Day: August 24, 2020

REVEALED! How I escaped from Police Custody – Nigerian Serial Killer

Okanlawon Adisa

The prime suspect in the serial killings in Akinyele Local Government Area of Ibadan, Sunday Shodipe, has revealed how he escaped from Mokola Police Station in Ibadan, West Africa’s largest city, saying that he climbed the station’s borehole pole to scale the fence. The 19-year-old escaped from lawful custody few days after he was arrested, paraded and arraigned for the serial killings in the local government in the Oyo State capital. Speaking after his re-arrest Sunday evening, Shodipe explained that a female Divisional Police Officer, who was recently deployed to the…

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West African leaders meet Mali Coup Plotters, Fail to get ousted President Keita reinstated

Aoko Benjamin

  West African leaders who arrived in Mali on Saturday, have failed to get the ousted President Ibrahim Keita reinstated. Instead thay are now trying to push for a speedy return to civilian rule after a military coup in the troubled nation. The delegation, headed by former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan, planning to meet members of the new junta as well as ousted president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. Rebel soldiers seized Keita and other leaders after a mutiny on Tuesday, dealing another deep blow to a country already struggling with a…

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Aisha, Nigerian President’s wife Returns From Dubai hospital, Preaches Against Medical Tourism

Aliyu Aliyu

  Wife of Nigerian President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, who just returned from a medical trip from Dubai has preacehed against heavy spending on medical tourism, urging healthcare providers to take advantage of the N100 billion credit support the African country has provided for the sector. There is an urgent need to develop the health sector in order to reduce medical tourism, she declared. Mr. Buhari was flown to Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), for medical treatment during the Sallah break. She reportedly suffered persistent neck pains after returning from a…

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Fear of COVID-19 is the Real Killer –  Nigerian Nationalist’s Grandson, Segun Awolowo Relives Experience

Segun Awolowo

Segun Awolowo, grandson of one of Nigeria’s foremost Nationalists, Socialists and statesmen, late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, relieves his COVID-19 experience in this unedited piece. Awolowo Junior is presently the Executive Director, Nigerian Export Promotion Council. It all started on a ‪Saturday morning‬ when I woke up to go for my usual walk, I got dressed and went downstairs and was consumed by extreme fatigue. I sat down, drank some water and watched TV wondering what was wrong with me. Then I ate a banana and drank more water trying to…

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Why S’Africa’s COVID-19 Infections Surged Pass 600,000

Aoko Benjamin

  South Africa’s confirmed COVID-19 cases have surpassed 600,000, the health ministry said although the number of new cases has been declining since a peak in July. Despite imposing one of the world’s toughest lockdowns at the end of March when the country had only a few hundred cases, South Africa saw a surge in coronavirus infections that has left it the hardest hit on the continent. The ministry said in a statement that more testing has made the cases to surge. South Africa now had a total of 603,338…

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