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The Lagos State Government has suspended five female pupils of the Oreyo Senior Grammar School, Igbogbo, Ikorodu area of the state, caught in a video smoking “Shisha” while in school uniform. Shisha is a practice of smoking tobacco through a bowl or a tube. The state government, through the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Youth and Social Development, said ...
Whistle Blower
April, 2021
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21 April
IGP demands list of all police in EFCC, withdraws Senior Officers
The Acting Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered the withdrawal of Senior Police Officers posted to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The order was contained in a letter dated April 15, 2021 and addressed to the Chairman of the EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa. In the letter signed by the Principal Staff Officer to the IGP, Idowu Owohunwa, Senior ...
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21 April
FG should allow state handle mineral resources
“The federal government is carrying so much load that they are not supposed to carry, allow states to develop these minerals and pay royalty to the federal government, that is the way it’s supposed to be,” Nyesom Wike, the Rivers State Governor told Uchechukwu Ogah, the visiting Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development. It’s a no-brainer. That’s what ...
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21 April
Amotekun frees Ekiti monarch, arrests kidnap kingpin
The Obadu of Ilemeso Ekiti in the Oye Local Government area of Ekiti State, Oba David Oyewumi, who was kidnapped in his palace on Thursday, has regained freedom. A source, who said the monarch had been taken for medical attention, said, “Kabiyesi has been released. We are happy about this, but I do not know whether any ransom was paid ...
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21 April
OAU undergraduate commits suicide over failed business deal
A 200-Level student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, in the Department of Management and Accounting, Emmanuel Adedeji, has reportedly committed suicide. Emmanuel, it was said, left a suicide note after he took a poisonous substance which led to his death. It was not immediately clear why Emmanuel took the decision, as some sources close to him gave different ...
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21 April
FIFA president Infantino to give verdict on Super League
FIFA president Gianni Infantino is expected to deliver his verdict on the European Super League on Tuesday after the widely condemned breakaway competition triggered threats of legal action and punitive measures. European body UEFA will look to support from the world football chief at its congress in Switzerland as it attempts to quash an initiative that threatens its prized Champions ...
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21 April
Parents Beware ! : Drugged cookies for school children in market, NDLEA arrests syndicate
A 300-level student, Rhoda Agboje, and her boyfriend, Ifeanyi Nwankwo, have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for allegedly selling drugged cookies to schoolchildren and other unsuspecting members of the public. It was gathered that Agboje was arrested at the NNPC Cooperative Estate in Abuja after she allegedly gave a young girl drugged cookies to ...
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21 April
Petrol queues in Abuja, others, fuel scarcity spreading nationwide
Petrol queues is thick in Abuja and parts of Niger and Nasarawa states currently…and fuel scarcity is gradually spreading nationwide. Also, hundreds of black marketers who sell the commodity in jerrycans are currently in business in some of the affected locations. Many fillings stations were shut to motorists on Monday morning, while the few ones dispensing the commodity were flooded ...
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21 April
A peep into the mind of that patient police officer
I’ve not shot a single person since I joined police in 1992 –Lagos cop Sunday Erhabor celebrated for patience. I am always calm and I don’t drink or smoke. I drank a little before but I can’t drink at all now.I was born in 1967 and I have just about 5 years to retirement.I am core Bini man and I ...
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20 April
BREAKING: Chad’s President killed shortly after re-election, Military takes over power
Chad’s President Idriss Déby has died suddenly in clashes with rebels in the north of the country at the weekend, the army has said on state TV. His death came shortly after provisional election results which projected he would win a sixth term in office, with 80% of the vote. The government and parliament have been dissolved. A military council ...
