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Month: June 2022

Rivers State begins prosecution of Amaechi over $50m fraud

Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi is in more trouble as the Rivers State government has finally slammed a nine-count charge of stealing, cheating and conspiracy on him. In a suit marked PHC/CR/2022, filed on the 7th of June, the Nyesom Wike led Rivers State also listed the Governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress…

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Soldier allegedly k!lls fuel station attendant in Minna for threatening him with cutlass

A fuel station attendant has allegedly been shot dead by a soldier duing a scuffle in Minna, the Niger State capital. The Incident happened at Shafa filling station located near Obasanjo Complex on Monday, June 20. According to a Facebook user, Mohammed Usman, the soldier shot the attendant after the deceased allegedly threatened him with…

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OAU, UNIABUJA dismiss four professors, 14 others over sexual misconduct

No fewer than 18 lecturers in the nation’s tertiary institutions have been indicted and dismissed over sexual misconduct in one year, analysis of media reports by The PUNCH has revealed. The issue of sexual harassment has been recurring in Nigerian institutions with a survey conducted in 2018 by the World Bank Group’s Women revealing that…

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Rights Suit: FUOYE VC cleared on spurious allegations

…as Court discontinues trials The legal battle that lingered between the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Prof. Abayomi Sunday Fasina and the Nigerian Police was on Monday, June 20, 2022, laid to rest as the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos State, discontinued its trials following the joint decision of the two…

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Tears as pastor and his wife d!e in ghastly accident

A young pastor and his wife have been reported de@d in a ghastly accident in the Ashanti region of Ghana. The deceased have been identified as Evangelist Augustine K. Twum 43, and his wife Barrister Augustina Yaa Twum, 42. The cause of the accident is yet to be known. According to reports, the man of…

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70% of Nigerian politicians are lunatics – Peter Obi

Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has said most of the politicians in the corridors of power have no reason to be there, describing politics in Nigeria as a case where lunatics have taken over the asylum. He said this Sunday at the Men of Valour conference with the theme: “Navigating the corridors of…

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GRATEFUL OR GREAT FOOL?| HEART – ITUDE with OLUSEYE TAIWO

“…. always be thankful.”—- Colossians 3:15. Every attitude problem is a mental problem. It all boils down to how people think, reason and eventually act. Similar things happen to us, but we judge them differently, depending on our mindsets or thinking pattern. I was told of a lady who vowed never to attend a church…

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INEC declares APC’s Oyebanji as winner of Ekiti governorship election (See breakdown of result)

Abiodun Oyebanji, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti State, has been declared winner of the exercise. Oyebanji, who secured victory in 15 of the 16 Local Government Areas of the State, polled a total of 187,057 votes. Segun Oni, his closest rival polled a total of 82,211 votes…

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Court throws out contempt allegation against FUOYE VC, Registrar

…advises parties to toe path of peace The National Industrial Court sitting in Akure, Capital city of Ondo State on Thursday faulted Contempt allegation filed against the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Professor Abayomi Sunday Fasina and the institution’s Acting Registrar, Mr. Mufutau lbrahim by a suspended lecturer, Dr. Akinyemi Gabriel Omonijo. A report…

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Before the bubble burst, Makinde should exercise caution on the impeachment of his Deputy, Olaniyan

By Prof. Adeniyi Olowofela It’s already in a public domain, that impeachment process has commenced on the Deputy Governor of Oyo-State. It’s also common knowledge that there is an inducement of N5million per person of the active participants. I want to draw the attention of H.E. Seyi Makinde by extension, Oyo-State House of Assembly. During…

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