Tag: Lagos State

Domestic Violence: Who’ll Speak For Men Abused By Their Wives?

By Femi Ogunsola

“Here are the names of Nigerian men (lawyer, rich and influencial men) who were abused and even killed by their wives. Men also suffer but they have difficulty reporting incidents of assault.”   Everyday men abuse women. Until in recent years, such abuses went unreported. Nowadays, due to advocacies by gender activists, violence against women and girls now feature more prominently in the media. Even with the level of publicity that it receives, gender activists insist that gender-based violence remain largely under-reported. In a twist of fate, violence against men…

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Principal Of Nigerian School Where Pupils Engage In Sex Romps Gives Details

Abibat Babalola

“It happened once,” Akamo says six boys caught absconding from school to lodge female classmates in a hotel for sex romps, Denies coverup, pregnancy reports   Principal of Federal Government College, Ijaniki, Lagos State, Mrs. Tofunmi Akamo, has denied allegations of covering up some students caught absconding from school to lodge female classmates in a hotel for sex romps. Akamo who spoke to Punch, said the six students were picked up from the hotel by the school, adding that the incident happened once. According to the principal, the school management…

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Igbobi College 11 Year-Old Pupil Wins SystemSpecs National Essay Contest

Precious Ibekwe

How the genius won in the competition among 2,000 other entrants from 795 schools across all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory 11-year-old Oluwaseun Samuel Temitayo-Ojo of Igbobi College, Yaba, Lagos has emerged the winner of the 30th-anniversary edition of the annual SystemSpecs Children’s Day Essay Competition (CDEC). While Temitayo-Ojo won in the junior category, 15-year-old Ekemini Keziah Effiong-Robert of the African Church Model College, Agege, Lagos, emerged the winner in the senior category. The two led about 2,000 other entrants from 795 schools across all 36 states and…

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From APC to national issues, here’s What Tinubu told me in London -SanwoOlu

Tade Salako

Governor of Lagos state, Nigeria’s commercial capital, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday said the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is hale and hearty. Sanwo-Olu revealed his discussion with Tinubu when he spoke with newsmen at the Lagos House, Ikeja. Speaking on his visit to London, United Kingdom, Governor Sanwo-Olu disclosed that his meeting and the picture he took with Asiwaju Tinubu should dispel the rumours flying around that the APC National Leader was sick and hospitalised. It would be recalled that social media was awash…

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Woman, mentally-challenged for 18 years, gives birth to twins in Lagos

Tade Salako

  A middle-age woman, Bunmi Ademola, who has been suffering mental illness for 18 years, has given birth to two bouncing baby boys as a set of twins in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital. The Lagos State Neighborhood Safety Agency on Monday presented cash and food items to  Shola Ademola whose mentally challenged sister gave birth to twin boys on July 12, at Alcel Hospital, Okokmaiko, Lagos. READ ALSO: UK Opens up as lawyer kicks on DSS refusal to let Nnamdi Kanu sign papers FAKE NEWS ALERT: Igboho ‘not yet released…

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