Without showing any remorse, Stephen John, a farmer in Ore, Odigbo council area of Ondo state confidently said that he derived “so much pleasure raping old women in the farm”. Stephen was arrested by police detectives in the state after he raped a lady, Fatima Yahaya who was sent on an errand by her mother. He reportedly grabbed the victim …
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The former Military Administrator of Oyo State and a close political ally of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Brig-Gen. Tunji Olurin (rtd.) is dead. Olurin, who died at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital in the early hours of Saturday, according to family source, was 77. The deceased’s brother, Funso Olurin, disclosed this in Abeokuta on Saturday . According to him, …
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The Committee For the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), Kwara State Chapter condemns the barbaric and senseless killing of innocent travellers along Rukuba town, Jos in Plateau state. About 22 people were reportedly killed after an attack on a convoy of 90 Muslims along Rukuba road in the outskirts of Jos. The Kwara Branch said in a statement, jointly signed …
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The Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service has said 60 per cent of the Federal Government Revenue comes from Lagos State The Executive Chairman, FCT-IRS, Mr Abdullahi Attah, according to a statement on Wednesday said this when he led a team of 27-man delegate to visit the Lagos State Ministry of Finance for a study on taxation and revenue generation. …
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The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has sought greater collaboration with financial institutions in the country as a way of tackling fraudulent election financing, foreign exchange malpractices and money laundering. Speaking on Thursday, August 19, 2021 during an interactive session with managing directors of banks in Nigeria at the Conference Hall of the Lagos …
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The Police Service Commission, PSC has set up an in-house panel to study in detail, available documents related to the suspension of the former head of the Intelligence Response Team, IRT DCP Abba Kyari, who was indicted by a report of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States. This is just as it stated that it was still …
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The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, on Thursday decried the increasing rate of drug abuse among youths and even parents in Nigeria. The Speaker, who spoke at the 7th Annual Constituency Stakeholders’ Meeting in his Agege Constituency 1, warned that this menace must be urgently checked to prevent its devastating effects on the …
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The naira fell further against the dollar at the parallel market on Wednesday after staying steady at 515/$ in recent days. The local currency fell to 517 against the US currency at the parallel market on Wednesday. At the Investors and Exporters’ window, the naira weakened by 0.06 per cent to close at 411.75/$ on Wednesday, according to FMDQ Group. …
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By Fr. Uche Ikechukwu, CMF Religion is one of the most misused platforms outside the political, social and economic platforms as well as one of the most empowering platforms with the true disposition to embrace God as He really is. ‘Religion’ from it’s root words, re-ligéré, re-ligaré, simply puts ‘to connect’. To bridge the gap between humans and the Supernatural Being …
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Assistant U.S. Attorney Maria Melendez labelled R &B star, R. Kelly a predator Wednesday, as his long delayed trial began at a Brooklyn court in New York. Melendez stuck the label on Kelly in her opening statement before jurors. “This case is about a predator,” Melendez said. “A man who used lies, manipulation, threats and physical abuse to dominate his …
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