Police rescues 19 pregnant girls from Lagos ‘baby factory’ (Guardian)
Lagos State Police Command Sunday said it rescued 19 pregnant girls from a ‘baby factory’ at Ayanwale area of Ikotun. Police spokesman Bala Elkana said the arrest was made on September 19. Elkana disclosed that the pregnant girls are between 15 and 28 years old. Read more
It’s premature for presidency to intervene in Sowore’s case – Adesina (Nation)
The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Femi Adesina, has said that it is too early for the presidency to weigh in on the prosecution of detained publisher of Sahara Reporter, Omoyele Sowore, by the Department of State Services. He spoke during a live political programme Politics Today aired on Channel television. The presidential spokesman said that Sowore’s prosecution was still unravelling within the realms of the security and judiciary. Read more
Army arrests suspected insurgents’ logistics supplier in Borno (Guardian)
The Nigerian Army on Sunday arrested a suspected Boko Haram insurgents’ logistic supplier and seized a car stacked with motorcycle used tyres in Borno. Brig.-Gen. AK Ibrahim, the Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 Division, made the disclosure while parading the suspect at the Gubio Super Camp in Maiduguri. Read more
Nobody must disgrace Osinbajo out of office – Bakare (Nation)
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo must not be “disgraced out of office” except he has committed serious constitutional infractions, Founder of Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has stated. Bakare however declared he does not believe the Vice President has done anything to violate his oath of office. Read more
Akume to appeal tribunal verdict (Guardian)
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Senator George Akume, in the February 23 Senatorial election, have filed an appeal at the Court of Appeal against the judgment of the National and State House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal, Makurdi, Benue State. The tribunal had thrown out the petition filed by Senator Akume challenging the victory of Senator Emmanuel Orker-Jev, who represents Benue North-West Senatorial District. Read more
I will protect Igbo investments in Bayelsa – Diri (Nation)
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the November 16 Governorship election in Bayelsa, Senator Douye Diri, at the weekend promised to protect Igbos investments in the state. He gave the assurance during the celebration of the 2019 World Igbo Day at the Yenagoa Boat Club and Oxbow Lake Grand Pavilion. Read more
DSS arrests Onumah (Guardian)
Nigeria’s Department for State Security (DSS) Sunday arrested an activist, Chido Onumah. Onumah, a journalist and coordinator of African Centre for Media & Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) was arrested at the Abuja airport on Sunday evening. The journalist returned to Nigeria from Spain where he recently bagged a doctorate in communication studies. Read more
Police seal off Gov Emmanuel’s church in Akwa Ibom (Punch)
Qua Iboe Church located along No.112 Ikot Ekpene Road, where Governor Udom Emmanuel worships in Uyo, the state capital was on Sunday morning sealed off by the Police. An aide to Emmanuel, who confirmed the incident but pleaded anonymity said, “Yes, I saw something like that this morning when I was passing by Ikot-Ekpene road. “I saw the Police gather and about three vans; and worshipers in large numbers.” Read more
Govt reunites victims of Kaduna ‘Islamic Centre’ with families (Nation)
Kaduna State Government on Sunday commenced reuniting the over 300 rescued inmates of the embattled Rigasa ‘Islamic Centre’ with their families. But the legal team of the centre said its intention in running the centre was pure. The state government had of Saturday taken custody of the over 300 rescued inmates of the centre from the Kaduna State Police Command. Read more
Gunmen kill policeman in Aba, escape with two rifles (Punch)
Gunmen attacked a three-man team of Police officers on patrol in Aba, Abia State, last Friday, killed one of them, injured one, while the other escaped. It was learnt that the driver of a minibus that was used for the patrol also died in the incident that happened at Ibadan Street, within the Ndiegoro axis of Aba in the evening. It was gathered that the gunmen, after the attack, escaped with two rifles assigned to the policemen. Read more
Gunmen abduct school proprietor in Delta (Nation)
A school proprietor, Mr. Patrick Kogbodi, has been reportedly kidnapped by gunmen on Sunday morning in Ughelli, Delta state. According to sources, Kogbodi was abducted about 8am on his way to church. The Nation gathered that the kidnappers intercepted his vehicle and whisked him to an unknown location. Read more
DR Congo jails 55 for life for Ituri massacres (Guardian)
Fifty-five people were given life sentences in the Democratic Republic of Congo this weekend for the massacre of civilians in the northern region of Ituri in 2017 and 2018, the army said on Sunday. A military tribunal in Bunia, the capital of Ituri, “sentenced to life 55 people, including a soldier, a policeman and an agent for the intelligence services,” the army’s spokesman for the region, Jules Ngongo, told AFP. Read more
Egypt protests: Activist Alaa Abdel Fattah arrested amid rare unrest (BBC)
A prominent Egyptian dissident has been arrested, six months after his release from prison, his family says. Alaa Abdel Fattah was freed in March after serving a five-year sentence for organising a protest without permission. He was a leading campaigner during the 2011 uprising against former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Read more
Boris Johnson denies ‘squeezing journalist’s thigh under table’ (Metro)
Downing Street has denied allegations that Prime Minister Boris Johnson squeezed a journalist’s thigh during a dinner. Charlotte Edwardes claimed the then-Spectator editor touched her leg under the table without permission at the magazine’s London office in 1999. After eating, she says she then confided about the incident to another woman who was also sat near Mr Johnson, to which she replied: ‘Oh God, he did exactly the same to me.’ Read more
No reason to probe Bidens: former Ukraine prosecutor (BBC)
A Ukrainian ex-prosecutor general has told the BBC there is no reason for his country to investigate President Donald Trump’s political rival Joe Biden. Yuriy Lutsenko said any investigation into Mr Biden and his son would have to start in the US. “I don’t know any reason to investigate Joe Biden or Hunter Biden according to Ukrainian law,” he said. Read more
Protester, 91, says climate change is worse than Second World War (Metro)
The UK’s oldest Extinction Rebellion protester has said watching the world’s climate change is worse than living through the Second World War. John Lynes, 91, has been arrested at least 25 times and was even sentenced to time in HMP Hull for continually cutting the fences of an American army base in the 90s. Read more
Austria election: Sebastian Kurz’s People’s Party tops poll (BBC)
Austria’s conservative People’s Party, led by former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, has won a clear victory in Sunday’s general election. With nearly all the votes counted, Mr Kurz’s party has more than 38% of the vote, up from 31% last time round. His former coalition partners, the far-right Freedom Party, have received 17.3%, a sharp fall. Read more
Seven charged over murder of teenager stabbed on Snapchat (Metro)
Seven teenagers have been charged over the murder of a boy aged 16 whose fatal stabbing was broadcast over Snapchat. Khaseen Morris was in the car park of a New York mall when he was stabbed in front of dozens of onlookers on September 16. He was rushed to a nearby hospital but later died from a single stab wound, while another boy aged, 17, suffered swelling to his head and a broken arm. Read more
Daughter jailed for repeatedly slashing at dad, 81, with bread knife (Metro)
A woman who repeatedly tried slash her 81-year-old father with a 10-inch bread knife has been jailed. Kathleen Lee, 49, screamed ‘I’m going to kill you’ when her frail dad Peter Lee answered the door in Middleton, Greater Manchester, on December 7 last year. Read more
Swiss auction off supercars of Equatorial Guinea leader’s son (BBC)
A collection of supercars confiscated from the son of Equatorial Guinea’s president have been auctioned off in Switzerland. The cars were seized by Swiss authorities as part of an investigation into Teodorin Nguema Obiang. He is vice-president to his father, Teodoro Obiang Nguema, who has ruled Equatorial Guinea for 40 years. Read more
Driver miraculously survives horror crash that leaves car wrapped around lamppost (Metro)
A driver had a miraculous escape today after crashing into a lamppost on the M62. Shocking photos taken on the westbound carriageway, in West Yorkshire, show the car completely destroyed, with the roof crumpled and the bonnet smashed. The vehicle’s doors are also badly damaged, while the windscreen is shattered and coming away from the metal. Read more
Couple fall to their deaths while having sex on balcony (Metro)
A couple fell to their deaths while having sex on a third-floor balcony after a house party, it has been reported. An unnamed mother, 28, and a man, 35, were found naked on the terrace of the house next door by a neighbour. The couple had thrown a party with friends at home to celebrate the woman’s upcoming graduation, a district police chief in Quito, the capital of Ecuador, told local media. Read more
Robert De Niro calls President Donald Trump ‘medically crazy’ in TV interview outburst (Metro)
Robert De Niro just left a scathing review of Donald Trump’s presidency. The 76-year-old actor was being interviewed on CNN and said the POTUS ‘should not be President’. ‘The day after he was elected, I thought “I’ll give him a chance, you never know”,’ Robert said. ‘He is worse than I ever could have imagined.’ Read more
Kim Kardashian and her kids steal the show at Kanye’s Sunday Service while the world waits for new album (Metro)
Kim Kardashian and her three eldest children stole the show as they supported dad Kanye West during Sunday Service. The Kardashian-West clan – bar baby Psalm – were seen stepping out for their dad’s service in New York ahead of the release of Kanye’s new album Jesus Is King. Kim let her kids have all the attention as she walked out wearing beige cargo trousers and a white crop top. Read more
Nigeria winger Manga Mohammed is dead (Guardian)
Nigeria’s former winger Manga Mohammed has died aged 42. Mohammed played with Nigeria’s U-17 at the 1993 FIFA U-17 World Cup team led by Kanu Nwankwo and Wilson Oruma, that went on to win the FIFA U-17 trophy for the second time in Japan. Mohammed also played for the senior teams, passed on Friday, September 27, according to a tweet by his former club Gombe United. Read more
Leicester climb to third after thrashing 10-man Newcastle (Guardian)
Leicester powered into third place in the Premier League with a 5-0 demolition of 10-man Newcastle that piled pressure on Magpies boss Steve Bruce on Sunday. Brendan Rodgers’ side maintained their impressive start to the season as they romped to a fourth win in their last five league games. Ricardo Pereira opened the scoring in the first half before Newcastle’s Isaac Hayden was sent off for a dangerous tackle. Read more
Graeme Souness says Jonny Evans ‘walks into’ Manchester United’s current side (Metro)
Graeme Souness believes Leicester City centre-back Jonny Evans would ‘walk into’ Manchester United’s defence. The 31-year-old came through United’s academy and helped the club win three Premier League titles during Sir Alex Ferguson’s reign at OId Trafford. Louis van Gaal gave the green light for United to sell Evans to West Brom in an £8 million deal in 2015. Read more
AC Milan lose third straight Serie A game (BBC)
Fiorentina condemned AC Milan to a third consecutive Serie A defeat with a comfortable 3-1 win at the San Siro. Erick Pulgar’s penalty opened the scoring before the hosts were reduced to 10 men when Mateo Musacchio was sent off for a foul on Franck Ribery. Gaetano Castrovilli fired in after the break but Federico Chiesa’s penalty was saved by Gianluigi Donnarumm. Read more
Frank Lampard says Billy Gilmour ‘lights up’ his Chelsea training sessions (Metro)
Frank Lampard admits he’s been impressed with Billy Gilmour’s attitude during Chelsea’s training sessions and believes the 18-year-old has got a ‘big chance’ of being a success at Stamford Bridge. Gilmour made his senior debut earlier this week as Chelsea beat Grimsby Town 7-1 in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday evening. Read more
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer responds to Roy Keane saying he’s ‘fuming’ with his Manchester United players (Metro)
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admits he was ‘angry’ after Manchester United’s defeat to West Ham last weekend but insists he will never divulge the criticism his players receive in the dressing room after a poor result. Solskjaer’s side have won just two of their six Premier League matches this season and are aiming to climb up the table with a win at home to Arsenal on Monday evening. Read more
Jack Grealish excites Arsenal fans by claiming the Emirates Stadium is the best in the Premier League (Metro)
Arsenal fans are already contemplating the idea of signing Jack Grealish after the Aston Villa midfielder posted an unexpected message about the Gunners on Instagram. Grealish played a pivotal role in helping Villa clinch promotion from the Championship last season and will undoubtedly play a key part in his side’s bid to avoid relegation in the Premier League this term. Read more
Dina Asher-Smith wins World Championships women’s 100m silver; Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce takes gold (BBC)
Dina Asher-Smith became the first British woman to win an individual World Championships sprint medal in 36 years as she claimed silver in the 100m final with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce taking gold. It is the 23-year-old’s first major global medal outdoors with the 200m to follow, where she is a strong contender for gold. Fraser-Pryce, 32, powered to 10.71 seconds for her eighth world title while Asher-Smith’s 10.83 is a new British record. Read more
Russian GP: Lewis Hamilton wins after Sebastian Vettel ignores team orders (BBC)
Lewis Hamilton was handed victory in the Russian Grand Prix after a virtual safety car cost Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc the lead. Hamilton’s first win in four grands prix inched him closer to a sixth world title and came after Ferrari’s chances of victory fell apart following a controversy over Leclerc’s team-mate Sebastian Vettel disobeying team orders. Read more