Author: David Great

A BRT bus caught fire on Lagos’ Third Mainland Bridge on Wednesday morning, multiple eyewitnesses have said. The lengthy bus moving into Iyana-Oworo caught fire right after the bridge’s Adeniji Adele axis. Despite the fact that no casualties have been reported as of the time of reporting this report, the accident has resulted in a considerable traffic jam on the bridge. The Lagos Fire Department and LASTMA officials are on the scene to extinguish the fire and manage traffic. Last month, a BRT bus collided with a Lagos train killing at least two persons. The driver of the bus was…

Dominion CEO calls settlement of 2021 lawsuit ‘historic’ Fox says it wanted to avoid ‘acrimony of a divisive trial’ Settlement announced at 11th hour, after jury picked Fox Corp and Fox News on Tuesday settled a defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million, averting a trial putting one of the world’s top media companies in the crosshairs over its coverage of false vote-rigging claims in the 2020 US election. The settlement, which legal experts said was the largest struck by an American media company, was announced by the two sides and the judge in the case at the…

The Liverpool board have prepared and approved a contract for Chelsea’s England midfielder Mason Mount, 24. (Football Insider) Manager David Moyes is increasingly likely to leave West Ham this summer with the process of identifying potential replacements under way. (Mail) Crystal Palace want Roy Hodgson to stay at the club beyond the summer to mentor whoever replaces him as manager. (Telegraph – subscription required) Steven Gerrard is reportedly on the shortlist to be the next head coach at Greek side Olympiakos six months after being sacked by Aston Villa. (Express) Jose Mourinho could become Paris St-Germain manager next season with the Roma boss currently at the top of sporting director Luis Campos’…

Eight female students of Government Secondary School, Awon in Kaduna have escaped their captors two weeks after they were abducted. The female students were seized by an armed gang on their way from school along with an unknown number of others, authorities said on April 4. Samuel Aruwan, the Kaduna commissioner for internal security and home affairs, said the students escaped from a forest between Kaduna and neighbouring Niger state and walked for days before being found by some villagers. They were taken to a military facility in the state to receive medical attention. “The eight female students of Government…

AC Milan reached the Champions League semi-finals for the first time since they won the trophy 16 years ago thanks to a first-half goal from Olivier Giroud at Napoli that secured a 1-1 draw and 2-1 aggregate win despite a barrage of pressure on Tuesday. Napoli battled until the end but could not break down the resilient Milan defence until striker Victor Osimhen equalised three minutes into stoppage time with a bullet header but it was too late as the referee ended the match seconds later. Seven-time European champions Milan will now face either Inter Milan or Benfica, who meet…

Chelsea’s hopes of playing in the Champions League next season were dashed by Real Madrid with a 2-0 win in the second-leg quarter-final at Stamford Bridge. Frank Lampard’s men held very little hopes after losing 2-0 in the first leg, and it looked like the Blues could sprung a surprise as they started rather brightly. But Real’s defence held firm before Rodrygo struck twice in the second half to win the leg and seal the tie. In the semis, Real will likely face Manchester City, who lead Bayern Munich 3-0 in their last-eight tie. The loss for Chelsea extends the…

Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate on Tuesday vowed that he will not give up until victory is achieved, supposedly referring to his bid to become Nigeria’s president. Obi noted that he would remain steadfast in his bid to reclaim his mandate for a New Nigeria. Chronicle NG reports that Peter Obi placed third in the presidential elections which produced Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress as president-elect. Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) finished second ahead of Peter Obi. The PDP and LP has since filed legal suits urging the court to cancel…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Ahmadu Fintiri as Adamawa state governor-elect after it resumed collation on Tuesday. Fintiri, the Peoples Democratic Party candidate defeated Aisha Dahiru Ahmed popularly known as Aisha Binani, the All Progressives Congress candidate. The incumbent governor has now been re-elected having won the supplementary election. He garnered 421, 524 votes to beat his closest contender Binani who polled 390,275. Announcing the result on Tuesday in Yola, the Returning Officer, Prof. Mohammed Mele, said that the supplementary poll was conducted in 69 polling units across 20 local government areas of the state. INEC urges…

The Special Fraud Unit of the Nigeria Police Force from Milverton, Ikoyi, Lagos today arraigned two property developers Msheilia Julius Silas and Sabo Mohamed Jimeta alleged to have swindled a Nigerian businessman Abubakar Baba Zango to the tune of N800 million before a Federal high court in Lagos south west Nigeria. Also arraigned alongside, the two defendants is a limited liability company Jitau Investment Limited alleged to have been used to perpetrate the fraud. When the charge was read to them, they pleaded not guilty, consequently, a senior police legal officer Emmanuel Jackson leading another police lawyer, Barrister Justice Enang…

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says women in Nigeria continue to be underrepresented at all levels of government. This was contained in the NBS Statistical Report on Women and Men in Nigeria 2021, which was released on Tuesday in Abuja. According to the report, despite all attempts to increase female participation in politics and decision-making, women continue to have poor representation at all tiers and levels of governance. According to the report, women have never been nominated as Secretary to the Federation’s Government. It further stated that women had not been elected as President or Vice-President since the country’s independence…