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Ganduje’s aide to Emir Sanusi: ‘ stop opening your filthy mouth’

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Salihu Yakasai, the Director General, Media and Communications, Kano State Government, is under fire for insulting the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, on Twitter. Yakasai, who tweeted through his handle, @Dawisu, on Sunday, asked the emir to “stop opening his filthy mouth” for making a comment over the abduction of some children from Kano State. There had been a heated debate in recent time regarding the abduction of some children from northern Nigeria to the South-East where they were given Igbo names and converted to Christianity. Reacting to the incident, Sanusi…

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Teenager, three others arrested with 42 bags of marijuana in Ogun

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Police in Ogun State have arrested a 19-year-old boy, James Tiva, and three others with 42 bags of marijuana popularly called, Indian Hemp, in a community in Ogun State. Other suspects are, Anayor Okechukwu, 25, John chid, 32 and Felix Tehemeh, 20, were on Saturday, November 9, 2019, arrested with the bags of weeds. According to Ogun State Police Spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, “The suspects were arrested following information received by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Ijebu Igbo Police Station that some cannabis farmers who had just harvested their illicit…

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Akwa Ibom University sacks eight lecturers over sexual harassment

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The Vice Chancellor of Akwa Ibom State University, Professor Eno Ibanga said the management of the school has terminated the appointment of eight lecturers for sexual harassment. He said this, at a press conference held at Ikot Akpaden in Mkpat Enin Local Government Area on Tuesday. Mr Ibanga said the lecturers were sacked for sexually harassing some female students and for extortion between 2015/2016 academic year and 2018/2019 session. “The appointment of eight lecturers has been terminated by the university bordering on sexual harassment and extortion. “As we speak, a…

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Balogun market traders lose millions of naira to fire incident

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Some traders of the popular Balogun market on Lagos Island, on Tuesday, November 5, 2019 lost goods worth millions of naira to the fire incident that consumed a five-storey building that serves as a shopping plaza to the occupiers. An eyewitness, recount “We just saw the plaza burning and we do not know what actually caused the fire.  Area boys tried to put out the fire but couldn’t because of the intensity. We then called the Fire Service’’, he said. He said the items destroyed included textile materials, shoes and…

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Oniru stool: Abisogun Family Members At War Over Succession

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Less than 40 days after the death of a first class monarch in Lagos State, the Oniru of Iruland. His Royal Majesty, Oba Idowu Abiodun Oniru, serious war has reportedly broken out in Abisogun Ruling House over his successor. It will be recalled that the respected and powerful monarch died in late September, 2019 at the age of 82 after a brief illness. Under the reign of the monarch, Iru land, the host of the highbrow Oniru and Victoria Island, became a mega location with investments and buildings worth hundreds…

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Robbery attack: Two suspects arrested insides inside BRT bus

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A robbery attack was botched yesterday by men of the Lagos State Neighbourhood Corps on Friday, which led to the arrest of two suspects – Kenechukwu  Chukwuka and Adam Isiak. According to the report, some suspects pretending to be passengers, boarded a BRT bus from Tollgate, Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, Ogun State, en route to Oshodi around 7.30am. The assailants suddenly brought out weapons on reaching Ijaiye area and started beating up the passengers. It was gathered that the driver quickly drove to a halt and raised the alarm which caught the…

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Twitter to ban all political advertising by November

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Social media platform, Twitter says it will ban all political advertising worldwide, saying that the reach of such messages “should be earned, not bought”. “While internet advertising is incredibly powerful and very effective for commercial advertisers, that power brings significant risks to politics,” says the company’s CEO Jack Dorsey in a tweet. Although, it’s rival, Facebook recently ruled out a ban on political ads. The ban by Twitter will be enforced from 22 November, with full details released by 15 November. Mr Dorsey explained his position in a thread of…

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First governor of Lagos State, Mobolaji Johnson dies at 83

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Brig. Gen. Mobolaji Olufunso Johnson, the first governor of Lagos State, is dead. According to reports, Johnson, died on Wednesday, afternoon around 4:00 pm at the age of 83. Johnson was Lagos State governor between May 1967 and July 1975 under Gen. Yakubu Gowon who was then, the military Head of State. Four years after he left office, 1979 precisely, he became a director of a foremost construction company in Nigeria, Julius Berger Nigeria. In 1996, he emerged its (Julius Berger Plc) chairman until 2009. Share on: WhatsApp

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3rd Quarter: Union Bank’s profit rises by N15.6 bn

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One of Nigeria’s oldest financial institutions, Union Bank Nigeria Plc has recorded a profit before tax of N15.6 billion for its unaudited financial statement for the period ended September 30, 2019, Q3’19 representing a growth of five per cent from N14.9 billion recorded in the corresponding period of 2018. In its financial statement sent to the Nigerian Stock Exchange, its gross earnings was down by four per cent to ₦117.2 billion from N122.2 billion in Q3’18, a situation attributed to a decrease in average earning assets.  The Bank’s interest income was…

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Court of Appeal Judge, Chioma Nwosu abducted, police orderly shot dead

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Unknown gunmen, on Wednesday, October 30, 2019 kidnapped one of the justices of the Benin Court of Appeal, Justice Chioma Nwabuzor, after killing the police orderly attached to her. The incident was said to have occurred along the Benin Agbor Expressway while in company of her driver and her orderly who died during the attack, while the driver escaped death, but with injuries. DSP Chidi Nwabuzor, the Edo State Police Command spokesman said that the incident occurred at about 11.30 a.m., along the Benin-Agbor expressway, at Christ Chosen Church of…

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