Year: 2021
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Dowen College Reacts To Viral Report of 12-year-old Student Allegedly Beaten To Death by Colleagues
Following a viral report of a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lekki in Lagos, Sylvester Oromoni who was allegedly beaten to death by his fellow students over his purported refusal to join cult group, the management of the institution has down-rightly debunked the report. Reacting to the development, the Principal of the college, Mrs. Adebisi…
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Jos Jail Break: NCoS Releases Details of Escaped Inmates (Photos)
About four days after some suspected gunmen invaded correctional facility in Jos, the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has released the names and photographs of some inmates who recently escaped from the facility. Speaking on the attack hours after the attack was foiled by gallant security officers , Francis Enobore, public relations officer of NCoS, said…
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Why I Resigned From Government Appointment To Support Atiku in 2019,Nollywood Actor
Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie, on Wednesday said he resigned from his government appointment to support former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in 2019. Atiku had run for Nigerian Presidency during the 2019 elections under the Peoples Democratic Party. In his latest post, Edochie stated that he supported Atiku because he wanted a positive turn around for…
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#EndSARS: Panel Member Faults Lagos Govt’s Claim On Mismanagement of Funds
One of the prominent members of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and other matters, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN), on Wednesday, faulted the Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), claim over alleged mismanagement of funds allocated to the Panel. Adegboruwa said it is…
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#EndSARS: Why Soldiers Were Invited, Lagos Government
The Lagos State Government has given insight into what led to the presence of soldiers “ during the EndSARS protests in the state in October 2020, adding that the military officers were invited to forestall break down of law and order in the nation’s economic capital. The Babajide-Sanwo-Olu government stated this in its White Paper…
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Just In: NCDC Confirms Two Cases Of Omicron Variant of COVID-19
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Wednesday announced the confirmation of the first case of the Omicron variant in the country. NCDC let this out in a statement signed by the Director-General, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa. According to the agency, two cases of the variant were discovered through genomic sequencing. It albeit linked the…
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How Man Stabbed Food Seller Over N400 in Ogun Hotel
Punch A man, Opeyemi Rufai, has allegedly stabbed a food seller, Olayinka Ogunleye, during an argument bordering on N400 at the Baonik Hotel, Magboro, in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. PUNCH Metro gathered that Rufai, while lodging at the hotel, told Olayinka to prepare noodles for him. But after placing the…
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29-year-old Ex-convict Bags 28 Years Imprisonment For Impersonating UNILORIN DSA
Kwara State High Court in Ilorin, the state capital on Monday sentenced a 29-year-old ex-convict, Joshua Oluwatobi, to twenty eight years Imprisonment for impersonating the Dean of Student Affairs, University of Ilorin, and others to defraud unsuspecting students seeking to pay school fees and hostel accommodation. Recall that, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had…
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Updated: Lagos Govt Releases White Paper on #EndSARS Panel Report, Accepts 11 Out of 32 Recommendations
The Lagos State Government has released its White Paper on the report by the EndSARS panel that probed the Lekki toll gate incident of October 20, 2020. The governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on behalf of the state rejected the panel’s report that nine persons were killed at the toll gate when soldiers stormed the protest…
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Release Sunday Igboho or Face Serious Economic Embargo, Nigerian-American Warns Beninese Government
By Vanguard A Nigerian-American and human rights promoter, Toyin Dawodu has given the government of Benin Republic seven days to unconditionally release secessionist campaigner, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho or face serious economic embargo “it may never recover from in a long time.” Dawodu who stated this in a zoom press conference from…