Kidnapped Lagos landlord escapes

Isheri North area

One of the four landlords kidnapped by gunmen in the Isheri North area of Lagos State has escaped from his captors.

It was learnt that the victim, who arrived at home on Tuesday, however, refused to discuss his ordeal with anyone.

Our correspondent had reported that the masked gunmen emerged from the waterways while the victims were jogging around 8am on Saturday.

The assailants were said to have shot into the air before taking away the four men in a speedboat.

A source told our correspondent that one of the men escaped on Tuesday.

He said, “He escaped from their midst because no ransom was paid. “He is scared and has kept to himself. The police have maintained visible presence in the community, but it is not certain they know where the kidnappers are.”

Another member of the community said some money was paid, adding that the victim arrived at the estate around 5am in a boat.

Etim backs Ighalo over Man United miss

Odion Ighalo

Idris Adesina

Former Nigeria midfielder, Etim Esin, has backed Watford striker, Odion Ighalo, despite his miss in the English Premier League match against Manchester United on Sunday.

Although Watford secured a 3-1 win over United at Vicarage Road,Ighalo missed a chance to get on the score sheet with just 15 minutes into the match. United goalkeeper, David DeGea, spilled the ball into his path but the Nigerian could only drag his shot wide of the goal.

The social media was awash with criticisms of the player but Etim told our correspondent that such misses happened to players once in a while.

Kenyans ready for Super Falcons challenge

Super Falcons

Hosts Cameroon and debutants Kenya are both confident they can cope with being in tough groups at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations.

The Harambee Starlets have been drawn in Group B alongside defending champions Nigeria, Mali and Ghana for the November 19 to December 3 tournament in Yaounde.

“We are not scared of facing Nigeria at all. Yes we are underdogs but they will be more under pressure facing a team they do not know much about,” Kenya captain Ann Oluoch Onyango told BBC Sport.

Babalola donates N10m to Nigeria Olympic Fund

Chief Afe Babalola, (SAN)

Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti

Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Chief Afe Babalola, SAN, on Monday announced a donation of N10m to the Nigeria Olympic Fund to support the growth of sports in the country.

Babalola made the donation in Ado Ekiti after endorsing the Nigeria Olympic Fund, an initiative of former Nigerian internationals, to raise funds to support the Nigerian team to the Olympics.

He called on corporate bodies and individuals to contribute to sports funding in Nigeria, saying the dismal performance of Team Nigeria at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and the dwindling fortunes of sports in the country was worrisome.

Five apps for tracking your loved ones

Ozioma Ubabukoh

Five apps that can help you  keep tabs on your loved ones — for better or for worse

 Connect

This app for iPhone or iPad can follow your husband, wife, children and even your friends on sites like Facebook FB, Twitter , Instagram, Google Contacts  and LinkedIn. Most social contacts are jumbled and split up across multiple devices, platforms and apps, but this app collects them in one place, says Ryan Allis, Chairman and Co-founder of the app. “Your Connect map has hundreds of your friends on it the first time you use the app,” Allis says. Unlike similar apps like Foursquare, it doesn’t use virtual check-ins, which can prompt users to activate their location settings (many people don’t realise that when they turn on location settings on their phone, location information can be embedded in shared photographs and status updates too). What’s more, the other person doesn’t need to have Connect installed or to accept an invitation from the app.

 Find My Friends

Find My Friends for iPhone and Android allows you to keep up to speed on when your spouse leaves work, your child leaves school or even when a visiting friend arrives at the airport. “Friends who share their locations with you appear on a map so you can quickly see where they are and what they’re up to,” according to the app’s official site. The app syncs with phone contacts and maps on the iPhone. Users can also select what other Find My Friends users they want to interact with on their network. Not to be confused with Find My iPhone (free on iOS), which will give the location of a lost or stolen phone via Apple Maps on a map and also works for iPod, iPad Touch.

52-year- old drinks poison, jumps into Lagos river

Itowolo river

Olaleye Aluko

Residents of Salvation Avenue in the Ajegunle, Ikorodu area of Lagos State have found the corpse of a man by the riverside.

It was learnt that the deceased, Bolaji Waheed, was found around 1.30pm at the bank of the Itowolo River with a bottle containing a substance suspected to be poison.

Our correspondent gathered that 52-year-old Waheed had been declared missing on Saturday after his family members could not find him.

It was learnt that Waheed’s dead body was found by the riverside on Monday, which caused confusion in the area.

LAUTECH Reopens 2016 Admission Screening Portal For Uploading Of O-level Results

The Vice Chancellor of Ladoke Akintola University (LAUTECH) on behalf of the University Management has graciously approved the opening of the portal for UTME candidates that were unable to upload their results before the portal was closed.

The general public should note that this window is for ONLY those that could not complete the process as new entrants will not be allowed.

The portal is currently open and will close at midnight Wednesday September 21, 2016