Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has renamed the popular Onikan Stadium after the first Military Administrator of Lagos, late Brigadier Mobolaji Olufunso Johnson who died on October 30th, 2019. Sanwo-Olu, announced the renaming of the stadium at the Day of Tribute for the late Johnson currently holding in the state. Extolling the virtues of the former Military […]
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The World Bank in its 2019 Nigeria Economic Update Report which was released on Monday Decemeber 2, warned that Nigeria might be home to 25 per cent of the world’s destitute people if the government fails to revive economic growth and create jobs. The international finance institution urged the Buhari-led administration to increase domestic revenue, remove
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Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki and his wife Toyin Saraki are in celebratory mood as their daughter Oluwatosin Halima gave birth to their first grandchild on Friday November 29, 2019. Tosin who got married to Adeniyi Olatunde Olukoya, the son of Omoba Adebola and the late Olori Olatokunbo Olukoya in October 2017, gave birth to a
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A Brazilian mother who killed her son because he was gay has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. The woman identified as Tatiana Ferreira Lozano Pereira was recently sentenced to 25 years and eight months in prison after she was convicted of killing her 17-year-old son Itaberli Lozano when hitmen failed to do the job
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Former United States’ President, Jimmy Carter was admitted to a south Georgia hospital over the weekend for treatment of a urinary tract infection, a spokeswoman said in a statement. This comes just days after he returned home following surgery to relieve bleeding on the brain. Deanna Congileo, a spokeswoman for The Carter Center, said in
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Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki has reacted to an order issued by a Federal High Court in Lagos for the forfeiture of his two houses in Ilorin, Kwara State’s capital. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Yusuph Olaniyonu, the former Governor of Kwara state averred that EFCC’s claim that the two
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Passengers plying the road in Owo, Ondo state were left in tears yesterday Monday December 2nd after a police officer allegedly shot a commercial truck driver dead over N100 bribe. According to eyewitnesses, the truck driver was stopped by the police officer who, along with some other officers, were on a stop and search duty. The officer
Commercial motor drivers with more than one passenger on the front seat as well as cyclists with more than one passenger would henceforth be arrested and prosecuted for violation of Oyo State Road Traffic Law. This was disclosed on Monday by the Chairman, Oyo State Road Transport Management Authority (OYRTMA), Mogaji Akin Fagbemi, at Ibadan
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Five inmates have been electrocuted to death in the Ikoyi prison. It was gathered that the incident happened on Monday morning. The minister of interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has however confirmed an electrocution incident in Ikoyi Medium Security Prison in Lagos. “The attention of the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has been drawn to
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has seized the passport of Allen Onyema, chief executive officer of Air Peace, over alleged bank fraud and money laundering in the US. The Nation reports that Onyema’s passports will be in custody of the anti-graft commission as investigations continue and his movements, temporarily restricted. In November, US authorities had
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