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Outrage As Lagos Court Sentences Vulcaniser To Death For Stealing N57,000

ADEOLA YUSUF

A special offences court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos has sentenced Chidozie Onyinchiz, a 32-year-old vulcaniser, to death by hanging for robbing a nurse of N57,000. According to NAN, Mojisola Dada, the trial judge, on Tuesday, found Onyinchiz guilty of the three-count charge of conspiracy, armed robbery, and membership of an unlawful society. During the trial, Afolake Onayinka, the state prosecutor, told the court that Onyinchiz committed the crime with an accomplice still at large on August 12, 2018. Onayinka said Veronica Uwayzor, the complainant, ran into a white garment church…

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23 Year-Old Mother Sells Her 3 Week-Old Baby For ₦600,000

Abibat Babalola

How We discovered, Arrested Suspect With Accomplice – Ogun Police A 23 years old lady, Mary Olatayo has been arrested by the operatives of Ogun state Police Command for selling her three weeks old baby at the rate of six hundred thousand naira. The suspect, as confirmed by the Command spokesperson, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi was arrested on 18th of August, 2022 following a complaint from the father of the baby, who reported at Mowe divisional headquarters that, he met Mary Olatayo sometimes ago and they started dating each other. The…

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Man Hacks Oniru’s Facebook, Defrauds Professor Of N500,000

Ganiyu Amodu

A Federal High Court in Lagos State has remanded a man, Agbolade Agbolahan, in prison for allegedly hacking the Facebook account of the Oniru of Iruland, Oba Abdulwasiu Omogbolahan, and defrauding a professor of the sum of N500,000. Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa ordered the remand after his arraignment before the court. The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against him by the Police Special Fraud Unit, Ikoyi, Lagos. READ ALSO: N109bn Fraud: Nigeria’s ex-Accountant General Remanded In Prison Nursing Mother Bags BSc Civil Engineer from US Varsity 5th For…

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WHO Calls Emergency Meeting As Monkeypox Cases Surpass 6,000

Ganiyu Amodu

More than 6,000 cases of monkeypox have now been reported from 58 countries in the current outbreak, according to the World Health Organization. The UN agency will reconvene a meeting of the committee that will advise on declaring the outbreak a global health emergency, the WHO’s highest level of alert, in the week beginning July 18 or sooner, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual news conference from Geneva. At its previous meeting on June 27, the committee decided that the outbreak, which has seen cases rising both in the…

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No Hajj, Come For Refund, Lagos To Intending Pilgrims as Saudi Dashes Hope of 5,000

Aliyu Aliyu

Why the kingdom of Saudi Arabia declined NAHCON additional slots   Following the inability of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) to secure proposed slots for intending Nigerian pilgrims to this year’s Hajj, Lagos State Government has promised to refund funds to those affected by the development. Platforms Africa reports that the Lagos State Government promised to make the full refund process seamless and quickly available for those intending pilgrims who wish to seek a refund. Lagos State Commissioner for Home Affairs, Prince Anofi Elegushi announced this on Tuesday…

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287 Poets Jostle for NLNG’s $100,000 Literature Prize

ADEOLA YUSUF

The 2022 edition The Nigeria Prize for Literature, sponsored by Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) will have 287 poets compete for the $100,000 Prize. Platforms Africa reports that at a ceremony in Lagos on Thursday, the entries received were handed over to the panel of judges by the Chair of the Prize’s Advisory Board, Professor Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo. The Advisory Board also handed over 87 entries for the NLNG’s Prize for Literary Criticism. READ ALSO: Russia: EU Courts Nigeria, Surges Demand For Country’s Gas BREAKING: ENI Lifts Force Majeure On Brass Terminal,…

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Airline Operators Hike Economy Class Ticket For Nigerians To N50,000

Tade Salako

The 100% increase, which has taken effect immediately with price changes obvious on the website of many airlines, comes amidst rising inflation in the country and widely bemoaned economic hardship. Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) have increased the price of flight tickets for economy class to Fifty thousand naira. Platforms Africa reports that the increment was concluded at the meeting of the operators in Lagos on Saturday where the operators outlined the high cost of jet A1 fuel, forex scarcity, double-digit inflation, increase in ground handling charges, cost of buying…

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Nigerian Police Arrests Masquerades For N370,000, Expensive Phones’ Theft

Gbenga Adeoti

The two Masquerades, believed according to African mythology to.be men from great beyond, are already singing in our custody – Police   The Nigerian Police has arrested two masquerades who allegedly robbed residents of Melege community in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo state, Southwest Nigeria. Platforms Africa reports that the masqueraders identified as Sheriff Ojo and Muhammed Lukman were arrested after they allegedly robbed one Adinoyi Mohammed of N370,000 and his mobile handset. Spokesperson for the State Police Command, Funmi Odulami, who confirmed the incident, added that the Masquerades…

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Egbin Power surges productivity, offers free heart screening for 3,000

ADEOLA YUSUF

. Adopt Egbin Community Relations Template, Community leaders charge Companies, businesses . People remain number one on 2021 strategic plan – Spokesman     Biggest thermal plant in Sub-Saharan Africa, Egbin Power Plc, has offered free cardiovascular, diabetes screening, dental care and medications to over 3,000 members of its host communities, a move the company said is central to its 2021 strategic focus for sustainability . Platforms  Africa reports that the power company, which did this through a three-day medical outreach at its host communities of Egbin, Ipakan and Ijede,…

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JUST IN: Nigeria Hikes Drivers’ Licenses, Number Plate Fees

Aliyu Aliyu

Private number plates and commercial number plates amongst others are now N18,750 as against the previous rate which was said to have been at N12, 000.   The Nigerian Government has approved an upward review of rates payable by motorists to obtain driver licenses and new number plates across the country, as part of the measures to increase revenue for the country. Platforms Africa reports that the Government announced that for standard private number plates and commercial number plates amongst others was now N18,750 as against the previous rate which was…

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