Category: Society

Prominent businessman, Chief Harry Akande is dead

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International businessman, Chief Harry Ayoade Akande is dead. Akande, who was the Agba Oye of Ibadanland, died after a brief illness in the early hours of Saturday. He died at aged 77. Akande, a former presidential aspirant, who was also a one-time Chairman, Board of Trustees of the All Nigeria Peoples Party during his lifetime as a politician was well known for his robust contacts within and outside the shores of Nigeria. His death was announced in a statement on Saturday by Olumide Akande, who described the death of the…

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Nathaniel Solomon: ‘I saw 4 corpses at Lekki Tollgate’

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A man who identified himself as Nathaniel Solomon said he saw about four bodies on the ground when he went to pick his brother’s remains at Lekki Tollgate in the aftermath of the shootings by soldiers on October 20. Solomon was one of the complainants at the Lagos State Court of Arbitration and Mediation in Lekki, venue of Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS-related abuses and other matters. He said his younger brother, Abouta Solomon, was shot dead and had since been buried in…

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Maryam Sanda’s death sentence affirmed by Court of Appeal

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Maryam Sanda, the daughter-inlaw to a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Mohammed Bello Haliru, who allegedly stabbed her husband to death, is back in the news after her death sentence by a High Court in Abuja. Again, a Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, in a unanimous judgement by a three-man panel of Justices led by Justice Stephen Adah, said it found no reason to set aside the verdict of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, which okayed Maryam to die by hanging. The…

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Plastic surgery palaver: Lagos doctor, Anu suspended indefinitely

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Founder of a popular hospital based in Lekki axis in Lagos, Dr. Anuoluwapo Olufunmi Adepoju popularly known as Dr Anu on Social Media has been suspended by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) indefinitely from the medical profession in Nigeria with effect from 5th November 2020. The suspension Order was issued by the Medical and Dental Practitioners Investigation Panel pursuant to powers conferred on it by s15(3)c of the Medical and Dental Practitioners Act Cap M8 LFN 2004. Dr Anuoluwapo is the owner and founder of the private…

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First class traditional ruler shot dead in Ondo

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A first class traditional ruler of Ifon, the Olufon of Ifon in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, Oba Israel Adeusi has been killed. The traditional ruler, who was returning to Ifon from Akure after a meeting, ran into the barricade of suspected kidnappers along Elegbeka area when the incident happened. It was gathered that his driver attempted to maneuver his way to avoid the kidnappers when they shot at his vehicle. Oba Adeusi was said to have been hit with bullets and was rushed to the Federal Medical…

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Reps Speaker, Gbajabiamila to adopt dead newspaper vendor’s children

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Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has promised a trust fund for children of the newspaper vendor, Ifeanyi Okereke, who was shot dead by his(Gbajabiamila) security aide, Abdullahi Hassan. Gbajabiamila made the disclosure yesterday when he paid a condolence visit to members of the Abuja Newspapers Distributors Association (ANDA). In his words, the Speaker said “The decease was a hardworking citizen. When I visited his family yesterday and carried the one-week-old child, I was emotional because I know I was standing as a pseudo father for the child.…

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Man set himself, lover ablaze for refusing marriage proposal

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A man in his 40s, out of frustration set himself, and his lover ablaze because she refused to marry him. The man, Nicodemus Nomyange but fondly known as Nico, had been in a love relationship with the young nurse named Priscilla Shiminenge Pam. It was gathered that, Priscilla has refused to marry her lover, and had been in another relationship since Nico was married with three children. Nico, who would not take no for answer was said to have traveled to another part of the Benue State where his wife…

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Prominent Lagos indigenes want NURTW activities dissolved

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Prominent Indigenes of Lagos, a group said to be advocating for the advancement of the State, has charged the Lagos State government to stop all taxes illegally collected by the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) on Lagos roads and give them to local councils, for maintenance of roads, provision of health services, infrastructure and other needs. In a statement signed by prominent indigenes of the state which include Chief Alaba Williams; the Ajiroba of Lagos, Bashorun Jaiye Randle; Dr. Ade Dosunmu and Convener, Chief Adesunbo Onitiri; they also…

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Deputy Speaker’s aide killed after distributing wedding invitation cards

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Kingsley Obasi, an aide to the Deputy Speaker of Ebonyi State House of Assembly has been killed. Report has Obasi was killed while on his way to his house after distributing some of his wedding invitation cards to his friends in the town. It was said that the victim may have been killed by suspected armed robbers, because they made away with his bag containing money, his wedding invitation cards and other valuables. Describing the victim’s death as very unfortunate, a family member said “I don’t think it was politically…

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Alaafin of Oyo’s ex-wife, Anuoluwapo alleges threat to her life

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Olori Anuoluwapo, the estranged wife of the Alaafin of Oyo, raised alarm over what she described as a threat to her life on her Instagram page. She alleged that she is being threatened for ending her marriage with the Alaafin. Olori Aanu revealed that she walked out of the union because she couldn’t continue to live in bondage. The estranged Queen said the monarch should be held responsible if anything bad happens to her and her children. Olori Aanu stated that she chose not to grant an interview to any…

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