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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…
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Wole Soyinka’s Son Reacts To Attack on Dad’s Home By Suspected Herdsmen
Son of the Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, Dr. Olaokun Soyinka, has debunked the social media reports that herdsmen attacked his father’s country home at Kemta Area of Abeokuta, Ogun State. Soyinka, who debunked the report via a social media platform and obtained by Daily Sun correspondent, cautioned people from further circulation of the report,…
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VC Selection: FG Announces Suspension of UI Governing Council Meetings
The Federal Government through the Ministry of Education has announced the indefinite suspension of all meetings of the Governing Council of the University of Ibadan. This was contained in a letter signed on Monday by the Permanent Secretary of the Education Ministry, Mr. Sonny Echono and sent to the Executive Secretary of the National Universities…
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Boko Haram: Sunday Igboho Clears Air On Report, Cautions Newspaper
Renowned Yoruba freedom fighter, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, widely called Sunday Igboho has cleared the air over a report published on The Nation Newspaper Online alleging that he could finish off Boko Haram fighters without government’s support describing the report as an unfounded falsehood and a figment of the writer’s imagination. Sunday Igboho, who is also…
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Sunday Igboho Accuses FG of Freezing His Bank Accounts,Sends Strong Message To Govt
Self-acclaimed freedom fighter, Mr. Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, on Tuesday, accused the Federal Government of freezing his bank accounts, following his attack on the killer-herdsmen in Oyo State. Igboho, who spoke to Vanguard, confirmed that all his bank accounts have been frozen by the Federal Government because some people were collecting donations.…
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Jamb To Prosecute 200 Out of 400 Candidates Involved in Admission Fraud With 100 Million
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said on Tuesday that 400 candidates seeking admissions into institutions in the 2020 admission year were caught in admission fraud, alleging that some tertiary institutions and Computer Based Test (CBT) centres were accomplices in the irregularities, Daily Sun Reports JAMB confirmed that accomplice tertiary institutions were engaged in…