Tenant dies during scuffle with landlady over pot

Police Inspector General, Usman Alkali Baba A 45-year-old woman, identified only as Mrs Folasade, has been arrested by men of the Ondo State Police Command for allegedly killing her tenant, Mrs Omolola Oladipupo, during a scuffle in the kitchen. Folasade was said to be the landlady of a house on Taotao Street, in the Lotogbe […]

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Protests in Ekiti as bandits kidnap couple, two others, demand N10m

Angry residents of Ajebamidele area of Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, on Wednesday, protested against the alleged kidnap of four residents by gunmen on Tuesday. The placard-carrying residents trooped out in large numbers as early as 7am and blocked the busy Ado-Ikere Ekiti highway, leaving commuters stranded just as business activities were paralysed. It […]

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Gunmen kidnap 73 Zamfara students, Governor asks residents to fight back

Gunmen, on Wednesday, invaded the Government Day Secondary School, Kaya, in the Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State and abducted no fewer than 73 students. It was gathered that the attack, which came barely five days after some students of the College of Agriculture and Animals Science, Bakura, were released, occurred around 11am when […]

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Stakeholders hail ministers’ sack

Buhari: Cabinet reshuffling will be a continuous process Ministers’ sack not enough to cover your failures, says PDP Buhari should sack Malami, Magashi, Monguno – HURIWA In what came as a shock to many, President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, relieved two ministers of their appointments. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammed Nanono, and his […]

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Lagos state varsity teams win N66.8m 2020 TETFund research grants

Acting Vice Chancellor, Prof. Oyedamola Oke (right) presenting the award letters from TETFund to grant winners Two research teams from Lagos State University (LASU), led by a former Dean, Faculty of Arts, Prof. Adeniyi Harrison, and the current Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Prof. Omobitan Olufunso, have won the 2020 Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) […]

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Air Peace becomes Eagles’ carrier as NFF signs N500m deal

Super Eagles Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), yesterday, bagged Air Peace airline’s sponsorship deal worth over N500 million for national teams’ travels. The four-year deal, which earns Air Peace the official airline of the Super Eagles and others, covers both flight services and financial support. The deed of agreement was signed in Lagos yesterday, in the […]

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FG approves N79.649b to dualise Odukpani-Itu-Ikot Ekpene road

N7.2b for Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Katsina airports Buhari tasks new NSIA board on economic diversification The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, approved N79.649 billion for completion of the dualisation project on the Odukpani-Itu-Ikot Ekpene Road in Akwa Ibom State. Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, told newsmen after […]

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