Author: GBENGA ADEOTI ADEOTI

‘From Joy To Grief;’ LAUTECH Student Shot Dead On Sign-Out Day

GBENGA ADEOTI ADEOTI

‘How the last day in school becomes the last on earth for Babalola Marvelous,’ Police, University speak on tragic incident   Tragedy struck the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomosho, on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, as a student identified as Babalola Marvelous Ishola was confirmed dead after being shot during a sign-out celebration. Platforms Africa reports quoting the local sources that Babalola’s lifeless body was discovered by the roadside around 5:38 p.m., prompting a swift response from security operatives. A preliminary search of his belongings at the scene led…

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K1: Patrick Doyle’s Palsied Apologia, By Bamidele Johnson

GBENGA ADEOTI ADEOTI

Patrick Doyle, a broadcaster and some grade of celebrity, hit the back of the net in his defence of K1’s tarmac tantrum. Unfortunately, it was an own goal.   In a Facebook post sighted via Yabaleft Online, the broadcaster claimed that the airline staff baited K1 into misbehaving. He reached into his own experience, describing how had been similarly treated by service personnel but heroically resisted the urge to detonate. That, ironically, is where his argument crashes into itself. What Doyle offered in that post was no defence of K1,…

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