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Queen Elizabeth celebrates 70years on the throne

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Longest seating female monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, yesterday, marked 70 years on the throne. The queen is the first British monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee, and is spending the day privately. The Prince of Wales, Prince Charles, her first son, while paying his tributes to the queen for reaching 70 years on the throne, said in a statement: “The queen’s devotion to the welfare of all her people inspires still greater admiration with each passing year.” Many more have congratulated the Queen on this historic day, including Boris Johnson,…

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Dismissed DPO, others arrested by NDLEA for various drug offenses

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A 64-year-old former Divisional Police Officer of Idanre Police Station, Ondo State, who was dismissed from service for drug offences, Monday Chika, has again been arrested with an accomplice, Emmanuel Eniola, 40, with 280 blocks of compressed cannabis, weighing 168kg in Niger state. They were arrested on Sunday, January 30, in Mokwa, Niger State, after their Toyota Avalon, marked EKY 429 BZ (Lagos), loaded with the substance at Idanre and heading for Kanji, Borgu area of the state, was intercepted. “At the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos, attempts…

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Detained Medview Airline MD released on bail by EFCC

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detained Managing Director of Medview Airline, Muneer Bankole, has been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on bail. The suspect allegedly diverted 50 per cent of funds paid to him by the National Hajj Commission, and an additional $900,000 for the airlift of pilgrims in 2019, which he allegedly failed to execute. He was detained on Monday afternoon at the headquarters of the EFCC in Jabi, Abuja. The EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, said that Bankole has been released on bail, adding that investigation into the allegations against him…

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Teenage killers arraigned, remanded in Ogun state

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Four teenagers who allegedly murdered a 20-year -old girl, Sofiat Kehinde, have been remanded in prison on the order of an Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court sitting at Isabo, Ogun State, on Thursday, for two months. The defendants, Balogun Mustaqeem, 20; Majekodunmi Soliudeen,18; Abdulgafar Lukman,19; and Waris Oladeinde,18; were arraigned on two counts of conspiracy and murder. The boys were arrested on Saturday for allegedly severing the head of Kehinde, which they burnt in a pot for a ritual. The police prosecutor, Inspector Lawrence Balogun, told the court that the defendants committed…

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Authorities rescue 10 children in Panama sex trafficking operation

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10 children were rescued and three people in Panama and Costa Rica were arrested by Panamanian authorities on Thursday, in an operation to disrupt a sex trafficking ring,. “The victims in this case range between the ages of four and 16 and the people involved are close relatives” of the minors, said Emeldo Marquez, a senior Panamanian prosecutor. He explained that the relatives “facilitated” the shipment of the children from the town of Baru, 525 kilometres southwest of Panama City, to the Costa Rican border, to be sexually exploited. In…

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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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Obasanjo’s mango farm set ablaze by hoodlums in Benue

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Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s mango plantation at Howe community in Gwer East Local Government Area of Benue state, has been burnt down by unknown hoodlums. It was gathered that the 140 hectares plantation was torched at about 2 pm on Saturday by the arsonists following probable disagreements with the locals over compensation for the piece of land that originally belonged to the state government. Confirming the incident, the Gwer East Local Government Chairman, Mr Emmanuel Ortsega, said it was deliberate sabotage by hoodlums. He said: “the fire on the 139 hectares…

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I didn’t divorce Atiku because he married new wife -Jennifer Abubakar

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One of the wives of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Jennifer Abubakar, has confirmed her divorce to the former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party. In a statement on Tuesday, the ex-VP’s wife explained that she didn’t request divorce because Atiku married a new wife. “That His Excellency married a new wife was never the cause of our problem as many have said. His Excellency is a Moslem and I have never questioned him about his wives or intended,” she said. According to her, some of Atiku’s friends tried…

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