Month: September 2022

Classroom Teacher Defiles 7 Year-old Pupil In School

Abibat Babalola

Sirajo Ahmed, teacher at Royal Science Academic School Alkaleri, Bauchi, deceitfully lured the minor into his office – Police   Operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command have arrested a 25-year-old school teacher, Sirajo Ahmed, for allegedly defiling a 7-year-old pupil in Alkeri area of the state. The State Police Spokesperson, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, September 12, 2022, said the suspect lured the minor into his office in the school and defiled her. Wakil said, “On 06/09/2022 at about 0930hrs a team…

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Sierra Leone Kamara Says Life In danger 7 Days After Landing Ittihad Deals

Ganiyu Amodu

Musa Kamara Holds A Knife In Viral Video In Fear Of Life In Libya, Magician Offers To Fly Al Ittihad Player To Sierra Leone     Sierra Leone forward Musa Kamara has sensationally claimed his life is in danger and wants to leave Libya barely a week after signing for Al Ittihad Tripoli. In a series of videos posted on social media, Kamara is seen holding a knife while claiming he will ‘die’ if he continues staying in Libya. “My life is not safe,” he said in one of the…

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Airport Workers Protest, Give FG 14-Day Ultimatum Over Aviation Bills

Abibat Babalola

Aviation unions have given the Federal Government a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government over what they say are anti-labour clauses in recently amended aviation bills. The unions say clauses inserted in the bills give the Minister of Aviation overriding powers to direct affairs on issues affecting trade unions in the industry. Stressing that the clauses were an attempt to gag and control the unions, they asked the Federal Government to remove them. READ ALSO: ASUU strike: Why Court Deferred Hearing In Govt Suit Till Friday THEN & NOW: Meet…

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ASUU strike: Why Court Deferred Hearing In Govt Suit Till Friday

Abibat Babalola

The National Industrial Court, NIC, sitting in Abuja, yesterday, adjourned the suit the Federal Government filed to challenge the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, till September 16. The court, presided over by Justice P. I. Hamman, okayed the suit for further mention, even as the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, applied to be joined as an interested party in the matter. SERAP, through its lawyer, Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN, told the court that it recently instituted a similar suit with a view to compelling…

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THEN & NOW: Meet Folasade, Then 4 Year-Old Bouquet Bearer To Queen In 1956

Damilola Olonade

When the Queen visited Nigeria in 1956, a 4 year old girl presented the Queen with a bouquet of flowers. This is the girl. She is now Mrs Folashade Randle, Otunba J K Randle’s wife. READ ALSO Queen Elizabeth: Saint or Satan?, By Tunde Odesola Premier League Restarts: Queen’s Funeral Postpones Chelsea vs Liverpool, Man United vs Leeds Examining Uju Anya’s vitriol on Queen Elizabeth II, By Festus Adedayo Charles III Officially Proclaimed Britain’s King BREAKING: I won’t attend Queen’s Elizabeth’s funeral – Putin Then she was introduced then the…

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Premier League Restarts: Queen’s Funeral Postpones Chelsea vs Liverpool, Man United vs Leeds

Ganiyu Amodu

Premier League football will return this weekend, however, three matches scheduled, including Chelsea vs Liverpool and Manchester United vs Leeds will not go ahead then. The top flight resumes following a pause in the season as a mark of respect after the Queen’s passing on September 8. The Premier League has made a return this weekend but only 14 of the teams are in action. READ ALSO: Ikeja Electric Seeks Support Over Rising Energy Theft, Vandalism Nigeria’s Debt Stocks Hit N45.25tr SAD: Two Pupils Killed As School Fence Collapses in…

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Ikeja Electric Seeks Support Over Rising Energy Theft, Vandalism

Abibat Babalola

In continued effort to curtail the rising cases of energy theft and vandalism amidst huge investment on power infrastructure, Ikeja Electric, is soliciting the support of stakeholders in tackling the menace within its network. Speaking to a gathering of community media publishers, Head, Corporate Communications, Ikeja Electric, Mr. Felix Ofulue, said the alarming cases of illegal connections, meter bypass, apathy to payment of electricity bills and vandalism have been on a steady rise recently. He narrated instances where customers using prepaid meters connive with electricians to bypass meters with the…

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Nigeria’s Debt Stocks Hit N45.25tr

Ganiyu Amodu

Nigeria’s debts rose by about N4 trillion in the past five months to take the portfolio to N45.25 trillion, it was learnt at the weekend. An official data reviewed by The Nation yesterday indicated that the government raised about N3.34 trillion through its regular issuance of domestic debt instruments between April and August. The depreciation of the naira also impacted the external debt stocks. READ ALSO: SAD: Two Pupils Killed As School Fence Collapses in Lagos Lagos Storey Building Sinks, 9 Escape Death As Rainfall Persists Examining Uju Anya’s vitriol…

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SAD: Two Pupils Killed As School Fence Collapses in Lagos

Abibat Babalola

The perimeter fence of a Lagos school, Covenant Point Academy at Ajose Street, in the Amukoko area of Lagos State, has colapsed, killing two pupils. The pupls, Platforms Africa reports, could not be ascertained to be of the school that just resumed after a long vacation. They are, according to an eyewitness, Samat Saheed and a yet-to-be-identified girl. How it happened The nine-year-old girl was walking past the front of the school to link her destination in the area while three-year-old Samat was playing around the fence of the school,…

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Lagos Storey Building Sinks, 9 Escape Death As Rainfall Persists

Tade Salako

Torrential rainfall to persist in Lagos, Ogun intermittently till Friday, September 16 – Metrological Agency Nine yet-to-be-identified ladies who were trapped when a storey building around Akinwunmi Street, Mende, in the Maryland area of Lagos State, sunk due to torrential rainfall, were rescued on Monday. This came as the forecast by Metrological Agency shows that rainfall would persist intermittently in Lagos, Ota and other parts of Ogun state state till Friday, September 16. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Seven-Storey Building Collapses in Lagos, 2 killed Queen Elizabeth: Saint or Satan?, By Tunde…

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