Day: March 13, 2022

Father From Hell Defiles 15 Month-Old Daughter

Precious Ibekwe

A father, Yahaya Oisamaiye has been arrested for allegedly defiling his 15-month old daughter in Edo state. He was arraigned before Justice Geraldine Imadegbelo, who ordered his remanded in the correctional facility. In case No. B/CD/470M/2022 in which the state Commissioner of Police is the complainant/applicant, “The suspect is to be remanded at Oko Correctional Centre for an initial period of 14 days pending the advice of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP). Return date is on the 23rd day of March 2022” The charge reads that “That you Yahaya…

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Diesel Price Hits N720 Per Litre, Nigerian Manufacturers Groan

Tade Salako

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), is seeking urgent intervention from the government to support the production of goods, as the price of aitomative gas oil (AGO) also known as diesel hits N720 per litre. The Oyo, Osun, Ekiti and Ondo branches of the Chairman, MAN, Lanre Popoola stated this in Ibadan on Sunday, while speaking on the increase of prices of petroleum products and lack of power supply. “It is a difficult thing ensuring production at this time, as diesel has gone up to N720 and N730 per litre.…

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Meet Okike Chinyere, Prison Inmate Who Emerged Best Graduate At NOUN

Precious Ibekwe

A male inmate, Alegbe Afolabi, was awarded an MSc in Peace and Conflict Resolution while seven other were awarded BSc degrees   A female inmate of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Lagos State Command, Okike Chinyere, has emerged as the best graduating student of the Peace and Conflict Resolution department, National Open University (NOUN). She bagged a second-class upper degree in the course, according to a statement by the correctional service. Aside from her, a male inmate, Alegbe Afolabi, was awarded an MSc in Peace and Conflict Resolution. In his vote…

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Russia-Ukraine war: Something Going Through the Mind of Xi Jinping

Nurudeen Oyewole

Russia and China may not agree on everything, yet they agree on most things. You may, in this well scripted view about the third force in Russian-Ukrainian tension, want to read about what Xi Jinping is peeping at in Vladimir Putin’s playbook   On February 24, 2022, just about the time Russia was shelling Ukraine with bombs and artilleries, nine Chinese military aircrafts were in a show of force, flying through Taiwanese airspace unrestrained. Either planned or by coincidence, a message was being passed across and it was one that…

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