*NDLEA intercepts 1.1m Tramadol tabs in Kaduna, others in Lagos, Kano (Guardian)*Lagos industrial hub 65% completed, says Sanwo-Olu (Punch)

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NDLEA intercepts 1.1m Tramadol tabs in Kaduna, others in Lagos, Kano (Guardian)

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it had intercepted 1.1 million tablets of Tramadol (225mg and 100mg) in Kaduna state.

The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.

Babafemi, who said that three suspects were arrested in connection with the drugs seized in Zaria, added that the drugs weighed 38.3kg.

He named the suspects as Saifullahi Sani, Salisu Nafi’u and Abdulrazaq Mamman. Read more 

Lagos industrial hub 65% completed, says Sanwo-Olu (Punch)

The Governor of Lagos, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that the Industrial Leather Hub being constructed by the Lagos State Government in Matori Industrial Area, Mushin, had reached 65 percent completion stage.

The tannery project, which was conceived in 2020 for the production of leather products, such as shoes, belts, bags and upholsteries, would house 42 lock-up shops in the hub, where finished leather goods would be traded.

The facility will also offer training opportunities for youths to learn skills in leather manufacturing and earn a decent living in the value chain.

Speaking after an inspection tour of the project, Sanwo-Olu remarked that raw leather exported to China and Europe were brought back to Nigeria in finished goods and were more expensive. Read more

Fix Satellite Town roads same way you fixed Apapa traffic, residents tell Sanwo-Olu (Vanguard)

Residents of Satellite Town in Oriade Local Council Development Area, LCDA, of Lagos State under the auspices of Save Satellite Forum,SAF, have pleaded with Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to fix the roads in the community. 

They lamented that no road in the area is motorable, saying the governor should accord the seriousness given to Apapa traffic to the roads in the area.

A statement by its spokesman, Chief Christopher Ngiga, said the governor should visit the community for firsthand information on how terrible roads in the place are.

The statement reads:’”Recently, our amiable governor was on television where he declared that Apapa traffic has been fixed. It came as a cheering news to all of us knowing full well the nightmare the traffic had been to commuters and residents. We commend the governor and urge him not to relent in ensuring the dilapidated state of infrastructure he inherited in Lagos is a thing of the past. Read more

Latter-Day Saints seeks inclusive, sustainable environment (Guardian)

In line with United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on providing an inclusive and sustainable environment, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is set to plant 1,000 coconut trees along Elegushi and Badagry beaches.

Director of Communications, Mr. Ikpe George Nkanang, who disclosed this, at the weekend, while addressing journalists in Lagos, said that the project is in line with the church’s 16th yearly All-Africa Service Project (AASP). He said the project would be carried out in partnership with Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) and others.

Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA), Lagos State Parks and Garden Agency (LASPARK), Lagos State Coconut Development Agency (LASCODA), Oba of Oniru, Oba of Elegushi, Oba of Badagry, the Badagry local council area office and other partners. 

According to him, about 75,000 men, women, children and youths of the church, as well as about 15,000 non-members, will be offering about 270,000 man-hours of free service to communities all over Nigeria during the service day. Read more

Ghost Workers, racketeering gulp millions in LGs – Niger ALGON Secretary (DailyTrust)

The State Secretary of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) and Chairman, Lapai Local Government, Mu’azu Jantabo, has alleged that some state government agencies are conniving with local government officials in stealing funds in the state.

Addressing stakeholders at a town hall meeting to address the lingering crisis between the local government chairmen and staff over the percentage payment of salaries, Jantabo said there were several ghost workers and unqualified employees in all the 25 LGAs including those who had not finished secondary schools.

Citing his local government as an example, the chairman said, “Currently our wage bill in Lapai LG is N130 million on salaries alone and we have other commitments like contribution to IBB University, known as statutory deductions, Local Government Service Commission among others. If we put all the responsibilities together, it amounts to over N200 million. And as it were, since I assumed office, the highest allocation that we have gotten in my LG is N175 million. So, if you look at it, on a monthly basis, we have a deficit of close to N50 million.”

He also said local government pension lists were full of fictitious names with only 189 genuine names out of the 445 supplied by the pension board. Read more

IGP orders watertight security in schools, hospitals, others (Sun)

The Inspector-General of Police(IGP), Usman Alkali, has ordered a water tight security in all schools, hospitals, health workers, and critical national infrastructures across the country.

The IGP equally ordered regular patrols, stop-and-search, raids and show of force by tactical commanders, to curb activities of criminals terrorising the peace of the country.

Force Public Relations Officer, Olumiyiwa Adejobi, who made the disclosure, said the patrol became necessary to protect the lives and property of  members of the public and curbing the activities of criminals, particularly those who target schools, hospitals and other critical national infrastructure.

Adejobi’s statement reads: “The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the deployment of water-tight security arrangements to cover all schools, hospitals, health workers, and critical national infrastructures around the country. Read more 

SERAP to INEC: Allow 7m Nigerians complete voter registration (Leadership)

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Mahmood Yakubu to reopen voters’ registration to allow seven million Nigerians that started their registration online to complete the process.

SERAP, which made the demand, in the letter dated August 13, 2022, and signed by its deputy director, Kolawole Oluwadare, threatened to drag the commission to court if it failed to comply with its request within seven days.

The civil society organisation maintained that INEC must ensure the prospective voters who have carried out their voter registration online are given time and opportunity to complete the process so that they can obtain their permanent voter cards (PVCs), and exercise their right to vote.

INEC recently disclosed that out of 10,487,972 Nigerians who carried out their pre-registration online, only 3,444,378 completed the process at a physical centre. This represents just 32.8 percent of completed online registration. Read more

Jigawa APC senatorial candidate dies in Chinese hospital (Vanguard)

The All Progressive Congress (APC) senatorial candidate for Jigawa South West District, Tijjani Ibrahim has reportedly died in a Chinese hospital where he was undergoing treatment for lung infection.

Vanguard learnt that the deceased who died on Saturday was hospitalized earlier at an Abuja hospital before he was flown out to China when his condition was said to have deteriorated.

Confirming the report, the Governor of Jigawa State, Muhammad Badaru, in a condolence message through his media aide, Habibu Kila, said Mr Ibrahim’s death “is a great loss not only to his family but to the Muslim Ummah”.

Badaru in the statement described Mr Ibrahim as “a loyal and dependable politician who contributed immensely to the political development of the country.” Read more

Spider-Man’s Tom Holland announces social media break after trolls send him ‘spiralling’ (Mirror)

Tom Holland has revealed he is taking a break from social media for the sake of his mental health.

The Spider-Man star, 26, announced the news on Instagram on Saturday following his decision to step back from his social platforms.

Addressing fans in a video, Tom revealed that he has also deleted Twitter from his phone after it became “detrimental to his mental state”.

He said in the clip: “Hi guys. So I’ve been trying to make this video for about an hour now, and for someone that has spent the last 13, 14 years, however long I’ve been acting… Read more 

Kendrick Lamar declares Baby Keem to be a “musical genius” (NME)

Kendrick Lamar has declared fellow Californian rapper, songwriter and record producer Baby Keem – who is also Lamar’s cousin – to be a “musical genius.

Being relatives, Lamar and Keem have worked closely together since the latter started his career in the mid-2010s. One of Keem’s earliest credits was a nod for production on ‘Redemption Interlude’, a track on Lamar’s 2018 soundtrack for Black Panther. March 2020 then saw Keem sign to Lamar’s company/label, pgLang, and the following August, their first collaborative single came in the form of ‘Family Ties’.

That song, as well as another joint track titled ‘Range Brothers’ – and ‘Vent’, which featured an uncredited guest spot from Lamar – appeared on Keem’s pgLang-issued debut album, ‘The Melodic Blue’ (which NME called one of the best debut albums of 2021). 

The NME 100 member linked back up with Lamar for three songs on his own latest album, ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’, co-writing and -producing ‘N95’, co-producing the Blxst and Amanda Reifer-assisted ‘Die Hard’, and guesting on ‘Saviour’ alongside Sam Dew. Read more

Calvin Harris welcomes tennis star Roger Federer to Ushuaïa for ‘biggest party in Ibiza’ (DailyStar)

Calvin Harris was joined by tennis champion Roger Federer at his latest DJ session at Ushuaïa in Ibiza.

The Scottish music producer, 38, is currently headlining weekly events at the lavish club every Friday night.

Emily Atack has previously been spotted at the star-studded bash as well as footballers Virgil van Dijk and Kevin Debruyne.

However, it was the turn of the Swiss sportsman to enjoy Calvin’s iconic tracks under the Ibiza sunset on August 12 (Friday). Read more 

Man fires gunshots near U.S. Capitol, dies after crashing car into barricade (Global)

A man died in an apparent suicide early on Sunday after crashing his car into a barricade near the U.S. Capitol and firing shots into the air, police said.

While the man was getting out of the crashed car, it became engulfed in flames just after 4 a.m. at East Capitol Street and Second Street, U.S. Capitol Police said. 

“At this time, it does not appear the man was targeting any members of Congress, who are on recess, and it does not appear officers fired their weapons,” Capitol Police said.

Police said the man then fired several gunshots into the air along East Capitol Street. As police responded and approached, the man shot himself, police said. No one was else injured. Read more

Metallica’s James Hetfield files for divorce (MusicNews)

Metallica frontman James Hetfield has reportedly filed to divorce his wife of 25 years.

Editors at TMZ report that the rocker filed documents to end his marriage to Francesca Hetfield in Colorado earlier this year.

A representative for the 59-year-old has not yet commented on the report.

James and Francesca wed in August 1997 and share three children – Cali, 24, Castor, 22, and Marcella, 20. Read more 

Pennsylvanian festival Musikfest shut down after shooting incident (NME)

This year’s edition of Musikfest – an annual 11-day music festival held in the Lehigh Valley town of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania – was temporarily shut down after a shooting incident led to a panicked stampede.

As reported by local paper The Morning Call, police attended the scene shortly before 11pm on Saturday (August 13), after a single gunshot was reported to be heard between Main Street and Lehigh Street.

It’s unclear how many people were involved in the shooting, however in a press release sent from the scene, Bethlehem police chief Michelle Kott said “law enforcement [was] on site and in control of the situation”, and that there was “no known continuing threat to the public”. Kott reportedly noted that an investigation had been launched and described the shooting as an “isolated incident”. 

Alarmed by the shooting, festival-goers were reportedly sent into a panic that led to several being injured in a stampede. One attendee, Christina, told The Morning Call that she’d witnessed a particularly chaotic surge of bodies running opposite Plaza Tropical. “We tried to get as close to a tent as possible, but that just wasn’t enough,” she said. “They were still coming directly at us. We were watching people fall and get stepped on. So we quickly grabbed the children and we threw them around a tent to protect them.” Read more 

Putin says Russia and North Korea will expand bilateral relations (Aljazeera)

Russian President Vladimir Putin has told North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un that the two countries will “expand comprehensive and constructive bilateral relations with common efforts”, according to state media in Pyongyang.

In a letter to Kim for liberation day –which marks the end of Japan’s 1910-45 occupation of Korea — Putin said closer ties would be in both countries’ interests, and would help strengthen the security and stability of the Korean peninsula and the Northeastern Asian region, the KCNA news agency said on Monday.

Kim also sent a letter to Putin saying Russian-North Korean friendship had been forged in World War II with victory over Japan, which had occupied the Korean peninsula.

The “strategic and tactical cooperation, support and solidarity” between the two countries has since reached a new level in their common efforts to frustrate threats and provocations from hostile military forces, Kim said in the letter. Read more

Gumel lauds Nigerian athletes to CWG (Sun)

President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), Engr Habu Gumel has praised the efforts of Nigerian athletes at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games after they won 35 medals to become the number one African nation on the Commonwealth Games medal.

Gumel lauded the country’s athletes, coaches and support staff after the nation became the first African Nation on the medals log of the Commonwealth Games with 12 Gold, nine silver and 14 bronze medals, the highest in Nigeria’s 15th appearances at the Games (1994 in Victoria with 37 medals (11-13-13) and Glasgow 2014(11-11-14).

“This is the most remarkable outing in terms of Gold medals which are 12. We’re very proud of the efforts of the Sports Minister, Sunday Dare, who worked tirelessly with the NOC to ensure the best welfare packages for the athletes,” Gumel, a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), said.

Team Nigeria reached the landmark with all 12 gold medals won by Nigerian women athletes. Read more

Hammers win will boost Forest confidence – Awoniyi (Punch)

Nottingham Forest match winner, Taiwo Awoniyi, is filled with positivity after helping his side record their first win of the season, PUNCH Sports Extra reports.

Having made a cameo appearance against Newcastle United on the opening day, which they lost 2-0, the former Union Berlin striker was handed his first start – pairing Jesse Lingard and Brennan Johnson in a three-man attack.

Awoniyi, Forest’s £17m record signing this summer, applied the first-time finish after Lingard’s effort had been deflected into his path off Hammers defender Ben Johnson to hand the newcomers their first win in the Premier League in 23 years.

The striker believes the win will spur Forest ahead of their next game at Everton. Read more

John Terry hails Roman Abramovich ahead of Chelsea’s first home game against Tottenham (DailyMail)

Chelsea’s legendary former captain John Terry has posted his belated farewell message to previous owner Roman Abramovich and ex-club director Marina Granovskaia.

Terry skippered Chelsea to bounties of silverware, winning five Premier League titles, FA Cup trophies, and the prestigious Champions League playing under Abramovich’s reign. 

In an emotional and extremely lengthy post on his Instagram post, Terry wrote: 

‘As we enter into a new era under new ownership, I want to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to Marina, Bruce and Eugene for all of their fantastic and hard work at our great football club. Read more

Ange Postecoglou hails ‘quality’ of Celtic goals in 5-0 thrashing of Kilmarnock (IrishIndependent)

Ange Postecoglou hailed Celtic for putting on a show in difficult conditions after they recorded the biggest away victory of his reign.

Celtic navigated the heatwave and Rugby Park’s plastic pitch to thrash Kilmarnock 5-0 and go top of the cinch Premiership on goal difference above Rangers.

There was little doubt about the outcome after Kyogo Furuhashi finished off a penetrating move inside seven minutes and the points were wrapped up by half-time thanks to Jota’s 30-yard strike and Jenz Moritz’s acrobatic finish.

Celtic rediscovered an extra gear after some second-half changes and substitutes Carl Starfelt and Giorgos Giakoumakis both netted, the latter with an overhead kick. Read more

David Popovici, 17, breaks 100m freestyle world record at European championships (CNN)

Romanian teenager David Popovici set a world record in the 100-meter freestyle with a time of 46.86 seconds at the European championships in Rome on Saturday.

The 17-year-old broke the previous record, set by Brazilian Cesar Cielo in 2009, by 0.05 seconds as he took gold ahead of Hungary’s Kristof Milak and Italy’s Alessandro Miressi.

Popovici, who was crowned world champion in the 100m and 200m freestyle earlier this year, became the youngest world record holder in the 100m freestyle event.

“I wanted to go as fast as possible and it looks like I did it,” he told the BBC, calling himself a “skinny legend.” Read more

Albon admits he was lacking one key element during time at Red Bull (RN365)

Alex Albon believes that his lack of experience was a key issue when he made the step up to Red Bull in 2019.

The British-Thai driver had started the season as a rookie driving for the then-called Toro Rosso squad, but was promoted to the main team prior to the Belgian Grand Prix to replace Pierre Gasly, who returned to the sister outfit.

Albon achieved points at most races for the remainder of the campaign, and was retained by Red Bull for 2020.

However, he was replaced by Sergio Perez for 2021, and instead became the team’s test and reserve driver before returning to the F1 grid in 2022 with Williams. Read more

Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig ‘over the moon’ with first GC victory at inaugural Tour of Scandinavia (VeloNews)

Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig was overjoyed to seal overall victory at the Tour of Scandinavia on Sunday, holding off last-minute attacks in Halden to secure her first WorldTour GC win.

The Dane was full of praise for her FDJ-Suez-Futuroscope team after a day that had seen the likes of Stine Borgli, Emilia Fahlin, and Brodie Chapman controlling the peloton in support of their leader.

“It feels so goddamn good,” Uttrup Ludwig said at the finish. “I’m over the moon. And the team was so good, controlling it. I don’t know where they get their energy and their power from. They were so strong and it made me so motivated and so happy. That we can bring it home, it’s thanks to them.”

After winning the ‘queen stage’ atop the Norefjell climb Saturday, Uttrup Ludwig had a 17-second lead on GC over Liane Lippert (Team DSM) going into Sunday’s final stage. Read more 

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