LASU Stampede: No student on admission at Igando General Hospital – Doctor (Nation)
Two students of the Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, admitted on Monday at the Emergency Ward of the Igando General Hospital, Lagos, had been discharged from the hospital.
LASU management had on Monday explained that some anxious students, who wanted to be among the first set to write the General Nigerian Studies (GNS) 102 caused a stampede.
The incident, which happened at a 500-seat Computer Based Test (CBT) Centre in the campus, led to some of them sustaining various injuries.
A Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who visited the hospital on Tuesday was told that the students were discharged from the hospital that same day of the incident. Read more
Govt asked us to stop Favour’s burial — Family of LASU student killed by boyfriend (Punch)
The family of the late Favour Daley-Oladele has said that an order from the Lagos State Ministry of Health stopped them from burying her remains at the Atan Cemetery, in the Yaba Local Government Area of the State.
The PUNCH had reported that Favour, the daughter of a Pastor, David Daley-Oladele, was gruesomely murdered in a conspiracy involving her lover, Owolabi Adeeko; his mother, identified simply as Mrs Adeeko; and the pastor of a white garment church, Segun Philip, in the Ikoyi-Ile area of Osun State.
Owolabi and his accomplices after being arrested for perpetrating the crime had confessed to killing Favour. They also confessed to have dismembered her corpse and used some vital parts of her body for money ritual.
Speaking at the Atan Cemetery, Favour’s uncle, Solomon Toyeme, said the family had mobilised to the ministry of health to retrieve her corpse for the burial when they were instructed to suspend the arrangement for the benefit of the investigation. Read more
Court tries two sisters over death threat (Guardian)
A Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State has put two sisters on trial over alleged forceful demand of their late brother’s property from his surviving children and also threatening the children’s legal guardian with death.
The defendants: Chiugo Nnagbogu, 50, and Ngozi Nnagbogu, 45, are facing a three-count charge of conspiracy, breach of peace and demanding property by written threats. They, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The Police Prosecutor, Sgt. Modupe Olaluwoye, told the court that the defendants committed the offences on Dec. 10, at Pure Unik Global Link Services Ltd, located at No. 13, Glover Street, Ebute-Meta, Lagos. Read more
Nine die after boy picks discarded grenade in bin (BBC)
A grenade that a child picked up from a bin on the Nigeria-Cameroon border has exploded, killing him and eight others.
Twenty-six people were also wounded in the blast on the Nigerian side of the border, a Cameroonian official said.
The child, believed to be under 10, mistook the grenade for scrap metal which he intended to sell, witnesses said.
It is unclear who left the grenade in the bin, but the area has been hit by an Islamist insurgency. Read more
NIS gives clearance procedures for international travellers (Nation)
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has stated the clearance procedures for international travelers as contained in the Immigration act 2015 and immigration regulation 2017.
The Service Public Relations Officer, Mr Sunday James, disclosed this in a statement made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja.
James said that in line with the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) guidelines on international travel, all persons crossing Nigeria’s international border are to comply with the procedures on passenger clearance. Read more
Ikea to pay family $46m after child killed by falling drawers (BBC)
The Swedish furniture giant Ikea has agreed to pay $46m (£35m) to the parents of a child who was killed when a chest of drawers fell on him.
Jozef Dudek, 2, suffocated in May 2017 when the company’s Malm drawers toppled over at the family’s California home.
The item, which weighs 70lbs (32kg), had been recalled a year earlier over safety concerns after three other children were killed.
It is the largest child wrongful death settlement in US history, lawyers say. Read more
New wearable technology for men who experience premature ejaculation (Metro)
For the modern man, wearable technology forms as much of their wardrobe as a favourite pair of jeans or well-worn jacket. But a new invention on display at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas takes wearable tech to a whole new place. Specifically, the perineum. And for the explicit purpose of helping men who suffer from premature ejaculation to deal with it. Morari Medical is a sex tech company focusing on men’s sexual health and wellness. It’s created a small patch men can wear ‘as a practical way to impact the communication between the brain and the ejaculatory nerves.’
The company says it was built by a team with 75 years of collective experience in urology and sexual health, including Dr. Dicken Ko, a pioneering former Harvard-based urologist. Read more
Woman, 31, ‘sexually assaulted by Dubai cab driver after falling asleep in his taxi’ (DailyMail)
A British woman has been sexually assaulted after falling asleep in a taxi in Dubai.
The 31-year-old said she was attacked by the 25-year-old Pakistani driver as he drove her home following a night out in November last year.
The woman told a court in Dubai that she climbed into the taxi at 11.35pm and asked the man to take her home to the Silicon Oasis area of the city.
She then fell asleep, and woke up to find that the driver had parked in a secluded area near her home full of under-construction buildings.
‘He touched my body and kissed me. I was shocked and pushed him away asking him to stop,’ she said. Read more
Stampede during funeral for Iranian commander kills 35 – report (DailyTrust)
A stampede among mourners during the funeral ceremony for a slain Iranian commander in the southeastern city of Kerman killed 35 people and injured 48 on Tuesday, media reports. According to the Young Journalists Club website, which is affiliated to state television, tens of thousands of mourners poured on to the streets of Kerman for the funeral of Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Iraq on Friday.
His body had been taken to Iraqi and Iranian cities before arriving in Kerman for burial. Read more
US denies Iran’s foreign affairs minister visa (Guardian)
Iran’s foreign minister said Tuesday he has been informed by UN chief Antonio Guterres that Washington has denied him a visa for a trip to UN headquarters in New York.
“What we know is that the US State Secretary (Mike Pompeo), in a call to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, said: ‘We did not have time to issue a visa for Mohammad Javad Zarif and we will not issue a visa’,” Zarif said.
“The Secretary-General responded by saying that it is Iran’s right to take part in this session,” Tehran’s top diplomat said, quoted by semi-official news agency ISNA.
So far there has been no official confirmation from Washington that it has rejected Zarif’s visa application. Read more
Joker cleans up with 11 Bafta nominations as Avengers: Endgame also lands nod (Metro)
Off the back of a momentous Golden Globes, Joaquin Phoenix now has a shot at a Bafta, after Joker cleaned up with 11 nominations for the upcoming 2020 Bafta Awards. This morning the British Academy of Film and Television Arts announced who was up for the gongs at the upcoming EE British Academy Film Awards. Taking place on the 2 February at Royal Albert Hall, Tuesday saw Asa Butterfield and Ella Balinska announce the 39 films that received nominations, with Joker leading the pack ahead of The Irishman and Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, who scooped 10 nods apiece. Sam Mendes World War I epic 1917 scored Nine, after winning the best director of a motion picture Golden Globe on Sunday night. Read more
Osaka opens year with tough win over Sakkari (Punch)
Japanese star Naomi Osaka came from a break down in the third set to overcome Greece’s Maria Sakkari in the first round of the WTA Brisbane International on Tuesday.
Sakkari sniffed an upset when she won the second set in a tiebreak then broke Osaka’s opening service game of the third set, but the former world number one dug deep and won 6-2, 6-7 (4/7), 6-3 in a two-hour opening-round clash.
Osaka, the tournament’s third seed, said she was pleased with her first match of the year after she was forced out of the WTA Finals in October with a shoulder injury.
“I’m really happy with how I served — I had to retire from my last match because of my shoulder thing, so I wasn’t really sure how I was going to serve today,” she said. Read more
Aubameyang quells Arsenal exit speculation (DailyTrust)
Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang quashed speculation surrounding his future this month ahead of Monday’s FA Cup clash with Leeds. Aubameyang has scored 56 goals in 90 games since joining the Gunners just under two years ago, but has only 18 months left to run on his contract.
Reports have suggested the Gabon international, 30, is keen to make sure he is playing Champions League football next season. Read more
Liverpool have signed a multi-year kit contract with Nike (DailyMail)
Liverpool have confirmed they have agreed a multi-year sponsorship deal with Nike from the start of next season with the contract worth a record £80million per year.
Their partnership with the American sports and footwear brand is due to start on June 1, 2020 with Nike to kit out the senior men’s team, women’s side, academy squads, coaching staff and Liverpool FC Foundation.
Liverpool’s deal with Nike will see the club earn more than Manchester United’s current contract with adidas, which seems them bring in £75m a year. Read more
Chelsea run a loss despite Abramovich input (Guardian)
Chelsea made a loss of almost £100 million ($130 million) last year despite owner Roman Abramovich pouring nearly a quarter of a billion pounds into the Premier League club, their figures for 2018/19 released on Tuesday show.
Amongst their expenditure was yet another payout to a sacked manager — this time £26.6 million to Italian Antonio Conte.
The 50-year-old — who is now at Inter Milan — had a year left on his contract when he was fired just a season after guiding them to the Premier League title. Read more
Zenith Bank re-affirms commitment to sports in 2020 (Nation)
Zenith Bank Plc has re-instated its commitment to the development of sports in Nigeria with a pledge to maintain its leadership position in this direction.
The bank’s Group Managing Director, Ebenezer Onyeagwu, who stated this, stressed that in the New Year (2020), the outfit would continue in its great support for sports in the country.
Onyeagwu who laid more emphasis on the fact that the bank was proud of the role played in the development of sports in Nigeria over the years, especially in the year 2019. Read more
Coco Gauff and Serena Williams remain on collision course after Auckland wins (Metro)
Serena Williams and Cori “Coco” Gauff remain on a collision course for their first meeting after both came through their opening matches at the ASB Classic in Auckland. The pair are now one win away from what would be an eagerly anticipated all-American encounter between one of the greats of the game and a 15-year-old tipped for the very top. Gauff burst onto the scene at Wimbledon in 2019, beating Serena’s sister Venus Williams in the first round at the All England Club having become the youngest qualifier at SW19 in the Open Era. She was eventually stopped by Simona Halep, the Romanian world No. 3, who then defeated Williams in the final. Read more
Max Verstappen extends Red Bull deal until 2023 (BBC)
Max Verstappen has extended his deal with Red Bull until the end of the 2023 season.
The 22-year-old Dutchman has been with the team since being promoted from Toro Rosso part-way through the 2016 season.
“Red Bull believed in me and gave me the opportunity to start in Formula 1 which I have always been very grateful for,” said Verstappen.
“I want to win with Red Bull and our goal is of course to fight for a World Championship together.” Read more
Stefanos Tsitsipas injures his dad with angry racquet smash during Nick Kyrgios clash (Metro)
Stefanos Tsitsipas completely lost his head during his ATP Cup encounter with Nick Kyrgios, and managed to injure his father during an angry racquet smash. Tstisipas, the Greek world No. 6, caught his father Apostolos – who is also Team Greece’s captain in Brisbane – when he assaulted the courtside chairs after losing the first set to the Australian. Kyrgios had just pinched it in a tiebreak, drawing a furious response from Tsitsipas – who won the ATP Finals at the O2 in London to end 2019 – and he lost his cool, leaving his father petrified as he smashed a racquet in close quarters.
Apostolos could not quite get out of the way of his son’s tantrum and his arm was left bruised by one wild racquet swipe. Read more
Carabao Cup: Manchester United will eject Manchester City fans in Old Trafford home areas (BBC)
Manchester United have warned anyone “visibly or audibly” supporting Manchester City in a home area of Old Trafford on Tuesday will be ejected.
The clubs jointly decided to cut away allocations for the two-legged Carabao Cup semi-final on security grounds.
There are fears City fans could buy tickets in home areas after United put tickets on general sale after failing to sell out. Read more
Abd’Allah: I wish Enyimba the best (Nation)
Coach Usman Abd’Allah said he left Enyimba International FC of Aba on his own volition, adding he was least perturbed over the purported claim that he was sacked by the management of the club.
In a terse media release on Monday, Enyimba’s long-serving chairman Felix Anyansi-Agwu was quoted as saying that the club relieved Abd’Allah of his duties in order to stop recent poor results.
The former African champions were humiliated 4-0 in Jos on Sunday in one of the Matchday 12 ties of the on-going Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL)
“This is not a decision we have taken lightly, nor in haste, “stated Anyansi-Agwu. “Results and performances since the start of this season have been very unimpressive and the club must take action to forestall further setbacks.” Read more