Liverpool beat Villarreal to reach Champions League final

Liverpool held off a stirring comeback from Villarreal to reach the Champions League final on Tuesday as second-half goals from Fabinho, Luis Diaz and Sadio Mane secured a 5-2 aggregate victory. Trailing 2-0 from the first leg, Villarreal sparked hopes…

*NDLEA arrests 15 Nigerians, foreigners, seizes 187,791kg drugs in Lagos (Vanguard)*Lagos Assembly aspirant, Akinwale begins distribution of free JAMB forms (Sun)

NDLEA arrests 15 Nigerians, foreigners, seizes  187,791kg drugs in Lagos (Vanguard) The Special Area Command of the  National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Apapa, Lagos, yesterday disclosed that 15 persons, including Nigerians and foreigners, were arrested in the last six…

*OPC member shoots guest dead at birthday party over seat (DailyTrust)*Gas tanker explodes in Lagos (Guardian)

OPC member shoots guest dead at birthday party over seat (DailyTrust) When Ope and his girlfriend attended the birthday party of a friend in Iwaya, Yaba area of Lagos last Thursday, he had no hint he would never return to…

*Woman bathes 12-year-old girl with hot water in Cross River (Guardian)*FG halts N600b electricity subsidy, confirms power tariff hike (Punch)

Woman bathes 12-year-old girl with hot water in Cross River (Guardian) A 12 -year-old girl (name withheld) was bathed with a mixture of hot water and oil by her auntie, one Christiana Nfon Ipkebe, over missing N500 in Cross River…

*Bamise: Sanwo-Olu warns Lagosians against spreading ‘false narratives’ (Punch)*LIRS reaffirms March 31 deadline for filing individual annual tax returns (ThisDay)

Bamise: Sanwo-Olu warns Lagosians against spreading ‘false narratives’ (Punch) The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has warned Lagosians against using the death of Bamise Ayanwole, who died after boarding a BRT, to spread false narratives against the government. Sanwo-Olu added…

*Sylvester Oromoni: Student died while Dowen was investigating bullying allegations – Principal (Channels)*MTN customers will get free access to Davido’s 02 Arena concert’ (ThisDay)

Sylvester Oromoni: Student died while Dowen was investigating bullying allegations – Principal (Channels) The Principal of Dowen College, Lagos, Adebisi Layiwola, has told a coroner’s inquest that the school was in the process of investigating an allegation that Sylvester Oromoni…

*EFCC investigating SCOAN petition, says spokesperson (Punch)*Sanwo-Olu appoints new LASTMA GM (Guardian)

EFCC investigating SCOAN petition, says spokesperson (Punch) The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said the agency was investigating a petition from the Synagogue Church of all Nations against some members of the church. The church had claimed that it…

*Pastor, 1 other arraigned over gender violence (DailyTrust)*Court remands 2 applicants for being in possession of toy gun (Vanguard)

Pastor, 1 other arraigned over gender violence (DailyTrust) A 52-year-old pastor, Samson Ajayi, and one Jamiyu Jejelaye (36) have been arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti magistrate’s court over gender-based violence on one Nifemi Ajayi. Police prosecutor, Inspector Bamikole Olasunkanmi, told the…

*Lagos to divert traffic at Marina for rail project for over 7 months (Guardian)*Evans: 2 ex-soldiers in court, deny being accomplices (Tribune)

Lagos to divert traffic at Marina for rail project for over 7 months (Guardian) The Lagos State Government has announced plans to divert traffic on the National Theatre and Marina axis for the next seven months for works on the…

*Lagos threatens to deactivate absconded travellers’ passports for one year (Guardian)*Violence, manipulations mar APC LG primaries in Lagos (Vanguard)

Lagos threatens to deactivate absconded travellers’ passports for one year (Guardian) Lagos State Government has said that all travellers that have been confirmed as absconders will have their passports deactivated for a minimum of one year if Nigerians and if…

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