A 17-year-old girl has alleged that she was raped inside Ogudu Police Station in Lagos State. The suspect, a police officer, had promised to help the teenager retrieve her stolen phone. Instead, he locked her in his office, threatened her with a gun, and raped her. The victim’s mother, Mrs. Aramide Olupona, has accused the police of trying to cover up the allegation. She said, “The suspect’s wife and family have come to my shop to plead with me, but what about my daughter who was raped? The Area Commander…
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Design, Implement Quality-of-Life Enhancing Solutions, Tombomieye To Engineers
. Details of what NNPCL ex-Vice President said at international conference organized by Faculty of Engineering of the Rivers State University of Science and Technology Nigerian engineers have been urged to use engineering practice to engender national development by designing and implementing solutions that promote inclusive growth and enhance quality of life. Engineer Adokiye Tombomieye, former Executive Vice President, Upstream, NNPC Ltd made the call recently in Rivers State at an international conference organized by Faculty of Engineering of the Rivers State University of Science and Technology. Speaking on…
Read MoreFULL LIST: Centres Where Vehicles Are Converted From Petrol To Gas In Nigeria
The Federal Government, on Thursday, said the conversion of petrol and diesel-powered commercial vehicles to run on Compressed Natural Gas is going to be free of charge. The Programme Director/Chief Executive, Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative, Michael Oluwagbemi, disclosed this to journalists after the government agency signed agreements with various companies involved in the conversion of petrol and diesel-powered vehicles to operating on CNG. He said commercial transporters under their different unions, including the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, National Union of Road Transport Workers, and Nigerian Association of…
Read MoreNigeria Okays $21m For 187 Oil Flow Stations’ Metering Contracts
“It’s a major development that has never happened in this country,” oil minister speaks on oil flow stations, some of which were, hitherto unmetered for decades The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the award of a contract of $21 million for the metering of 187 crude oil flow stations in the Niger Delta region of the country. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, stated this during a press briefing at NNPC Tower in Abuja on Friday. According to Lokpobiri, the timeline for the completion…
Read MoreNCDMB’s Obinna Ezeobi Bags PhD in Communications
How thesis by the NCDMB’s deputy manager titled; “Nigerian Oil and Gas Content Communication Campaigns and Selected Oil Companies’ Awareness and Compliance,” earned him the highest academic degree at the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State One of the founding staff of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Mr. Obinna Joseph Ezeobi, on Friday, successfully defended his thesis that earned him a Doctorate Degree in Communication Studies at the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State. At the external examination conducted by renowned academics, Ezeobi, Deputy Manager at the…
Read MoreUnexpected Pregnancies, By Funke Egbemode
One of the things I find most wondrous about God is the way He distributes children. Oh yes, I’m a Christian and I strongly believe that God is the “giver” of children. I do not believe that even IVF can work without God’s say-so. Ask the gynaecologists, they will tell you. Even they cannot explain why some couples have to try IVF five times while others are successful at the first attempt. Let’s even assume that you are a scientist and you have answers to the IVF question, can you…
Read MoreYabatech Governing Council Set To Assume Duty
In a significant move aimed at bolstering the academic standards and infrastructural development of Yaba College of Technology, the Federal Government’s newly constituted and inaugurated council of the institution, led by Professor Funsho Isolaowa Afolabi, will assume duty on July 22. This was revealed by the institution on Friday in a statement that also contained a brief bio of the new appointees. The statement said the strategic decision is expected to steer the institution towards new heights of academic excellence and structural growth. The statement said: “The Board on arrival…
Read MoreMother Of Three Dies During Hotel Sex Romp With Church President About Getting Married
A 42-year-old man, Tuamene Nwibiagbor, has been arrested by the Rivers State Police Command after a mother of three that he took to an hotel allegedly died during a marathon sex with him in Port Harcourt. The suspect, who was planning for his own wedding, ran out of the hotel after discovering that the woman had died. He ran out under the guise of getting something outside the hotel and abandoned the remains of the woman in the hotel room. A police source said the woman, who was a mother…
Read MoreWhy Nollywood Actors Are Dying — Mama G
Nollywood actress, Patience Ozokwor, has offered reasons why her colleagues are dying in quick succession. The actress, popularly known as Mama G, made the revelation in an interview which she granted Saturday Vanguard. In the interview, Ozokwor also revealed why she broke down in tears at the burial of late comic actor, John Okafor, popularly known as Mr. Ibu. She told Saturday Vanguard: “When you are doing something you are enjoying, you wouldn’t bother to take care of your health. “Once there is life in you, you keep doing what…
Read MoreMy Husband Urges Me To Kiss Properly In Films — Jaiye Kuti
Prominent Nigerian actress, Jaiye Kuti, has said that her husband, Lanre Kuti, has admonished her to kiss properly in films. She said this in an interview she granted The Nation on her husband’s perception of script handling by actors in Nigeria. Kuti told The Nation when asked about her husband of 24 years, who is the Chief Executive Officer of C.Ray Company Limited: “Ah, Mr. Kuti. “Mr. Kuti is an Ijebu man. “We’ve been married since the year 2000. “I had my first child, Mayowa, in 2001. “And when I…
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