Taxify driver awaiting youth service loses sight to robbers (Punch)
A graduate of Physics from the Kogi State University, Tomi Waziri, 27, has lost his eyesight to an armed robbery attack while in traffic in the Apongbon area of Lagos.
Waziri, who was waiting for his call up letter from the National Youth Service Corps for the mandatory one-year service, was said to have approached his sister’s husband to engage him as a Taxify ride hailing service driver until he would be mobilised for the scheme.
It was learnt that on September 12, two armed robbers attacked him while in traffic and shot him in the face. Read more
Nigerian engineers need self-cleansing to compete globally – Sanwo-Olu (Vanguard)
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has urged different associations in construction industry across Nigeria to commence self-cleansing in order to compete favourably with their counterparts around the globe.
He disclosed that the role of engineers in construction cannot be overemphasised in human daily life as virtually all other sectors rely on the construction industry to provide and maintain their accommodation, plants and infrastructure. Speaking at the 41 Annual Conference /AGM 2019 of the Association for Consulting Engineering in Nigeria in Lagos, Sanwo-Olu, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Lagos state Ministry of Works and Infrastructure, Engr. Olujimi Hotonu, said that with the application of digital technologies, the role of construction industry is bound to become more important due to various mega trends. Read more
Customer stabs sex worker to death in Lagos (Punch)
Men of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested one Babatunde Damilare for allegedly stabbing a commercial sex worker, one Elochukwu, to death in the Surulere area of the state.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Bala Elkana, said in a statement on Sunday that Damilare and Elochukwu had engaged in a fight over the amount to be paid for her service when the suspect used a knife to stab her in the neck.
He stated that Elochukwu died on the spot, adding that homicide detectives had arrested Damilare and would charge him. Read more
Tam David-West: Kalabari, Nigeria has lost an icon – Graham-Douglas (Vanguard)
Former tourism minister, Alabo Tonye Graham-Douglas, has described the demise of Prof Tam David West as a big, painful loss to Kalabari nation and Nigeria at large as reactions continue to pour in.
David West, former Minister of Petroleum and Consultant Virologist, reportedly died Monday at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, an environment he remained in retirement before his passage at 83.
Graham-Douglas told Vanguard, “It’s a very shocking, very painful exit. He’s (David West) an accomplished icon, a good image and personality for the Kalabari people, Rivers State and the whole country, Nigeria. He’s a great scholar, very proficient and upright in his dealing. Read more
Woman who impregnated self with stolen semen from billionaire wins child support battle (Vanguard)
A 40-year-old Las Vegas hotel cleaner won a child support battle against a 28-year-old millionaire who she never slept with.
Jane was 36 when she stole a used condom from a then 24-year-old tech millionaire’s hotel garbage can.
She inserted the semen inside her vagina and became pregnant with a baby boy who is now 4-years-old. Read more
Only atomic bomb can disrupt Saturday elections – INEC (Punch)
Anyone planning to disrupt Saturday’s governorship elections in Bayelsa and Kogi States would need to use an atomic bomb if he is to succeed, the Independent National Electoral Commission has said.
The Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Mr. Rotimi Oyekanmi, said this during an interview on Nigeria Info 95.1FM Abuja which was monitored by PUNCH.
Making a veiled reference to the February 2019 elections wherein the Returning Officer for the Imo West senatorial election, Prof Innocent Ibeawuchi, was forced to declare Governor Rochas Okorocha the winner under duress, Oyekanmi said such a thing could not happen again. Read more
Court orders Netherlands to repatriate Dutch children from Syria (Vanguard)
The Netherlands must endeavor to repatriate 56 Dutch children born to 23 Dutch women who had joined the ISIS (Islamic State) in Syria, a court ruled here on Monday.
The children live in detention camps in northeastern Syria.The court said that children are not responsible for the behavior of their parents, no matter how serious the acts or crimes committed by their mothers are.
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“The children are victims of the actions of their parents,” the court stated in its verdict. Read more
Coca-Cola is world’s largest plastic polluter for second year straight (NYPost)
Coca-Cola was once again named the world’s largest plastic polluter.
For the second year in a row, the nonprofit Break Free From Plastic tagged the Atlanta-based Coke as the biggest producer of plastic waste.
The environmental group had 72,541 volunteers in 51 countries collect plastic waste in September, and 43 percent of what they found were clearly marked consumer brands, the Guardian reported. Coca-Cola was number one, with almost 12,000 Coca-Cola products found in 37 countries across the world. Read more
Beast caged after beating ex and shoving her head into pan of boiling oil (DailyStar)
A vile thug, whose sustained reign of terror over his girlfriend included hitting her with a metal chair and plunging her head into a pan of boiling cooking oil, has been jailed.
Freddie McPherson, 21, subjected his partner to a sustained period of abuse for nine months, choking her until she was unconscious, beating her and stamping on her.
Between August 2018 and May 2019 he regularly prevented from her from leaving the house to seek help and would constantly demand to look at her phone to see who she was talking to. Read more
Jeff Bezos might be looking to buy an NFL team (NYPost)
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is reportedly eyeing an NFL team purchase — and has strong support among current NFL owners to do so.
CBS Sports says the richest man in the world is interested in buying an NFL team, if only there were one available for sale.
Bezos, who owns the Washington Post, watched the Super Bowl last February from the suite of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and is readily endorsed by Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and others, CBS said. Read more
Whyte to return on Joshua, Ruiz undercard (Punch)
Eddie Hearn is teeing up Dillian Whyte for a fight on the undercard of the fiercely anticipated Anthony Joshua versus Andy Ruiz II bout.
The heavyweight’s last fight saw him defeat Oscar Rivas in a thrilling contest, before being provisionally suspended for a failed drugs test. The Londoner is now clear to fight, but was stripped of his WBC interim title.
Whyte will replace the Jono Carroll versus Scott Quigg fight, after Quigg was forced to pull out of the Saudi Arabia fight with an elbow injury. Read more
Michael Jordan and LeBron James are considered two of the greatest players of all time (DailyStar)
LeBron James “has more value” than Michael Jordan – but the Chicago Bulls legend was the better player at their peaks, according to ESPN pundit Max Kellerman.
The Los Angeles Lakers superstar and Jordan are regularly among the names put forward when arguing over the greatest basketball player of all time.
James’ honours include three NBA Championships and four NBA MVP awards – and he is hoping to boost his trophy haul with the Lakers this season. Read more
Lagos Governor’s wife runs historic 10km race (Nation)
Wife of Lagos State Governor, Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu at the weekend made history as the first governor’s wife to complete a 10 km race in Nigeria.
Sanwo-Olu who participated in the fourth edition of the Lagos Women Run said that her intention was to run 2 km of the race.
“My intention was to run 2km, but seen women in their thousands in pink, make me go the whole 10 km of the race.
“I feel the Lagos Women Run is a way of networking among women folks, I also belief that the race is to encourage general fitness and well-being among women. Read more
Lacazette defends Emery, hopes for post-break revival (Guardian)
French striker Alexandre Lacazette has leapt to the defence of under-fire Arsenal manager Unai Emery saying fans were being fickle in criticising him after not praising him when they were on a good run last season.
The pressure on the 48-year-old Spaniard grew with a 2-0 defeat by Leicester on Saturday, leaving the Gunners with just one win in their last six Premier League games and eight points off fourth place and a Champions League qualification spot.
Emery has also had to deal with the fallout from Granit Xhaka’s emotional outburst towards supporters when he was substituted against Crystal Palace a fortnight ago. The Spaniard eventually stripped the Swiss international of the captaincy. Read more
Xhaka says he is ready to battle for Arsenal place (Punch)
Granit Xhaka may have been stripped of the Arsenal captaincy due to his public run-in with the club’s fans but he says he will be staying and fighting for his place in the team.
The volatile 27-year-old Swiss international midfielder has not played since he mouthed an obscenity at a section of Gunners fans jeering him when he was substituted in the Premier League match with Crystal Palace a fortnight ago.
However, despite manager Unai Emery deciding he could not carry on as skipper — a role he was given after a secret ballot of the players — he told Swiss newspaper, Blick, he would not be leaving. Read more
Leicester City’s Wilfred Ndidi is the type of player Arsenal need – Redknapp (Vanguard)
Jamie Redknapp has identified Leicester City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi as the type of player Arsenal have been ‘crying out for for years’.
On Saturday, Ndidi dazzled in midfield as the Foxes grabbed a 2-0 win against Arsenal at the King Power Stadium.
The 22-year-old completed the most tackles (7) in the encounter, managed a 100 percent passing accuracy in the final third and also made key interceptions (3) and successful take-ons (3). Read more
Arsenal insiders are unhappy that Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been made captain (DailyStar)
Arsenal bosses are reportedly concerned following the decision to make Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang club captain.
The striker was given the armband last month following Granit Xhaka’s public outburst at fans.
The Swiss midfielder furiously told supporters to “f*** off” as he left the pitch, with Emery ditching him as skipper. Read more
‘Unai is the right man for the job’ – Arsenal offer Emery vote of confidence (Vanguard)
Unai Emery has been given a vote of confidence by the Arsenal hierarchy following the club’s poor run of form.
The Gunners have gone five games without a win in all competitions and now sit eight points adrift of the top four following Saturday’s 2-0 defeat at Leicester City.
Arsenal’s poor results have seen Emery come in for mounting criticism – from fans and pundits – with Ian Wright publicly calling for the club to sack the Spaniard. Read more
Izuchukwu rallies support for Olympic Eagles (Nation)
Olympic Eagles defender Anthony Izuchukwu has said that the Nigerian team underrated the Cote d’Ivoire and were shocked 1-0 in the opening game of the on-going 2019 Africa U23 Cup of Nations in Egypt.
Izuchukwu also called on Nigerians to support the team despite losing their first match at the on-going 2019 Africa U23 Cup of Nations in Egypt.
The Olympic Eagles started their campaign on a losing note as they were defeated 1-0 at Al-Salam Stadium, Cairo by their West African neighbours Cote d’Ivoire. Read more
Models banned from Baseball game for distracting pitcher with breasts (Vanguard)
Two models in the United States were banned indefinitely from all Major League Baseball events for flashing their breasts at Houston Astros pitcher Gerrit Cole.
Julia Rose and Lauren Summer, who are well-known Instagrammers, performed the act in a bid distract the pitcher, who left the mound as a result, and play was briefly paused.
The stunt, however, got the two women in trouble as they were quickly sent letters from Major League Baseball. Read more
Enyimba, Rangers know foes tomorrow (Nation)
Nigerian representatives, Enyimba Football Club of Aba and Rangers International of Enugu will know their opponents tomorrow at the draws that will be held by Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) in Cairo, Egypt.
A CAF statement confirmed that the draw for the second-tier competition would take place at 1200 local time (1000 GMT), but did not explain the 48-hour delay as the event was originally scheduled for yesterday.
The seeded draw will divide the 16 survivors from three qualifying rounds into four groups with the winners and runners-up progressing to the quarter-finals.
Hooray (Guinea), Renaissance Breanne (Morocco), twice CAF champions League winners, Enyimba and Al Mary (Egypt) are the top seeds, based on results in the past five CAF seasons. Read more