Day: June 3, 2018

Lady strangled to death for refusing sex with driver

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Abiodun Idowu, a 40-year-old driver in a pure water factory, has been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command for allegedly strangling to death a female accountant in the same factory, Abimbola Hamzat while attempting to rape her. The Police Public Relations Officer in the State,Abimbola Oyeyemi in a statement, said the incident occurred on Tuesday, May 29, 2018. Oyeyemi said the Police got hint of the incident following a complaint by one Owolabi Moses at Onipanu divisional headquarters that the suspect had been disturbing the deceased for love…

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FG approves upward review of Excise Duty on alcoholic beverages, tobacco

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The upward review of the excise duty on tobacco and alcoholic drinks has been approved by President Muhammadu Buhari to take effect from Monday, 4th June, 2018. The President has also granted a grace period of 90 days (three months) to all manufacturers before the commencement of the new excise duty regime. There is however no increase in excise duty of other locally excisable products. The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, who disclosed this in Abuja, stated that the new excise duty rates were spread over a three-year period…

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60-year-old man stabs daughter to death

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A 60-year old father, Mr. Cletus Aguluka has been arrested and detained for stabbing his 20-year-old daughter, Onyinye, to death in Osikwu-Awgbu, in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State. Aguluka, who is being detained by the police, allegedly killed the deceased around 1am on Saturday while she was fast asleep. After committing the offence,    Aguluka escaped through a window behind his house on sighting members of the community’s vigilante group who drove into the compound and removed the remains of the deceased amidst wailings from the villagers.…

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GTBank – Lagos State Principals Cup Season 9 Enters Group Stage

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The draws for the 2018 Principals Cup football competition held at the Corporate Head Office of Guaranty Trust Bank on Thursday 31st May 2018. The season began on April 17, 2018 with zonal preliminaries which featured 594 Teams from 335 Schools in the male and female categories. The competition is open to Schools from the 6 educational districts in Lagos State. A total of 586 matches were played during the zonal preliminaries with 1,448 goals scored. Thirty Two (32) of these teams – 16 each from the two categories qualified…

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