Truck plunges into canal on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway (Vanguard)
A tanker has reportedly plunged into the canal at Kara end on the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway.
The incident was said to have occurred at about 3 pm, inward Ibadan.
A motorist, Alhaji Sanni Akinlade said he was on his way from Arepo, Ogun State, when the incident occurred on Kara Bridge which led to traffic gridlock inward Ibadan.
He said the truck was in motion when it hit an object and the tanker fell off its head, into the canal. “Immediately, the tanker exploded and went up in flames.” Read more
‘‘Impending Lagos flood’’ frightens actress Yvonne Jegede (Nation)
Actress Yvonne Jegede has expressed fright over what she described as the imminent flooding of Lagos State.
Jegede decried the water level below Third Mainland Bridge, noting it has risen really high.
The frightened actress wondered why the current increase in the sea level at Third Mainland Bridge wasn’t making the news yet.
Speaking via an Instagram video, the visibly scared movie star also questioned if provisions have been made for the people should the flood eventually hit Lagos noting how it has continued to ravage many States across the country. Read more
Kanu: A’Court reserves judgment in FG’s stay-of-execution request (Punch)
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday reserved judgment in an application by the Federal Government seeking a stay of execution of the court’s judgment that ordered the release of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.
Justice Haruna Tsanami, who presided over the hearing of the application, announced that a date for delivery of judgment would be communicated to the parties when ready.
The Federal Government while arguing the application told the Court of Appeal that Kanu constituted a huge threat to national security and must be kept in detention to have relative peace.
The government also said that Kanu was a flight risk and would escape out of the country if the judgment which ordered his release was not stayed. Read more
Police to review US security alert on possible terror attacks in Abuja (Guardian)
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) on Monday said it will review the security advisory by United States Embassy over a possible terror attack in Abuja.
The US Embassy in Nigeria on Sunday alerted its nationals on the elevated risk of terror attacks in Nigeria, specifically in Abuja, advising its nationals to avoid all non-essential travel or movement, stay alert, avoid crowds, and review their personal security plans.
However, Nigeria police spokesperson Olumuyiwa Adejobi in a statement assured Nigerians and all other foreigners in the country that it will effectively review the security advisory issued by the US embassy.
“The police force hereby reassures Nigerians and all other residents and visitors in the country that it will effectively review the United States of America Embassy in Abuja’s security advisory which was issued,” Adejobi said. Read more
Animashaun-Ajiboye launches initiative to empower Festac youths (Independent)
Khairat Animashaun-Ajiboye, the founder of Peace Dynamix, Peace and Development Initiative (PD, PDI), Khairat Animashaun Initiative (KAI) and a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has raised the bar with her unique programme to engage youths in different communities, which she kicked off in her constituency in FESTAC Town, Lagos.
Animashaun-Ajiboye, who is a reputable public administrator of note and her satire team, have declared to launch the initiative to drive peace and development among Nigerian youths for a greater tomorrow.
Her vision is to create a more sustainable socio-political, economic, cultural and physical environment for Lagosians and Nigerians at large.
Animashaun-Ajiboye, the goal-getter politician and activist with outstanding records in the game, since her involvement in the Student Union Government in her tertiary institution days in Lagos State, said that she is not stopping until she creates an enabling environment for peace and development using youths as the driving force. Read more
After 1k years, Amuwo-Odofin unveils 1st Oba-elect (Tribune)
History was made as Amuwo-Odofin, a community in Lagos State officially unveiled an Oba-elect to the public after 1000 years the stool has been vacant.
The Oba-elect, Prince Kazeem Olawale Adewusi from the Erogun family of the Amuwo-Odofin royal family, according to the head of the royal family, Alhaji Saheed Kazeem, was chosen following an intensive consultation of the Ifa oracle.
He stated that the Ifa oracle chose Adewusi as the first Oba-elect out of the three contestants, each from a different branch of the Erogun royal family.
Speaking during the official presentation held at the Amuwo-Odofin royal town hall on Sunday, Kazeem said, “For over 1000 years, Amuwo-Odofin town has been headed by Baales. Read more
Anti-Graft War: National Assembly incapacitated, says Lawan (DailyTrust)
Senate President Ahmad Lawan, on Monday, lamented that the National Assembly is incapacitated in the fight against corruption and waste of public resources because the 1999 Constitution did not give the parliament the needed legislative power to do so.
He said this while responding to a lecture delivered by a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Demeji Bankole, during the 6th convocation ceremony of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies-University of Benin (NILDS-UNIBEN) held at the National Assembly, Abuja.
Bankole delivered his lecture on the theme: “Challenges of legislative turnover: Implications for good governance in Nigeria”.
Lawan said though, Section 88 of the 1999 constitution as amended provides that the parliament shall expose corruption, embezzlement and wastes, but did not equip the parliament with the power of sanctions. Read more
High cost of tuition fee: Kids now go for skill acquisition (Vanguard)
Mrs Juliana Origin, a Lagos- based trader, had to take her daughter to a catering school for a year when she saw she couldn’t meet up with the fees for the child to study catering and management at a state university she was admitted into.
It was a pathetic story, yet one she was proud of because even university graduates now still go back to acquire skills to be relevant in today’s society.
The state of the economy is worsening. Parents cannot afford a daily meal for their family, let alone pay ridiculous amounts as fees for their children to acquire a university degree.
She said: “My daughter, who just wrote her Senior School Certificate Exam, SSCE, and Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB) exams, was admitted to study catering management. When we heard about the cost of school fees and other fees for new intakes, I had to convince her to go for skill acquisition in catering services as the course itself requires practicals not theory. Read more
2023: Atiku working with enemies of Rivers – Wike (DailyTrust)
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said he would not campaign for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, because he appointed enemies of the State into his Campaign Council.
Addressing party stakeholders and supporters in Port Harcourt during the Inauguration of the Rivers state PDP Campaign Rally on Monday, Wike said the PDP candidate picked those he wants to work with in Rivers, adding that “if he wants us to work with him, if he wants us to campaign for us, he would have talked to us.”
“They said they don’t want us to campaign for them, if anyone wants us to campaign for them they will come and meet us. The presidential candidate has chosen enemies of the state as members of his campaign council, even me the Governor of the state I do not have any input.
“If anybody did not accommodate the interest of Rivers state, we will also not have their interest at heart.” Read more
Johnny Depp to return to UK next summer with Hollywood Vampires tour after Amber Heard trial (Metro)
Johnny Depp is set to embark on a tour of the UK next summer with his rock band Hollywood Vampires.
The actor and musician, who this year won his US defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard, will hit the road with his bandmates, Alice Cooper and Aerosmith’s Joe Perry, for their first tour in three years.
It comes after the trio were forced to cancel a tour in 2020 due to the pandemic.
Cooper sad: ‘Well, it’s already been three years since the Vampires have toured because of Covid. Read more
Tom Grennan announced as Patron of Music Venue Trust (WorldNewsEra)
English singer/songwriter Tom Grennan is the latest artist to become a patron of Music Venue Trust, joining the expanding list of advocates for the UK’s grassroots music sector, including Sir Paul McCartney, Nova Twins, Frank Turner, Tim Burgess and more. Music Venue Trust, which works to protect, secure and improve the UK’s Grassroots Music Venues, calls on patrons to help spread the charity’s message and emphasise the need for the whole music community to engage with their local venue.
Tom’s affinity to grassroots venues began at The Finsbury in north London, a venue he credits for kick starting his career. In a video interview with Mercury Prize Sponsor FREENOW, who have partnered with MVT to fund gigs at grassroots music venues, Tom said: “Grassroots venues are so important because if we didn’t have them, we wouldn’t have music.”
“Music is still alive and this is why venues like this are so important, because if we didn’t have venues I wouldn’t be about, and I know a lot of others wouldn’t be about. There are so many artists, so many genres of music, so many different people that are wanting or needing to be found. You don’t need to be glued to your phone to try and find the next big thing because, trust me, the next big things are in venues like this. So, get off your phone, go out and watch and listen to live music, and enjoy it.” Read more
Matt Skiba says he wrote “almost a whole album” of new material with Blink-182 before exit (NME)
Matt Skiba has revealed that he wrote “almost a whole album” of new material with Blink-182 before he left the group.
The Alkaline Trio vocalist joined Blink-182 in 2015 following the departure of guitarist Tom DeLonge. Skiba recorded two albums with the group – 2016’s ‘‘California’’ and 2019’s ‘‘Nine’’ – before leaving earlier this year to make way for DeLonge’s return.
Now, Skiba has revealed that Blink-182 were working on a follow-up to ‘‘Nine’’ that was scrapped following Mark Hoppus’ cancer diagnosis.
Speaking to Vulture, Skiba said: “There’s almost a whole album’s worth of stuff. It was supposed to be an EP, and it just kept going, and going. And now we have, I don’t know if they’re just going to get scrapped, but there’s eight or nine brand-new Blink-182 songs that are done. We basically finished those, and then Mark was diagnosed, if I’m getting the timeline correct.” Read more
King Charles to sell 14 of Queen’s horses (BBC)
King Charles III is selling off some of the racehorses he inherited from his mother the Queen.
Her late Majesty was a keen breeder of racehorses as well as an avid racegoer and rider.
Tattersalls auction house in Newmarket said it was selling 14 of Queen Elizabeth II’s horses on Monday.
They include Love Affairs, trained by Clive Cox from Lambourn, in Berkshire, which was the Queen’s last winner at Goodwood two days before her death.
Five of the horses on auction were trained by Andrew Balding based in Kingsclere, Hampshire, as well as a second horse, trained by Clive Cox. Read more
Lost and ‘Watchmen’ creator working on secret Star Wars movie (DigitalSpy)
It seems that Watchmen creator Damon Lindelof is busy with a new, exciting project in the Star Wars universe.
The screenwriter and producer, also known for being the mastermind behind Lost, is rumoured to have taken on a new endeavour in collaboration with Lucasfilm.
According to Deadline, Lindelof is currently writing a new Star Wars movie to be directed by Ms. Marvel’s Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.
Lindelof is co-writing the project, though it hasn’t been revealed who is working with him at the moment. As the film is still being scripted, it looks as though production won’t begin anytime soon. Read more
Life of Pi stage adaptation sets spring Broadway opening (Variety)
Lolita Chakrabarti’s stage adaptation of Yann Martel’s best-selling novel Life of Pi will premiere at Broadway’s Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre with performances beginning Thursday, March 9, 2023, ahead of an official opening on Thursday, March 30, 2023.
The Broadway staging is produced by Simon Friend, Daryl Roth, Hal Luftig, Mark Gordon and Playing Field. Prior to Broadway, Life of Pi will make its North American Premiere at the American Repertory Theater at Harvard University, co-led by Terrie and Bradley Bloom Artistic Director Diane Paulus and Executive Director Kelvin Dinkins, Jr. from December 4, 2022, through January 29, 2023.
Life of Pi is directed by Max Webster, with Set and Costume Design by Tim Hatley, Puppet and Movement Direction by Finn Caldwell, Puppet Design by Nick Barnes and Finn Caldwell, Video Design by Andrzej Goulding, Lighting Design by Tim Lutkin, Sound Design by Carolyn Downing, and Original Music by Andrew T Mackay. Read more
Michigan school shooting: Teenager pleads guilty to killing classmates (BBC)
A Michigan teenager accused of killing four students and injuring seven others in a high school shooting rampage has pleaded guilty to the charges.
Ethan Crumbley, 16, is being tried as an adult and is facing charges of terrorism and first-degree murder.
He was 15 when he allegedly opened fire at Oxford High School, around 30 miles north of Detroit, in November 2021.
The gunman faces a possible life sentence without parole. Read more
Unity Pre-season Tourney: Nasarawa United advance to last eight (Sun)
In preparation to the 2022-2023 season, a goal each from Obasi Dennis and Ibe Agu were all the Solid Miners needed in a crunchy encounter against a young but determined Like Minds FC to record a one hundred percent group stage result and cement their place in the quarter-finals of the 2022/23 Unity Pre-season Tournament taking place in Abuja.
In a game watched by the new President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Alh. Ibrahim Musa Gusau, alongside Chairman of Nasarawa United FC, Barr. Isaac Danladi, and Special Assistant to Nigeria’s Minister of Youth and Sports on Media, Kola Daniel.
Daily sun reports that Iyamu Peter had sent a well-tailored pass to Obasi Dennis from the centre circle with the latter beautifully controlling the ball before smashing it past the face of the goalkeeper, Joshua Edijama, to give United an early lead at the Area 3 football field.
United jealously guarded the scoreline heading into the break. Read more
Sporting boss Amorim in contention for Villa job (BBC)
Sporting Lisbon boss Ruben Amorim is one of the main contenders to succeed Steven Gerrard as Aston Villa manager.
Gerrard was sacked on Thursday after less than a year in charge following a 3-0 defeat by Fulham.
Amorim, 37, has a reported £10m release clause at the Portuguese club and it is understood Villa have held talks with his representatives.
Villa, however, have other contenders despite the strong interest in the former Portugal midfielder.
Amorim has emerged as one of the most highly rated young coaches in Europe after his work with Sporting. Read more
Former Man Utd midfielder Carrick new Middlesbrough boss (RFI)
Michael Carrick has been appointed as the new coach of English second-tier strugglers Middlesbrough, the Championship club announced Monday.
The 41-year-old former Manchester United midfielder and assistant manager replaces Chris Wilder, who was sacked earlier this month, and will be joined at the Riverside Stadium by former Boro boss Jonathan Woodgate, who will return to the northeast club in the role of first-team coach.
“The club is delighted to announce the appointment of Michael Carrick as head coach,” said a statement on Middlesbrough’s website.
“Michael brings a wealth of experience to the club having spent 12 years as a player at Manchester United before coaching and managing the Old Trafford club.” Read more
Ukraine’s biggest soccer club urges FIFA to ban Iran from World Cup (TimesOfIsrael)
Ukraine’s top soccer club on Monday urged FIFA to remove Iran from the World Cup because of the country’s alleged military support to the Russian invasion.
Shakhtar Donetsk chief executive Sergei Palkin accused Iran of “direct participation in terrorist attacks on Ukrainians,” suggesting his own country’s team should play in Qatar instead as a replacement.
“This will be a fair decision that should draw the attention of the whole world to a regime that kills its best people and helps kill Ukrainians,” Palkin said in a statement one day before his team plays at Celtic in the Champions League.
The White House said Thursday that the US has evidence that Iranian troops are “directly engaged on the ground” in Crimea supporting Russian drone attacks on Ukraine’s infrastructure and civilian population. And the head of Ukraine’s intelligence service, Kyrylo Budanov, said in a published interview on Monday that Russian forces had used about 330 Iranian-built “Shahed” drones as of Saturday — and that more had been ordered. Read more
LeBron James has telling reaction to dubious Russell Westbrook shot that cost Lakers (NYPost)
LeBron James appears fed up with Russell Westbrook’s shooting struggles after an 0-3 start to the Lakers season.
With 30 seconds to go in the fourth quarter and a 102-101 Lakers lead over the Trail Blazers on Sunday, Westbrook missed a jumper with 18 seconds on the shot clock.
James, who was walking up the court, appeared confused by Westbrook’s decision and flailed his arms in the air before he ran back on defense.
Damian Lillard would hit a 3-pointer on the ensuing possession to give the Blazers the lead, and they held on for a 106-104 victory when James missed a fallaway at the buzzer. Read more
Daniel Ricciardo: Outgoing McLaren driver hints at 2023 F1 reserve role (Sky)
Daniel Ricciardo has dropped a strong hint he will be a reserve driver in Formula 1 next season, insisting he is not “going away” from the sport despite having not claimed a seat for 2023.
The Australian, who is leaving McLaren at the end of the season after in August having his contract terminated a year early followingly hugely underwhelming performances on the track, was initially linked with several F1 drives for 2023.
However, with all but Haas’ second seat now filled and Ricciardo out of contention for that role, the only position that could keep him in the sport next year would be a reserve driver role.
“I’ll be around, don’t worry,” Ricciardo said ahead of the United States Grand Prix. Read more