Day: March 17, 2023

Police To Investigate MC Oluomo Over Inciting Statement

Abibat Babalola

As part of measures to ensure a hitch-free governorship and House of Assembly elections, the Lagos Police Command has commenced investigations on the alleged threat issued by Chairman, Lagos State Parks Management Committee, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly called MC Oluomo, against voters that have decided they will not cast their votes for the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the exercise across the state. It noted that MC Oluomo and others that have made inciteful statements before, during, and after elections would be investigated and anyone found culpable would be dealt with…

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Passport Office Workers Across UK Begin Strike Over Pay

Abibat Babalola

Passport Office workers are to strike for five weeks in an escalation of a dispute over jobs, pay and conditions. More than 1,000 members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union working in passport offices in England, Scotland and Wales will take part in the action from 3 April to 5 May. Those working in Durham, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Newport, Peterborough and Southport will strike from 3 April to 5 May while those in Belfast will do so from 7 April to 5 May. READ ALSO: Chelsea Set To Host First…

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Chelsea Set To Host First Ever Open Iftar At Stamford Bridge

Ganiyu Amodu

The London football club will be the first premier league club in history to host an Open Iftar event.         The Chelsea Foundation on Sunday, March 26, will be hosting an unprecedented Open Iftar at the side of the pitch at the world-renowned Stamford Bridge stadium, marking an exciting milestone for the club and the entire Premier League, according to the club’s official website. This will be part of the sacred Islamic month of Ramadan, fasting from before dawn to sunset from Wednesday, March 22, until Friday,…

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Anger Trails MC Oluomo’s ‘Vote For us or Stay At Home’ Comment

Ganiyu Amodu

“Comment targetted at Ndigbo In Lagos. No, it is not,” Toxic tongues trade tantrums on Twitter G Lagos State Parks Management Committee Chairman, Musiliu Akinsanya, also known as MC Oluomo, has stirred controversy and anger with his comment that those who do not want to vote for his party should better sit at home on Saturday. Addressing supporters of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at a meeting, MC Oluomo said; “We have begged them. If they don’t want to vote for us, it is not a fight. Tell them,…

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UCL: Real Madrid Meet Chelsea As Man City Play Bayern + FULL DRAW

Ganiyu Amodu

Holders Real Madrid will play Chelsea in the quarter-finals of the Champions League while Manchester City were paired with Pep Guardiola’s former side Bayern Munich in Friday’s draw. Serie A leaders Napoli take on AC Milan in an all-Italian showdown and Inter Milan face Portuguese league leaders Benfica. The winners of Real’s tie against Chelsea will go on to face either City or Bayern in the semi-finals, throwing open the possibility of an all-English last-four tie. READ ALSO: Kano Auto Crash Claims 17 Lives, 3 Injured, Says FRSC EndSARS: Lawyer…

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Kano Auto Crash Claims 17 Lives, 3 Injured, Says FRSC

ADEOLA YUSUF

KANO: Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Kano sector command, has confirmed that 17 people lost their lives, while three are injured in an auto crash that occurred at Yaura village, Wudil-Bauchi Road in Albasu local government area. The FRSC Kano Sector Commander, Ibrahim Abdullahi while confirming the incident to pressmen in Kano, disclosed that the accident involved a Honda Accord with registration number NSR 81 VW, and Volkswagen Sharon (bus) with registration number NNG 275 XA. READ ALSO: EndSARS: Lawyer Serves Sanwo-Olu With Court Order Ode To Mr. Cashless: A…

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EndSARS: Lawyer Serves Sanwo-Olu With Court Order

Abibat Babalola

Demands payment of N5m compensation to Uber driver tortured during anniversary Human rights lawyer and activist, Mr. Inibehe Effiong, has served Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, with a certified true copy of the judgment order delivered on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, by Justice A. Lewis-Allagoa of a Federal High Court, Lagos, in favour of an Uber driver. In the judgment, the court ordered Lagos State government to pay N5million to an Uber driver, Adedotun Clement, who was assaulted on October 20, 2021, during the first anniversary of #EndSARS protest…

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Ode To Mr. Cashless: A Parody Of Shakespeare, By Mohammed Adam

ADEOLA YUSUF

  “Efielema, Elemafie, Efiemale; whatever thou art called or thou answereth to, Pythagoras would be right, thou art a vengeful torment from Hell. But the thunder that wouldst strike thee soon, heaven itself has not made -YET!” A victim of naira Crisis records his pains in poetry   He is no bonafide ‘apex banker’, but a villainous mountebank, A threadbare juggler, usurer and a speculative fortune-teller, Efielema, Elemafie, Efiemale; whatever thou art called or thou answereth to, Pythagoras would be right, thou art a vengeful torment from Hell. Else what…

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