Day: December 4, 2021

How Hoodlums Hacked Lagos NURTW Boss at Home, Shot Him Dead in Hospital

Gbenga Adeoti

A video clip showing Kunle’s lifeless body in a tricycle was seen by our correspondent. His left palm was severely cut; he was also hacked in the thigh, chest, back and laps   A leader of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in Lagos State, Kunle Ajibade, has been murdered by suspected hoodlums in Ijeshatedo, in the Surulere area of the state. The assailants stabbed the 28-year-old at his house and trailed him to a hospital where he was receiving treatment. They were said to have shot him multiple…

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BREAKING: Former Supreme Court Justice, Bolarinwa Babalakin, Dies at 94

Gbenga Adeoti

The retired Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Bolarinwa Babalakin, according to information, died on Saturday morning at the ripe age of 94. A source close to the family said the late Justice passed on earlier today and will be buried at his Gbongan, Osun State, country home by 4 pm today in accordance with Islamic rites. A devout Muslim, the late Justice Babalakin was an active member of the Muslim Association Of Nigeria, Ansarudeen Society. READ ALSO: Ota and its Totally Famished Road, By Oladeinde Olawoyin Cultism: Police…

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Ota and its Totally Famished Road, By Oladeinde Olawoyin

Oladeinde Olawoyin

From Oju-Ore to Atan through Iyana Iyesi, the government generates taxes and levies with which it powers the generator at the government house in Oke-Mosan, erects bridges in Panseke, paves the dusty roads through Ijebu-Ode, equips hospitals in Iyana Mortuary, breathe life into old housing estates in Oke Ilewo, and transforms schools in Odogbolu.   Here lies the road to Sango-Ota, in all its filth and sludge, reeking of the lies of scheming politicians. It’s a major road that leads everywhere, and yet it leads nowhere. It’s the metaphor of…

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Lekoil Nigeria Makes Offer To Acquire Lekoil Cayman’s Shares Days to AGM ​

Ayobami Adedinni

Lekoil Nigeria writes Lekoil Cayman’s shareholders, says its indicative offer to acquire Lekoil Limited shares and potential share exchange, a fresh Lifeline to them   Lekoil Nigeria Limited has written to the shareholders of Lekoil Limited (Lekoil Cayman) with an “indicative offer to acquire Lekoil Limited shares and potential share exchange.” Platforms Africa reports that despite similarity in their names, the two firms are engaged in a face-off, which began with the convening of an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) at the instance of Lekoil Cayman Board constituted after Metallon Corporation…

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