The family of Daniel Oyedokun has been thrown into mourning after their four-year-old son drowned in a canal on his way back from church on Sunday at Awori Street, Dopemu, Agege in Lagos State. It was learnt that the deceased was swept away by the flood that accompanied the heavy rain on that day. The…
A 25-year-old security guard, identified simply as Solomon, has lost his life after being stabbed to death at Langbasa in the Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State. Reports revealed that the incident occurred on Sunday evening. It was gathered that the deceased left his duty post and stepped out to discuss with some friends…
The three best graduating students of the Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijebu-Ode, representing the 2020/2021, 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 academic years, have been awarded N2 million each by Governor Dapo Abiodun for their academic feats. The cash award was announced on Tuesday by the Governor during the 13th,14th, and 15th convocation ceremonies of the…
The Directorate of Citizens Rights in the Ekiti State Ministry of Justice has filed a lawsuit on behalf of Damilola Adeparusi, popularly known as Chef Dammy against her pastor, Jeremiah Adegoke, and the state police command for alleged infringement of the chef’s rights. The DCR also demanded N10 million for damages on behalf of the…
A Comorian football fan who was shot by security forces holding off a rush of supporters at a stadium before a World Cup qualifier has died, his family said on Tuesday. Fahad Moindze, 21, died in hospital in Tanzania, where he was airlifted last Thursday suffering from a wound to the head, a relative told…
Justice Kuteyi of an Ondo State High Court, sitting in Akure on Tuesday sentenced one Abayomi Joseph to death by hanging for killing his neighbor. The convict was found guilty of hacking to death one Thomas Oluwole, who was his neighbour, with a machete, in 2021, at the Ijoka area of Akure, following an allegation…
The Osun State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi has lauded Governor Ademola Adeleke’s led administration for performing excellently well across all sectors despite facing challenges of paucity of fund and huge debt inherited from the All Progressive Congress, APC led administrations in the state. The Commissioner, disclosed this during a media press…
The Special Adviser to Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke on Public Health, Dr. Adekunle Akindele has congratulated him for successfully marking one year in office. In a congratulatory message signed by him on Monday, he wrote: Dear Excellency Governor Senator Ademola Adeleke, Congratulations on the successfully completion of your first year in office as the…
Subair Enitan, a 200-level student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife Osun state, early midnight on Monday completed her 58 hours of individual hand wash-a-thon. This is in a bid to set a record for the longest hand cloth washing by an individual after applying to the Guinness World Record for the task last June. She…
The number of dependents from Nigerian students has been the highest among other foreign students in the United Kingdom, rising from 1,427 in 2019 to 60,506 at the end of September 2023. This was disclosed in a report issued by the UK government adding that the unprecedented surge of dependents of Nigerian foreign students exceeded…
