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The Heritage Bank-Lagos State Skoolimpics, which is the bank’s signature sporting event that brought together over 6000 student athletes, over 20,000 students from over 600 secondary schools of the six educational districts of Lagos State berthed successfully as the curtain finally fell on the 3-day sporting fiesta at the weekend. The Minister for Youths and Sports, Solomon Dalung, led some other top sports dignitaries to the final among which were the President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick; the Athletic Federation of Nigeria President, Solomon Ogba; Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor on Sports and Chairman, State’s Sports…

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Following months of damaging revelations over the sexual abuse of children by priests, French bishops have pleaded for forgiveness Monday for the “guilty silence” of the Catholic Church. The church has been rocked by allegations that the Archbishop of Lyon, Philippe Barbarin, covered up the abuse of scouts and failed to remove a priest despite being aware he had sexually abused the boys a quarter of a century ago. The scandal was the worst to hit the Church in France since 2001, when a bishop was given a three-month suspended…

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Suspected herdsmen attacked Abia community on Monday. This was confirmed by the Police in Abia State. The suspected herdsmen armed with firearms attacked a community in the state and left scores of the indigenes critically wounded. The police spokesman, ACP Ogbonnaya Nta, who confirmed the incident to newsmen, said that the command had commenced investigation. The attack occurred at Ndi Okereke Abam in Ovukwu Autonomous Community in Arochukwu LGA. Narrating the incident to newsmen in Umuahia, the President-General of the community, Chief Chukwuma Okubi, said that the incident took place…

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Detectives have arrested a middle-aged man, Adeyemi Adekunle, for allegedly brutalizing his children. The suspect, who resides at No. 20, Kolawole Street, Dopemu, allegedly locked up his four children in a room, after physically abusing them. Trouble started for Adekunle after he found his eight year old son who was declared missing for two days. It was gathered that the suspect, out of anger gave the boy the beating of his life when he was found. According to police sources, in the process of the beating, the child incurred serious…

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Dr. Michael Adeniran, a prophet and shepherd in charge of the El-Bethel parish of Celestial Church of Christ, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly raping and impregnating a 15-year-old girl (names withheld), who is his lover’s daughter, both members of his church. The suspect, Shepherd of El-Bethel Parish of Celestial Church of Christ, Ita-aka, Abeokuta, allegedly lured the SS 2 student of Saje High School, Abeokuta, into his car on her birthday and raped her. Police arrested the cleric following a complaint from the girls’…

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The Nigerian Police force has been ordered by a Lagos Federal High Court presided over by Justice Mohammed Idris, to pay N200 million to the family of late Waheed Kabiru, who was allegedly killed by the men of Igbogbo Police Division in Ikorodu, Lagos, about a year ago. The judge also gave an order directing Police to publicly apologise in three Nigerian dailies for the unlawful killing of the deceased, and to release the deceased’s corpse to his family for decent burial. While giving the judgment, Friday, Justice Idris declared…

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Akinwunmi Ambode, the Lagos State Governor, on Sunday expressed a heartfelt gratitude to President Muhammadu Buhari for approving the hand-over of the Presidential Lodge in Marina to the Lagos State Government. The President’s gesture followed a request by Governor Ambode to have the presidential lodge released to the Lagos State Government in its bid to transform the Marina-Onikan axis into a world-class arts and tourism hub. The President’s approval was communicated in a letter signed by his Chief of Staff, Mallam Abba Kyari, to Governor Ambode. In a statement signed…

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Bisi Alimi, a United Kingdom-based Nigerian gay and LGBT rights activist, has married his British lover, Anthony. The two lovers, who have been dating for some years, got married on Saturday in England. Alimi, who expressed his excitement on social media, said,  “In the presence of friends and family from around the world, Anthony and I will say ‘I Do’. But we remember places in the world where love is (a) crime.” The rights activist posted the message on his Twitter handle on Saturday, displaying a picture of him and…

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