos Police allege (Punch)
The Lagos State Police Command on Monday said it has arrested 57 persons suspected to be involved in homosexual activities in the Egbeda area of the state. The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Edgal Imohimi, confirmed the arrest to newsmen during a news conference. He said that the suspects were picked up on Sunday at 2 a.m. while they were performing gay initiation rites for newly recruited members. Read more
Reactions trail Trump’s comment referring President Buhari as ‘lifeless’ (Vanguard)
Both Nigerians and the world have continued to react to the shocking statement published on the Financial Times, on Monday, alleging the United States President, Donald Trump referred to the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari as ‘lifeless’. In the report, it read “Donald Trump will welcome Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta to the White House on Monday for what will be only the second one-on-one meeting the US president has held with an African leader since he took office last year. Read more
US Embassy Keeps Mum on Trump’s FT Report on Buhari (ThisDay)
The United States Embassy in Abuja has refused to respond officially to a report in the Financial Times (FT) of London, where US President Donald Trump was alleged to have described President Muhammadu Buhari as not only being ailing but also lifeless. The FT in its report of the planned meeting between Trump and his Kenya’s counterpart, Uhuru Kenyatta, billed for Monday, had it that Trump after meeting with Buhari last April, the first with any African leader, told his aides, “he never wanted to meet someone so lifeless again”. Read more
Journalists urged to improve reporting of HIV in Nigeria (PremiumTimes)
Media practitioners have been tasked to make government accountable on expenditure of funds in the fight against HIV in Nigeria. Premium Times Publisher, Dapo Olorunyomi, gave this advice at a media parley organised by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation in Abuja on Monday, against the backdrop of limited contribution by government to funding the fight in Nigeria. Read more
Kwankwaso to declare presidential ambition in Abuja Wednesday (Sun)
Former Kano State Governor, Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, will officially declare his presidential ambition for the 2019 election on Wednesday, a statement by the Kwankwaso Presidential Campaign Committee, has said. The statement, signed by a member of the committee Taiwo Adekanla, was released in Abuja on Monday. It said that Rabiu Kwankwaso, a senator representing Kano Central, would join the presidential race at a rally to be held at the Eagle Square in Abuja. The statement said that part of Kwankwaso’s policy direction, if elected, would be massive infrastructural development across the country. Read more
Journalist Jones Abiri sues Nigerian government, demands N200 million (Guardian)
He was later arraigned following widespread condemnation of his prolonged incarceration and was subsequently granted bail. Abiri is asking the court to compel the State Secret Service (SSS) to pay him N200 million for the flagrant abuse of his rights and torture experienced during his detention by the operatives. Read more
Navy seizes 1.2m litres diesel, arrest six suspected smugglers (PremiumTimes)
The Nigerian Navy in Bonny, Rivers State, says it seized about 1.22 million litres of adulterated diesel from six crewmen believed to be smugglers. The suspects, who were arrested along the state waterways, were alleged to have smuggled the petroleum products, worth about N350 million from Lagos. Ibrahim Gwaska, the Acting Commanding Officer, Forward Operating Base, Bonny, presented the eight suspected smugglers, vessel and diesel to journalists on Monday. Read more
Woman drags ex-husband to court over abandonment of daughter (Nation)
A 40-year old house wife, Aisha Alhassan on Monday dragged her ex-husband Murtala Ishaq before Magajin Gari Sharia Court in Kaduna over alleged abandonment of his daughter for 20 years. The complainant told the court that since the birth of the daughter 20 years ago, she had been shouldering the girl’s responsibilities. “We divorced 20 years ago when Asiya was an infant, since then, he had never cared for her needs. “I fed her, clothed her and even paid her school fees without any support from him”, she narrated before the court. Read more
2019: National Assembly committee approves INEC’s N143 billion budget (PremiumTimes)
The National Assembly Joint Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approved N143 billion for INEC for the 2019 general election as requested by President Muhammadu Buhari in July. The committee reached this resolution after over a week of deliberation on the matter. Buhari, in his letter to the Senate, requested that N189.2 billion be released to INEC. He asked that N143.5 billion be released this year and N45.6 billion be released in 2019. Read more
I killed Bob Marley, ex-CIA agent confesses (Vanguard)
79-year-old Bill Oxley, ex-agent of America’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is re-writing the history of the death of reggae legend Bob Marley, claiming he actually killed the legend. Marley tragically died aged only 36-years-old, leading music lovers worldwide to grieve as the Jamaican icon’s life and career were cut short following a four-year battle with cancer. Read more
Bride cancels wedding after guests refuse to pay to attend (Punch)
A Canadian bride, simply identified as Susan, has cancelled her wedding after guests refused to pay to attend. Susan, who was due to tie the knot with her childhood sweetheart in a lavish $46,020 wedding had charged her guests, $1152 each to attend, an amount, most of her guests refused to pay. This led the couple to cancel the ceremony just four days before exchanging their vows after they struggled to pay for everything by themselves. Read more
Chelsea Loanee Aina Labelled ‘Incredible Hulk’ After Dominating Inter Milan Stars (allNigeriasoccer)