PDP to Buhari: present your certificate to INEC (Nation)
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to show proof of his vaunted integrity by presenting his academic documents to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and put to an end his certificate saga. The main opposition party also urged President Buhari to fulfil his obligation like other presidential candidates, by presenting his certificate, if he has any, instead of bugging the commission with affidavits. Read more
Recharging Lake Chad biggest help Europe can give Africa — Buhari (Nation)
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday said the greatest investment Europe and America can make in Africa now is helping the continent accomplish inter-basin water transfer to recharge the Lake Chad. The President spoke at State House, Abuja yesterday while hosting the Chairman of the African Union Commission, Mr Moussa Faki Mahamat. Read more
2019: Military recovers 113 ammunition, AK-47 rifles from politicians, others (Punch)
The Defence Headquarters, Abuja, has said a military exercise, Operation 777, is ongoing to mop up illegal arms and weapons across the country. It said it had recovered 113 live ammunition from criminal and political elements. The Director, Defence Information, Brigadier-General John Agim, stated this in an interview with our correspondent, noting that the military started the operation in the first week of October 2018 and it “would not end until all illegally acquired weapons had been recovered from criminal elements nationwide.” Read more
Ochanya: NAPTIP condemns rape, seeks punishment for aunt (Nation)
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), yesterday condemned the rape and death of Elizabeth Ochanya Ogbaje, and has promised to probe the victim’s aunt whose silence may have contributed to the girl’s demise. The Director-General, NAPTIP, Julie Okah-Donli, said this at a press conference which held in Abuja on Friday. Read more
Wanted community leader submits self to police (Nation)
The Plateau State Police Command has confirmed that the district head earlier declared wanted by the command has reported himself to the police. Yakubu Rap, one of the eight suspects declared wanted by the police on Thursday, is said to be the district head of Dura village where the vehicle of the missing general was found by military search and rescue operation. Read more
Man charged over US mail bombings (BBC)
A 56-year-old man has been arrested in Florida in connection with a mail-bombing campaign aimed at critics of US President Donald Trump. US officials named the man as Cesar Sayoc. He faces five charges including mailing explosives and threatening ex-presidents. Mr Trump said the acts were “despicable and have no place in our country”. Read more
Erdogan: Tell us where Khashoggi’s body is (CNN)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is demanding that Saudi Arabia reveal the location of Jamal Khashoggi’s body and hand over the suspects in his murder. Erdogan said the top Saudi prosecutor will travel to Turkey on Sunday to meet with the top Istanbul prosecutor, and argued that those responsible for killing the journalist should face trial in Turkey. Read more
14 children stabbed at kindergarten (CNN)
A woman wielding a kitchen knife has attacked at least 14 children at a kindergarten in Chongqing in central China, local police said Friday. Chongqing City Banan District police said the children were slashed as they walked back to class after their morning exercises at Yudong New Century Kindergarten about 9.30 a.m. local time. Read more
Morocco abruptly drops clock change (BBC)
Morocco has decided to scrap winter time and will instead keep its clocks at summer time, GMT+1, all year around. The announcement comes less than two days before the clocks would have gone back by one hour on Sunday. Avoiding the switch would save “an hour of natural light”, Administrative Reform Minister Mohammed Ben Abdelkader told Maghreb Arabe Press. Read more
Man tries to steal Magna Carta (CNN)
The small English cathedral city of Salisbury at the center of an international investigation into the Novichok poisonings is once again in the spotlight. A 45-year-old man was arrested Thursday for trying to steal a copy of the Magna Carta from the city’s famed cathedral. The 803-year-old document is widely considered one of the most important documents in history. Read more
Suicide attack on Afghan police bus kills six (Punch)
A suicide car bomb attack on a bus carrying police officers and workers in central Afghanistan killed at least six people and injured dozens on Saturday, officials said. The Taliban-claimed blast happened as the bus entered a police compound in the Wardak provincial capital of Maidan Shar, provincial police spokesman Hekmatullah Durrani told AFP. Read more
I can’t promise 2019 AFCON title, says Rohr (Punch)
Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has said he cannot promise that the team will win the Cameroon 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. Nigeria are on the cusp of sealing qualification for the tournament after their absence from the last two editions of the competition in 2015 and 2017. The Eagles currently sit atop Group E with nine points after four matches and will be away at second-placed South Africa in Johannesburg on November 17. Read more
Emery demands urgency as Arsenal chase 12th successive win (Punch)
Unai Emery has implored his Arsenal stars to begin matches with more urgency as they head to Crystal Palace biding for a remarkable 12th successive victory on Sunday. Emery’s side notched their 11th win in a row on Thursday as Danny Welbeck’s late strike sealed a 1-0 success at Sporting Lisbon in the Europa League. Arsenal’s blistering streak is their best run for 11 years as they chase the club record of 14 consecutive wins in all competitions. Read more