Presidential ticket: Atiku begins search for running mate (Punch)
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Sunday at the main bowl of Adokie Amiesimaka Stadium, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, won the presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party. Hardly did Atiku emerge as the winner than the talk of his running mate started. Investigations by our correspondents showed that the search might have been limited to the South-East region of the country. Read more
2019: Oby Ezekwesili joins presidential race, picks ACPN ticket (Punch)
A former Minister of Education and co-founder of the ‘Bring Back Our Girls’ movement, Dr Oby Ezekwesili, has picked the presidential ticket of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria to contest the February 2019 election. Ezekwesili emerged as the party’s candidate at the party’s national convention held in Abuja, on Sunday. Read more
Buhari begs losers of APC primaries not to abandon party (Punch)
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday appealed to all aspirants who lost during the recent primaries of the All Progressives Congress across the country not to abandon the party. He urged them to demonstrate sportsmanship by accepting the outcomes without bitterness or resentment. Read more
Restructuring should be precondition to elect next President, says Bakare (Punch)
The Serving Overseer of Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, on Sunday, reiterated his argument that Nigeria could not make progress without being restructured. As such, he called on the Nigerian electorate to “demand allegiance to restructuring as a precondition for supporting any party or candidate in the next elections.” Read more
Customs agent hospitalised as worker absconds with customer’s money (Punch)
A customs-licensed clearing agent, Suleiman Mohammed, has cried out for help after one of his workers, Yinka Afolabi, allegedly absconded with N1.8m meant for the clearance of a Toyota Camry. Mohammed, who was locked up in a police cell at the Tin Can Island, Apapa, Lagos State, for about six days, said efforts to trace the suspect had been abortive. Read more
Navy shuts illegal maritime academy, arrests proprietor, teachers (Punch)
The Nigerian Navy Ship Jubilee, Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State, has sealed an illegal maritime institution, Merchant Seaman Academy, and apprehended four persons including the school’s proprietor, Mr Adams Pius, in the Essien Udim Local Government Area of the state. PUNCH Metro learnt that the school, whose academic activities had been stopped in 2013, allegedly resumed in 2016, using “unwholesome strategies to defraud innocent Nigerian youths” who sought admission into higher institutions through the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board. Read more
Police to prosecute 16 suspected political thugs (Punch)
The Kano State Police Command has arrested no fewer than 34 suspected political thugs between October 2 and 5, 2018. The command, in a statement on Sunday, said while 18 of them were screened and released, 16 others, who were indicted after a thorough investigation, would be prosecuted. Read more
Cameroon presidential polls rocked by deadly violence, security fears (Guardian)
Cameroon voted on Sunday in a presidential election marked by deadly violence in the country’s English-speaking regions and the cancellation of voting in at least one affected area over security fears. Cameroon has been rocked by a separatist insurgency from within its anglophone minority, who number around five million, since last October with many thousands displaced which will affect turnout in English communities. Read more
Fuel spill feared as cargo ships collide off Corsica (Guardian)
A cargo ship rammed into another freight vessel near the French Mediterranean island of Corsica early Sunday, causing no injuries but causing a leak which officials say is most likely fuel. The Ulysse, operated by the Tunisian operator CTN, struck the Cyprus-based CLS Virgina while it was anchored about 30 kilometres (20 miles) off the northern tip of the island at around 7:30 am, the regional naval authority said. Read more
Saudi controversies under Prince Mohammed (Guardian)
Saudi Arabia has been engulfed by several controversies since Mohammed bin Salman was named crown prince and heir to the throne in June 2017. Despite moves by the young prince to modernise the economy and society — including lifting a ban on women driving — the kingdom has stepped up repression of religious, intellectual and feminist dissidents. Read more
Managers happy after ‘intense’ draw (BBC)
Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola were both left satisfied after a goalless draw at Anfield left their sides level on points at the top of the Premier League. Champions Manchester City have not won a league game at Liverpool in 15 years, with Riyad Mahrez wasting a glorious opportunity to send them clear when he missed a late penalty. Read more
John Terry retires from football (BBC)
Former England and Chelsea captain John Terry has retired from football. Terry, 37, has been without a club since leaving Championship side Aston Villa in the summer. The defender made the announcement on his Instagram account, saying: “After 23 incredible years as a footballer, I have decided now is the right time for me to retire from playing.” Read more
Court remands 22-year-old for stealing cows (Punch)
A 22-year-old man, Labiru Umar, of Doka village in the Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State has been arraigned before a Katsina Senior Magistrates’ Court for criminal conspiracy and armed robbery. While armed with a gun, Umar and four others, now at large, were said to have on September 7, 2018, invaded the house of one Liman Suleiman of Unguwar Doka village, where they allegedly stole three cows. Read more
Woman accuses Lagos hospital of killing son with wrong medication (Punch)
A mother, Oluwaseun Folorunsho, has accused a private medical facility in Lagos State, Oak Hospital, of killing her one-year-old son, Ogooluwa. The 43-year-old mother claimed that workers at the hospital prescribed and administered drugs meant for her four-year-old son, Imole, to Ogooluwa, adding that it was what led to his death. Read more
Police arraign sexagenarian, teenagers for sodomy (Punch)
The police on Friday arraigned a sexagenarian, Rabiu Tanko, and two teenagers, Mohammed Samiu and Musa Mustapha, alleged to have been engaged in sodomy. Tanko, 62; Samiu, 18; and Mustapha, 16, were brought before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrate’s Court in Lagos on two counts of conspiracy and having unlawful sexual intercourse. Read more
Man jailed for stealing girlfriend’s phone (Punch)
An Ogba Magistrates’ Court has sentenced a 26-year-old man, Ifeanyi Chijioke, to one month imprisonment for stealing a phone valued at N150,000 and a sum of N20,000. The police arraigned Chijioke on one count of stealing. The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge. The magistrate, W.A. Salami, gave Chijioke, who was said to be a first time offender, an option of two months’ community service. Read more
