*Troops burst gun-manufacturing syndicate, recover weapons (Sun)*NLC holds back from declaring indefinite stike (Leadership)

Troops burst gun-manufacturing syndicate, recover weapons (Sun) Special Forces troops under the Hakorin Damisa IV have burst a gun manufacturing syndicate which has been used in fuelling crisis in Kaduna and neighbouring Plateau States. The troops also recovered 26 assorted…

Sagamu Cult Clash: LG imposes dusk-to-dawn curfew on motorcycle, tricycle operations (Punch)*Oshodi-Apapa Expressway: How Police, Oduduwa boys, others worsen gridlock (Vanguard)

Sagamu Cult Clash: LG imposes dusk-to-dawn curfew on motorcycle, tricycle operations (Punch) Following a series of violent cult clashes that have left some persons dead while others were injured in the Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State, the authorities…

*Panic as fire breaks out at MMIA old terminal (DailyTrust)*Tribunal declares Natasha winner of Kogi Central Election (Vanguard)

Panic as fire breaks out at MMIA old terminal (DailyTrust) A section of Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) old terminal, Lagos, has been gutted by fire. It was learnt that the incident happened in the early hours of Wednesday following…

*7 die in building collapse at Borno IDP camp (Punch)*Cameroon notified us 7 days after opening Lagdo Dam – FG (DailyTrust)

7 die in building collapse at Borno IDP camp (Punch) Seven people were killed and two others injured when a building collapsed in a camp for people displaced by jihadist violence in northeast Nigeria’s Borno State, militia sources and a…

UNILAG researchers unravel novel Parkinson’s genetic risk factor in Africans (Guardian)*Man dies as soldiers, residents clash in Lagos (Punch)

UNILAG researchers unravel novel Parkinson’s genetic risk factor in Africans (Guardian) Researchers from the University of Lagos (UNILAG) have uncovered a genetic variant that increases the risk of Parkinson’s Disease (PD) in Africans and African admixed populations, as part of…

*Naira crumbles to 920/$, fuel marketers push for fresh price hike (Punch)*Vote out underperforming governors, Tinubu charges Nigerians (DailyTrust)

Naira crumbles to 920/$, fuel marketers push for fresh price hike (Punch) Oil marketers, on Thursday, insisted on a possible hike in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, following a further plunge in the value of…

*Prophet, boyfriend to die by hanging for killing final year LASU student (Vanguard)*Judge’s absence stalls cosmetic surgeon’s trial over client’s death (Punch)

Prophet, boyfriend to die by hanging for killing final year LASU student (Vanguard) Justice Christiana Obadina of an Osun State High Court sitting in Ikire has sentenced Philip Segun of Cherubim and Cherabum Church, Solution Chapel, Ikoyi-Ile over the killing…

*Army intercepts truck load of ammunition en route Anambra (Sun)*APC postpones NEC, caucus meetings indefinitely (DailyTrust)

Army intercepts truck load of ammunition en route Anambra (Sun) Troops of 192 Battalion Nigerian Army (NA) operating in 81 Division Area of Responsibility have busted an international ammunition smuggling syndicate, while transporting a truck load of smuggled ammunition to…

Alcaraz ends Djokovic’s Wimbledon reign in final thriller

Carlos Alcaraz has ended Novak Djokovic’s remarkable Wimbledon run of success, fighting his way to a stunning 1-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 triumph for a first title at the grass court Grand Slam and second at the majors. Alcaraz,…

Chief Justice of Nigeria’s son becomes a judge (DailyTrust)*Insecurity: South-east lost N4t in 2 years to sit-at-home order‒Kalu (Tribune)

Chief Justice of Nigeria’s son becomes a judge (DailyTrust) The National Judicial Council (NJC) has appointed the son of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayoode Ariwoola, as a judge of the Federal High Court. In a statement on Friday…

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