The identity of secondary school kids killed by a truck in the Ojodu region of Lagos State on Tuesday have been published by the Ojodu Local Council Development Association. When the truck ran over the students at 2 p.m., they were on their way home from school. In a statement titled ‘Events of fatal motor/pedestrian accident at Ojodu involving students’, …
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The Lagos State Government has said it is suspending academic activities at the Ojodu Grammar School, Ojodu-Berger area following the killing and injuring of several students of the school by a heavy-duty truck on Tuesday. The Commissioner for Education, Folashade Adefisayo revealed this while addressing journalists on Wednesday. She said that the college would be shut down until January when …
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Hon James Abiodun Faleke, the Lawmaker representing Ikeja Federal Constituency of Lagos State at the House of Representatives, has expressed his pains over the fatal accident involving a delivery truck and some school pupils on Tuesday. In a statement, Faleke said “The news of the accident at Ojodu today, Tuesday, 7 December, 2021 came to me as a rude shock. …
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By S. I. Yakubu Esq. So many versions of the unfortunate incident that led to the demise of a promising young child have been bandied on the media that it is impossible to sift fact from fiction. What can be distilled from all the noise, as factual so far is that; Late Sylvester complained about pains to his school clinic …
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By Fikayo Olowolagba Former beauty queen, Precious Chikwendu has told a Customary Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja that Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has erectile dysfunction. Chikwendu made this known in the application filed through her counsel, Mr Abiodun Olusanya, seeking permission to see her children. In the suit marked FCT CCK8/01/043/2021, Chikwendu told the court that …
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By Ishola Oludare Three Celestial Church of Christ members, who were abducted during a night service in Obada-Oko area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, have been rescued. They were reportedly rescued unhurt by the Ogun State Government-owned security outfit, the So-Safe Corps. Residents of Obada-Oko have been living in fear over incessant cases of kidnapping in the fast-growing Ewekoro …
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By Ayodele Afolabi, Ado-Ekiti There was tense atmosphere yesterday at Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, as some aggrieved youths set ablaze the residence of a Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) pastor, over the death of a missing seven-year-old girl. The incident occurred at Adehun Area in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital in the early hours of Tuesday after the lifeless …
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The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Southwest (Zone ‘D) has said the crushing to death of 12 pupils by a truck in Lagos on Tuesday can be likened to a deliberate murder of a bright future of some innocent souls. It therefore called for a thorough investigation into the role played by some security personnel and traffic related outfits …
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A former president of the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN) who is also a philanthropist, Mr Bolaji Rosiji, is dead. Rosiji, who was also the founder of Gaurapad Charities which was founded in 2004, died on Sunday, December 5, during a brief illness. He was survived by wife and children. According to a statement announcing his death by Olayemi …
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