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Alhaji Lateef Jakande Elder Statesman and first Civilian Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande who will clock 90 years on Tuesday has said the best gift he got from God was the opportunity to serve Lagos. Jakande was the governor of Lagos State between 1979 and 1983. He won a second term in 1983 but it was truncated through a coup by the present Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari. Jakande, who spoke with newsmen on Monday at his Ilupeju home said he thanked God for sparing his life to reach the age of 90. According to him, God made it possible for him to serve Lagos and that serving Lagos had always been his priority. “I thank God for giving me the opportunity to serve Lagos. No better gift will one have than the opportunity to serve my people. I thank God for that,” he said. Jakande advised young politicians to make up their mind to serve, saying that they have to be educated to get ready to serve. He said successive civilian governments that came after ...

A man has narrowly escaped being disgraced publicly by his girlfriend after he bent the knee in public to propose.   The scene of the incident   A Nigerian man who publicly proposed to his girlfriend at a mall, finally got a "yes" after passersby and well wishers persistently begged the lady to say yes to her kneeling boyfriend.   From all indication, the man escaped being humiliated.   It was clear that the lady was not excited about the marriage proposal from her supposed boyfriend.   The lady stared disapprovingly at the man for sometime, looking sad and displeased as the crowd cheered on, begging her to say yes, which she finally did.   Watch video below:    tori.ng

Protesting members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria have shot dead a senior police officer, DCP Umar, who was in charge of Operations at the Federal Capital Territory Police Command. Umar was reportedly gunned down as he tried to pacify the rampaging Shi’ite members who disrupted commercial activities and vehicular movement during their protest at the Federal Secretariat, Abuja, today. He was immediately taken to an undisclosed hospital where he gave up the ghost. The protesters also destroyed vehicles while a Channels television reporter was also hit by bullets; His identity and condition could not be immediately ascertained. Our correspondent who was at the Force headquarters saw policemen mourning the deceased who they described as a very kind man. A police Inspector said, “The DCP was a very good man. We were at the mosque last Friday when he saw one man looking so haggard. The man told him how he had not been paid for over 14 months because he was unable to complete...

This article first appeared on Spotlight Zimbabwe. LONDON – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s presidential exit is all but sealed amid reports that China will likely help in his removal from office, after he recently allegedly angered Beijing by giving exclusive diamond exploration and mining rights to Russia ahead of the Asian powerhouse, Spotlight Zimbabwe, has been told. Mnangagwa’s tenure in office is already hanging by a thread, as a faction in the military close to Vice President, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga, wants him to voluntarily resign and make way for Chiwenga, after he has dismally failed to resuscitate the country’s economy, which is now nearing total collapse in the face of the worst and unseen power outages in the nation’s history of up to 18 hours a day, growing fuel and water shortages, a wave of extortionate taxes by his regime, and uncontrollable price escalations. According to diplomatic sources in the capital, diamond company executives and an official ...

 A Channels Television Reporter has been hit by a stray bullet as members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shiites clashed with officers of the Nigerian Police on Monday in Abuja. The protest by the Shiites turned violent on Monday in Abuja, including the environs of the Federal Secretariat. Policemen who cordoned off the road leading to the National Assembly and the three arms zone disrupted the protest by the Shiites, firing teargas to disperse the crowd. The police have taken control of the area. See photos from the protest below: PHOTOS: Channels TV/Sodiq Adelakun Channels 

Members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) also known as Shiites have clashed with the officers of the Nigerian Police during a protest in Abuja. The protesters are calling for the release of their leader El-Zakzaki, who has been in detention since 2015. Details coming… See Photos Below:  Protesting members of Islamic Movement of Nigeria PHOTOS: Channels TV/Sodiq Adelakun Channels TV

A 33-year-old secondary school teacher in Lagos, Dare Olaleye, was on Monday arraigned at an Ogba Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly caning a 16-year-old Senior Secondary School student and badly injured his right eye. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Olaleye, a resident of No. 22, Kokumo St., County Bus Stop, Ogba, Lagos pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault. According to the prosecutor, ASP Benson Emuerhi, the teacher committed the offence on March 29 between 11a.m. and 1p.m. at Camp David Academy located at No. 7, Bodunrin Caulcrick Close, Ogba, Lagos. “The teacher was on duty supervising examinations at the school and had requested that the SS1 and SS2 students leave the hall before the commencement of their examination. “The defendant alleged that the complainant, Daniel Agboola, an SS1 student, had hit him while leaving the hall and Olaleye canned the student as punishment. “While the teacher was caning Agboola, the cane hit him in his right eye,...

Desmond Elliot Movie actor, director, and politician Desmond Elliot who has starred in over two hundred films and a number of television shows and soap operas is being tongue lashed on social media for saying the federal government needs to ban foreign content in order to grow the entertainment industry. This was disclosed by the economics graduate and father of four while addressing challenges facing Nollywood in an interview with Hiptv. “The Government needs to create an enabling environment for this industry to strive. Secondly, they need to consciously intentionally focus on building the industry. Treat it like you’re importing rice, So you ban all foreign contents, make it difficult for foreign contents to come in so your local contents can grow.” The politician also urged the industry to support the government, ” The music industry, the film industry, even the comic section as well, putting the square pegs in square holes and not mixing it the other way round, just m...

The federal government has renegotiated new terms for the supply of electricity to the neighbouring West African countries of Benin and Niger Republics, THISDAY has learnt. THISDAY gathered that the renegotiation, which was consummated by the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET), was to ensure that the international sale of electricity by Nigeria to the Société Nigérienne d’Electricité (NIGELEC) and Communauté Électrique du Bénin (Togo/Benin Bi-national Electricity Company) (CEB), reflected appropriate commercial terms. According to a document signed by the NBET’s Managing Director, Dr. Marilyn Amobi, and addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari, which was sighted by THISDAY at the weekend, the agency said it had concluded the negotiation with NIGELEC and CEB. The negotiation, it was learnt, reportedly centered on appropriate comme Nigeria, under a bilateral agreement, sells electricity to NIGELEC and CEB daily, albeit on terms that are not commercial. The two internat...

Nigeria's former President Goodluck Jonathan has reportedly lost N300million after it was stolen by domestic workers and relatives.   Goodluck Jonathan   The police in Bayelsa State are investigating the looting of valuables, including jewellery worth over N300 million belonging to former President Goodluck Jonathan by his domestic workers and relatives.   According to TheNation, operatives were said to have arrested some suspects, who allegedly broke into the palatial home of Jonathan at Otuoke in Ogbia Local Government and stole the items, including customised walking sticks.   The police were coordinated by operatives of “ Puff Adder ”, a new police tactical squad  launched by Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu.   Sources identified the arrested suspects as domestic workers and relatives of ex-President Jonathan.   It was learnt that one of the suspects and a management worker of Mrs. Patience Jonathan’s Ar...

Paul Pogba Manchester United midfielder, Juan Mata has sent a message to teammate, Paul Pogba. Mata asked the Frenchman to remain at Old Trafford, describing him as an influential midfielder. Pogba had publicly admitted he was open to “a new challenge somewhere else.” Pogba’s agent, Mino Raiola also said the 26-year-old was desiring to leave amid interest from the likes of Real Madrid and Juventus. “We all know Paul and he’s a fantastic midfielder and he’s a very good guy, very positive, good influence for everyone,” Mata said, according to Independent, UK. “I think he’s happy, he brings everyone together. “But I cannot speak for other people. I can speak for myself, for my present and my future in the club. “And obviously as a team-mate, and as a friend also, I would like him to stay and to be happy because he is a very good player for us, but I cannot say much else.”

A section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) says Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, the construction company handling rehabilitation work on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, has given notification of its plan to commence work on the road on August 3. The Ogun Sector Commandant of FRSC, Mr Clement Oladele, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) in Ota, Ogun, on Monday. Oladele said the rehabilitation work would cover Berger end of the road to Ogun River Bridge at the popular Kara Cattle Market totalling 1.4 kilometres. ”The rehabilitation work will initially affect 600 metres of the corridor and cause the temporary closure of the inward Lagos traffic to enable the construction company carry out the rehabilitation work on the road. “The temporary diversion of traffic will transfer the Lagos inbound traffic to the same carriageway conveying traffic outward Lagos, thereby accommodating both the traffic inward and outward Lagos...

David de Gea wants to be Manchester United captain after committing his long-term future to the club. De Gea will sign a new £375,000-a-week contract until 2025 when United return from their pre-season tour, ending speculation that he could leave Old Trafford as a free agent next summer. We have to improve a lot on this. We are working really hard this pre-season, and hopefully we can show it in the first game against Chelsea that we have improved a lot from last season.' United have only made two new signings, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Dan James, as the transfer deadline looms on August 8. However, both players have made a good impression on tour with Wan-Bissaka in particular demonstrating why Solskjaer was so keen to bring him in as his first-choice right-back. De Gea said: 'He's shown in the last two or three games that he has pace, good with the ball, great defender, so he's a good signing for us.' But after United won their first three games on to...

Footage broadcast on Iranian state TV shows the seized British-registered oil tanker having an Iranian flag hoisted above it. The Royal Navy's nickname for the strait is 'Chokepoint Charlie'. It links the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman, a tight hairpin bend with Iran to the north and the headland of Oman and the United Arab Emirates to the south Oil prices rallied as market trading resumed globally on Monday following the seizure of a British-flagged tanker by Iran on Friday, adding to tensions in the Middle East. Brent gained 2.3 per cent and was trading at $63.92 per barrel at 12.26pm UAE time as the markets recovered from a decline over the previous week, in reaction to the latest seizure of a tanker crossing the Strait of Hormuz. “Geopolitical concerns have pushed the markets higher after weeks of worries regarding slowing global growth,” said Mihir Kapadia, the chief executive of Sun Global Investments. “With US energy firms also reducing the number of oil ...

Supreme Court on Monday struck out an application by the All Progressives Congress (APC), asking the Apex Court to review its judgment on the Zamfara governorship elections. In a unanimous ruling by a five-man panel of justices, led by Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour, the Apex Court says the application is incompetent and lacks merit. The panel added that the application should not have been brought before it in the first place. The lead counsel to the appellant Robert Clarke is, however, insisting that the decision of the court was based on technicalities adding the merits of his application were not looked into. He says he will tighten the loose ends that the judgment has pointed out and he will submit his application again. Lead counsel to the appellant had earlier approached the Supreme Court to review its earlier judgment on the Zamfara Governorship elections, which held in part that the APC never conducted its primaries, a judgment that made all the candidates who took pa...

He started training with us this pre-season and I spoke with him three times for his situation,' Emery said at his post-match press conference. 'We wanted him to come with us on this tour but he decided to stay. Now it is a matter for the club and for the player. 'We spoke with a good spirit for both the team and him but this is his decision, only his decision. He's speaking only with the club.' The French outlet claim the two parties have come to an agreement and now all that remains is to convince Arsenal to sanction a transfer. It was revealed on Tuesday that Arsenal boss Unai Emery spoke to Koscielny three times in a forlorn attempt to get his captain on the club's pre-season tour. Following the Gunners' 3-0 win over the Colorado Rapids, Emery was quizzed on the situation regarding Koscielny and the Spaniard admitted he had spoken to the 33-year-old defender on numerous occasions but had been unable to convince him to travel. Laurent Kosci...

Higuain, who spent last season on loan at AC Milan and then Chelsea, has been informed by club officials that his future lies elsewhere. Roma are currently favourites to land the Argentine, having reportedly agreed a £5.4million fee with Juventus to take him loan for the entirety of next season. The Serie A side appear set to sell Edin Dzeko to Inter Milan this week in a £13.5m deal and have identified Higuain as an ideal replacement. Higuain is however yet to give his consent on the move despite Roma being the only club to express concrete interest in him. Juventus still intend to offload Gonzalo Higuain this summer despite his eye-catching display in their International Champions Cup defeat by Tottenham. The 31-year-old, who wore the captain's armband after coming off the bench in the second half, scored in the 3-2 loss and impressed fans with his overall performance. However, Gazzetta dello Sport claim he is still not part of Juventus' plans this season and wil...

By A Correspondent- A Gwanda man (Zimbabwe)  who raped a 59-year-old woman until she soiled herself, has been slapped with a 15-year jail term by the Beitbridge regional magistrate. Zivanai Ndlovu (28) of Tshanyaugwe denied the charge when he appeared before Beitbridge regional magistrate, Crispen Mberewere. The magistrate, however, convicted him and sentenced him to 15 years in jail after the State proved that there was overwhelming evidence that he committed the offence. Prosecutor Munyonga Kuvarega told the court that on February 22, the woman, who can not be named for ethical reasons, retired to bed. Later at night, Ndlovu broke in and raped the woman for a long period until she soiled herself. The victim reportedly smeared her waste on his clothes with the intention of dissuading him from continuing, but he did not budge. She only escaped when he asked her to change position, which allowed her to scream and alert her son. The son gave chase and apprehended Ndlo...

Nigerian billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola has taken over ailing actor, Sadiq Daba's medical bills.   Sadiq Daba   Following prostate cancer relapse by one of Nollywood’s super stars, Sadiq Daba, a business mogul, Femi Otedola has stated that he would foot the medical bill of the actor, ThisDay reports. He said Daba’s health condition was brought to his notice through an online news story, and that he would be part of his journey. In a statement made available to THISDAY yesterday, he said:  “I was saddened to hear that he had taken ill again after overcoming his challenges from prostate cancer just two years ago. “From the news report, I gathered that he was rushed to the emergency unit of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) after being diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). “I must say that even though I don’t know Daba personally, he is a face I am familiar with through the old television drama production – Cock Crow at ...

The trial of a former Abia State governor and Senator representing Abia North Senatorial District, Orji Uzor Kalu, will resume at the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos today. The trial which had been on for over 13 years was given a fresh fiat by President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa to the trial judge, Justice Mohammed Idris, to enable him to return to the court to conclude the case. Justice Idris was elevated from the Federal High Court to the Court of Appeal in June 2018. But he continued to hear the case after the President of the Court of Appeal initially granted a fiat for him to do so. The fiat was granted at the instance of Kalu’s Lawyer, Professor Awa Kalu (SAN) who activated Section 396(7) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, ACJA, in order to prevent the case from being transferred to another judge to start afresh. That fiat expired in November 2018. A copy of a Fresh Fiat sighted by our Judiciary Correspondent, Shola Soyele sta...

Nigerian singer, Timi Dakolo has alleged that his life as well as his wife and kids' lives are at risk.   Busola and Timi   Popular musician, Timi Dakolo has lamented that his life and that of his wife and children have been at risk since the rape allegation, his wife, Busola made against the Senior Pastor, Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, Biodun Fatoyinbo, Punch Metro reports. He also raised the alarm over the attempt to abduct his wife by a team of policemen that visited their home on Saturday. Dakolo alleged that things got worse when the police made their residential address in Lagos public, thereby making them susceptible to attacks. The artiste said,  “I didn’t expect that our residential address, where my children live, would be released to the public and since then, we have noticed how my life, my wife’s life and the lives of my children have been put at risk to strange faces around the house. “We have been followed home, people are watching our home; ...

Three high-performance camera sensors inside the vehicle will not only increase driving safety by significantly reducing blind spots, but also improve fuel efficiency. South Korea's largest auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis on Sunday said it has developed a camera monitoring system that will replace side-view mirrors in next-generation vehicles. With the advanced sensor technology, Hyundai Mobis has joined a couple of global future mobility developers and it aims to export the technology to carmakers, Yonhap news agency reported. Three high-performance camera sensors inside the vehicle will not only increase driving safety by significantly reducing blind spots, and but also improve fuel efficiency as side-view mirrors will be hidden inside the car, Hyundai Mobis said in a statement. "The paradigm shift to the future car is demanding both functional and design upgrades of all core components, which have been taken for granted until today," Vice President Gregory Bara...

Central bank still in tightening mood as MPC meets LCCI backs new lending policy The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday dismissed reports that it had barred commercial banks from investing in treasury bills. It dismissed a report in the media that it had stopped commercial banks from buying treasury bills so they could be more liquid to give out loans. A top official of the CBN told THISDAY that while the central bank would be glad to see less participation by commercial banks in the primary market treasury bills auction, it makes a policy pronouncement to that effect, banks are still free to buy treasury bills. The central bank had in the past few days taken measures to encourage commercial banks to lend more to operators of micro, small and medium scale enterprises (MSMEs), as it seeks to support the federal government’s economic diversification agenda. Owing to this, the source, who did not want his name in print because he was not authorised to speak on the matter,...

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses clerics in Tehran (AFP file) Iran has captured 17 spies working for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and some have been sentenced to death, Iranian media reported on Monday. COMMENT State television quoted the Intelligence Ministry as saying it had broken up a CIA spying ring and captured 17 suspects. A ministry official said some of those arrested had been sentenced to death, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. There were no concrete details on the alleged spying ring but it comes at a time of heightened tensions between the US and Iran. Last May, US President Donald Trump pulled out of the 2005 nuclear deal and reimposed sanctions on Iran. In recent months, the US has blamed Iran for several attacks on oil tankers in the Arabian Gulf and Revolutionary Guards also shot down an American drone. Although there was no confirmation that it is the same group accused of being a CIA ring, last month, Iran sai...

Larouci, an Algerian who has caught the eye recently, left the pitch on a stretcher after tackle Sevilla are not a team for whom Liverpool have great affection. They lost to the Spaniards in the 2016 Europa League final, while two meetings in the Champions League in 2017 saw Liverpool held to draws, home and away, after collapsing defensively. Safe to say this latest meeting did nothing to restore relations. The behaviour of some Sevilla players was disgraceful and it was a surprise that they only had one man sent-off. Joris Gnagnon, the French defender, received a red card for kicking 18-year-old full back Yasser Larouci off his feet. Larouci, an Algerian who has caught the eye these past few weeks, left the pitch on a stretcher. It stemmed from Sevilla being unhappy that Liverpool had not put the ball out when one of their own players was on the floor 'Harry got a knock on his cheekbone and his eye so not too cool. He should be ok as well. That is the situation. I wo...

Israeli forces began demolishing buildings near a military barrier on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Monday, in the face of Palestinian protests and international criticism. Bulldozers accompanied by hundreds of Israeli soldiers and police moved in to Sur Baher, a Palestinian village on the edge of East Jerusalem in an area that Israel captured and occupied in the 1967 Middle East War. Palestinians fear that the razing of homes and buildings near the fence will set a precedent for other towns along the route of the barrier, which runs for hundreds of kilometers around and through the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The demolition is the latest round of protracted wrangling over the future of Jerusalem, home to more than 500,000 Israelis and 300,000 Palestinians, and sites sacred to Judaism, Islam and Christianity. Israeli forces cut through a wire section of the barrier in Sur Baher under cover of darkness early on Monday, and began clearing residents from the area. Floodlights...