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Jakande’s Son Narrates Last Moment With Late Dad
One of the children of the late first civilian Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, Seyi yesterday, naarated his moment of his late dad. Seyi, while granting an interview with newsmen at their Ilupeju resident, said his father died as a progressive politician, and also revalidated his membership with All Progressives Congress, APC in…
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Horror! 98-year-old Woman Stabbed To Death in Enugu (Graphic Photos)
A 98-year-old woman identified as Oyibo Ogidi, has been murdered by unknown assailants in Ovoko, Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area of Enugu State. The decomposing body of the childless woman was discovered at her Amafor residence on Tuesday morning, February 9. The deceased’s nephew, Victor Onyeke, who confirmed the incident to Vanguard, said the woman…
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Love Scam: Serving Corps Member, One Other Convicted In Ilorin
A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, on Thursday, convicted a serving NYSC member, Sam Abiola and one Adeniyi Sodiq, over offences bordering on attempted cheating and love scam. The two convicts were arraigned before Justice Adenike Akinpelu, last week February 1, 2021, by the Ilorin Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes…
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Buhari Offers Automatic Employment To 110 Ex-corps Members
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday offered automatic employment to 110 ex-corps members in the Federal Civil Service and scholarships for the pursuit of post-graduate studies up to the doctoral level in any university in Nigeria. Speaking at the virtual 2018/2019 President’s National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) honours award ceremony held at the State House Conference Centre,…
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Ten Things To Know About Former Lagos State Governor, Late Lateef Jakande
The first democratically elected Lagos Governor Alhaji Lateef Jakande died on Thursday morning at 91. Here are ten things to know about the deceased: · Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande was born July 23, 1929 in the Epetedo area of Lagos Island, Lagos. He studied at a Lagos public school at Enu-Owa, Lagos Island then at…
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#OccupyLekkiTollgate: Police Take Position Over Proposed Protest
Lagos Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has declared that no protest will be allowed to hold at the Lekki Tollgate on Saturday, February 13. On Tuesday, February 9, some Nigerians using the hashtag #OccupyLekkiTollgate announced plans to stage fresh protests over plans to reopen the tollgate. The protest was in response to the Lagos Judicial…
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Video: 3 EBSU Students Suffocate During Attempt To Write GST Exam in Overcrowded Hall
Three students of the Ebonyi State University (EBSU) have allegedly died after they suffocated while attempting to write a GST exam in a crowded hall on Wednesday, February 10, 2021. Footage shared online show hundreds of students struggling to get a space in the hall for the exam. During the struggle, eight students reportedly fainted,…
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One Student Killed, as SUG Election Turns Bloody in Ondo
An unidentified student of Rufus Giwa polytechnic, Owo in Ondo was reportedly killed during the institutions student union election. Reports from the institution confirmed the victim was shot dead by a rival cult group. Details of the incident remained sketchy last night. The state police spokesperson Tee Leo lkoro said the command was yet to…
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Police Arrest Landlady’s Daughter For Allegedly Beaten Tenant To Death Over Electricity Bill
Operatives of Lagos State Police Command have arrested one Ms. Tina Essi for the alleged murder of 49-year-old Christian Akparie of No 26 Orijamogun Street, Oreyo street, Ikorodu. The Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, disclosed this in a statement signed on Wednesday by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi. According to the statement, preliminary…
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#EndSARS: Army Officer Drags Police Before Judicial Panel
An officer of the Nigerian Army has dragged the Nigeria Police Intelligence Agency before the Oyo State Judicial Panel of Inquiry into Police Brutality, Violation of Rights of Citizens and Unlawful Killings on the grounds of illegal detention for a year and 5 months. The Petitioner named Lance Corporal Adeborijo Adebayo Samuel who was the…