Ekiti: 10 Polytechnic students kidnap colleague, collect N2.2m ransom

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It was a shocking news to many, when operatives of the Rapid Respond Squad (RRS) of the Ekiti State Police Command arrested a fourteen-man gang of kidnappers, 10 of which are polytechnic students. They were alleged to have abducted a student of Crown Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti. The student, Akiode Akinyemi was kidnapped in his hostel last week Saturday around 10am and was whisked away to unknown destination. His abductors demanded N2.2 million as ransom from the family of the victim which was paid into eight different bank accounts. This made the…

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TB Joshua’s wife to become General Overseer of Synagogue Church

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Synagogue Church of All Nations’ elders may have picked Evelyn, wife of the late General Overseer, Prophet T.B Joshua as the successor of the church. Earlier before the meeting, and after the death of the church founder, the elders assured its members that worship would not stop at the church, following its shutdown since Joshua’s demise. And now, there are indications that the wife will replace him as General Overseer of the church. Evelyn and Joshua were married for 31 years and had three children together until his death on…

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Dangote Truck crushes secondary school student in Ogun

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Angry youths in protest set ablaze a truck laden with cement belonging to the Dangote Cement Company after crushing a secondary school pupil to death. The incident occurred on Friday, around Yewa-South Local Government Area of Ogun State, while the spokesman for the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the incident. TRACE officials attributed the incident to loss of control due to over speeding, noting that the truck was burnt beyond recognition by the mob. In a statement, the spokesman said: “The presumed dead victim has…

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Buhari postpones medical trip to London

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President Muhammadu Buhari has postponed traveling to London for medical check-up. Earlier, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina had in a statement he issued on Thursday said that President Buhari would proceed to London, the United Kingdom on Friday, June 25, 2021, for a scheduled medical follow-up. Adesina in the statement said that the president would be due back in the country during the second week of July 2021. However, Adesina in a fresh statement on Friday said, “The medical follow-up visit of…

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Reps summon Polaris Bank MD, NNPC over $224m hidden account

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Acting Managing Director, Polaris Bank Limited, Innocent Ike, was a guest of the House of Representatives’ Ad Hoc Committee on Assessment and Status of All Recovered Loots Movable and Immovable Assets from 2002 to 2020 by Agencies of the Federal Government of Nigeria for Effective Efficient Management and Utilisation. The bank MD was grilled on Thursday over an account belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation believed to have been hidden in the bank. Over $200m was said to have been allegedly hidden in the account, which was opened in…

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Billionaire Samuel Adedoyin’s grandson allegedly commits suicide

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Multi-billionaire businessman and chairman of Doyin Group of Companies, Prince Samuel Adedoyin has lost his 28year-old grandson, Subomi Olobayo in a mysterious circumstance. Subomi who died on Tuesday night at his parents’ home in GRA, Ilorin, is the first son of Lola Olobayo, one of the daughters of Adedoyin. Sources say, the young man allegedly committed suicide, and was believed to have been battling depression before he died. It was gathered that the body of Subomi was reportedly discovered around 5pm at the backyard of their residence, while he was…

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President Buhari off to London for medical check-up, to return in July

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President Muhammadu Buhari, today, Friday, June 24, is to proceed to London, the United Kingdom, for a scheduled medical follow-up. It will be recalled that, the President had on March 30, 2021 undertaken a similar trip, which kept him in the United Kingdom for about two weeks. Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity), Femi Adesina had on Thursday, informed that President Buhari is due back in the country in the second week of July, 2021. Share on: WhatsApp

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How 21-year-old UNILAG student stabbed Super TV CEO to death

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A 21 year-old undergraduate of the University of Lagos, Chidinma has been arrested by the men of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly killing the Chief Executive Officer, Super TV, Usifo Ataga, in Lekki area of the state. Chidinma, a 300-level student of Mass Communication was arrested at her parents’ residence in the Yaba area of the state on Wednesday night. She allegedly stabbed the victim, while they were in a room, and made away with his belongings, among is an ATM card, in which she withdrew the sum…

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EFCC re-arraigns FIRS directors over N4.5bn fraud

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Three directors and some other officials of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, (FIRS) have been re-arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), over allegations of N4.5 billion fraud. The officials are Peter Hena, a former Coordinating Director; Mohammed Bello Auta (Director of Finance) and Amina Sidi (Finance and Account Department). Others are Umar Aliyu Aduka (Internal Audit), Mbura Mustapha (Deputy Manager), Obi Okeke Malachy (Services Group), Obaje Napoleon Adofu (Head of Budget), Udo-Inyang Effiong Alfred (Officer II) and Benjamin Jiya (Assistant Director). EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, who disclosed…

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Presidency denies involvement in media amendment bill, says AGF to advice on ECOWAS court ruling on Twitter

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The Presidency, yesterday, denied involvement in the move by the National Assembly to amend the Nigerian Press Council (NPC) and National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Acts. This is as a result of condemnations by relevant stakeholders of alleged attempt to gag the press. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, claimed that the initiative was completely outside the Presidency’s purview, noting that the matter was a government thing, which only the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, could adequately address. Adesina made the clarification while addressing…

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