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By, Emeka Odeme Convicted kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans is now a 200-level student at the National Open University of Nigeria. YOUNEWS learnt he had made A1 in all his NECO subjects while in prison. Curiously, We learnt, all this was made possible through a scholarship given to him by the Federal Government. Now , on the level of ...
Court Cases
February, 2025
January, 2025
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13 January
BREAKING :Queen Naomi, Oriyomi Hamzat, Principal get bail
By, Joke Thomas. An Oyo State High Court, sitting at Ring Road on Monday granted bail to Olori Naomi Silekunola, Alhaji Oriyomi Hazmat, and Abdulahi Fasasi. The accused are facing four counts of conspiracy, acceleration of death, negligent acts causing harm, and failure to provide adequate security and medical facilities. Justice Kamorudeen Olawoyin of a High Court sitting in Ibadan ...
December, 2024
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16 December
Man confesses he slit 41-day-old son’s throat under ‘remote control’
By, Dele Ogunmodede. A trainee herbalist, Ifagbenga Taiwo, who was arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly slaughtering his 41-day-old son has confessed ! Blaming his action on the influence of a spell, stressing that he was not conscious of what he did until he had perpetrated the act. It happened in the Keesi area of Adatan, Abeokuta. ...
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11 December
Knocks as Peter Obi begs Afe Babalola over Farotimi in vein
By, Onome Jackson,. The visit of 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to Aare Afe Babalola (SAN), founder of Afe Babalola University (ABUAD) in Ado-Ekiti, has been adjudged by many as unnecessary ! The meeting, which took place amidst Babalola’s legal battles with Dele Farotimi, a key supporter of Obi’s presidential bid, has divided opinion. Farotimi, a Lagos-based human ...
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11 December
4 Reasons Court denies Dele Farotimi Bail again !
By, John Paul. An Ekiti State Magistrates’ Court in Ado Ekiti, on Tuesday, sent lawyer and activist, Dele Farotimi, back to prison. Following his arrest in Lagos State last Tuesday, the police took Farotimi to Ekiti State and arraigned him last Wednesday before the Ado Ekiti magistrates’ court where he pleaded not guilty to the charges. Last week, the magistrate, ...
November, 2024
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2 November
Wife stabs husband to death in Ibadan
33 years old Comfort and 39 years old Segun got married three years ago and they were blessed with two kids. YOUNEWS learnt that the couple who live in Ibadan, Oyo State had heated argument n Oct 30, 2024. Segun had accused his wife, Comfort of locking the matrimonial bedroom door since around 7am when she left the house and ...
October, 2024
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3 October
OPC hits Sen. Micheal Opeyemi Bamidele (MOB) over Regionalism
Foremost Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, the Oodua People’s Congress has condemned in totality, the position of the Leader of Nigerian Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele on regionalism, saying the lawmaker has lost the trust of the people he is representing in Yoruba land. Bamidele at the National Assembly hearing on constitutional review had rejected the bill to return Nigeria to regionalism, saying ...
September, 2024
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23 September
Dangote tells Tinubu; Stop Fuel Subsidy Completely now !, reveals how
The President and Chief Executive of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has called on the Federal Government to end fuel subsidies completely. Dangote said now is the right time to end fuel subsidies. He said the removal would help determine the actual petrol consumption in the country. Africa’s wealthiest man further noted that ending petrol imports will have a huge ...
August, 2024
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15 August
Messy fraud in NAHCON,EFCC detains Chair overN90bn 2024 Hajj subsidy
The Executive Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, Jalal Arabi, and the commission’s secretary, Abdullahi Kontagora, are currently in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over the alleged mismanagement of the N90bn 2024 Hajj subsidy. The EFCC said its investigation revealed that from the N90bn Hajj subsidy, Arabi, fraudulently overpaid himself and others the necessary ...
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2 August
Scores die across Nigeria as #EndBadGovernance Protest begins
Flow of Blood, and death is part of what characterised the first day of #EndBadGovernance protests in Nigeria. A police officer was also murdered on Thursday during the #EndBadGovernance nationwide protest. Some police officers were also injured while some stations were razed by hoodlums who disguised as protesters. Planned and scheduled to be peaceful a nationwide protest against hunger and ...
