Day: December 4, 2022

Family Of 6 Dies Mysteriously After ‘Eating Food Trampled By Wall Gecko’

Ganiyu Amodu

A family of six has died after reportedly eating food trampled by a wall gecko in the Mowe community of Obafemi Owode LGA, Ogun state. The victims, identified as Adeleke John Samuel, a chartered accountant, his wife, Pamela Adeleke, their two children and two other relatives, were discovered dead in the early hours of Friday, according to a report by TheEagle Online. The report added that the sad event was uncovered when Lawal Ojo, their gateman, suspected the unusual quietness in the house at full break of day. “He alerted…

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Maasai Jumping Dance. How High Can You Jump?

Ganiyu Amodu

Tangle Your Toes: Tale of A Tribe And Its Talisman Tradition   The adumu, also known as the “jumping dance”, is a highly identifiable Maasai ceremony that has been captured in countless movies and photographs. For the Maasai, the adumu is simply one of several rites that make up the Eunoto, the event in which the morani, or younger warriors, advance to manhood. Children stay at home with their parents until they reach adolescence, when they are inducted into the earliest stages of masculinity via the Emuratta, a ritualised circumcision…

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INEC Reacts On Recent Attack On Its Office In Oru West LG Area Of Imo State

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Imo State, Professor Sylvia Uchenna Agu, has reported that our office in Oru West Local Government Area was attacked at about 4.00am today Sunday 4th December 2022. The attack affected the Conference Room where office furniture and fittings were destroyed. However, other critical facilities were not affected. It would be recalled that on Thursday 1st December 2022, our office in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State was also attacked. Overall, this is the 7th attack on our facilities in five States of the…

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OPEC+ Stick To 2m Barrels Daily Oil Output Cut

ADEOLA YUSUF

Decision comes two days after the Group of Seven (G7) nations agreed a price cap on Russian oil.   OPEC+ has agreed to stick to its oil output targets at a meeting on Sunday, as the oil markets struggle to assess the impact of a slowing Chinese economy on demand and a G7 price cap on Russian oil on supply. READ ALSO: Family Of 6 Dies Mysteriously After ‘Eating Food Trampled By Wall Gecko’ Maasai Jumping Dance. How High Can You Jump? How UNILAG Law Teacher, Akiyode-Afolabi, Won Soyinka Journalism…

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NDPHC transmission Asset Vandalism Worsens Power Wheeling Ability Nationwide

Abibat Babalola

ED Corporate Services, NDPHC, Nkechi Mba, Decries transmission facilities Vandalism, sympathises with the family of security officer killed in recent attack   The Exevutive Director , Corporate Services, Niger Delta Power Holding Company Limited (NDPHC) Mrs Nkechi Mba has decried the incessant vandalisation of NDPHC transmission facilities thereby worsening power wheeling ability across the country. Platforms Africa reports that Mba who expressed this concern over the activities of vandals on its facilities also sympathised with the family of the security officer who was killed in the recent attack stressing that…

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How UNILAG Law Teacher, Akiyode-Afolabi, Won Soyinka Journalism Centre Award

Abibat Babalola

There has been excitement in the academic community and civic space in Nigeria as a lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) and human rights lawyer, Dr. Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, bags the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) award. Akiyode-Afolabi, founder of Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC) and former Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife Students Union Government (SUG) would be conferred with the ‘2022 Human Rights Defender Award’ at the 17th edition of the Wole Soyinka Award…

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Iranian Man Shot Dead For Celebrating Country’s World Cup Exit

Ganiyu Amodu

An Iranian man, Mehran Samak has been shot dead by Iran’s security forces for allegedly jubilating over the country’s football team’s exit at the Qatar World Cup. Rights groups confirmed that security agents killed Samak after honking his car horn in the city of Bandar Anzali, a city northwest of Tehran, according to the UK Guardian. The report said the victim was a childhood friend of Iranian football player Saeid Ezatolahi, who played in the World Cup in Qatar and was in the team which lost to the USA on…

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