*Lagos DSVA, police rescue pregnant woman assaulted by partner (Guardian)*Buhari defends Emefiele on Naira redesign (Vanguard)

Lagos DSVA, police rescue pregnant woman assaulted by partner (Guardian) The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) with the help of the Police in the early hours of Wednesday rescued a pregnant woman who was assaulted by her…

*Burna Boy smokes more weed than Snoop Dogg -Ed Sheeran (Guardian)*Lagos coroner summons Naira Marley, Prime Boy, Sam Larry over MohBad’s death (Nation)

Burna Boy smokes more weed than Snoop Dogg -Ed Sheeran (Guardian) Ed Sheeran in a recent interview with Conan O’Brien has spoken on the amount of weed that Nigerian Afrobeat singer Burna Boy consumes. The British singer who has had…

*2 Chibok girls escape from Sambisa (DailyTrust)*1st Davido UK tour gave me breakthrough in Showbiz— Billyque (Tribune)

2 Chibok girls escape from Sambisa (DailyTrust) Two of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls have escaped from their captors. Sources told Daily Trust that the girls escaped from Sambisa forest, on Sunday, as a result of intense military operations. A security…

Return of Bandits: Gunmen terrorise Niger, Kaduna, Kogi, Bayelsa, Adamawa (Vanguard)*Day-old baby abandoned on Lagos road (Punch)

Return of Bandits: Gunmen terrorise Niger, Kaduna, Kogi, Bayelsa, Adamawa (Vanguard) After what appears as a lull in their murderous activities during the general elections and cash crunch that hit the country, bandits and gunmen are back to their criminal…

*Fire guts warehouse in Lagos (Punch)*Bandits Invade Female Hostel In Zamfara, Abduct Students (DailyTrust)

Fire guts warehouse in Lagos (Punch) A fire incident occurred at Flux Logistics warehouse in the Ikeja Area of Lagos State and left a property destroyed. It was gathered that no casualty was recorded. The fire affected the company’s warehouse…

*Banks raise cash withdrawal limits to reduce queues (Punch)*Emefiele begs NLC to shelve protest over naira scarcity (DailyTrust)

Banks raise cash withdrawal limits to reduce queues (Punch) Deposit Money Banks are set to raise their cash withdrawal limits from the current N20,000-N50,000 range to over N80,000-N100,000, according to multiple bank officials. The move, it was learnt, would help…

*Over 100 women protest murder of traditional ruler in Ebonyi (Vanguard)*LP’s Rhodes-Vivour confirms alliance talks with PDP in Lagos (Guardian)

Over 100 women protest murder of traditional ruler in Ebonyi (Vanguard) Emotions ran high Thursday morning as women numbering over 100 came out en masse to protest the brutal murder of their Monarch in the Umuezeokoha community of Ezza North…

*Pastor bags life jail for impregnating two sisters (Punch)*Protesters block Lagos/Abeokuta road (Guardian)

Pastor bags life jail for impregnating two sisters (Punch) An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic and Violence Court on Tuesday convicted and sentenced a 51-year-old pastor, Nduka Anyanwu, to life imprisonment for defiling and impregnating two teenage sisters. Justice Abiola…

*Naira, fuel scarcity: Sanwo-Olu rolls-out relief package (Vanguard)*Knocks as INEC likes Twitter post criticising Obi’s candidacy (Punch)

Naira, fuel scarcity: Sanwo-Olu rolls-out relief package (Vanguard) Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday, announced measures to cushion the effects of the current scarcity of currency occasioned by Central Bank of Nigeria, naira swap and seemingly artificial fuel scarcity…

*ICPC arrests woman selling new Naira notes (Vanguard)*Shot bizman tackles police for releasing Lagos hotelier (Punch)

ICPC arrests woman selling new Naira notes (Vanguard) The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has arrested a woman, Omoseyin Oluwadarasimi Esther, with Twitter handle @SimisolaofLala, for selling new naira notes on social media.  This was contained…

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