Month: January 2024

Lagos Teacher Allegedly Flogs Pupil To Death, Stirs Controversy

ADEOLA YUSUF

There was pandemonium at a secondary school in Lagos State after protests broke out concerning the death of a colleague. Students of Araromi Ilogbo Secondary School in Oko Afo, Lagos, have alleged that the deceased student, David Babadipo, was flogged to death by a teacher. The incident was said to have occurred on Thursday when Babadipo was beaten by a teacher at the school, whose name was given as Oluwale. READ ALSO: Money Ritual They Gave Him Failed, Angry Yahoo Boy Stabs Parents Abba Kyari Fought Me Till Death, Femi…

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Money Ritual They Gave Him Failed, Angry Yahoo Boy Stabs Parents

ADEOLA YUSUF

A 20-year-old man, identified as Daniel Bamidele, was arrested on January 25 after allegedly stabbing his parents in Ibadan, Oyo State. According to reports, Daniel’s mother, Titilayo, managed to escape from their home with serious injuries, seeking help from neighbors. It is said that Daniel attacked both his parents with a machete. Bystanders rushed to the scene and managed to disarm Daniel, holding him down until the authorities arrived. READ ALSO: Abba Kyari Fought Me Till Death, Femi Adesina Reveals In His New Book Some Parents Are The Enemy! By Chukwuneta…

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Abba Kyari Fought Me Till Death, Femi Adesina Reveals In His New Book

ADEOLA YUSUF

Femi Adesina, former presidential media adviser, has revealed the behind the scene intrigues that set him up against the late Abba Kyari, indicating that they had a strained relationship from the point he was appointed the first Chief of Staff (CoS) to former President Muhammadu Buhari. Writing in his new book, “Working with Buhari: reflections of a Special Adviser, Media and Publicity (2015-2023),” Adesina disclosed that Kyari objected to his direct relationship with the president even though he was merely obeying Buhari’s advice upon becoming his spokesman. He wrote in…

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Some Parents Are The Enemy! By Chukwuneta Oby

ADEOLA YUSUF

The video that a popular Instagram female comedian shared on her birthday showed her mum praying for her (as she knelt) and some of the woman’s words were, “You have been carrying this family since you were 14 years old.” Yes,14! The woman can even pass for her daughter’s sister. That’s how young she looks. One of the stories that a popular Lagos boutique owner narrated sometime back was a scene she witnessed in her shop. A young woman walked in with an elderly Oyibo man (white man) and a…

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My Mummy Is Getting Married, By Funke Egbemode

ADEOLA YUSUF

“And for those who think that sex and companionship are the same thing, shame on you! Sex is on every street corner. Any man who can get an erection can service a waist.” Lola is 59 and getting married again. She has been single for 27 years and had, with the grace and help of God, raised four children all by herself. She made the announcement at New Year dinner with her children in Canada and all four of them dropped their cutleries. Their eyebrows simultaneously shot up. That was…

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1st SUG President to Become Prof Is Caleb Varsity’s Deputy VC

ADEOLA YUSUF

Time keeper in primary school, food prefect in secondary, here is the zero-to-hero profile of Sunday Adewale, the globally acclaimed professor of mathematics   Caleb University Imota, Lagos, has announced the appointment of Prof. Sunday Olumuyiwa Adewale as the new Deputy Vice Chancellor (DVC) in charge of Academics. Platforms Africa reports that Prof. Adewale made history on 1st October 2016 by emerging *the first Student Union Government (SUG) President to become a Professor in Nigeria , when LAUTECH appointed him a Professor of Applied Mathematics. He extended the record by…

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Klopp To Step Down As Liverpool Manager At End Of Season

ADEOLA YUSUF

Jurgen Klopp has announced he will step down as Liverpool manager at the end of this season, saying he is “running out of energy”. “I can understand that it’s a shock for a lot of people in this moment when you hear it for the first time,” Klopp said on Friday of his surprise resignation. “I love absolutely everything about this club, I love everything about the city, I love everything about our supporters, I love the team, I love the staff, I love everything,” said the 56-year-old, who took…

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Lagos Church GO Gets Life Jail For Raping Member

ADEOLA YUSUF

An Ikeja sexual offences and domestic violence court sitting on Friday sentenced Bishop Feyi Daniels to life imprisonment for raping his church member. Bishop Daniels, the founder of I Reign Christian Ministry, was also handed three years imprisonment for the offense of sexual assault. Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) in a statement on Friday said the two sentences are to run concurrently. Daniel’s name will also be registered in the Sexual Offenders Register as maintained by Lagos State. The cleric was arraigned by the Lagos state government…

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BREAKING: Private Jet Crash-lands In Ibadan

ADEOLA YUSUF

A private jet with 10 persons onboard has reportedly crash-landed in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The jet was said to have crash-landed on Friday around 11 am at the Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport. Firefighters and rescue officials from the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria have been deployed to the scene. Details later…

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Nigeria Gives Priority To Gas Production, Commercialisation, Industrialisation Projects – Ekpo

ADEOLA YUSUF

Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Rt. Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo on Friday met with a delegation of promoters and top officials of the Brass Petrochemical and Gas Project to be located in Bayelsa State. The team was led by its Managing Director, Chief Ben Okoye and the Chief Gas and Power Investment Officer of NNPC Ltd., Dr. Salihu Jamari. A statement by the Minister’s spokesman, Louis Ibah, quoted Ekpo during the meeting as restating the commitment of the Federal Government in supporting private sector investments geared at unlocking the gas…

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