Sunday Igoho: Olubadan sends delegation to Cotonou

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The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, has sent a delegation to Cotonou, Republic of Benin, to observe court proceedings in the case involving an activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho. Mr Adeola Oloko, Personal Assistant/Director of Media and Publicity to the Olubadan, made this known in a statement issued on Sunday in Ibadan. Oloko quoted the royal father as stating this in his palace while exchanging views with leaders of Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes (CCII), led by the President-General, Mr Yemisi Adeaga. The Oba, who…

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Ooni, other dignitaries to attend Onalaja’s installation as Rotary Club President

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The Ooni of Ile Ife, His Imperial Majesty Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, will lead dignitaries from all walks of life including the business class and society big wigs to the installation of Rtn. Bamidele Onalaja as the 20th President of Rotary Club of Maryland, Ikeja, Lagos, Saturday, July 31, 2021. The installation programme is slated for high octane event centre; the Glitz Event Centre, Lekki, Lagos and will be chaired by acclaimed ICT entrepreneur, Mr. Nnamdi Ezeigbo MD/CEO, Slots System with frontline philanthropist and God’s handmaiden, Reverend Mother Esther Abimbola Ajayi…

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Army officer, wife and daughter die in road accident

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Major Auwal Danbabu Mohammed, a Staff Officer at 1 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Gusau in Zamfara State, his wife, Fadila Auwalu Shehu Brema and their only daughter, Aisha lost their lives in a ghastly motor accident, while returning back to hid base from Sallah celebration in Gombe State, his hometown when the accident occurred at the ever busy Zamfara-Kano Road. The State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya who received the sad news with great shock described it as most unfortunate and a great loss to the state and its people.…

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Bandits burn Army vehicle, kill 7 vigilantes in Zamfara

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At least, seven of the local vigilante men known as Yan Sakai were reportedly killed by suspected armed bandits, yesterday (Friday) morning in an attack on Dansadau town of Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. According to residents, the bandits invaded the community around 3am and went after selected targets.  It was learnt that they fired several shots into the air and went into some houses and abducted about 13 people, including women. “Those killed were the vigilantes who bravely came out of their houses and fought the attackers.…

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Aregbesola advises governors to sign death warrant of 3,008 condemned inmates

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The Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, on Friday, July 23, 2021 asked governors to sign the death warrant of 3,008 inmates on death row at custodial facilities across the country. Aregbesola said this in Osogbo, Osun State, while inaugurating the newly constructed headquarters of the Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS in the State. He lamented that jail congestion is the major headache of the Service, saying that the entire national custodial facilities with a maximum capacity for 57,278 inmates currently has a total population of 68,747 inmates, made up of…

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Mother, son and girlfriend convicted for $902,935 internet fraud

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A woman, Dora Animam; her son, Gift Kenneth and his girlfriend, Spice Chimzi Dandy have been convicted and sentenced to prison by a Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State, for internet fraud. The Benin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned the convicts before Justice F. A. Olubanjo on one-count charge each for offences bordering on impersonation and obtaining by false pretences. They were said to have conspired to defraud an American lady, Lucinda Ann Garnes Henrichson, of a total sum of $902,935.…

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Guaranty Trust Annual Autism Conference Holds August 3-4 at Muson Centre, Lagos

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The eleventh edition of the Guaranty Trust Annual Conference will hold on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 3 and 4, at the Muson Center, Lagos. Themed, “Life Beyond the Diagnosis,” the conference will feature in-depth conversations on supporting people living with autism facilitated by medical experts and specialists from around the world. Guaranty Trust has been at the forefront of the advocacy for children and adults living with autism. Its Annual Autism Conference is the major rallying point for driving awareness about Autism, campaigning against the social stigma associated with developmental…

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Policemen, others killed in fresh attack in Enugu

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Unknown gunmen on Wednesday night in an attack in Enugu left no fewer than four policemen and some unidentified persons dead. The attack occurred at a checkpoint in Obeagu-Amechi community in Enugu South Local Government Area. Apart from security operatives, it was learnt that some residents and passers-by, who ran into the incident, were either killed or wounded by stray bullets in the gun duel between policemen and the gunmen. Sources said there were casualties on both sides, even as a patrol van belonging to the police was razed. It…

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SOKAPU to FG: If you could pick up Kanu, Igboho, why is it difficult to fight bandits

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The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union has berated the Federal Government over the arrest and detention of activists across the country. The umbrella body of the Southern Kaduna people urged the government to deploy the same tactics adopted in the arrest of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, and Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, in tackling the rampaging bandits in the North. SOKAPU’s National President, Jonathan Asake, stated this in Kaduna on Thursday. The SOKAPU leader also alleged that over 100 natives had so…

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Three-month-old baby, 12 others killed by suspected herders in Ortom’s LG

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In two separate attacks in Governor Samuel Ortom’s local council, Guma in Benue State, thirteen persons, including a three-month-old baby, have been feared killed . It was gathered that the Tuesday attack came barely 24 hours after suspected herdsmen killed eight persons, including two aid workers, in the same local council. Local sources told revealed that gunmen attacked a bus loaded with mourners – who were returning from a burial at Umenger – around Torkula village, resulting in the death of three persons. Two victims, who were shot, were reportedly…

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