Second-leg of the Champions League quarter-finals last Tuesday saw a mouthwatering clash between Manchester City and Liverpool. The Jurgen Klopp’s led side extended their first-leg form to the second-leg winning the tie on a 5-1 aggregate. Liverpool won 3-0 in…
I’ve made over N100m from kidnapping, says herdsman in Edo (Vanguard)
The Edo State Police Command, yesterday, paraded a notorious kidnapper, Muritala Umaru, who confessed to have made over N100 million from kidnapping. Umaru, who also is a herdsman, was apprehended with an AK-47 rifle, breech number KO340119 and 10 rounds of…
S.Africa bids emotional farewell to ‘Mama Winnie’ Mandela (Dailymail)
Thousands of mourners flocked Wednesday to the heart of South Africa’s sprawling Soweto township, a centre of anti-apartheid resistance, to pay tribute to Nelson Mandela’s former wife and struggle hero Winnie Mandela. Her grandson Bambatha Mandela described Winnie, who died…
Cameroon athletes vanish from Commonwealth Games (Guardian)
A total of eight athletes from conflict-hit Cameroon are now missing from the Commonwealth Games in Australia, team officials said Wednesday. Three weightlifters and two boxers were initially reported to Australian police after not being seen since Tuesday, triggering suspicion…
How Roma sent Barca out after miracle comeback (Punch)
Kostas Manolas sent Roma through to the semi-finals of the Champions League after an incredible 3-0 victory over Barcelona at the Stadio Olimpico on Tuesday saw them overhaul a 4-1 first-leg deficit and advance on away goals. The superb Edin…
I earn N950,000 monthly, says Amaechi (Punch)
The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, says it is worrisome that the older generation is refusing to leave the scene for the younger generation. Onaiyekan, who is a former President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, said this…
* Lagos employees’ll work anywhere in the world – Ambode (Punch) * New Lagos bus terminals to move 12 million people (Punch)
THISISLAGOS MIDDAY NEWS UPDATE APRIL 11, 2018 Lagos employees’ll work anywhere in the world – Ambode (Punch) The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has said the state civil servants will be continuously trained to acquire managerial skills and good…
Buhari seeks fresh Senate approval of 26 nominees (SUN)
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate, seeking approval for the confirmation of 26 new executive nominees. The presidential nominees include 23 federal commissioners for the National Population Commission (NPC), two non-legal practitioners as members of the Federal Judicial Service…
Go home and defend yourselves with stones, Ortom tells IDPs (Punch)
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Tuesday, told the Internally Displaced Persons, who were displaced due to Fulani herdsmen attacks, to go back home and use stones to defend themselves. This, he said, was because he was tired of…
Ahead 2019 polls, Army bars officers from attending church services outside barracks (SUN)
Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has barred officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army from attending church services outside the barracks. The COAS also warned personnel who he said were ‘sympathetic’ to political, religious and ethnic groups to…