Month: February 2024

Driver Killed As Abducted Ekiti Pupils, Teachers Regain Freedom

ADEOLA YUSUF

The pupils and teachers of the Apostolic Faith Montessori School in Emure Ekiti kidnapped on January 29 have regained their freedom. It was gathered that the schoolchildren were released in the earlier hours of Sunday. However, the driver, who was also among the abductees, was killed and burnt by the assailants. Efforts to reach the police spokesman in Ekiti State, Abutu Sunday, were not successful, but sources in the community confirmed their release to Channels Television on Sunday. READ ALSO: Yoruba Kings As Kidnappers’ Supper |FESTUS ADEDAYO Namibia’s President, Hage…

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Yoruba Kings As Kidnappers’ Supper |FESTUS ADEDAYO

ADEOLA YUSUF

“The kings are helpless, and wailing. The kings have no idea of what to do because most of them are usurpers who ascended the throne due to warped political influences.” The porcupine is a large rodent that is clothed with a thick coat of sharp quills, spines. The spines protect it from rampaging predators. When it feels threatened, the porcupine shoots the arrows of its spines at its assailants. These deadly quills pierce the intending attacker, allowing the animal to escape harm. So, in their confidence about the mystical powers at the…

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Namibia’s President, Hage Geingob Dies At 82

ADEOLA YUSUF

Namibia’s President, Hage Geingob, has died in a hospital in Windhoek, the presidential office said in a statement. Geingob died at 82 on Sunday. Geingob, who was serving his second term as president, revealed last month that he was receiving treatment for cancer. “It is with utmost sadness and regret that I inform you that our beloved Dr. Hage G. Geingob, the President of the Republic of Namibia has passed on today.   READ ALSO: Why We Sacked 1,973 Employees — Obafemi Awolowo Teaching Hospital CMD Mother of 19 From…

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Why We Sacked 1,973 Employees — Obafemi Awolowo Teaching Hospital CMD

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Chief Medical Director, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Prof. John Okeniyi, has indicted his predecessor, Dr. Olumuyiwa Owojuyigbe, for not following due process in the recruitment waiver approved for the hospital. The CMD of the teaching hospital offered the detailed explanation at an online press conference on Friday. Okeniyi said the waiver to recruit a total of 450 fresh staff into clinical and non-clinical positions was obtained from the office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation. He said the illegal recruitment…

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Mother of 19 From Different Fathers Pregnant With 20th Child

ADEOLA YUSUF

. “I am not done yet,” what to know about the 39 year-old woman who claims she doesn’t even know who’s responsible for the new pregnancy   A woman has revealed she is mum to 19 children – and they all have different dads. Martha, 39, and pregnant with her 20th child, says she is keen to have even more kids. Like with all her existing brood, her newborn is from a different father too – but in this case, she is unaware of who the dad is. READ ALSO:…

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Owner Burnt To Death While Recovering Goods From His Shop

ADEOLA YUSUF

A shop owner was burnt to death on Tuesday while recovering his property from his shop at the Gusau Central Market, Zamfara State. This development was revealed to the News Agency of Nigeria by the Zamfara State Fire Service on Wednesday. The Director of the Zamfara State Fire Service, Abdullahi Dauran, confirmed the incident. Darn told NAN: “We received a report of the fire outbreak and deployed our men to the scene. READ ALSO N4.9m Or Nothing: Govt Announces 2024 Hajj Fares for Nigerians Court Sentences Man To 30 Months…

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Kwara Opens Tanke Flyover’s Service Lanes, Gives Reasons

ADEOLA YUSUF

Kwara State Government has opened the second service lane of the Tunde Idiagbon Flyover in Tanke to ease traffic along that axis. The government had earlier opened one of the service lanes. But the second one was opened on Wednesday afternoon along with the tributary roads emptying into it as construction work ramps up on the imposing bridge.  State Commissioner for Works,  Abdulqowiyu Olododo stated this in Ilorin during a facility tour of the bridge and other road projects in some parts of the metropolis.  “This afternoon, we have opened…

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N4.9m Or Nothing: Govt Announces 2024 Hajj Fares for Nigerians

ADEOLA YUSUF

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria has fixed the final fare prices for the 2024 Hajj pilgrimage exercise. The commission had earlier in October, pegged the initial fare deposit at N4.5m, noting that the fixed amount was “in tandem with the dollar rate that will determine the final cost of the coming Hajj”, and that the amount would give the commission a more realistic figure in bargaining for the cost of accommodation, airline fares, feeding, and other necessities. However, in a statement signed by NAHCON’s Assistant Director of Public Affairs,…

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Court Sentences Man To 30 Months Imprisonment For Raping Three-Year-Old Girl

ADEOLA YUSUF

An Ado- Ekiti High Court has sentenced 20-year-old Seun Olarewaju to 30 calendar months imprisonment for raping a three-year-old girl. The convict was arraigned before Justice Adeniyi Familoni on June 6, 2022 on a count of rape. According to the charge, that Olarewaju, on August 6, 2021 at Ado Ekiti within the jurisdiction of the court did rape a three years old girl, contrary to section 31(1) of the Child Right Law, Cap C7, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012. READ ALSO: Some Parents Are The Enemy! By Chukwuneta Oby Gunmen Strike…

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Suspended Monarch Linked To Illegal Mining, Says Oyo Government

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, has said that the Oyo State Government will hit hard at anyone, no matter how highly placed, who contravenes the law. Oyelade was reacting to the suspension of the Onido of Ido land, Oba Gbolagade Muritala Babalola (Gbadewolu I), by the state government on Friday. He revealed that the government took the tough measure of sending signals to those aiding and abetting criminals within the state’s territory, saying that “they are in the wrong place at the wrong time.” READ…

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