New immigration rules will be “simple and flexible”, ministers have promised, as the UK’s points-based post-Brexit system prepares to go live. From Tuesday most foreign nationals, including from the European Union, who want to work in the UK from 1…
*Suspected robbers torture 52-year-old to death in Lagos (Punch) *Lagos seeks stakeholders’ cooperation to address traffic challenges (Guardian)
Suspected robbers torture 52-year-old to death in Lagos (Punch) Suspected armed robbers have attacked a 52-year-old man, Olumuyiwa Akinfenwa, in the Egbeda area of Lagos State, torturing him to death. Our correspondent learnt that Akinfenwa, who lived on Peace Estate,…
Buhari congratulates Nigerians on Wild Polio Virus Free status
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Nigerians as the country becomes Wild Polio Virus Free, while appreciating all partners, local and international, for their relentless efforts in ensuring the clean health bill. Describing the achievement as a joyous and historic occasion,…
*Sanwo-Olu suspends reopening of Mosques, Churches indefinitely (Vanguard) *Calling us useless is oppressive, Naira Marley replies Executive Jets (Vanguard)
Sanwo-Olu suspends reopening of Mosques, Churches indefinitely (Vanguard) Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has suspended indefinitely planned reopening of religious worship centres in the state following steady increase in confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state which has remained…
*‘Regulate us, don’t kill our means of survival’ (Guardian) *492 families benefit from Sanwo-Olu’s housing scheme (Nation)
‘Regulate us, don’t kill our means of survival’ (Guardian) In protest against today’s take-off of the ban on the operations of commercial motorcycles on some major Lagos roads and bridges by the Lagos State Government, riders of e-hailing motorcycles yesterday…
Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal defeated three times in House of Lords (Metro)
The Prime Minister’s Brexit deal has been defeated three times in the House of Lords. The first defeat for the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill was over the rights of EU citizens lawfully residing in the UK after Brexit. Peers…
Johnson to seek a new vote Monday on his Brexit deal, as confusion swirls over exit delay (TheWashingtonPost)
Prime Minister Boris Johnson vowed he’d never, ever ask the European Union to push the Brexit deadline beyond October. Now he has relented. At the very last minute on Saturday night, Johnson asked the Europeans for a Brexit delay until…
Lagos, religious institutions partner against domestic violence
Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT) has concluded a two-day workshop to strengthen the capacity of religious institutions in responding to domestic violence. The event held at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja on Wednesday was organised in partnership with…
SCID Lagos gets new ultramodern statement taking/interview room
In furtherance to ensuring a safer and crime-free Lagos, the Lagos state Commissioner of Police Zubairu Muazu on Tuesday commissioned an ultramodern and state-of-the-art facility for interviewing and recording statement of crime suspect(s) at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID)…
