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Ogun riders condemn Lagos govt over ban on Okada
Daud Olatunji The National President of the Amalgamated Commercial Motorcycle and Tricycle Riders Association of Nigeria, Shamsudeen Apelogun, has described the ban of okada by the Lagos State Government as insensitive. The President of the association, who berated the Lagos State government over its decision to ban commercial motorcycles from the highways, warned that the
Seven coping strategies when your spouse is away
Jesusegun Alagbe When John Anifowose (not real name), a 30-year-old engineer in an oil and gas servicing company in Lekki, Lagos, was promoted after six years of working at the company, he and his wife, a 26-year-old chef in the city, were extremely happy. It was a moment they had long expected and it came
Kneeling to propose: Fans disagree with Pete Edochie
Olajide Samuel During the week, a video surfaced online in which veteran actor, Pete Edochie, criticised young men who kneel down to propose marriage to women. In the video, Edochie insisted that such men were idiots and foolish. He said, “Any young man who gets down on his knees to propose to a girl is
Court orders DSS to probe Ewhrudjakpo for alleged certificate forgery
Ade Adesomoju and Success Nwogu An Abuja Area Court on Wednesday ordered the Department of State Services to investigate the allegation of forgery of a National Youth Service Corps’ certificate levelled against the Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo. Ewhrudjakpo of the Peoples Democratic Party was until his swearing in as the Bayelsa State
Odenigbo building a house, planned to return home before Easter – Brother of man in viral video allegedly killed by kinsman in South Africa
An Imo indigene, Ifechukwu Odenigbo, was allegedly killed in South Africa by his kinsman, Daniel Nsofor, over an undisclosed business deal that went awry. The video of how Nsofor killed Odenigbo went viral prompting youths to set ablaze the suspect’s house located in Ubulu community in the Oru West local Government Area of Imo State.
Togo’s opposition candidate flees to Ghana as presidential election holds today
Togo votes today (Saturday) in an election expected to see President Faure Gnassingbe claim a fourth term in power and extend his family’s half-century domination of the West African nation. The incumbent, 53, has led the country of eight million since 2005 following the death of his father Gnassingbe Eyadema, who ruled with an iron
How Akume assaulted me at Tor Tiv son’s wedding – Mku
John Charles, Makurdi One-time Benue State governorship candidate, Chief Mike Mku, has claimed the Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, George Akume, assaulted him during the wedding of the son of the Tor Tiv, Prof James Ayatse, in Makurdi last Saturday. Mku contested the 1999 and 2003 governorship election against Akume. The minister triumphed
We’ve abolished making women drink water used to wash dead husbands – Enogie of Ekpoma
The Enogie of Ekpoma, Zaiki Abumere II, is a lawyer and bank worker who abandoned the hustling and bustling life of Lagos to succeed his father who died in 2007 as the traditional ruler of his town. The Enogie tells SOLA SHITTU how his community uses a jury system similar to that of the United
Three burnt as tanker explodes in Ogun
Daud Olatunji Three persons suffered varying degrees of burns after a petrol-laden tanker fell and exploded at Atatun, Ijaiye-Tutun along Alamala Barracks Abeokuta, Ogun State. The victims who were a mother and daughter of a village head in the area including a vulcaniser were rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta. About five houses
No amount is too much to pay for Leah Sharibu’s release – Father
Wednesday, February 19, 2020 marked two years since Leah Sharibu and 109 other girls were kidnapped from their school in Dapchi, Yobe State by Boko Haram. Leah is the only one of the abducted pupils still being held by her abductors since February 19, 2018 on account of her Christian faith. Her father, Nathan Sharibu,
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