12-year-old impregnated by vice-principal not raped, Nigerians react (Punch) Nigerians on Facebook and Twitter have reacted to the story of a Vice-Principal in Katsina State, Ibrahim Tukur, who allegedly raped and impregnated a 12-year-old student. Tukur, who admitted to committing…
*Summon Fashola over Lekki tollgate camera, #EndSARS lawyer tells panel (Punch)*Man jailed 6 months for peddling Cannabis (Sun)
Summon Fashola over Lekki tollgate camera, #EndSARS lawyer tells panel (Punch) An #EndSARS protesters’ lawyer, Mr Adesina Ogunlana, has asked the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry to summon the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola. The panel…
*181 students, staff test positive for COVID-19 in Lagos school (Guardian)*#EndSARS: Thousands hold candlelight sessions for victims in Lagos, others (Punch)
181 students, staff test positive for COVID-19 in Lagos school (Guardian) Lagos State Government has confirmed positive COVID-19 cases in a private boarding school in Lekki. Lagos Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, who broke the news on Friday, said…
*Drama as man, family disrupt Lagos church wedding, say bride already married (Punch) *Lagos Assembly asks Sanwo-Olu to take anti-drug campaign to schools (Vanguard)
Drama as man, family disrupt Lagos church wedding, say bride already married (Punch) There was confusion on Saturday at the Great Salvation Christian Centre, aka Father’s Church, on Ako Aro Road, in the Ifako-Ijaiye area of Lagos State, after a…
*N.7m bill holds woman who delivered quadruplets after five years of marriage (Guardian) *Man stabs neighbour to death over alleged promiscuity (Punch)
N.7m bill holds woman who delivered quadruplets after five years of marriage (Guardian) It is not yet uhuru for Nonso and Maureen Anyaegbu following the delivery of their quadruplets on August 6 as they cannot settle the estimated N700, 000…
*Toddler, two others die in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway accident (Nation) *3 die in Lagos auto crash (Punch)
Toddler, two others die in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway accident (Nation) Two persons, including a toddler, have died on Tuesday afternoon when a commercial bus conveying them somersaulted many times on the Lagos-Ibadan express way. Seven other passengers, comprising two males and…
*Court orders Lagos Public Defender to take over Evans’ case (Punch) *Lagos churches, mosques remain closed (Nation)
Court orders Lagos Public Defender to take over Evans’ case (Punch) Justice Hakeem Oshodi of an Ikeja High Court on Friday ordered the Lagos State Office of the Public Defender to take over the defence for alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme…
*22-year-old COVID-19 pregnant woman delivers twins at LUTH (Vanguard) *Lady, whose death was announced by friends, resurfaces (Punch)
22-year-old COVID-19 pregnant woman delivers twins at LUTH (Vanguard) The Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH has delivered another pregnant woman diagnosed with COVID-19 of twins. The delivery brings the total number of babies delivered at the LUTH isolation centre to…
Covid-19: UK’s Johnson announces phased easing of lockdown
Britain will begin easing some coronavirus lockdown measures this week, but most will stay in place until at least June 1, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday, as he unveiled cautious plans to lift restrictions imposed seven weeks ago.…
