Traffic: Lagosians embracing water transport, says LASG (Punch)
The Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) has said the gridlock being experienced in the state has made more Lagosians to embrace water transport. The General Manager, LASWA, Mr Damilola Emmanuel, stated this in Ikoyi on Thursday at the LASWA 10th anniversary and workshop for boat captains, with the theme, ‘Building Capacity for a Safer Lagos Waterways.’ Read more
Lagos fights drug abuse in schools (Punch)
The Lagos State Ministry of Youth and Social Development said on Thursday that the fight against drug abuse has been taken to all government-owned primary and secondary schools in the state. It stated that other relevant stakeholders in the educational sector were also involved in the campaign to save youths of the state from drug menace. Read more
Nigerians react on Twitter as Kemi Adeosun (Punch)
Nigerians on Twitter have been reacting to the alleged resignation of the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun. While some applauded her action and called it a dignified step, considering her lingering National Youth Service Corps certificate scandal, others are calling for her arrest and a refund of the salaries she had been paid while in office. Read more
Your predictions are fake, psychological warfare – FG replies HSBC, Economists (Vanguard)
The Federal Government called the prediction by two British based institutions, HSBC and the Economists over the 2019 elections fake and a psychological warfare against the administration’ anti-corruption policies. The Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed replied the two institutions on Friday in Lagos when he paid advocacy visit to Channels Television to drum up support for national campaign against fake news. Read more
Davido reacts as EFCC freezes 7 accounts belonging to Adeleke family (Independent)
Nigeria’s multiple award-winning popstar, Davido, on Friday reacted on social media to reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) allegedly froze seven accounts belonging to members of his family, the Adelekes. Many say the EFFC purported freezing of the accounts is not unconnected with Senator Ademola Adeleke’s bid to become the next Governor of Osun after the September 22 gubenatorial election. Read more
Okowa receives US Ambassador to Nigeria (Vanguard)
To ensure a peaceful and more progressive country, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has called on the international community to engage in the sponsorship of training programmes for Nigerian youths in the area of skill acquisition. Governor Okowa made the call yesterday when the Ambassador of the United States of America to Nigeria, Mr Stuart Symington paid him a courtesy visit in Asaba. Read more
Zimbabwe crowdfunds to tackle cholera (BBC)
Zimbabwe has launched a crowdfunding campaign to deal with an outbreak of cholera that has so far killed 25 people, mostly in the capital, Harare. New Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube sent an appeal on Twitter, sharing a mobile payment account number. Read more
Why Afghanistan is more dangerous than ever (BBC)
Huge death tolls that would once have made headlines are becoming commonplace in Afghanistan, as the Taliban and other militant groups flex their muscles daily against a US-backed military struggling to cope. There remains no clear end in sight for a war that has turned into a bloody stalemate, as the BBC World Service’s Dawood Azami explains. Read more
US announce new N Korea sanctions (CNN)
The US announced new sanctions against North Korea Thursday, taking aim at a Chinese company, its North Korean CEO and its Russia-based sister company. The two information technology companies are actually North Korean-controlled entities, the Treasury Department said in a statement Tuesday that accused the Russia-based company Volasys Silver Star, China-based China Silver Star and its CEO Jong Song Hwa of violating US sanctions. Read more
Can health services handle the Apple Watch? (BBC)
When Apple announced two major new healthcare features this week, it billed them both as terrific innovations that may well keep us alive. Later this year, its Watch will be able to automatically call emergency services if it detects you have suffered a fall and are no longer moving. And it will also let you know if you have heart problems and should perhaps visit your doctor as soon as possible. Read more
Man arraigned for kidnapping three men (Nation)
A 26-year-old man, Solomon Ojo, was on Friday brought before an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly kidnapping three men. Ojo appeared on a two-count charge of conspiracy and kidnapping. Read more
Friends in court for stealing car valued N2m (Nation)
Two friends, who allegedly stole a car valued at N2 million were on Friday charged before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court. The accused are Onyema Nwakwo, 32, and Ijeoma Onuwa, 27, both car wash men, who reside at Agege, a suburb of Lagos. Read more
Sarri wants Terry to return to Chelsea as coach (Punch)
Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri has opened the door for former captain John Terry to return to Stamford Bridge as part of his coaching staff. Terry left Stamford Bridge after 22 years’ service in June 2017 for a season-long stint with Aston Villa and rejected a move to Spartak Moscow this week. Read more
West Ham co-owner wants to stop agents ‘sucking’ money from football (Punch)
The co-chairman West Ham, David Gold, has backed proposals to stop clubs spending millions on football agents. At a meeting of Premier League clubs on Thursday, a proposal was made to prevent the same agent representing both the club and the player in transfer deals and receiving a fee from each — a system known as dual representation. Read more
NYSC: Davido postpones US tour (Punch)
Ace Nigerian and award-winning singer, David Adeleke a.k.a. Davido has postponed his tour of the US to complete the mandatory National Youth Service Corps programme. The `Assurance’ crooner took to his Instagram handle @Davidoofficial to announce that he had cancelled the latter part of his concert in the US to concentrate on serving his fatherland. Read more
Boxer shattered as he discovers he’s not 14-year-old son’s biological father (Punch)
A Ghanaian boxer, Emmanuel Tagoe, has discovered that he is not the biological father of his fourteen-year-old son. According to Yen Ghana, Tagoe, decided to do a DNA test, when he suspected his baby mama and her family of conspiring to blackmail him. Read more