A Nigerian man has narrated the traumatising story of how he found himself under the Oshodi Bridge, in Lagos and slept there for two years, after living 21 years in the United States. According to the man who was tearful as he shared his story, he studied Banking and Finance in London, but his downfall […]
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Toyin Omojola is a 29 year old lady eking a living in Akure the Ondo State capital. After obtaining a B.Ed Biology from Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, she ventured into fashion designing rather than going about looking for jobs that are not there . Toyin threw herself into her job while hoping for a […]
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The five kidnapped sons and parents Godfrey George tells the story of a Nasarawa family of 10 children who lost five to kidnappers in May 2020. Despite paying a ransom of N3.6m, they have not returned home. For 68-year-old Cecilia Bala, May 7 is not just another day on the calendar. It reminds her of […]
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Gbade, the elder brother of the late Timothy Adegoke, a former master’s student at Obafemi Awolowo University who was found dead at Hilton Hotels Ile-Ife, Osun State, in November 2021, tells Bola Bamigbola how the bereaved family received the news of the conviction of the owner of the hotel, Dr. Ramon Adedoyin, and two of […]
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Godfrey George tells the story of how child maids suffer at the hands of ruthless employers amid laws against child labour and abuse. Mr. Henry Oyibio’s death hit his family like a thunderbolt. He was a large-scale farmer based in Benue State and father to four girls who were all under nine when he passed. […]
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Finally, justice on Tuesday came the way of the family of a Master’s student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Timothy Adegoke, who was murdered in November 2021. An Osun State High Court passed a death sentence on an Ile-Ife hotelier, Ramon Adedoyin, and two of his staff, Bola Bamigbola writes. The already tense atmosphere […]
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Adeife and Akinola Twenty years after, two young and promising children were snatched away by the cold hands of death, the family said they might have died, but not forgotten. On April 20, 2003, Adeife, 14, and Akinola Sodipo-Akindeko, 10, were killed during an attack on the convoy of Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello. During their short […]
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Representative of Chief Imam leading other Muslim faithful in prayer at a burial; Photo: NAN By Afis Oladosu In the Name of the Almighty, the Beneficent, the Merciful Death, which you are running away from, will certainly catch up with you. Then you will be returned to the Knower of the Unseen and the Visible […]
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Oreoluwa Aina, a National Youth Service Corps member, was one of those who died on Thursday when a Lagos State Government staff bus collided with a train in the PWD area of the state. In this interview with Dayo Oyewo, her father, Femi Aina, speaks on her daughter’s plans after the service year. How did […]
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The face of Esther Abiona, a 19-year-old physically challengeded admission seeker, shone brightly when Sunday Punch visited her Magboro, Ogun State home on Saturday. One week after she lamented to this newspaper how her disability might have stood in her way of being registered for the 2023 United Tertiary Matriculation Examination, the Joint Admission and […]
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