Ohaneze: We’ll vote against Atiku, PDP if…… (Nation)
The Youth wing of Ohanaeze Ndigbo on Monday congratulated the Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar on his emergence at the party’s primary. The former Vice President on Sunday defeated 11 other aspirants to pick the party’s ticket. He will challenge incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in next year’s general election. Read more
APC primary: Ondo aspirants vow to work against Akeredolu’s candidates (Punch)
Some aspirants of the All Progressives Congress in Ondo State, representing Akure South/Akure North Federal Constituency have accused the governor, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, and the party Chairman, Mr. Ade Adetimehin, of imposing a candidate on them. They (aspirants) have vowed not to work for the candidate of the party in the forthcoming general elections, particularly, the National Assembly election. Read more
NDLEA arrests 103 suspected drug traffickers (Punch)
The Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency says it has arrested 103 suspects for trafficking illicit drugs. Mr Peter Ogar, Head of Operations and Intelligence in the command, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Benin on Monday. Ogar said the suspects; 88 males and 15 females, were arrested between July and September in various parts of the state. Read more
Cataract: 100 indigent patients to benefit from LASUTH, VisionCare free surgery (Vanguard)
No fewer than 100 indigent patients living with cataract and other visual impairments are to benefit from free treatment by the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, in collaboration with Vision Care, a South Korea-based NGO. Prof. Adewale Oke, the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of LASUTH, represented by the Director Clinical Services and Training of LASUTH, Dr Ibrahim Mustapha, made the disclosure at a news conference on Monday in Lagos. Read more
Environmentalist urges FG to equip communities for flood management (Vanguard)
An environmentalist, Mr John Ekoko, on Monday urged the Federal Government to equip communities in the management of flood in the affected areas. Ekoko, a former Chairman, Nigerian Environmental Society, Lagos Island Chapter (NESLIC), gave this advice in an interview with newsmen in Lagos. Read more
Cameroon faces long wait for presidential results (Guardian)
Cameroon faces a long wait for results following a weekend presidential election marked by violence in restive anglophone regions, low turnout and difficulties staging the ballot in the conflict-torn north. Sunday’s ballot followed a last-minute attempt by a weak opposition to unite to dislodge President Paul Biya, one of Africa’s longest-serving rulers who is widely expected to win a seventh term. Read more
Trump set to shuffle top generals (CNN)
As President Donald Trump grapples with a number of huge foreign policy challenges over the coming months, he is going to have to make some key decisions on the generals who advise him and lead the US military. Behind the scenes, the White House and Pentagon are looking for a new slate of senior officers to fill several key jobs with several senior military figures set to retire. Read more
Pompeo: N Korea to allow nuclear checks (CNN)
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is ready to allow international inspectors into a key nuclear testing site, signaling a step forward in Pyongyang’s commitment to denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula. After meeting with Kim in Pyongyang on Sunday, Pompeo told journalists in Seoul that the leader had agreed to open up the Punggye-ri nuclear testing site to inspectors, according to a pool report. North Korea claims to have destroyed the site. Read more
Jamal Khashoggi: Turkey ‘wants Saudi consulate search for missing man’ (BBC)
Turkey has requested a search of the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, after saying that a journalist was murdered within its walls, media reports say. Missing writer Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi national, was last seen visiting the consulate on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia has called the allegations baseless. Read more
Couple arrested for transporting body parts in baby carriage (Punch)
A Mexican couple arrested outside Mexico City while transporting human body parts in a baby carriage are now suspected of killing 10 women, prosecutors said Sunday. The man and women were detained on Thursday in Ecatepec, a crime-ridden northeastern suburb of the capital, prosecutors in Mexico state said in a statement. After searching two buildings, investigators found additional human remains in buckets filled with cement, and wrapped in plastic in a refrigerator, the statement added. Read more
Two Israelis shot dead by Palestinian in West Bank factory (CNN)
Israeli security forces said Sunday they were searching for a gunman who killed two Israelis and seriously injured a third inside a West Bank industrial park. The attack happened in a factory at the Barkan Industrial Park, in the north of the West Bank, early Sunday, according to Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus. Authorities identified the victims as 29-year-old Kim Levengrond Yehezkel and 35-year-old Ziv Hajbi. The victims both worked at the factory, Conricus said. Read more
Lacazette hails Arsenal strike partnership with ‘brother’ Aubameyang (Punch)
Alexandre Lacazette has spoken of his growing understanding with his “brother” Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang after the forwards propelled Arsenal into the top four of the Premier League. The Gunners won 5-1 at Fulham on Sunday to record nine successive victories in all competitions, moving two points off the top of the Premier League table in the process. Read more
‘I should have scored more’, says four-goal Mbappe (Guardian)
Teenage sensation Kylian Mbappe insisted that he “should have scored more” despite netting four times in a magnificent individual display as Paris Saint-Germain thrashed Lyon on Sunday. The 19-year-old scored four goals in the space of 13 second-half minutes as a 5-0 victory saw PSG set a new French top-flight record of nine straight wins to start a season. Read more
Nadal still untroubled atop ATP rankings (Guardian)
Spain’s Rafael Nadal maintained his comfortable lead in the latest ATP tennis rankings released on Monday ahead of second-placed Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic in third place. Only one change affected the top 10 with Kevin Anderson of South Africa moving from ninth to eighth place while the biggest winner of the week was Georgia’s giant-killer Nikoloz Basilashvili. Read more
Convicted rapist flees court, given seven-and-a-half-year jail in absentia (Punch)
A rapist who fled court moments after being convicted of attacking a teenage girl has handed himself in to police. Bradley Tout spent five days on the run after vaulting the dock at Worcester Crown Court on October 3, after being unanimously convicted alongside a co-defendant. West Mercia Police said the 20-year-old handed himself in on Monday and remains in custody. Read more
Ebonyi parents disown 24-year-old daughter for refusing to sell her newborn (Punch)
A nongovernmental organisation in Anambra State, Safenest, on Monday said it has aborted the plot by a family to force their daughter to sell her baby boy for family upkeep. The executive director of Safenest, Mrs. Oluchukwu Chukwuenyem, stated this at a workshop held in Awka, Anambra State. Read more
Man kills rival after seeing photo of ex-girlfriend with new lover (Punch)
A photograph that provoked the jealousy of a woman’s ex-boyfriend has led to the murder of her new lover. Sarah Bramley, 29, sent her jealous ex-boyfriend a photo of her performing a sex act on her new beau, following which the enraged man went on to stab the new lover to death. Read more