The Portuguese island of Madeira began three days of mourning on Thursday after 29 German tourists died when their bus spun off the road and tumbled down a slope before crashing into a house. Drone footage showed the mangled wreckage…
West Ham ‘disgusted’ after fans are filmed chanting antisemitic abuse (Guardian)
West Ham have vowed to ban a group of supporters filmed engaging in antisemitic chants on their way to the club’s Premier League match at Manchester United. In the latest in a recent series of incidents of racist abuse in…
Akada Book festival holds April 27 in Lagos (Guardian)
Clever Clogs Books, responsible for the popular children’s picture books, Diary of a Toddler, Kobold the Antelope; Tobi Visits the Conservatory and the soon-to-be-launched Why Do You Wash Your Hands? is set to hold the Akada Children’s Book Festival (ACBF).…
Abducted policeman found dead in Edo forest (Guardian)
Four robbery suspects arrested over murder of policeman in Lagos The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Godwin Oshiogbuwe, abducted at Ubiaja, Esan South East local government area of Edo State, has been found dead. His body was found in a forest…
NCC, NBC set to leverage TVWS for affordable broadband connectivity (Guardian)
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), in collaboration with the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), is set to develop a framework for the use of Television White Space (TVWS) technology to extend affordable rural connectivity to Nigerians. The initiative, midwifed by the…
Netanyahu gives rare TV interview to address allegations (Guardian)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has given a rare and unscheduled television interview to combat allegations of improper behaviour from his rivals before April elections. Saturday night’s interview with Channel 12 came just before he boarded a plane for Washington,…
Decriminalise sex work to protect us from crime – prostitutes (Guardian)
Prostitution should be decriminalised in the UK to make it safer for vulnerable women, a sex worker organisation has said. The English Collective of Prostitutes is calling for the removal of laws relating to consensual adult sexual behaviour, arguing that…
Sarri and Kepa try to play down substitution ‘misunderstanding’ (Guardian)
Maurizio Sarri’s grip on his position as Chelsea’s head coach has been further loosened after Kepa Arrizabalaga appeared to undermine the Italian’s authority by refusing to be substituted before his team succumbed in a penalty shootout to Manchester City. Sarri…
Pope compares child sex abuse to ‘human sacrifice’, vows action (Guardian)
Pope Francis on Sunday vowed to tackle every single case of sexual abuse by priests in the Roman Catholic Church, comparing paedophilia to “human sacrifice”. But his public address to the Church’s top bishops at the end of a landmark…
No LGA result has arrived Lagos INEC office for final collation (Guardian)
About 24 hours after the Presidential and National Assembly elections in Lagos State, no single result from any of the 20 Local Government Areas has been brought to the final collation centre. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that…