Year: 2021
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Popular Comic Yoruba Actor, Baba Suwe Is Dead
Popular comic Nollywood actor, Babatunde Omidina better known as ‘Baba Suwe’ is dead. Baba Suwe died on Monday at 67. His death was announced by one of his daughters, Adesola Omidina. She said: “This is to announce the sudden death of my father, Babatunde Omidina, the legend and rare gem, Baba Suwe on November 11,…
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Father of Expelled UNILORIN Student Breaks Silence Over Son Strange Behavior
Father of the expelled student of University of Ilorin, UNILORIN, Waliyullah Salaudeen better known as Captain Walz, Mr Anuoluwa Salaudeen, father of Waliyullah, has broken his silence over the saga. Mr Salaudeen who spoke with BBC said his son went wild and acted strangely a day before the incident. According to the Lagos-based mechanic, Waliyullah…
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Naira Hits Strongest Level in Parallel Market Since September Against Dollar
The Nation The naira was trading at N545 to the dollar on the parallel market at the weekend, maintaining its strongest level since early September 2021. The local currency exchanges at N411.59 to the dollar at the official market. The naira stability was triggered by drop in dollar demand by importers and other forex users…
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Suspected Gunmen Kill College Lecturer, Student in Lagos
Some gunmen suspected to be hired assassins have murdered a lecturer identified as Ahmed Saheed and an undergraduate student of Michael Otedola College of Primary Health Education (MOCPED) in Epe Local Government Area of Lagos State. The lecturer was said to have been killed around Poka town in Epe, while the student identified as Razak…
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Family of Late OAU Student Kicks Against Plan To Transfer Case To Abuja
The family of late MBA student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife has kicked against the plan to transfer the case to Abuja. The legal counsel for the family, Mr Naim Adekilekun, in a letter to the Osun Commissioner of Police, Wale Olokode, expressed confidence in the ability of the state police command to unravel…
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Family of Slain OAU MBA Student Faults Viral Broadcast by Owner of Hilton Hotel
The family of late MBA student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Timothy Oludare, who was mysterious ‘killed’ in a hotel where he lodged in Ile-Ife has faulted viral broadcast that is being claimed to be made by the owner of Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife, Prince Rahmon Adedoyin, who was arrested in connection with the death of…
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Man Electrocuted in Ogun While ‘Stealing’ Cable
Residents of Kobape area of Abeokuta, Ogun State on Sunday woke up to see a yet to be identified man electrocuted on an electricity pole. Daily Trust gathered that nobody knew when or why the man decided to climb the pole as he was not an official of an electricity distribution company. Some of the…
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Former Vice President Lauds Davido Over Donation To Orphanage Homes
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has lauded, music superstar, Adeleke David, better known as Davido for donating N250m to orphanages houses across the country. The ‘OBO’ who turned 29 on Sunday, November 21, had earlier announced plan to donate the money gifted to him by colleagues and fans ahead of his birthday. Taking to his…
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Why Hilton Hotel Staff Hid Corpse of OAU Masters Student, Lawyer
As controversies continue to surround the death of a Masters student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Timothy Adegoke, legal counsel to the owner of Hilton Hotel and Resort, Williams Abiodun, has claimed that staff of his client’s hotel hid the corpse of Timothy Adegoke,for fear of being arrested. Speaking with The Nation, Abiodun said the student…
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Investigate Assault On Muslim Female Student, MURIC Urges Oyo Govt
The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has appealed to Oyo State Government to beam its searchlight on alleged assault on a female student of of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomosho. According to MURIC, a female Muslim student of the Online Distance Learning at LAUTECH had her niqab (a kind of hijab veil) brutally pulled…