Day: July 8, 2019

Pastor arrested for raping, impregnating teenager

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A pastor, Pope Paul, has been arrested by men of the Lagos State Police Command, for allegedly raping and impregnating a 15-year-old girl at his place of residence in the Igando area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, in a statement on Sunday, said the mother of the victim discovered that her daughter was pregnant after she brought her to live with the suspect in Lagos. He stated that the victim, during interrogation, said the suspect was responsible for the pregnancy, adding that he started…

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Ruga controversy: Defend your lands, Ooni, Soyinka, tell Nigerians

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Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife, and Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, have called on Nigerians across state demarcations to defend the sanctity of their ancestral lands against usage for Ruga cattle settlements. The call was contained in a communiqué issued on Sunday to document highlights of last Thursday’s meeting between the monarch and Soyinka at the latter’s home in Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, Ogun State. The meeting focused on the state of the nation. Oba Ogunwusi and Soyinka made the call just as the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders’ Forum…

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Lagosians condemn Sanwo-Olu’s N41.4m donation to Super Eagles

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The $5,000 donated to each Nigerian player for the Round of 16 victory over the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt, by the Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has been condemned by Lagos residents. The governor made the donation, which amounts to $115,000 (N41.4m) for 23 players in the team, excluding the technical crew and support staff, during the half time pep talk with the players. It was learnt that Sanwo-Olu made the donation as part of efforts to help revive the Eagles chances,…

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Niger Delta agitators to FG: Build RUGA in Sambisa Forest

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Niger Delta Agitators yesterday, advised the Federal Government to utilise the large expanse of land at the Sambisa Forest for the contentious Ruga settlement project. The agitators, in a statement jointly signed by Gen. John Dukku and others, maintained that the RUGA settlement plan by the government was in tandem with alleged plot to Fulanise and Islamise the entire country. The agitators, who frowned at the threat by the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), which issued a 30-day ultimatum to President Muhammadu Buhari and the Federal Government to implement the…

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