Adeosun’s alleged certificate forgery not a corruption matter – Presidency
The Nigerian presidency on Tuesday said that the case of the alleged certificate forgery of the Honourable Minister of Finance Kemi Adeosun was not a corruption matter. Mrs Adeosun was alleged to have forged a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate after an investigation by an online newspaper, Premium Times. Read more
Lagos-Badagry Expressway: Council Of Obas To Meet Gov. Ambode (Eagle)
The Akran of Badagry, De Aholu Menu-Toyi I, on Tuesday said the Lagos Council of Obas would soon meet Governor Akinwunmi Ambode over the deplorable state of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway. Menu-Toyi I told the News Agency of Nigeria in Badagry that the deplorable state of the road had retarded the growth of the ancient city and movement of people. Read more
First batch of Lagos Pilgrims home bound after successful hajj (NewTelegraph)
An Igbosere High Court, Lagos, has fixed September 4 for ruling on an application seeking release of a 34-year-old man, Segun Odumeru, who has been in Kirikiri Prison since 2009 without trial. The vacation Judge, Justice Idowu Alakija, fixed the date after listening to the fundamental rights application brought by the applicant’s counsel, Mr Tunji Abdulhameed. Read more
Orphanage owner nabbed over missing child in Lagos (Nation)
Proprietress of God’s Own Orphanage located along Siluko Road in Bénin City, Mrs. Kehinde Blessing Imariagbe, has been arrested by men of the Edo State Police Command over the discovery of a missing child in her orphanage. The child identified as Elo Ogidi was reportedly stolen from the Christ Embassy church in Oregun, Lagos State on Sunday, July 8, 2018. Read more
Blackmail won’t make us hand over agric funds to unqualified farmers – NIRSAL (Punch)
The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk-Sharing System for Agricultural Lending on Tuesday said it won’t succumb to blackmail from those planning to sabotage it’s disbursement of agric sector intervention funds of the Central Bank of Nigeria. The agency said this in a statement issued by the Head of Corporate Communications, Anne Ihugba. Read more
Man remanded for secretly burying Okada rider after murder (Nation)
An Ado-Ekiti Magistrate Court has ordered the remand of a farmer, Toyin Ajakaye, for alleged murder and ‘secret burial’ of a commercial motorcyclist, Omoniyi Are. Toyin was arraigned on information from the Commissioner of Police to the court that there was a probable cause to remand the suspect in prison custody for being reasonably suspected to have committed murder. Read more
Group recommends death sentence for rapists (Nation)
No fewer than 3,000 youths have staged a walk campaigning against rape, gender based violence and other social vices in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital. The walk against rape and gender based violence took off from the Kwara State Stadium complex through major streets of Ilorin metropolis and terminated at the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) secretariat along Offa road on Saturday last week. Read more
Unpaid salaries: Osun workers begin strike tomorrow (Punch)
The Osun State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress is beginning a three-day warning strike tomorrow (Wednesday) to press home their demands for the payment of the arrears of modulated salaries of workers as well as pensions and gratuities of the retirees. The NLC Chairman in Osun State, Mr. Jacob Adekomi, said this on Tuesday in an interview with our correspondent in Osogbo. Read more
Kenya’s deputy chief justice arrested on corruption allegations (PremiumTimes)
Kenya’s deputy chief justice, Philomena Mwilu, was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of corruption, failure to pay tax, and improper dealings with a local bank now in receivership, the police and the country’s top prosecutor said. Chief Public Prosecutor, Noordin Haji, told a news conference that Ms Mwilu had abused her office for personal gain, undermining public integrity in the judiciary. Read more
South Africa’s Ramaphosa excited as PM May returns sunken WWI ship’s bell
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa Tuesday thanked British Prime Minister Theresa May for handing over the bell of a World War I ship on which over 600 black South African troops perished when it sunk in 1917. “We were extremely honoured to have been presented with the ship’s bell of the SS Mendi,” Ramaphosa said at the close of May’s visit to the former British colony. Read more
British PM, Theresa May reveals ambition to be Africa’s number one investor (Punch)
During her first tour of Africa, British Prime Minister, Theresa May, on Tuesday revealed the readiness of the United Kingdom to be the number one G7 investor in Africa by 2022. May said this in her official statement in South Africa. She said: “The UK has long been the biggest investor in South Africa, and is the second biggest investor in Africa. Read more
Man Utd 0-3 Tottenham: Jose Mourinho tells media, ‘Respect, respect, respect’ (BBC)
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho demanded “respect” from journalists and walked out of his news conference after the 3-0 Premier League home defeat by Tottenham. The defeat was Mourinho’s heaviest at home in his career, and he has now lost two of his first three league games for the first time. “I won more Premierships alone than the other 19 managers together,” Mourinho said. “Three for me and two for them. Read more
Usain Bolt to make Central Coast Mariners debut in friendly (BBC)
Usain Bolt is set to make his debut for Central Coast Mariners, despite saying he is struggling with the physical demands of professional football. The Jamaican eight-time Olympic sprint champion, 31, joined the Australian A-League side for an “indefinite training period” earlier this month. The Mariners will face an amateur side in a pre-season friendly on Friday. Read more