Day: September 20, 2019

Union Homes Savings & Loans in trouble over customer’s N757m deposit

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An Ijebu -Ode based business man in Ogun state, south west Nigeria, Afolorunsho Yinusa, has dragged Union Homes Savings and loan before a Lagos high court over the failure of the finance house to pay him N757,499,795.57 being the outstanding balance of his fixed deposit with the mortgage banking institution. Meanwhile the Claimant has also filed a winding up petition against the Union Home loans and saving Plc before a Federal high court in Lagos urging the court to wind up the company over the inability of the company to…

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Woman kills three-day-old stepson in Niger, blames evil spirit

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Harela Uba, a 22-year-old housewife, has confessed to killing her three-day-old stepson in the Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. She revealed that an evil spirit drove her into killing her stepson with an insecticide known as ‘Ota Pia-Pia’. It was learnt that the suspect’s husband, Saidu Uba of Shakodna village in Shiroro, reported the incident to the police. He told the police that his second wife, Fa’iza, of the same address, went into the bathroom and left her three-day-old baby boy in her room. Saidu explained that when…

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25 LAUTECH students arrested for Internet fraud

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25 students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, Oyo State, have been arrested by operatives from the Advance Fee Fraud Unit of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, for alleged involvement in cybercrime, including romance scam, possession of forged documents and obtaining money by false pretences. The students, aged between 18 and 29, were arrested in their off-campus hostels following raids carried out between Monday and Thursday by the operatives. The EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, said in a statement in Abuja on Thursday that the raids were based…

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Reactions trail MC Oluomo’s invitation to UNILAG event

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Criticism has trailed the invitation of a chieftain of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in Lagos, Musiliu Akinsanya, aka MC Oluomo, to an event at the University of Lagos, Akoka, on the social media. Many Nigerians on Twitter criticised the decision to invite MC Oluomo to the event, saying it would pass the wrong message to students of the institution. The event, which was organised by the National Association of Geography Students, UNILAG chapter, held on Tuesday. A snapshot of the event’s banner was posted on Twitter by a user. The user…

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Man arrested for Port Harcourt serial killing explains how he killed victim

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Gracious David West, suspected Port Harcourt serial killer, has told the Nigerian police that he used pillowcases to tie a victim before killing her in a hotel room in Rukpokwu, about 18 kilometres from Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital city. 26-year-old West, whom the police said is a cultist, was arrested on Wednesday on East-West Road en route to Uyo from Port Harcourt. West said in a video the Nigerian police posted to its official Twitter handle he had transactional sex with a nameless victim. Hours later, the victim…

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Celine Dion Begs Drake Not To Tattoo Her Face On His Body

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Canadian rap artist, Drake’s body art is a collection of intricate designs, muses and OVO signs. The latest inspiration that Drake wants to commemorate with ink is singer Céline Dion. But, she’s not a big fan of the idea. Apparently two years ago, Drake allegedly told Celine Dion at the Billboard Music Awards that he was planning on adding her face to his burgeoning tattoo collection. During an iHeartRadio Canada interview, Dion made a passionate appeal to the rapper in hopes of making sure he avoided what she deemed an…

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Court orders forfeiture of P&ID assets to Nigeria

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Irish firm, Process and Industrial Development (P&ID), yesterday described as fraudulent the ruling by the Federal High Court, Abuja, ordering the forfeiture of all its assets to the Federal Government. “Today’s (yesterday’s) sham trial in Nigeria is entirely illegitimate and follows a systematic campaign of harassment, intimidation and illegal detention of a number of individuals associated with P&ID or the GSPA (Gas Supply and Purchase Agreement) contract. The individuals detained have not been afforded due process and have instead been pressured and intimidated by the government into making false statements,”…

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Jilted lover commits suicide in Lagos

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25-year-old Kehinde Musa, who sent his enstranged lover, Rasheedat Animashaun, a suicide text message after she ended their relationship, has allegedly committed suicide at his residence, No. 56 Modele Street, Surulere, Lagos State. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, said in a statement on Thursday that the deceased locked himself in his room and drank an insecticide suspected to be Sniper, adding that the bereaved family, whom Rasheedat had informed of the suicide note, found Musa unconscious in his room. He stated that the 25-year-old, died while being…

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