Month: February 2023

Student Earns Doctorate 52 Years After Starting PhD

ADEOLA YUSUF

Now a dad of two and grandfather of four, he started his undergraduate degree in Leeds in 1967.   A student has finally been awarded his doctorate more than 50 years after starting his PhD. Dr Nick Axten, 76, started his thesis on mathematical sociology at the University of Pittsburgh in the US in 1970. But after five years he returned to the UK with the PhD unfinished. The University of Bristol conferred him a Doctor of Philosophy in front of his wife Claire Axten and 11-year-old granddaughter Freya. He…

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Man Sent To Prison For Defiling Three Daughters, Assaulting Wife

ADEOLA YUSUF

A 35-year-old man, Femi Afolabi, has been remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre by an Ikeja Magistrate Court for allegedly defiling his three daughters, all under 10, and assaulting their mother. The Magistrate, Ms. Ejiro Kubeinje, who did not take Afolabi’s plea, directed the police to send the case file to the state Director of Public Prosecutions for legal advice. She adjourned the case until March 7 for the DPP’s advice. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Supreme Court Adjourns Naira Swap Case To Feb. 22 BREAKING: PDP Govs Want To Be Joined in…

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BREAKING: Supreme Court Adjourns Naira Swap Case To Feb. 22

ADEOLA YUSUF

Case now to be heard three days to presidentsial elections + the political economy of the suit, which has now become APC Vs. PdP case The Supreme Court, again, on Wednesday adjourned hearing in a suit filed by Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara States against the Federal Government seeking a restraining order to stop the full implementation of the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria. The suit was initially adjourned by the apex court till today on February 8, 2023, with all parties involved present. The Governors of…

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BREAKING: PDP Govs Want To Be Joined in Naira Swap Case

ADEOLA YUSUF

THEIR NAMES, THEIR CASE: How the governors stormed Supreme Court on Wednesday seeking to be a part of the case against the APC govs over Nigeria’s cash crisis     Two Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party: Douye Diri of Bayelsa State and Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, have sought to be joined in the case before the Supreme Court on the Naira swap policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria. The two Governors made a surprise appearance at the resumed hearing of the case by…

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Kano To Revoke C of O, Ogun To Shut Banks Rejecting Old Notes

ADEOLA YUSUF

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has warned that the state government will shut any bank that refuses to accept old naira notes in the state just as more states joined the struggle against cash crisis rocking Nigeria. Kano stare has earlier threatened to revoke the Certificate of Occupancy of erring banks. This is coming on the heels of an application filed at the Supreme Court, to join an ongoing suit against the Federal Government over the new naira policy implemented by the Central Bank of Nigeria. The warning is…

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Elections: Association Sues For Peace, Advises Against Hatred, Violence

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Club Seventies Epe, a non-governmental organisation, has called on indigenes of Epe community and all stakeholders across the political divide in the state to eschew hatred, anger and violence as the nation prepares for the 2023 general elections. Its President, Mr Adelaja Hassan, made the appeal during the club’s monthly meeting and sensitisation campaign in Epe. Hassan said the caution became necessary for indigenes and residents to toe the path of peace during the forthcoming general elections. He pleaded with residents across the spectrum to ensure they exercise their…

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CBN: Old Naira Notes No More Legal Tender

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has declared that the old N200, N500 and N1000 have ceased being legal tender since February 10, 2023. CBN… The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has declared that the old N200, N500 and N1000 have ceased being legal tender since February 10, 2023. CBN had originally fixed January 31 as deadline for old notes to be in circulation but extended it in response to pressure from Nigerians. READ ALSO: Father, Mother, 3 Kids Die In Lagos-Badagry Expressway Crash Oyo Palace Aide Who Outlived Three…

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Father, Mother, 3 Kids Die In Lagos-Badagry Expressway Crash

ADEOLA YUSUF

A yet-to-be-identified man, his wife, and three children died when their Toyota Sienna car crashed into a stationary Volvo truck along the Lagos-Badagry expressway on Sunday night. The accident occurred on Sunday night around Agemowo, Buhari Estate, Mr Sulaiman Taiwo, the Unit Commander, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Badagry, confirmed on Monday. The FRSC Commander said the Toyota Sienna with registration number JJJ 947 HM was coming from Agbara when it rammed into the stationary Volvo truck, with registration number T-8101 LA. READ ALSO: Oyo Palace Aide Who Outlived Three…

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Oyo Palace Aide Who Outlived Three Alaafins Dies At 120

ADEOLA YUSUF

“A library of culture and tradition is figuratively set ablaze”   Morenikeji Lasisi, the longest-serving palace aide of the late Alaafin of Oyo, popularly called “Baba Keji” is dead. Aged 120, Lasisi who had served in the palace for 77 years, died on Monday at the Alaafin’s palace, Oyo. He saw the beginning and the end of the reigns of three Alaafins. READ ALSO: Baba Keji: Oyo Palace Servant Who Saw Beginning, The End Of 3 Alaafins BREAKING: Chief Imam of Oyo, Mas’ud Ajokidero, Is Dead Prominent Oyo Kingmaker Dies…

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Police Detain Abuja Pastor Who Led Church Service With AK-47

ADEOLA YUSUF

Dismiss Inspector Who Handed over Gun To Abuja House on the Rock Pastor, Police Commissioner told     The Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory Command, Sadiq Abubakar, has made a recommendation to the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, to dismiss a police officer, Inspector Musa Audu, who will be facing an orderly room trial for handing over his rifle to the Presiding Pastor, House on the Rock, Abuja Chapter, Uche Aigbe, on Sunday, The PUNCH exclusively reports. Inspector Audu and Pastor Aigbe have also been detained by the Intelligence…

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