Day: March 15, 2023

TASUED ASUU Chairman, Dr Kazeem Rufai, Is Dead

Abibat Babalola

How Varsity’s top staff died at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, where he was receiving medical care after a road accident     The Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED) Council, Dr Kazeem Rufai, is dead. Platforms Africa reports that the Registrar of the University, Dapo Oke, who announced Rufai’s death in a statement on Wednesday, maintained that the University’s top staff died in the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, where he was receiving medical care after a road accident. Here, below,…

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Shell Lifts Force Majeure on Major Oil Exports From Nigeria

Efe Wellington

The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) said it has lifted the force majeure on Bonny export programme with effect from Wednesday, March 15, 2023. The force majeure was declared on March 3, 2022 following a significant decline in crude receipts at the Bonny Oil and Gas Terminal. READ ALSO: Naira Crisis: Millions of Nigerians Already Dragged Into Mental Illness – Expert ‘He’s A Racist,’ Nigeria Revokes Seplat CEO’s Work Permit, Visa, Others Why NNPCL Sacked Eroton As OML 18 Operator Nigeria Rakes In N21trn From Crude Oil…

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Nigerian Man Jailed For Life Over South African Singer’s Murder

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Pretoria Magistrate’s Court has sentenced a Nigerian, Onyeghani Ekene Dumkele, to life imprisonment for the murder of a multi-talented up-and-coming South African artiste, Shaun Douglas Chabalala, the MSN is reporting. It also reported that the 37-year-old Dumkele bagged an additional 15 years imprisonment for aggravated robbery. This included a 12-month suspended sentence on the condition that he be extradited to Nigeria after completing his concurrent sentence for murder and aggravated robbery. READ ALSO: Man Defiles 10-Year-Old Girl, Gives Her N100 72-Year-Old Woman Whose Genitals Were Cut By Househelp For…

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Man Defiles 10-Year-Old Girl, Gives Her N100

Abibat Babalola

Operatives of the Ondo State Police Command have arrested a 45-year-old man, Ojo Akerele, in Idoani community, Ose Local Government Area of the state for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old girl. The Command’s Spokesperson, Olufunmilayo Odunlami, revealed this to newsmen in an interview on Tuesday in Akure. Odunlami said in the Ondo State capital: “A case of defilement was reported against one Ojo Akerele, 45, and he was subsequently arrested by security operatives. “The victim, 10, was lured to an uncompleted building by the suspect where he had carnal knowledge of…

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72-Year-Old Woman Whose Genitals Were Cut By Househelp For Ritual Is Dead

ADEOLA YUSUF

A 72-year-old woman, Charity Okoli, whose genitals were cut by her house help, Onyebuchi Ezeh, and two others in Umunze, Rumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State, is dead. This development was made known on Tuesday following a protest by members of her community in Umunze. The Eagle Online recalls that Okoli’s genitals were cut off on March 2, 2023. The development was revealed to the media by Chidinma Ikeanyionwu, the Media Assistant to the Anambra State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Ivy Obinabo. Ikeanyionwu, who spoke…

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Convicted Fraudster Masterminds N17m Scam From Ogun Prison

ADEOLA YUSUF

An inmate said to be on death row at the Ibara Correctional Centre in Ogun State, Femi Oso, has been accused of using a romance scam to defraud a yet-to-be-identified lady of N17m in the state. PUNCH Metro gathered that Oso and the victim got connected on Facebook and after chatting with each other for a while, they commenced a relationship. During the relationship, it was learnt that Oso’s lover, through a Point-of-Sale operator identified simply as Ayoola, paid him money in tranches amounting to N17m READ ALSO: LP Deputy…

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LP Deputy Governorship Candidate Reacts To Viral Shisha Photo

Abibat Babalola

The Lagos State Labour Party deputy governorship candidate, Princess Islamiyat Abiodun Oyefusi, has reacted to a trending photo alleging that she was the one in a photograph of a lady smoking shisha. Her reaction, via Twitter late on Monday, came days after social media user, Kemi Olunloyo, put the photograph out. READ ALSO: Pay Our Entitlements Before You Leave Office – Police Officers Beg IGP Baba FIFA Ratifies World Cup Expansion To 48 Teams Nigeria Records Over 12M Cyberattacks Cases During 2023 Presidential Election  Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al Sudais Clocks…

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Pay Our Entitlements Before You Leave Office – Police Officers Beg IGP Baba

Abibat Babalola

Pay our entitlements before you leave office – Police officers beg IGP Baba Some serving and retired Police officers, have told the Hausa Service of the Voice of America (VOA) that they were living in penury and poverty. Vanguard reports, they alleged that they had served for 35 years in the Police before they were retired in 2018, but to date, their entitlements were not paid. ,A Police Inspector who craved anonymity said his colleagues who had retired were better off because there were many serving personnel currently living from…

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FIFA Ratifies World Cup Expansion To 48 Teams

ADEOLA YUSUF

The expanded 2026 men’s World Cup in North America will start with 48 nations split into 12 groups of four teams, a change from the original planned format of 16 groups of three teams. The next World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico will be the first to feature 48 teams, a sharp increase from the 32 sides at last year’s tournament in Qatar. The new football’s world cup format was approved on Tuesday by the game’s governing body, Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA). According to FIFA,…

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Nigeria Records Over 12M Cyberattacks Cases During 2023 Presidential Election 

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Federal Government has disclosed that over 12 million cases of cyberattacks were reported to have been recorded from within and outside the country during the just-concluded Presidential and National Assembly polls. A breakdown o the cases recorded, according to the central government, was that over 6.9 million attacks were recorded on election day alone while the others occurred before and after the polls. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof Isa Pantami, disclosed this on Tuesday through a statement released by his media aide, Uwa Suleiman. READ ALSO: Man…

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