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In the Early Hours of Thursday Morning,29th October 2020 at about 1:30am there was pandemonium in the Mile 2 axis of the Amuwo-odofin LGA, Lagos State According to a source, A truck laden with petrol fell and this led to explosion. There were multiple tanker explosions. The explosion which led to the huge fire outbreak that consumed trucks and tankers loaded with goods occured at the Alaba Express axis of the Oshodi-Apapa near oposite the Lacasera company. Close to this explosion are resident areas such as the Mile 2 Jakande Estate, Festac Extension and the Fatgbems filling station. More details later… Source Let's block ads! (Why?)

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a second national lockdown for at least until the end of November. Mr Macron said that under the new measures, starting on Friday, people would only be allowed to leave home for essential work or medical reasons. Non-essential businesses, such as restaurants and bars, will close, but schools and factories will remain open. Covid daily deaths in France are at the highest level since April. On Tuesday, 33,000 new cases were confirmed. Mr Macron said the country risked being “overwhelmed by a second wave that no doubt will be harder than the first”. Let's block ads! (Why?)

Despite wide support for Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s candidate for the director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the US has expressed its opposition to her emergence. Okonjo-Iweala had emerged winner of the race with support from 104 of all 164 member countries of the WTO. Those countries include many in Africa and the European Union, where she had received public support. Despite being an American citizen, sources say the US does not consider Okonjo-Iweala as being committed enough to the interests of the world power at the flagship trade body. Bloomberg had initially reported that the US was leaning towards Yoo Myung-hee, the South Korean candidate. Bryce Baschuk, Bloomberg’s WTO reporter, also tweeted on Wednesday that the US is opposed to Okonjo-Iweala’s emergence and the road forward remains “unclear”. The heads of delegation of the WTO are to meet by 3pm and decide on the way forward. Unlike the World Bank where the US has a larger voting power than othe...

Also To Compensate Their Families •Lagos To Rebuild Burnt Police Stations, Give Life Insurance For Officers Police officers lynched in the wake of the violence instigated by the nationwide youth demonstration against police brutality will not die in vain, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, pledged. The State Government, on Wednesday, directed Lagos State Scholarship Board to award scholarship to the children of the slain officers up to the university level. The State Police Command bore huge loss in personnel, armoury and properties in the violence. Twenty-nine Divisional Police Stations and 17 Police Posts were razed by hoodlums disguising as protesters. Also, six police officers were lynched, 36 critically injured, while 71 police operational vehicles were torched. In spite of the loss, the police said they remained undeterred in performing their constitutional duties. Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday, made the offer to take the bill of replacing the logistics lost by the ...

62-year-old American singer-songwriter and actress, Madonna Louise Ciccone, has shared a steamy photoshoot with her 26-year-old boyfriend Ahlamalik Williams. Taking to her Instagram page, the pop queen shared a snap which she was seen pushed up against a fence while being kissed by her younger lover. Madonna and Ahlamalik Williams have been working together since at least 2015, when he performed as a dancer during the singer’s Rebel Heart tour. The pair confirmed their relationship in December 2019 when they were pictured getting cozy on a hotel balcony in Miami. The Don’t Tell Me hitmaker donned a lovely black dress, featuring poofed sleeves, a cinched belted waist, and high slit. Madonna also sported studded boots, as well as square-shaped glasses for part of the shoot. Sharing the photos, she wrote; “Love what you do and do what you love.” Madonna’s last album was 2019’s Madame X, which was accompanied by a well-received smaller theater tour that made its way aro...

Residents were filmed taking advantage of a protest in Philadelphia to loot stores. The protests began after a Philadelphia Police officer fatally shot a Black man in West Philadelphia. Protesters gathered in West Philadelphia around 7 p.m. Tuesday, October 27, and marched to the 18th District police headquarters. Also, Tuesday night, the lawyer for the family of Walter Wallace Jr., who was shot dead by police, said the family had called for an ambulance, not police, to get him help with a mental health crisis. The death of Walter in front of his family members sparked outrage, which in turn sparked demonstrations and then lootings as hoodlums took advantage. Philadelphia police said that two officers were hurt during Tuesday night’s unrest, but they didn’t reveal the extent of their injuries. Along with the protest, more looting occurred in the city Tuesday night and continued into Wednesday, despite Wallace Jr.’s family’s denunciation of such actions. Many car...

The Nigerian Air Force has arrested its personnel caught on tape flogging Ilesha residents who defaulted the curfew imposed on Osun State. NAF made this known in a series of tweets on Wednesday titled, ‘Alleged flogging of curfew defaulters in Ilesha, Osun State’. ”The attention of Nigeria Air Force has been drawn to a video showing some personnel flogging/meting out corporal punishment on suspected hoodlums involved in criminal activities during the imposed curfew in Ilesha. We wish to inform the general public that Nigeria Air Force has identified all the personnel involved in the incident & placed them on close arrest, while investigation to determine their level culpability has commenced, after which appropriate disciplinary action will be taken. Nigeria Air Force as a professional & disciplined force, does not condone such irresponsible acts & has zero tolerance for human rights violations, in whatever guise, even against suspected criminals; as all suspects...