ENDSARS: UN, US welcome report of Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry
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Bayo Adetu
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November 17, 2021
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By Victoria Ojeme United Nations and United States have welcomed the report submitted by the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and Other Matters (Lagos EndSARS Panel), urging government to implement the stated recommendations. In a statement signed by the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria, Mr Edward Kallon, made available …
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Dangote’s brother, Sani is dead
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Bayo Adetu
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November 15, 2021
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Sani Dangote, the younger brother of Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote is dead. Sani who was the Vice President of Dangote Group reportedly died at a United States of America hospital on Sunday evening after a protracted terminal illness. Before his death, he was an established businessman with investments in key sectors of the economy including manufacturing, agriculture, banking, and …
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Why We Can’t Leave Children’s Education To Parents Alone —Lagos Lawmaker
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Bayo Adetu
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November 14, 2021
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A Lagos Lawmaker, Hon. Temitope Adewale, has urged well-meaning Nigerians to support the growth and development of children in their environments by ensuring that they are educated. Adewale, who represents Ifako-Ijaiye Constituency 1 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, believes that such support would help create a progressive, peaceful and egalitarian society. The lawmaker made the plea when he …
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Speaker Obasa Gets Double Honours From A Nigerian Institute
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Bayo Adetu
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November 13, 2021
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It was double honour for the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly on his 49th birthday as he got a Special Fellowship induction and Platinum award from the Chartered Institute of Local Government and Public Administration of Nigeria. Top officials of the institute arrived the Assembly just before the resumption of plenary activities on Thursday after which the …
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Another Man Impregnated My Wife While She’s Still Married To Me —Husband
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Bayo Adetu
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November 13, 2021
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•I got my husband drunk, made him sleep with me, the child belonged to him —Wife An Igando Customary Court in Lagos, Lagos State, has granted a 65-year-old businessman, Mr Akinola Ikudola, divorce from his wife, Funsho Ikudola, on grounds that she got pregnant for another man while still living with him. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the …
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Herdsmen give FG condition to end open grazing
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Bayo Adetu
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November 13, 2021
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Fulani herdsmen under the umbrella of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore have given conditions to be met in order to end open grazing in Nigeria. Herdsmen said they are willing to quit open grazing if the Nigerian government would make finance and logistics available for them to create alternatives. Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore brand Ambassador, Temitope Ajayi, said this alongside …
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10-year-old boy kills, buries nephew in Jigawa bush
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Bayo Adetu
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November 12, 2021
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The Jigawa State High Court sitting in Gumel had found a 10-year-old boy guilty of the offence of culpable homicide in Gumel Local Government Area. Presided by Honourable Justice A. M. Sambo, the court said the offence is contrary to Section 221(b) of the Penal Code Law of Jigawa State. The prosecution led evidence and established the fact that the …
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EFCC interrogates Lucky Igbinedion over alleged N1.6bn fraud
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Bayo Adetu
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November 12, 2021
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Lucky Igbinedion, a former governor of Edo State, was on Thursday, grilled by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) over alleged criminal diversion of public funds to the tune of N1.6bn. NAN reports that the former governor arrived at the headquarters of the EFCC, at Jabi, Abuja, around 2pm, on Thursday. Shortly after his exit as governor …
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Missing Vanguard reporter, Tordue Salem, found dead
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Bayo Adetu
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November 12, 2021
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The Vanguard Newspaper reporter who went missing last month, Tordue Salem, has been found dead. The newspaper reported that details of the recovery of his remains were sketchy as of 9.30pm on Thursday. The Federal House of Representatives correspondent was last seen around Total filling station, close to the Force headquarters, Abuja. An alarm was raised the day after he …
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Why millions of Nigerian graduates are unemployed — FG
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Bayo Adetu
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November 12, 2021
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By Joseph Erunke – Abuja The federal government has explained that millions of graduates in the country are unemployed because they do not have specific skills required for the job market. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Arch. Sonny Echono, who said this, Thursday, in Abuja, at a two-day National Conference on Technical and Vocational Education and Training, TVET, explained …
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