Lagos to promote students to next classes using continuous assessments (Guardian) Students in Lagos State Government-owned schools will be promoted to the next classes using continuous assessments. “(For) the reopening (of schools) we’re doing, we are working with the Federal…
*Flood sweeps away teenager in Lagos (DailyTrust) *Police arrest northern youths at Lagos border (Punch)
Flood sweeps away teenager in Lagos (DailyTrust) Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) Emergency officials in Lagos Tuesday morning intensified search for a missing 17-year-old girl, simply identified as Ayisat, who was reportedly washed away after Monday’s downpour. The Lagos…
George Clooney makes $500K donation to mock Trump’s Juneteenth claim
George Clooney pledged to make a $500,000 donation to a human rights charity in honor of Donald Trump as part of a sarcastic dig at the president. Clooney issued a statement on the holiday Juneteenth, which commemorates the last of…
*Detectives arrest popular nightclub owner over alleged money laundering (Guardian) *Another building collapses in Magodo, kills one (Vanguard)
Detectives arrest popular nightclub owner over alleged money laundering (Guardian) Popular nightclub owner and Instagram celebrity, Okechukwu popularly called ‘Cubana Chief Priest’ has been arrested by detectives attached to the Inspector General of Police Monitoring Unit. Okechukwu is the proprietor…
*Mother who ‘drowned baby’ remanded at LUTH (Nation) *Lagos moves Agege-Pen Cinema flyover completion date (Guardian)
Mother who ‘drowned baby’ remanded at LUTH (Nation) An Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos Wednesday remanded a nursing mother Olufunmilola Adisa, suspected of killing baby, at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) for psychiatric evaluation. Adisa, 22, is believed…
Trump walks out of press conference after altercation with female reporters
Donald Trump abruptly ended a press conference on coronavirus testing after a testy exchange with a female reporter of Asian descent who questioned why he advised her to ask China about the global death rate. He then sparred with a…
US election 2020: Bernie Sanders endorses ex-rival Joe Biden for president
Bernie Sanders has endorsed Joe Biden’s campaign to take on Donald Trump in November’s election. Senator Sanders pulled out of the contest to be the Democratic Party’s nominee last week, leaving Mr Biden as the only remaining candidate. In a…
*Scores wounded, shops looted as armed thugs, tanker drivers clash in Lagos (Guardian) *Lagos yellow taxi drivers association gets mobile App (DailyTrust)
Scores wounded, shops looted as armed thugs, tanker drivers clash in Lagos (Guardian) About 50 people, including truck drivers were fatally injured yesterday, while many shops and trucks were looted and torched after heavily armed thugs invaded Vinager and Abule-Ado…