No plan to impeach Ambode – Lagos Assembly (Guardian)
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has refuted claims that the State Assembly is planning to impeach the state governor Akinwunmi Ambode. Ambode, early October, amid dramas, lost the governorship primaries of the All Progressives Congress in the state to his rival Babajide Sanwo-Olu in a most humiliating defeat. Read more
Fayose is being persecuted, says Fani-Kayode (Nation)
A former Minister of Aviation Chief Femi Fani-Kayode on Monday accused the Federal Government of persecuting immediate past Governor of Ekiti State Ayodele Fayose. Fani-Kayode was at the Federal High Court in Lagos in solidarity with Fayose during his arraignment by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged money laundering. The former minister, who is also on trial for money laundering in the same court, said Fayose was being oppressed. Read more
2019: Don’t bring PDP back to power, Balarabe Musa warns Nigerians (ThisDay)
A former governor of Old Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, on Monday urged Nigerians not to gamble with the idea of returning the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to power in 2019. Musa told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on telephone from Kaduna that the country would be worse off if the main opposition party was allowed to come back. Read more
Stop feeling cheated, APBN president tells Igbo (Punch)
The National President of the Association of Professional Bodies of Nigeria, Olumuyiwa Ajibola, has asked the Igbo to stop feeling cheated in Nigeria. He said the Igbo possessed enormous ingenuity to conquer any form of marginalisation. Ajibola said instead of complaining about marginalisation, the Igbo should harness their skills and ingenuity to conquer their world and perceived enemies. Read more
Xenophobia: 9 Nigerian shops looted, burnt in South Africa (ThisDay)
As Xenophobia on Sunday reared its ugly head again in South Africa, Nigerians have lost more than nine shops to arsonists in Hillbrow, central Johannesburg. The Publicity Secretary of Nigerian Union in South Africa, Mr Habib Miller, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the telephone from Pretoria on Monday that South Africans allegedly committed the act.
Security beefed as Cameroon’s Biya heads for crushing poll win (Punch)
Cameroon’s long-serving ruler Paul Biya was Monday headed for a crushing win following a controversial presidential election, as the government tightened security in the capital and gunfire erupted in the country’s volatile Anglophone region. The Constitutional Council, dominated by Biya loyalists, on Monday started releasing the results of the October 7 ballot. Read more
Two children die after migrant boat sinks (Nation)
Two children died after a boat carrying migrants sank just 50 meters off Turkey’s western coast near Bodrum on Monday, the coastguard said. Seventeen people on the boat were rescued from the sea and seventeen others were found on the shore, the coastguard said. Reuters television footage from the scene showed attempts being made to resuscitate a girl on the beach and an unconscious child being carried from the water to a nearby ambulance. Read more
Priest commits suicide after abuse claims (Punch)
A priest in central France accused of sexually assaulting a minor committed suicide in his church, Catholic authorities said Monday, the second French priest to take his life over abuse claims in a month. Pierre-Yves Fumery, 38, hanged himself in his presbytery in the town of Gien in the Loire valley. His body was found on Saturday. Read more
Nadal maintains lead as Russian breaks into ATP top 20 (Guardian)
Russia’s Karen Khachanov moved into the top 20 in the latest men’s ATP tennis rankings released Monday following his win in the Kremlin Cup. Third-seeded wildcard Khachanov beat Frenchman Adrian Mannarino in straight sets on Sunday to secure his second ATP title of the season and moved into 19th spot in the rankings. Read more
Lopetegui promises to fight but cannot guarantee future (Guardian)
Julen Lopetegui has said he will fight to turn Real Madrid’s stuttering season around but could not guarantee he will be in charge for the Clasico against Barcelona on Sunday. Lopetegui’s future is in doubt just four months after swapping the Spanish national team for Madrid on the eve of the World Cup. His side faces Viktoria Plzen in the Champions League on Tuesday, on the back of five games without a win and having lost all of their last three. Read more
Former Serie C boss named new Italian FA president (Guardian)
Gabriele Gravina, the former head of Italy’s third division Lega Pro, was elected president of the Italian football federation (FIGC) on Monday, almost a year after the resignation of his predecessor. The 65-year-old Gravina was the only candidate in the running and earned 97.2 percent of votes in the first round to secure the position. Read more
Ex-banker faces prosecution over alleged N8.7m fraud (Punch)
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday charged a former banker, Ali Kareem, with impersonation and N8.7m fraud before a Federal High Court Lagos. The accused appeared before Justice Chuka Obiozor on three counts of conspiracy, impersonation and fraud. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The EFCC accused the former banker of committing the offences on May 2, 2008, in conspiracy with other persons still at large. Read more
Man bags six-month jail over illicit drugs (Nation)
A Federal High Court in Ado-Ekiti has sentenced one Lawal Mohammed, 25, to six months imprisonment over alleged possession of illicit drugs. Counsel from the National Drug Laws Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), Mr Charles Nwagua, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on March 10 at Dadinkowa village along ABUAD Road, Ado-Ekiti. He alleged that the defendant, on the said date, without lawful authority possessed 500 grammes of Cannabis Sativa,a Narcotic drugs similar to cocaine Heroin and LSD. Read more
I trailed my victim for three days, armed robbery suspect allegedly confesses (Punch)
An armed robbery suspect, Ishaku Samuel, has confessed that he trailed the car he wanted to snatch for three days before he eventually got it from the owner. Samuel, 32, who was paraded by the Plateau Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps on Monday in Jos, said that it took him “a lot of efforts” before he succeeded in the armed robbery act. Read more