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Year: 2019

Four killed in a crushed tricycle by train in Lagos

Four people were reportedly killed on Tuesday when a train crushed a tricycle along Iju-Fagba corridor of the railway line in Lagos State. Christian Madza, the Lagos District Superintendent, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). According to Mr Madza, the tricycle was trying to outsmart the moving train when the train…

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Video: EACOED Students Arrested For Stealing Pants In Oyo

Four students of Emmanuel Alayande College of Education has been arrested for stealing female pants. The undergraduate students were in a viral video were being caught by the residents after stealing panties in Oyo town. According to Concise News, the students, who are in their teens, were apprehended after a female resident in the area…

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Oyo Assembly reverses suspension of Irepo council chairman and his deputy

Oyo State House of Assembly on Tuesday reversed the suspension of Executive Chairman of Irepo Local Government Area, Mr Asifu Adediran-Sulaiman and his vice, Mrs Ojedele Victoria for breaching the law guiding the process. The Assembly which described the suspension process as inconclusive also noted that pending the time the House Committee on local government…

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Many injured in new Ibadan building collapse

Uncompleted two storey building located at along Jericho/Eleyele road Ibadan on Tuesday afternoon collapsed leaving eight people working on the site injured. The building which is under construction collapsed around 4pm on Tuesday while worker on the site are still working on it. An eye witness, who was also one of the workers working one…

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Many injured in new Ibadan building collapse

Uncompleted two storey building located at along Jericho/Eleyele road Ibadan on Tuesday afternoon collapsed leaving eight people working on the site injured. The building which is under construction collapsed around 4pm on Tuesday while worker on the site are still working on it. An eye witness, who was also one of the workers working one…

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Ekiti observes celebration of Int’l World dance day

Ekiti state council for Arts and Culture on Monday roll out drums to celebrates the annual International World Dance Day. The event was held at the government secretariat premises Ado Ekiti, the state capital. The Director General of the Ekiti State Council of Arts and Culture, Mr. Wale Ojo-Lanre, in his remark said placing premium…

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FG to train 1,500 Niger Delta youths in 2019 skill acquisition

No fewer than 1,500 youths from the Niger Delta region are to be trained in various skill acquisition programmes of the Federal Government in 2019. This is said to be part of government’s efforts at increasing the human capital development in the country as well as check agitations and unrest, particularly in the Niger Delta…

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New Ekiti Art & Culture DG, Ojo Lanre Commends Fayemi, Ekiti Cultural Troupe for Sterling Performance

The Director-General, Ekiti State Council for Arts and Culture, Wale Ojo Lanre has commended the state cultural troupe for its impressive performance at the just concluded 4th African Drum Festival held in Abeokuta. He lauded the state Governor , Dr Kayode Fayemi for his moral and logistic support which enabled the Ekiti Standing Cultural Troupe…

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Police arrests woman with 6-year old dead body in her freezer in Lagos

The police in Lagos have arrested a woman in whose deep freezer the dead body of a six-year-old boy was allegedly found at Alapere in Ketu, near Lagos. The spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command, DSP. Bala Elkana, confirmed the arrest on Friday while speaking with crime correspondents. He said that the dead body…

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How Islam Took Root in Yorubaland, by expert at 10th Edition of the Yoruba Historical Conversations

A prominent professor of History and distinguished Islamic scholar, Hakeem Olumide Danmole, on Friday traced the history of Islam in Yoruba land, debunking claims that Islam found its way into Yoruba land through contact with northerners. Prof. Danmole revealed this at the 10th Yoruba Historical Conversations organised by the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN)…

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