*Lagos orders public, private schools to vacate Friday (Punch)*Gridlock: Lagos to install over 2,000 CCTV cameras to boost traffic mgt in 2021 (Vanguard)

Lagos orders public, private schools to vacate Friday (Punch) The Lagos State Government has asked public and private schools in the state to vacate on Friday. This was contained in a statement, on Thursday, titled ‘LASG directs schools to vacate…

*Lagos breaks Guinness world record with largest cupcakes mosaic (Nation)*Lawmakers wade into 1004 estate crisis (Guardian)

Lagos breaks Guinness world record with largest cupcakes mosaic (Nation) Lagos has put Nigeria on Guinness book of world record by celebrating the 60th Independence anniversary with 60,000 cupcakes to produce the largest anniversary logo in the world, made with…

Tour de France shrouded in COVID-19 uncertainty as teams gather for Nice start

Already delayed, the Tour de France sets off Saturday shrouded in uncertainty, flying in the face of the coronavirus pandemic and the imponderable question of how many of the 176 riders will avoid infection and endure three exceptionally tough weeks…

*Man who posted wife’s battered face on Facebook arraigned, granted N500,000 bail (Punch) *Market leaders champion containment of coronavirus spread in Trade Fair (Vanguard)

Man who posted wife’s battered face on Facebook arraigned, granted N500,000 bail (Punch) A Lagos-based man, Sulaiman Maiyegun, aka Afobaje, who allegedly battered his wife and bragged about it on Facebook was on Friday arraigned before the Igbosere Magistrates’ Court…

Thirteen French troops killed in helicopter crash in Mali (BBC)

Thirteen French soldiers were killed when two helicopters collided during an operation against jihadists in Mali, the French president’s office said. Monday’s accident is one of the worst losses of life for the French military in decades. French President Emmanuel…

*Lagos to enforce law on meat hygiene (Vanguard)*Two ‘ritualists’ arrested with human skull (NewTelegraph)

Lagos to enforce law on meat hygiene (Vanguard) The Lagos State Government has directed the major food vendors, who sell meat in the state, to henceforth submit a ‘veterinary health certificate for the trade of meat’ to the inspecting veterinary…

Amazon fires a global crisis, says Macron (BBC)

French President Emmanuel Macron has said the record number of fires in the Amazon rainforest is an “international crisis” that needs to top the agenda at this weekend’s G7 summit. “Our house is burning,” he tweeted. Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro…

Brexit: Macron tells PM renegotiating deal ‘not an option’ (BBC)

Boris Johnson is to meet Emmanuel Macron later, hours after the French president insisted reopening negotiations is “not an option”. Mr Macron said: “We have to help the British deal with this internal democratic crisis but we mustn’t be hostage…

Macron to send Trump replacement friendship tree (BBC)

French President Emmanuel Macron says he will send US leader Donald Trump a new “friendship tree” after the original died. The two men planted the oak sapling in the White House grounds last year. It was designed to celebrate the…

Brexit: Theresa May to meet Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron (BBC)

Theresa May is to hold last-minute Brexit talks with the leaders of Germany and France later, four days before the UK is due to leave the EU. Mrs May is meeting Angela Merkel in Berlin, followed by Emmanuel Macron in…

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