UNILAG students protest fee hike today (Punch)
The Lagos State Police Command has urged the National Association of Nigerian Students to inform the command of its protest plans slated for today, September 6, 2023, at the University of Lagos.
NANS had warned the Department of State Services not to prevent students from exercising their rights to protest, saying it is a universally recognised human right.
The National Public Relations Officer of the union, Giwa Temitope, had said that the statement made by DSS on Monday that some politicians were mobilising student leaders for violent protest against the Federal Government over socio economic matters was propaganda, adding that the protest would go on as planned. Read more
Minister expresses need for immediate rehabilitation of Lagos Ports (Vanguard)
The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, has said there is need for immediate rehabilitation of the critical infrastructure at the Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports.
Speaking after a tour of the Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports led by the managing director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello-Koko, in Lagos, on Monday, the Minister said to forestall collapse of the ports infrastructure there must be immediate rehabilitation
He, however, called on terminal operators in the ports to collaborate with the federal government to rehabilitate the collapsed quays and other areas requiring rehabilitation
“to avoid the collapse of the port we need to rehabilitate the port as a matter of urgency and dredging must continue and we can put other things in place. Read more
Tinubu meets Hinduja Group Chair in India (DailyTrust)
President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, in New Delhi held a meeting with Mr. Prakash Hinduja, the Chairman and CEO of the Hinduja Group of Companies, a conglomerate with a total asset portfolio exceeding $100 billion.
Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, in a statement on Tuesday night said the Indian Industrialist was received by the President within 90 minutes of his arrival in India for a meeting, which began around 8:00 pm local time.
He said accompanied to the meeting by the Ministers of Finance, Trade & Industry, and Foreign Affairs, the smiling President Tinubu made it clear to his first visitor that he is in India with one focus: attracting investments to Nigeria with lucrative opportunities for investors, but most essentially, jobs for Nigerians and new revenue opportunities for Nigeria’s federal and sub-national governments. Read more
Apapa LG in revenue controversy, contracts 3rd party for toll collection (Vanguard)
The leadership of the Apapa Local Government Council in Lagos State is currently struggling to rid itself of alleged illegal toll collection along the Apapa port access roads.
The Council was alleged to have contracted an organization to execute the collections on trucks using the Apapa port access roads and truck parks, an allegation the Council has denied saying that whoever collects money from drivers were impersonating its officials.
However, there are reports that the leadership of the Council contracted the collection of toll from truck drivers to a third party with an instruction to remit N125,000 every week to the coffers of the Council. Read more
Lagos commissioners: Omotoso, Abayomi scale through screening (Nation)
Lagos State House of Assembly yesterday began screening of the remaining 18 commissioner-nominees sent by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for confirmation.
About 11 of them were screened. They included former commissioners Gbenga Omotoso, Prof. Akin Abayomi, Sam Egube and Mrs. Cecila Dada.
Omotoso, Abayomi and Dada were asked to take a bow. Read more
Bello approves 100% increment in NYSC allowance in Kogi State (Guardian)
Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has approved a 100% increment in the allowance of members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) deployed to the state for their mandatory one-year service.
The governor made the announcement on Tuesday during the closing ceremony of the 2023 Batch ‘B’ Stream 2 of the NYSC at the State’s Orientation Camp, Asanya, in Kabba Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State.
Bello said the increment was approved in view of the current economic realities and the overall importance of the NYSC scheme to national and state development. Read more
NNPP Crisis: Alkali, former national chairman dumps party (Vanguard)
Crisis rocking the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP has taken a new twist as the former National Chairman of the party, Professor Rufa’i Ahmed Alkali has dumped the party, describing recent developments in the Party with factions working against each other as really unfortunate and counter-productive.
According to him, it became very imperative for him to resign his membership from the party against the backdrop that the party has slipped deeper and deeper into avoidable crises and conflicts that have led to several cases of suspension and counter-suspension of key leaders of the party, acrimonious press war, accusations and counter- accusations, which regrettably has led to the factionalisation of the party.
In a statement he personally signed yesterday, Alkali who was the Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, he had to leave the party because it has become so sad, especially as there was no end in sight in what he described as this needless war of attrition, adding that there seems that an unwritten code was in existence by the warring factions not to allow Elders of the party to mediate in order to nip the crisis in the bud. Read more
Lagbaja charges troops to sustain onslaught against terrorists in North East (ThisDay)
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Taoreed Lagbaja, weekend, charged troops to sustain the onslaught against the insurgents and restore sanity in the Lake Chad region and northern Borno State.
Lagbaja urged the troops to be resolute and not rest on their oars as the war against terrorism and insurgency raged.
Lagbaja also laid a wreath in honour of officers and soldiers, who paid the supreme price fighting terrorism and insurgency in defence of Nigeria.The COAS laid the wreath at a Heroes Cenotaph in the northern Borno town, Mongunu, the Headquarters Sector 3 Joint Task Force North East Operation Hadin Kai as he continued his operational tour of the North East theatre of Operations. Read more
Joe Jonas files for divorce from Game of Thrones star wife Sophie Turner (LBC)
Pop star Joe Jonas has filed for divorce from his Game of Thrones star wife Sophie Turner after four years of marriage.
Jonas, of the pop group the Jonas Brothers, said the couple’s marriage was “irretrievably broken” in a divorce filing.
Turner, 27, and Jonas, 34, share two daughters aged three and one. Jonas wants to share custody of the children with his wife. Read more
The Equalizer 3 surprises with $34.5m and No. 1, while Barbie clinches new record (USAToday)
The third installment in the Denzel Washington-led Equalizer franchise topped the domestic box office this weekend with $34.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. By the end of the Monday holiday, that total is expected to rise to $42 million.
Labor Day signals the end of Hollywood’s summer movie season, which will surpass $4 billion in ticket sales for the first time since the pandemic, thanks in no small part to Barbie and Oppenheimer, which are still netting records even after seven weeks in theaters.
This weekend, Greta Gerwig’s Barbie officially became the biggest movie of 2023 with more than $1.36 billion globally, surpassing The Super Mario Bros. Movie, while Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer sailed past $850 million globally to become the No. 3 movie of the year and Nolan’s third-highest grossing. Read more
‘‘Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget’’ trailer brings back Rocky and Ginger 23 years after 1st movie (People)
Chicken Run is back!
On Tuesday, Netflix debuted the first trailer for ‘‘Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget’’, which serves as a sequel to the original 2000 claymation film.
Thandiwe Newton leads a new voice cast as Ginger, while Zachary Levi portrays Rocky and The Last of Us star Bella Ramsey plays the couple’s daughter, Molly. The trailer meets Ginger and Rocky as Ginger prepares to lead a mission to break into a chicken farm rather than break out of one, as the group did in the original movie. Read more
Ashley Tisdale sued over Hollywood car accident (FilmNews)
Ashley Tisdale is facing a lawsuit over a car accident last September.
The High School Musical actress is being sued by Lina Gonzales for the injuries she allegedly sustained in the accident, which occurred when Gonzales was driving on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles in September 2022.
According to legal documents obtained by TMZ, Gonzales claimed she was waiting to make a left turn in the left turn lane when Tisdale, 38, changed lanes and collided with her car. Read more
‘‘Jeanne du Barry,’’ Johnny Depp’s latest release, to open Haifa Film Festival (JerusalemPost)
To many, Johnny Depp is the king of cool and no amount of legal trouble can change that, so it’s fitting that he plays King Louis XV in the new film, “Jeanne du Barry”, which the 39th Haifa International Film Festival announced on Monday will be its opening night film. The movie will also be opening at theaters in Israel at the end of September.
The film festival will run this year from September 28 to October 7 at the Haifa Cinematheque and many other theaters in Haifa and will feature hundreds of films from all over the world, as well as the best of recent Israeli cinema.
The Israeli program has already been announced and more information will be coming soon about the rest of the program, which will include movies that have played at the Venice and Toronto film festivals, as well as many other festivals from all over the world. Read more
Smash Mouth frontman Steve Harwell dies at 56 (BBC)
Steve Harwell, the lead singer of US band Smash Mouth, has died at the age of 56.
The band’s manager had earlier said Harwell was in the final stages of liver failure and was receiving end of life care at his home.
In a statement Robert Hayes said Harwell died at his home in Idaho, “surrounded by family and friends”.
Smash Mouth had a string of hits in the 1990s and 2000s with All Star, Walkin’ on the Sun and I’m a Believer. Read more
Erdogan’s Russia visit vital for grain deal, Turkey president’s aide says (NewArab)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will focus on the Black Sea grain deal during their meeting on Monday as Turkey seeks to bring Moscow back to the deal, Erdogan’s chief foreign policy adviser said.
“We play a leading role here. We see strong support from all around the world for the realisation of the grain corridor,” Erdogan’s chief foreign policy and security adviser, Akif Cagatay Kilic, told the A Haber television channel.
“The current status [of the grain deal] will be discussed at the summit on Monday. We are cautious, but we hope to achieve success because this is a situation that affects the entire world,” Kilic said. Read more
AFCON 2024: Coach Peseiro, others arrive Uyo for preparation (NewTelegraph)
Super Eagles Coach, Jose Peseiro and three assistants have arrived Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, ahead of the AFCON Qualifying Match between Nigeria and Sao Tome, Principle.
They arrived on Tuesday into a warm embrace of the Akwa Ibom state government delegation before they visited the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium where the match will be played.
Recall, the state government on Monday, held a technical meeting as part of government efforts to put together a hitch-free football match. Read more
Saka beats Bellingham to England’s player of the year award (ESPN)
Forward Bukayo Saka was named England Men’s Player of the Year for a second successive year, the English Football Association said on Tuesday.
Arsenal’s Saka, 22, was voted the standout player of the 2022-23 season by fans, ahead of midfielder Jude Bellingham and striker Harry Kane, who were second and third, respectively.
Saka, who made his England debut in October 2020 scored seven goals in 10 games over the last 12 months for England — including three goals at the 2022 World Cup. Read more
Serbia’s Borisa Simanic loses kidney after Basketball World Cup injury (NYPost)
The Serbian Basketball Federation announced Monday that forward Borisa Simanic has lost one of his kidneys as the result of an injury sustained during a World Cup game against South Sudan.
Simanic has been operated on twice in Manila, the team said.
Additional complications presented themselves after the first surgery, team doctor Dragan Radovanovic said, requiring the second procedure Sunday where the kidney was removed. Read more
US Open: Aryna Sabalenka sails through but Ons Jabeur sent packing by Zheng Qinwen (Sky)
Aryna Sabalenka celebrated her dethroning of Iga Swiatek as the world number one with a comprehensive 6-1 6-3 victory over 13th seed Daria Kasatkina in the US Open fourth round on Monday night.
Swiatek’s defeat on Sunday means Sabalenka will top the rankings for the first time once this tournament is over, although the Australian Open champion’s main ambition this fortnight will be to leave with the trophy on Saturday.
Sabalenka has made the semi-finals of the past two editions here in New York, and will face Ons Jabeur’s conqueror Zheng Qinwen next in her bid to make the last four again. Read more
Moratti feels Lukaku made a big fool of himself (FootballItalia)
Former Inter president Massimo Moratti reflected on Romelu Lukaku’s controversial summer and the dangers Fiorentina posed to the Nerazzurri.
Simone Inzaghi’s side will face the Viola in their third outing of the Serie A season on Sunday evening, a match they’ll be hoping to win to maintain momentum in the early stages of the campaign.
Lukaku initially seemed destined to return to Inter this summer before they changed course after discovering his negotiations with Juventus, which led nowhere due to their financial limitations. After weeks of speculation, he finally made the jump to Roma, leaving Chelsea on a dry loan deal. Read more
Max Verstappen wins record 10th straight race with Italian F1 GP victory (Guardian)
Max Verstappen entered the history books with victory at the Italian Grand Prix – a record-breaking 10th consecutive win taking the Red Bull driver to a rarified plane of success never achieved by any driver in Formula One since the championship began in 1950.
What was striking about the win at Monza was that for all that it has been a relentless advance he completed it with an air of something of a stroll in the park – the Parco di Monza specifically and, perhaps, appropriately.
The parkland home of the circuit is where 10,000 trees were felled in storms that hit the region in late July and wreaked terrible devastation on the natural beauty surrounding the track. Verstappen, who might now be considered Formula One’s own force of nature, was equally as implacable in taking his record win. Read more