A drunk Police Sergeant has been arrested for allegedly stabbing an Inspector to death and injuring another victim. The yet to be named Sergeant is currently being detained at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) Yaba after the Inspector identified as Francis Adekunle died in the hospital Monday morning. It was gathered that Sergeant went berserk at the …
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Adamu Atiku-Abubakar, son of the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2019 Presidential election, yesterday said that his father, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar will contest for the number one office, come 2023. The commissioner for Works and Energy disclosed this while presenting the score card of his ministry, as the administration of Governor Ahmadu Finitiri celebrates one …
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Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has been accused of setting up a panel that appears destined to exonerate him from raging allegations of graft. In a letter addressed to the lawmakers through the Clerk of the House, foremost anti-corruption group, Human and Environmental Development Agenda, (HEDA Resource Centre), said the Speaker, whose second term had …
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The management of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) has denied claims made by a Twitter user. The Twitter user identified as Temitope Bukola had alleged that staff of the hospital refused to treat her 18-year-old salesgirl, who was on Thursday, June 3, allegedly raped by a dispatch rider. She added that she has been trying to get justice for …
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Veteran Nollywood actor, Hanks Anuku, has debunked death rumours about him. Hanks Anuku, in a live video on Facebook, insisted that he is alive and well. His disclaimer became necessary as multiple reports stated the actor died on Thursday due to short illness. Anuku, however, told the general public to disregard the fake news. He stated he is alive and …
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Despite the ongoing campaign against rape in the country, offenders seem to be having a field day as they have continued to prey on their victims. Independent has learnt that a thirteen years old girl has been gang raped In Kaduna by four men. It was learnt that the girl was drugged before being gang raped by the four men …
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Former Chairman of Ondo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, Adewale Omojuwa, is dead. Omojuwa died on Saturday morning after he was rushed to a hospital in Ondo following a brief illness. A family source, who confirmed the incident, disclosed that Omojuwa suddenly developed a “strange sickness” on Thursday. He said, “Unfortunately, he died this morning around 9:00am, the entire …
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The Lagos Police Command has arrested a 400-level student at the Lagos State University, Babatunde Adeyeye, seen kissing a three-year-old girl in a viral video. It was learnt that Adeyeye was apprehended on Friday at his residence on Kajola Street, Sagamu, Ogun State, three days after he posted the video. The police spokesperson in Lagos, DSP Bala Elkana, stated that …
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The Ministry of Environment said it is making effort to decontaminate schools across the country before the resumption of students. Dr. Mohammad Abubakar, the Minister of Environment, made this known while briefing newsmen on activities to kick start the 2020 World Environment Day (WED) on Thursday in Abuja. World Environment Day is marked every year all over the world on …
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As state governments reopen worship centres this weekend, the Federal Government has threatened to review the relaxation of the restriction placed on churches and mosques, if worshippers disregard its guidelines. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, said this on Thursday at the task force press conference in …
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