Forex crisis: Naira plunges to 1,025/$, job losses, factory shutdown loom (Punch) The naira fell further on Tuesday as it exchanged for the dollar at the parallel market between 1,005/$ and 1,025/$. Owners of small-scale enterprises, Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association,…
*Protest in Ajah as Inspector accidentally kills man (Nation)*NJC Reinstates Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia as Judge of Federal High Court (ThisDay)
Protest in Ajah as Inspector accidentally kills man (Nation) Angry youths on Wednesday morning besieged the police station in Ajah to protest the killing of a young man by an Inspector. The victim, identified as Gafaru Buraimoh, a resident of…
*Woman alights from cab, jumps into Lagos Lagoon (DailyTrust)*Police warn motorists against driving on ‘one-way’ route along Lagos-Ibadan expressway (Guardian)
Woman alights from cab, jumps into Lagos Lagoon (DailyTrust) A woman said to be in her thirties has decided to end it by jumping into the lagoon on Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos State. Daily Trust learnt that the woman had…
Zidane admits confusion after Hazard injured again
Zinedine Zidane admitted Real Madrid are struggling to explain Eden Hazard’s fitness problems after the club confirmed the Belgian is injured again ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League game against Atalanta. Hazard came off the bench against Elche in La Liga…
*Second wave: Lagosians can’t afford fresh total lockdown, says Sanwo-Olu (Punch)*Lagos teacher arraigned for aiding malpractice during WASSCE (Punch)
Second wave: Lagosians can’t afford fresh total lockdown, says Sanwo-Olu (Punch) Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, says the people of the state cannot afford yet another total lockdown as Lagos enters the second wave of the novel coronavirus pandemic. The…
*Lagosians groan over high transport fare, seek Sanwo-Olu’s intervention (Guardian)*Lekki shootings: Youth members boycott panel sitting over frozen accounts (Punch)
Lagosians groan over high transport fare, seek Sanwo-Olu’s intervention (Guardian) Since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, strategic measures were taken to curtail its spread. Among these measures was the enforcement of social distancing in public transport. To this end, vehicles…
*Sanwo-Olu lifts curfew in Lagos (Punch)*Lagos community where potable water, good toilet, school, hospital don’t exist (Vanguard)
Sanwo-Olu lifts curfew in Lagos (Punch) The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has lifted the curfew imposed on the state with immediate effect. This was contained in a press statement by the Lagos Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso,…
Liverpool star Virgil van Dijk backs Frank Lampard to cope without Eden Hazard at Chelsea (Metro)
Liverpool star Virgil van Dijk is confident that Chelsea still have the ‘quality players’ to cope without Eden Hazard this season. Hazard, 28, brought an end to his seven-year spell at Chelsea by joining Real Madrid this summer in a…
Real Madrid star Marcelo says Eden Hazard is not better than Neymar (Metro)
Marcelo believes his new Real Madrid teammate Eden Hazard is not better than Neymar. Hazard is Madrid’s marquee signing this summer after he joined from Chelsea in a deal which could eventually be worth up to £130 million. The Belgium…
Eden Hazard wants No.23 shirt at Real Madrid (FootballEspana)
Eden Hazard has requested the No.23 shirt at Real Madrid according to reports in Marca over the weekend. Hazard will not be taking over the coveted No.10 jersey, as that is currently occupied by Croatian midfielder Luka Modric, however, the…