Category: Odd news

Fire Guts Lagos Govt Staff Quarters At Ogba

ADEOLA YUSUF

Tragedy struck on Friday when fire gutted part of the two storey building at the Lagos State Government Staff Quarters at Odunsanmi Street, off WEMPCO Road, Ogba area of the state. According to reports, the incident happened in the wee hours of the day, precisely, around 2.20 am. It was gathered that one of the two-bedrooms in Flat 5, of Block 21, a two-winged, three-story building of 16 two-bedroom flats, was burnt. A preliminary investigation conducted by the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, revealed that the fire originated from…

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Protests Erupt Across Canada As 70,000 Int’l Students Face Deportation

ADEOLA YUSUF

Tens of thousands of international students took to the streets across Canada this week in a wave of protests against new immigration policies introduced by the federal government. According to a report by City News Toronto on Monday, the demonstrations, which drew approximately 70,000 students occurred in major provinces including Prince Edward Island, Ontario, Manitoba, and British Columbia. The protests came in response to a series of immigration reforms that have left many international students fearing deportation. In 2021, Canada abolished the Post-Graduation Work Permit programme, which had previously allowed…

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Mariah Carey Reveals She Lost Her Mother, Sister Same Day Last Weekend

ADEOLA YUSUF

Mariah Carey and her mum, Patricia, who was a renowned opera singer, collaborated before her demise Ace American singer, Mariah Carey, has said losing her mother and sister on the same day last weekend, left her “heartbroken”. In a statement she released on Monday, the multiple Grammy-winning artiste confirmed the two incidents but failed to disclose the causes of death for both women or the specific day they died. READ ALSO: Train Kills Man On Railway Track NFF Announces New Head Coach Of Super Eagles “Shot, Butchered,” Son Of Popular…

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Train Kills Man On Railway Track

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), on Monday said that a man was found dead on a railway track after being hit by a train. The agency’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, made this known in a statement in Lagos. He said the agency responded to a distress call regarding a train accident along the railway line opposite Cappa in Lagos, at about 18.00 hrs. READ ALSO: NFF Announces New Head Coach Of Super Eagles The Rise of a Political Shyster: Inside Ikenga Ugochinyere’s Controversial Career, By Ebimokumo Pondei…

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Ex-Anambra Deputy Speaker Slumps, Dies After Exercise

ADEOLA YUSUF

The former Deputy Speaker of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Harford Oseke, has slumped and died. According to reports, Oseke had just finished his regular exercise routine at the Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka, the state capital when he suddenly collapsed. Efforts to revive him proved abortive and he was pronounced dead shortly after the incident. His body has since been deposited at the Apex Medical Centre in Awka. READ ALSO: CBN Records All-Time High Remittance Inflows Of $553m In July POETRY AND NTUK’S TORUS OF VERSES, By Akpandem…

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How 58 Year-Old Man Died After 19-Day Fast In Lagos

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the death of a 58-year-old man who reportedly died after embarking on a 19-day fast. The tragic incident occurred in the Alagbado area of Lagos on Monday morning. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident on Tuesday, stating that the deceased’s younger brother reported the matter to the Alagbado Police Division at around 7:00 p.m. on Monday. READ ALSO: Who-Won-What: Full List Of 2023/24 PFA Award Winners Nigerian Female Student ‘Hired As Fake Girlfriend For N15k,’ Found Dead How NNPCL’s N2.1tn…

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Hunger Protest, Attempted Regime Change — Council of State

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Council of State yesterday described a recent protest against bad governance in the country as an attempted regime change The council, comprising former Presidents and Heads of State, the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives, the serving and retired Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, as well as state governors, also passed a vote of confidence on President Bola Tinubu’s administration. The former leaders that passed the confidence vote on President Tinubu included Generals Yakubu Gowon, Muhammadu Buhari and Abdulsalami Abubakar, as well as former…

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Teenagers Behead 14 Year-Old Friend For Money Rituals

ADEOLA YUSUF

. ‘How the head was to be prepared and used for taking pap,’ criminal cleric who was an accomplice to the suspects sings in Police custody       In a tragic incident that occurred at Olorisaoko community in Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State on Saturday, a 14-year-old boy, identified as Malik Kareem, was reportedly beheaded for money ritual by his friends and a muslim cleric. According to reports, the victim, who recently wrote his final subject for the West African Secondary School Certificate Examination, alongside his three…

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Two Men Jailed In UK For Inciting Racial Hatred Online

ADEOLA YUSUF

Two men were jailed for a total of five years today for their role in publishing Facebook posts ”intended to stir racial hatred”and also calling for the destruction of a hotel housing 200 asylum seekers in Leeds, during the recent riots in the UK. Jordan Parlour, 28, of Brooklands Close, Leeds, appeared at Leeds Crown Court on Friday charged with publishing written material intended to stir racial hatred. The charge related to posts he put on Facebook in relation to the Britannia Hotel in Seacroft, which houses refugees and asylum…

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‘All Ends In Paris,’ CAF ex-President, Issa Hayatou, Is Dead

ADEOLA YUSUF

The former President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Issa Hayatou has died at the age of 77. He passed away on Thursday in Paris, reported Cameroon Concord. Hayatou served as the President of CAF from 1988 until March 2017, when he was replaced by Malagasy, Ahmad Ahmad. He also held the position of interim President of FIFA from October 2015 to February 2016, following the suspension of Sepp Blatter. READ ALSO: ‘Atlas Petroleum Versus Arik Air,’ Nigeria Lifts Supension On Arik, Gives Reasons ‘Marginal Field, Others,’ SPE Highlights…

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