Day: February 2, 2022

Communications expert, Toni Kan heads Glo PR team

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Anthony Kanayo Onwordi, multiple award-winning writer, journalist and PR practitioner, popularly known as Toni Kan, has joined Glo as Head, Public Relations. The English language graduate of the University of Jos, with a master’s from the University of Lagos, resumed at the Lagos headquarters of the leading telecommunications company, on Tuesday, February 1, 2022. Prior to joining the company owned by Dr. Mike Adenuga, Jnr, one of Nigeria’s richest men, Toni Kan had risen to the position of editor, Hints magazine. He was also at some point with Bank PHB,…

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Man sentenced to life imprisonment for raping teenager

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A 23-year-old man, Blessing Okon, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Lagos State Special Offences Court, for raping a 14-year-old girl. The prosecutor, while arraigning Okon before the court, said he committed the offence on September 13, 2019, on Ribadu Road, off Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos State. During the trial, the prosecution called three witnesses — the victim, her father and a medical doctor. Okon testified solely in his defence. The victim, during her evidence, told the court that the convict sexually assaulted her…

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Almaroof-Kupoluyi Family defends MC Oluomo, says he’s our candidate

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Abdulwasiu Almaroof-Kupoluyi, the Secretary of the Almaroof-Kupoluyi Family, has said the Lagos State Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Musiliu Akinsanya, aka MC Oluomo, has a right to become the Oba of Oshodi. Family members from the Oshodi-Tapa Chieftaincy Family had earlier declared that Akinsanya had no right to ascend the throne, which had been vacant for a while. However, Abdulwasiu, on Tuesday, said the Almaroof-Kupoluyi Family was part of the families that had rights to the stool. He said, “Almaroof-Kupoluyi Family is part of the major…

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