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Police Discover Nine Medications with US-Based Nigerian Found Dead in Ogun Hotel

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The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the discovery of nine different medications in the hotel room of a 51-year-old US-based Nigerian, Sunday Abidoye, who was found dead at Creestar Hotel, GRA, Sagamu, on Wednesday. The command’s spokesperson, SP Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a statement, explaining that the hotel’s Chief Security Officer, Mr. Oluwole, reported the incident to the police five days after Abidoye’s arrival from the United States. According to Odutola, detectives visited the scene and found the deceased’s body already placed in a car outside the hotel,…

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How 15year-old Nnamdi Chidera’s kidney was allegedly harvested at Enugu hospital

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The rate at which allegations of organ harvesting is becoming a rampant issue in the country, needs the attention of law enforcement agents. However, a new case involving a teenage boy has surfaced online and drawing attention. It was alleged that his left kidney was illegally removed. Here is the story… Nnamdi Chidera, 15, is the son of Mr. Nnamdi Francis of Ekoyi Iheaka Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area Enugu state. Sometime in January 2022 when Nnamdi Chidera was 13, he took ill and his father took him to Joe…

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Abeokuta FMC workers display controversial banner to embarrass outgoing Director

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The retirement ceremony of the acting Head of Administration of the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta Health Institution, Mr. David Folarin Akaraiwe on his final day at work, generated controversy and disgrace rather than celebration. Akaraiwe, who is also a Provincial Pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God, received the unusual farewell on Wednesday, November 20. According to information, some of his loyalists were about to roll out the drum to celebrate his exit from the FMC, but unknown to them, health workers at the medical centre under the…

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Teenage boy locked in dog cage for visiting female classmate

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A teenage boy, Samuel Onyeme, aged 17 was allegedly beaten and locked inside a dog cage on Sunday after visiting his female classmate at her residence in Asaba, Delta State. According to report, the incident occurred around 6 p.m. when Samuel went to see his friend following her invitation. He was allegedly assaulted by the father of the girl and her brothers. According to Samuel’s mother, Mrs. Onyeme, she described the incident as traumatic. She said: “My son, Samuel, a Senior Secondary student, visited his classmate, at her house. While…

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Husband of woman accused of illicit affair with Jigawa commissioner rejects court judgment

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A complaint, Nasiru Buba, the man who accused Jigawa Commissioner for Special Duties, Auwal Danladi of having illicit affair with his wife, has rejected the verdict of a Kano Upper Shari’a Court which absolved the politician of wrongdoing. The court dismissed the adultery case against Sankara, saying it could not be proven. The Presiding judge, Ibrahim Sarki Yola, said he struck out the case due to lack of evidence. He said that police investigated and found nothing against the commissioner. “Following the investigation by the office of the Assistant Inspector…

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Enugu LG Chairman appoints Special Assistants on yam, pepper and garden egg

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What could pass as a joke, has been confirmed through letters of appointments issued by the Chairman of Igbo Etiti Local Government Area (LGA) of Enugu State, Eric Odo, as he appointed a Senior Special Assistant on Garden Egg and Pepper. Odo also appointed a Senior Special Assistant Yam and Pepper. Mr. Ezeugwu Frederick Ogbonna was appointed an assistant on Yam and Pepper, while Mr. Nwodo Everestus Ugonna was appointed to advise the Chairman on Garden Egg and Pepper. According to their letter of appointment dated November 1, both Nwodo…

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Four Nigerian students in UK jail for involvement in a violent fight

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The UK government has sentenced four students of Nigerian descent for their involvement in a violent disorder that took place in Leicester during the early hours of November 4, 2021. The fight involved knives and a baseball bat, and it escalated into a large one on New Park Street, leaving an 18-year-old man with four stab wounds requiring hospital treatment. After a comprehensive investigation which involved CCTV footage analysis, phone tracking, and public appeals, the suspects were identified and charged. A six-week trial concluded in October, with the following sentences…

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Ladi Adebutu arrested, detained by DSS

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Ladi Adebutu, the 2023 governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election in Ogun State, has been arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS). The DSS invitation may be connected to an incident that occurred in the Iperu area of Ogun State on Saturday, during which Adebutu was alleged to have mobilised thugs and illegal police operatives to disrupt the local government elections across the local government area. However, Adebutu has refuted the allegation, stressing that some hoodlums attempted to kill his son, leading to…

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N122m fraud: Ex- Polaris Bank manager remanded

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Abiodun Sanni, a former Branch manager of Polaris bank, Iju branch, was on Monday remanded in the correctional centre by a Lagos State Special Offences Court, in Ikeja, over alleged N122,011,441 fraud. Sanni was arraigned on 16 counts bordering on obtaining credit by false pretences, forgery, use of false documents and stealing by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The EFCC’s prosecution counsel, O. Adewunmi, told the court that Sanni committed the offences on or about February 24, 2020, in Lagos. Adewunmi told the court that the defendant while he…

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Chidimma Adetshina emerges second at Miss Universe 2024

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Chidimma Adetshina, Nigeria’s current miss universe, has finished as the first runner-up at the 73rd Miss Universe Competition held in Mexico. The final moments of the prestigious event at the Arena CDMX in Mexico City, Mexico announced early Sunday morning saw an electrifying face-off between Nigeria and Denmark, as the two women stood poised to claim the crown. The competition, described as one of the most thrilling in recent years, celebrated the talents, intelligence, and elegance of women from around the globe. In a post via Instagram, the organisers said,…

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