Justice Josephine Oyefeso of an Ikeja High Court has sentenced a former part-time lecturer at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akin Baruwa, to 21 years imprisonment for raping an 18-year-old admission seeker. Baruwa, a married father of two, was arraigned before the court by the police after the victim, a daughter of his friend, filed a […]
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Lawrence “Larry” Tesler, the icon credited for his innovation that allows you cut, copy, and paste texts, has died at the age of 74. He died on Monday, February 17. His death was announced on Twitter on Wednesday, February 19, by Xerox, where he spent part of his career. Xerox tweeted. “The inventor of cut/copy and paste,
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The Lagos state government says the state has recorded its first case of Lassa fever. In a statement released on Wednesday February 19th, the state Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, confirmed that a patient is currently in isolation at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital. Abayomi called on residents to be calm and not panic as the state government
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Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says he is strongly convinced that corruption is the cause of coronavirus. Magu said this at the passing out parade of 281 cadets of the EFCC Detective Inspector Course-5, at the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, on Tuesday. Coronavirus, officially named COVID-19, broke out in Wuhan
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An ex-corps member identified as Boboye Olaribigbe has demanded N260 million from the National Youth Service Corps. Olaribigbe who is now an accountant said the N260 million is to be paid as the copyright value of a language project he executed for the scheme more than a decade ago. He accused the National Youth Service
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The Nigerian Association of Nephrology (NAN) says 20 million Nigerians have kidney diseases, just as it canvasses early detection of the diseases. The President of the association, Prof. Ifeoma Ulasi, disclosed on Monday at a news conference heralding the association’s 32nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Scientific Conference, in Ibadan. According to her, the theme
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Some traditional rulers and indigenes of Ayedire and OlaOluwa local councils of Osun state on Monday protested against the physical assault of Dhirulahi Akinropo, agbowu of Ogbaagbaa, by Abdulrasheed Akanbi, oluwo of Iwoland. Akanbi had attacked Akinropo over a disagreement during a meeting convened by the assistant inspector-general of police (AIG), Zone 11, to resolve
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On Tuesday, the chief security officer to Rotimi Amaechi died in a hotel room in Kaduna. The officer, who was described as a senior intelligence personnel, died on Monday morning while on a trip with the transport minister. It was gathered from a reliable source that the officer was electrocuted at his hotel room. His
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A teenager, identified as Ayishat, is lucky to be alive after she was viciously attacked with a blade on Valentine’s Day by her boyfriend’s scorned ex, Isiwat, and her friends. The suspect had accused the victim of snatching her boyfriend. On Valentine’s day, Isiwat and two of her friends allegedly ambushed Ayishat and disfigured her
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Tokunbo Idowu, a former BBNaija housemate better known as Tboss, has hurled curse words on a troll who called her newborn child“unspecial” and “ugly”. The reality TV star took to her Instagram Live on Sunday to share a video where she can be seen sobbing while narrating how a social media user had called her child “uncomely”
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