Sanwo-Olu mourns as Oba Oniru dies (Punch)
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has commiserated with the family of Oba Idowu Oniru, the Oniru of Iru, who died on Monday.Condoling the royal family, Sanwo-Olu took to his official Twitter handle to tweet a condolence message. He said, “On behalf of the government and people of Lagos, I commiserate with the Oniru Royal Family on the transition of HRH Oba Idowu Oniru who joined his forebears.” Read more
Container-laden truck falls in Lagos, damages car, motorcycle (Punch)
An articulated vehicle, laden with two 20ft containers, on Monday, fell and damaged a Toyota Corolla car on the Orile-Apapa bridge in Lagos. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria, who was at the scene of the accident, gathered from eyewitnesses that the truck, loaded with tiles, lost control while on top of the bridge. It fell and damaged the car. Read more
How I was maltreated in DSS detention —Sowore (Punch)
The co-convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, who has been in the detention of the Department of State Services since August 3, 2019, has accused the DSS of maltreating him. “I was abducted in the middle of the night. I was taken to one of your facilities in Lagos. I was beaten up, rough-handled on my way to the facility in the car. And my cousin, who was in the room with me, was also beaten and handcuffed, and my properties were forcefully seized. And when I got there, of course, the maltreatment continued, they threw me on a cold floor and locked the door. Read more
Fasoranti’s daughter’s death probe ‘poor’ (Nation)
Yoruba group Afenifere spokesman Yinka Odumakin, has criticised the police over what it called poor handling of investigations on the murder of Mrs Funke Olakunrin, daughter of its leader, Chief Rueben Fasoranti. According to the Publicity Secretary of the group, Yinka Odumakin who spoke with reporters after a meeting at the Akure home of Fasoranti, the inability of the police to fish out the killers of Mrs Olakunrin by now showed that the matter was poorly handled by the police. Read more
Financial bondage takes away judiciary’s independence —CJN (Punch)
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, on Monday, lent his voice to the raging debate over the independence of the judiciary, even as the Nigerian Bar Association, again, criticised the process of the removal of the immediate-past CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen. The debate over the independence of the judiciary has deepened in recent times following the circumstances surrounding the exit of Onnogen, from office earlier in the year. Read more
OPC can tackle security in Southwest, says Gani Adams (Nation)
Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Otunba Gani Adams, has assured the police of his support in strengthening the security architecture in the Southwest geo-political zone. Adams also pledged to consolidate on the confidence reposed in him by state governors in the Southwest and the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu. Read more
Pay our 39 months salary arrears, Kogi teachers ask Gov. Bello (Guardian)
Over 7,000 teachers in public primary and junior secondary schools in Kogi State have appealed to Gov. Yahaya Bello to look into the issue of non-payment of their salary for the past eight to 39 months. The Kogi teachers made the appeal in a communique issued at the end an emergency meeting of the Basic Education Staff Association of Nigeria (BASAN) held in Lokoja on Monday. Read more
Osun lawmaker teaches primary school pupils (Punch)
The Chief Whip of Osun State House of Assembly, Mr. Tunde Olatunji, has volunteered to teach mathematics and civic education in public middle schools in his constituency. Olatunji disclosed this on Monday while addressing students and teachers at the unveiling of his teaching plan at Anglican Middle School, Edun-Abon, Ife-North Local Government Area of the state. Read more
Buhari mourns as Nigeria’s chief trade negotiator, Chiedu Osakwe, dies (Punch)
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday mourned the death of the Director-General of the Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiations, Ambassador Chiedu Osakwe. The President noted that the late Chief Trade Negotiator had “intellectual depth” and demonstrated professionalism and patriotism in all the trade agreements he negotiated for the country. Read more
Malabu: don’t use us as excuse not to give account, Abacha family tells Adoke (Nation)
The family of the former military head of state, Gen. Sani Abachi Monday hit back at the former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, over his claims that the Abachas went to court because they have sympathizer in government. The former first family stated that they were not the one in court over OPL 245 but the legal entity MALABU OIL and GAS LTD. Read more
DSS says it has no official twitter handle (Nation)
The Department of State Services (DSS) on Monday said it did not own, use or operate any official twitter handles and therefore, urged Nigerians to disregard twitter messages linked to the service. The Public Relations Officer of the service, Dr Peter Afunanya, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja. He said the attention of the service had been drawn to messages on social media, claimed to have emanated from the official twitter handles of of the service. Read more
Egypt protests: ‘Hundreds held’ after rare anti-government unrest (BBC)
Almost 500 people have been detained in Egypt in the past few days after protests against alleged government corruption, human rights activists say. Demonstrations were reported in Cairo, Alexandria and several other cities on Friday night, and in the port city of Suez on Saturday evening. The authorities have not yet released an official number of arrests. Read more
No Brexit breakthrough for Boris Johnson after meeting in New York (Metro)
There was no ‘New York breakthrough’ after Boris Johnson met with European Council president Donald Tusk today. The two leaders sat down to try and come up with some progress on the terms of Britain’s exit from the EU. But Mr Tusk summed up his feelings in a tweet after they finished, saying: ‘No breakthrough. No breakdown. No time to lose. #Brexit’. Read more
Trump complains he deserves Nobel prize (Guardian)
US President Donald Trump aired one of his oldest grievances at the United Nations on Monday: that it’s unfair he never got the Nobel peace prize. “I would get a Nobel prize for a lot of things, if they give it out fairly, which they don’t,” he complained. Trump went on to raise the surprise awarding of the one of the world’s most prestigious accolades in 2009 to his predecessor in the White House Barack Obama. Read more
Climate change star Greta Thunberg gives Donald Trump filthy look at UN summit (Metro)
Teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg was filmed apparently giving Donald Trump a filthy look at a UN Climate Change summit. Cameras caught the 16 year-old Swedish campaigner glaring at the President of the United States as he made an unexpected 14 minute appearance at the New York event on Monday. Read more
Teenager, 15, crushed as horse ‘somersaulted and landed on top of her’ (Metro)
A teen equestrian star died while riding after her pony clipped a jump and landed on top of her, an inquest heard. Iona Sclater, 15, fell from the pony as she tried to jump over a bale of hay at her family’s farm in Cambridgeshire. Assistant coroner Simon Milburn said Iona had had the pony named Jack for four years and that they were ‘used to riding together’. Read more
Jarrett William Smith: US soldier ‘discussed bombing news network’ (BBC)
The FBI has arrested a US Army soldier on suspicion of sharing instructions via social media on how to make bombs. Jarrett William Smith allegedly suggested using a vehicle bomb to attack a major US news network. The 24-year-old wrote online about wanting to fight for a far-right group in Ukraine, say prosecutors. Read more
US police officer arrested two six-year-olds in school (Guardian)
A police officer who arrested two six-year-old children in a Florida school has been suspended and the incident will be investigated, police said Monday. The grandmother of one of the children, Kaia Rolle, said she was arrested after she threw a temper tantrum and kicked somebody. The incident has revived the debate over the role of police officers in public schools, 46 percent of which have an officer present for at least one day a week. Read more
Model stages silent protest on Gucci catwalk over ‘straitjacket’ designs (BBC)
A model staged a silent protest while walking in the Gucci show at Milan Fashion Week on Sunday. Ayesha Tan-Jones and other models were dressed in white jumpsuits for the show, some resembling strait jackets. Tan-Jones, who is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns, wrote “Mental health is not fashion” on their hands. Read more
Woman who quit her job to search for her missing border collie finds her after 57 days (Metro)
A woman who was so distraught at losing her dog that she quit her job to search for her found her pet after 57 days apart. Carole King was enjoying a break near Glacier Lake National Park in Montana with her husband and border collie Katie on July 20 when Katie managed to escape her hotel Carole, from Washington State, and her husband spent hours searching for the dog, but to no avail. Read more
Boeing to pay bereaved 737 families $144,500 each (BBC)
Families who lost relatives in fatal Boeing 737 Max air crashes are set to receive about $144,500 (£116,200) each from the company. Boeing’s financial assistance fund has set aside $50m for direct payments to families of the 346 people who died in the Indonesia and Ethiopia flights. Read more
Generous airline passengers raise £5,000 for Thomas Cook cabin crew (Metro)
Generous airline passengers raised £5,000 in a whip-round for Thomas Cook cabin crew who had just learned the firm had collapsed. Caring passengers collected two carrier bags of cash this morning for the flight attendants after the flight from Las Vegas to Manchester. The pilot had earlier told the more than 300 passengers to ‘pray for staff’ amid fears Thomas Cook was going to fold. Read more
Messi wins FIFA Men’s Player of the Year award (Guardian)
Lionel Messi won the FIFA Men’s Player of the Year award on Monday with Megan Rapinoe bagging the women’s prize to cap a historic year for the United States’ World Cup icon. Barcelona striker Messi’s victory in Milan was a surprise as he edged out Virgil Van Dijk, who won the UEFA player’s award last month after helping Liverpool to the Champions League last season. Both Messi and Van Dijk are now in the running for the coveted Ballon d’Or which will be announced on December 2. Read more
Eto’o names the two players who deserved best player award over Messi, Van Dijk and Ronaldo (Metro)
Virgil van Dijk was somewhat surprisingly overlooked at the Fifa Best Player Awards, with Lionel Messi pipping the Liverpool centre-half and Cristiano Ronaldo to the Best Men’s Player title, but Samuel Eto’o does not believe any of the trio deserved to win. Van Dijk guided Liverpool to Champions League glory with a series of solid defensive displays but Messi’s 51 goals in 50 games proved enough to see him get the nod to be crowned as the best player on the planet. Read more
Best Fifa Football Awards 2019: Megan Rapinoe wins ahead of Lucy Bronze and Alex Morgan (BBC)
Megan Rapinoe won the women’s player award – ahead of fellow American Alex Morgan and England’s Lucy Bronze – at the Best Fifa Football Awards in Milan. Rapinoe, 34, claimed the Golden Ball for being the best player at the 2019 Women’s World Cup as she helped the United States win the competition. Lyon right-back Bronze, 27, was named in the women’s team of the year – the only English player to feature. Read more
Jurgen Klopp reacts to winning Fifa manager of the year award (Metro)
Jurgen Klopp was honoured as the world’s best manager on Monday night at the Fifa Football Awards in Milan after guiding Liverpool to the Champions League title in the 2018/19 season. His team defeated Mauricio Pochettino’s Tottenham Hotspur to win Europe’s premier competition and he edged the Spurs boss and Manchester City’s Premier League title winning manager Pep Guardiola to win the top managerial prize on offer. Read more
Serie A: Ronaldo to miss Balotelli’s Brescia debut (Punch)
Cristiano Ronaldo will miss Mario Balotelli’s debut game for Brescia with the Juventus star ruled out of Tuesday’s match with a slight adductor injury. “Mario will be there Tuesday,” confirmed coach Eugenio Corini of the Italian striker whose debut was delayed by a four-game suspension for former club Marseille. Read more
Romania, Hungary, Slovakia to play behind closed doors for racism (BBC)
Romania, Hungary and Slovakia have been ordered to play their next home matches in Euro 2020 qualifying behind closed doors due to racist behaviour from their supporters, UEFA announced on Monday. European football’s governing body announced Romania’s next two fixtures on their own turf will have to take place in a near-empty stadium, the second of which is suspended subject to a one-year probationary period. Read more
Russia faces ban from all major sports events – Wada (BBC)
Russia could face a ban from all major sports events over “discrepancies” in a lab database, the World Anti-Doping Agency has warned. The country has been given three weeks to explain “inconsistencies” or risk being excluded from the Olympics and world championships. Russia also faces being barred from hosting major events. Read more
Lewis Hamilton says Ferrari will be ‘very hard to beat’ (BBC)
Championship leader Lewis Hamilton says Ferrari will be tough to beat for the rest of the season. Ferrari took their third consecutive victory in Singapore on Sunday as Mercedes’ Hamilton finished fourth. Hamilton believes it means Ferrari, who were previously quick only on fast circuits, will now be competitive on all tracks. Read more