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I don’t know who killed Ataga – Chidinma

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Chidinma Ojukwu, an undergraduate of the University of Lagos, Akoka, was arraigned before a Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square, alongside Adedapo Quadri and Chioma Egbuchu on October, 12, 2021, on nine counts over the alleged murder of the Chief Executive Officer of Super Tv, Usifo Ataga. The court resumed watching the recorded video footage on Tuesday, showing the confessional statement of Ojukwu before Justice Yetunde Adesanya. In the video, she said she did not know who killed the deceased as she had gone out on the…

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Wema Bank’s Webinar to highlight Strategies of Growth for Tech Start-ups and SMEs in Nigeria

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Wema Bank, Nigeria’s most innovative bank, has announced that the next edition of its quarterly webinar, aimed at assisting the small and medium-scale enterprise (SME) and early-stage start-up segments of its customer base, will hold on Friday, 21 October, 2022 by 10 a.m. Arthur Nkemeh, Head of SME Banking at Wema Bank said the webinar, themed, “From Start-up to Unicorn: Strategies for Sustainably Scaling a Tech Company in Nigeria,” will focus on the strategies that start-ups and SMEs in the tech space in Nigeria can adopt to develop the capacity…

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Celestial church worshippers killed by unknown gunmen during church service

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Unknown gunmen reportedly attacked a Celestial Church of Christ at Felele, Lokoja, Kogi State, leaving two persons dead and three others injured on Sunday. An eyewitness, who asked not to be identified for security reasons, said the gunmen, who were fully armed, stormed the church and started shooting continuously. It was learnt that two people died on the spot, while the injured were taken to the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja. He said, “When they entered, they started shooting at everyone outside the church. I went and hid inside a cassava…

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Lagos bizman arrested over wife’s death

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A 37-year-old Lagos car dealer, Ikechukwu Ogbonna, aka IVD, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command over the death of his wife, Abimbola, in the Lekki area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this on Monday. He said, “He was arrested on Saturday, he’s with us.” Ikechukwu and Abimbola had been married for 16 years, with the union blessed with five children. The marriage, however, was fraught with disagreement and alleged domestic violence. At the climax of their clash, the couple separated…

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PSP truck plunges into Lagos lagoon…driver, motor boy escape

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A waste compactor truck opersting under the Lagos controlled Private Sector Participant (PSP), plunged into the Lagos lagoon at about 7:40am on Monday. Fortunately, the truck driver and his motor-boy narrowly escaped death through the efforts of a rescue team. It was gathered that the truck’s tyre bursted on motion, and as a result veered off the bridge and subsequently plunged into the lagoon. Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyitolu, who confirmed the incident, said the two rescued persons were taken to hospital for treatment.…

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Lagos fashion designer, Alade Vincent jailed in U.S. over $1.1 million Internet fraud

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Celebrated fashion designer, Alade Vincent, popularly known as “Alvince”, has been sentenced to four years and two months in federal prison by the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland for wire fraud estimated at $1.1 million. Vincent who has clothed many top Nigerian celebrities like Tuface Idibia,D’banj, Don Jazzy and a host of other top rated celebrities, was among the most visible in Lagos fashion district at Adeniran Ogunsanya in Surulere. He was a major force in Lagos fashion circles and it remained unclear when he moved to…

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Pregnant woman, 26 others arrested with drugs in FCT, 12 states

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28 persons including a pregnant woman, a nursing mother and a 200-level university student have been arrested by operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, with 9,437.6 kilograms of cannabis and 138,053 tablets of pharmaceutical opioids. Director of Media and Advocacy of NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, said they were arrested during interdiction operations across 12 states of Yobe, Ondo, Edo, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Imo, Jigawa, Kogi, Adamawa, Kaduna, Kwara, Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja. “In the FCT, operatives on October 15 stormed a village known as Chukuku,…

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Nigeria’s hunger level ranks 103 out of 121 countries -Global Hunger Index

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The number of poor persons in Nigeria is racing towards the 95.1 million projected this year by the World Bank According to the World Bank, in its latest 2022 Poverty and Prosperity Report, Nigeria contributed three million people to global extreme poverty, while the country is “home to a large share of the global extreme poor.” Also, at the weekend, Nigeria was ranked 103 out of 121 countries in the 2022 Global Hunger Index (GHI), a position that signifies the nation has a level of hunger that is serious. The…

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Poly student sentenced to six months imprisonment for $9,891 fraud

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A 31-year-old student of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, Bashiru Azeez, has been sentenced by a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Friday, to six months imprisonment over $9,891 fraud. Justice Adebayo Yusuf handed down the sentence while ruling on a fraud case instituted by the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Bashiru who is from Oyan in the Odo-Otin Local Government Area of Osun State is a student in the Marketing Department of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin. The accused person was charged with…

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Turkey mine explosion kills 28, many trapped

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A coal pit in northern Turkey, where a methane blast occurred a day earlier, has killed at least 28 people. Rescuers worked on Saturday to free more than a dozen miners still thought to be trapped underground. “Fifty eight of our miners were able to come out unharmed. We estimate that 15 of our miners are (trapped) below and we are trying to rescue them,” Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said in the small coal mining town of Amasra on Turkey’s Black Sea coast. Soylu said earlier some 110 people had…

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