Woman dies after falling into well (Punch)
A woman has died after falling into a 170-foot well at a construction site in Ijegun, Lagos.
Her body was recovered by the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service after a prolonged multi-agency operation.
The agency said it received a distress call around 7:34 pm on June 30, about the incident at Abuba Anthony Street, near Obalagbe Bus Stop, close to Fadeko International Hotel. Read more
Businessman docked for allegedly stealing soap worth N120m (Guardian)
A Businessman, Uchenna Nnaji of Borno Plaza, Balogun Market, Trade Fair, has been arraigned before the Criminal Division of the Lagos State High Court, presided by Justice Muyideen Abdul-Rahmen Tejumade over alleged stealing and conspiracy. He is accused of stealing Crusader soap valued at N120m.
Meanwhile, the matter was adjourned to September 24, 2025 for trial. In a Suit No: LD/23999/24, Nnaji was arraigned on a two-count. The first count is conspiracy to commit felony contrary to Section 411 of the Criminal Law, Cap17, Vol 3, Laws of Lagos State, 2025.
The particulars of the offence read: โ Uchenna Nnaji (male) and another (still at large), sometime in 2023, around Trade Fair Complex, Lagos in the Lagos State judicial division did conspire among yourselves commit felony to wit: stealing. Read more
Voting ends in Lagos LG polls as sorting, counting begin (Channels)
Voting has officially ended in Saturdayโs chairmanship, vice-chairmanship, and councillorship elections in Lagos State.
Voting lasted six hours from 9 am to 3 pm, as directed by the electoral umpire, the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC).
Voting took place in the 20 local government areas and the 37 local council development areas of the state. Read more
FCT Senator Ireti Kingibe announces defection from LP to ADC (Leadership)
Senator Ireti Kingibe, who represents the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) senatorial district in the National Assembly, has announced her defection from the Labour Party (LP) to the African Democratic Congress (ADC), setting the stage for her political plans ahead of the 2027 general election.
Speaking with journalists in Abuja, Kingibe described the move as โdeliberate and strategic,โ and confirmed that a formal declaration would soon follow, to be marked by what she described as โnoise and fanfare.โ
โIโm totally and completely committed to ADC,โ she said. โBut obviously, as the Senator representing the Federal Capital Territory, donโt expect me to just take a lunch break and go and collect a card. I want to do so with noise and fanfare.โ Read more
Govt house lockout incident: Okpebholo orders probe, redeployment of security officers (Sun)
Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has ordered the immediate redeployment of security personnel, including the Camp Commandant who were on duty at the Government House, in Benin City, yesterday, 11th July, 2025, following the controversial lockout of journalists and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from accessing the premises during the Supreme Court victory celebrations.
The Governor, in a press statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Fred Itua, expressed deep regret over the incident, describing the action as unacceptable and inconsistent with his leadership style.
He said he remains a people-focused and accessible leader who holds the media and his supporters in the highest regard, stressing that the exclusion of invited guests and supporters was not only unauthorised but also in complete contradiction to the spirit of the celebration. Read more
Losing my family within 2 years lowest moment of life โ Iyanya (Nation)
Afrobeats singer Iyanya Mbuk has opened up about the lowest point of his life, losing three family members within two years.
In an interview with Hero Daniels, Iyanya said the tragic events began with his fatherโs passing, just days before a major career milestone.
Shortly after, his brother passed away, and then his mother died moments before one of his performances. Read more
Tinubu returns to Nigeria after BRICS summit in Brazil (NewTelegraph)
President Bola Tinubu is currently en route to Nigeria from Brazil, where he attended the 2025 BRICS Summit held from July 6 to 7.
The update was disclosed by Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga via his official X (formerly Twitter) handle.
According to sources, the President departed Rio de Janeiro at 12:30pm. local time and is expected to arrive in Abuja later this evening. Read more
New details revealed about man fatally โsuckedโ into planeโs engine (People)
New details have emerged about the man in Italy who was killed after being “sucked” into the engine of a plane earlier this week.
According to the Italian news outlet Corriere della Sera, the 35-year-old man involved in the fatal incident has been named as Italian builder Andrea Russo.
At around 10:20 a.m. local time on July 8, Russo broke into a restricted area on the runway at Il Caravaggio International Airport (also known as Milan Bergamo Airport) and allegedly ran into the engine of a Volotea Airlines jet, 7 News Australia and U.K. newspaper Metro reported, citing Italian news outlets. Read more
Giveon brings the sound of โ70s R&B back to the future with โBelovedโ (Variety)
Musical tributes come in every variety, from loving homage to desecration, and they never go out of style.
Theyโre usually one-off songs or projects โ from Bruno Mars and Anderson Paakโs lurid early โ70s soul pastiche Silk Sonic to Billy Joelโs nods to the music of his childhood with โUptown Girlโ and โThe Longest Timeโ to Bad Bunnyโs gumbo of Latin music styles on โDebรญ Tirar Mรกs Fotos โ although some artists make a career out of them (see: Kravitz, Lenny and Crowes, Black).
But itโs rare to find a project that re-creates the sound of a certain genre or era with painstaking accuracy but brings it into the present, and thatโs exactly what โBeloved,โ R&B singer Giveonโs second full-length album, has accomplished. Read more
Scarlett Johansson rented luxe yacht for โJurassic Worldโ cast during grueling filming process (PageSix)
Scarlett Johansson rented a yacht for the cast of โJurassic World Rebirthโ during their demanding filming process, her young co-star Audrina Miranda exclusively told Page Six.
โScarlett rented out a yacht one day, so we were all able to hang out there,โ Miranda said during our interview, when asked how the cast bonded during the grueling Thailand and Malta shoot.
Miranda, 12, further divulged that she โgot paid $50 to jump off the boat,โ and โit was worth it.โ Read more
Arizona resident dies from plague, health officials say (BBC)
A resident of Arizona has died from pneumonic plague, health officials confirmed on Friday.
This was the first recorded death from the disease in the county since 2007, Coconino County Health and Human Services reported. In that case, a person had an interaction with a dead animal infected with the disease.
Plague, known as the “Black Death” in the 14th century, killed up to half of Europe’s population. It is now rare in humans and can be treated with antibiotics. Read more
French police and judges raid far-right National Rally party HQ (NBC)
Police raided the headquarters of France’s far-right National Rally party Wednesday in what officials said was an investigation into allegations of fraud, illegal loans and forged documents relating to the party’s successful elections of recent years.
It is the latest probe into whether the party has broken campaign financing laws, with its founder and de-facto leader, Marine Le Pen, having been convicted of embezzlement in April and banned from office for five years.
On Wednesday, National Rally President Jordan Bardella wrote on X that 20 armed officers wearing bulletproof vests, accompanied by two judges, entered the party’s Paris offices and seized emails, documents and accounting records. Read more
David Gergen, adviser to 4 presidents, dies at 83 (NPR)
David Gergen, a veteran of Washington politics and an adviser to four presidents in a career spanning decades in government, academia and media, has died. He was 83.
Gergen worked in the administrations of Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. Over the years, he served as a speechwriter, communications director and counselor to the president, among other roles.
Dean Jeremy Weinstein of the Harvard Kennedy School, with which Gergen had a long relationship, said Gergen died of a long illness. Gergen “devoted decades of his life to serving those who sought to serve,” said Hannah Riley Bowles, a former co-director of the school’s Center for Public Leadership, where Gergen was the founding director. Read more
France โ98 World Cup bonuses shaped my life โ Mobi Oparaku (Guardian)
Former Super Eagles player, now Technical Director of newly promoted Kun Khalifat FC of Owerri, Mobi Oparaku, has revealed how the bonuses he received at France โ98 World Cup shaped his life.
Oparaku guided Kun Khalifat FC of Owerri to gain promotion to the elite Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) at the 2025 Nigeria National League (NNL) Playoff in Asaba.
He told Completesports.com that he came from a poor family but France โ98 bonuses helped him to build a house for his mother and trained his six sisters in university. Read more
Isaiah Jackson, Pacers agree to 3-year, $21m deal (ESPN)
Free agent centre Isaiah Jackson has agreed to a three-year, $21 million deal to return to the Indiana Pacers, CAA’s Drew Morrison and Sam Rose told ESPN on Friday.
After losing Myles Turner in free agency, the Pacers re-signed big man James Wiseman, traded for 7-footer Jay Huff and now are excited about Jackson’s development as another young member of their core.
The Pacers announced the deal with Jackson later Friday but did not disclose terms.
Jackson, 23 missed the majority of last season after he tore his right Achilles tendon in early November. Wiseman also suffered an Achilles injury just weeks earlier, limiting Indiana’s frontcourt options early in that season. Read more
WAFCON: Falcons get $200k for qโfinal qualification (Punch)
Nigeriaโs Super Falcons are already assured of $200,000 in prize money following their hard-fought 1-0 victory over Botswana on Thursday night in Casablanca, Morocco, at the ongoing 2024 Womenโs Africa Cup of Nations.
By the prevailing exchange rate, the Super Falconsโ current earning is N305m.
The slim win, powered by a late strike, ensured that the Falcons became the first team to book a place in the quarter-finals, with one group match still to play. The result also makes Nigeria the only team so far with back-to-back wins in the group stage. Read more
Taylor beats Serrano to complete trilogy clean sweep (BBC)
Ireland’s Katie Taylor beat Amanda Serrano for the third time in their epic trilogy, winning their bout at New York’s Madison Square Garden on a majority decision after a chess match of a fight.
Two of the cards read 97-93 in favour of undisputed light-welterweight champion Taylor, with the third card unable to split them at 95-95.
The fight played out in front of a sold-out arena for the latest instalment of women’s boxing’s great rivalry and, though not quite the all-out war of their previous meetings, it remained just as gripping. Read more
How much does the Wimbledon champion make? What to know about 2025’s record-breaking purse (People)
It pays to be good at tennis โ especially good enough to win Wimbledon.
The 2025 Wimbledon Championships kicked off on June 30 with the first round of singles matches in the womenโs and menโs divisions. After 14 days of competition, the legendary tennis tournament will host its final matches on July 13, and the winners will take home their share of a record-breaking purse.
Responding to criticism from top players, the All England Lawn Tennis Club announced in June that it would increase Wimbledonโs prize money by 7%, according to ESPN. Read more