Day: September 16, 2019

Drunk policeman allegedly stabs nine persons at nightclub

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An allegedly drunk policeman, identified as Taiwo Orisadare, stabbed about nine persons at a nightclub in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Friday. The policeman, attached to the Area Commander’s office, Akure, allegedly stabbed the victims, who were said to be young men, at a popular club in Alagbaka GRA during a brawl. According to an eyewitness, the policeman, who was reportedly drunk, started harassing the victims, who had come to relax at the club. It was gathered that trouble started when the policeman began pestering and harassing one of…

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Union Bank supports women capacity building with Alpher

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Union Bank in collaboration with Leading Lady Africa is supporting women’s capacity building with Alpher platform in an enterprise and leadership programme. Speaking at a press briefing in Lagos, Chief Digital and Innovation Officer, Union Bank, Lola Cardoso, explained: “The Alpher platform for women is a value proposition that targets Nigerian individual women as well as women in business. It basically provides an enabling environment and support whether it is through products and services but more importantly the capacities and opportunities that they need to grow and thrive and also it will pave…

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Man arrested for allegedly sedating, raping 14-year-old girl

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Innocent Ifunayachi, a 34-year-old man who allegedly raped a 14-year-old girl after he had laced her food with Indian hemp that made the girl become unconscious, has been arrested by detectives from Bariga Police Station. The suspect allegedly defiled the 14-year-old-girl in her family house. This was contained in a statement signed by the Lagos State Command Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bala Elkana, on Sunday. Elkana said, “The suspect, being a friend to the family, visited and found the girl eating noodles. “While she left to get him some…

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