Security man commits suicide atpopular fast food joint in Akute

One of the security men at a popular fast food joint in Alagbole, Akute, a Lagos/Ogun suburb committed suicide in the early hours of today, Wednesday July 23rd. The security man whose name the company management chose not to disclose, hanged himself inside the kitchen of the fast food joint before it opened for business today. The middle aged security man was said to have deleted all his phone contacts which made it difficult to contact his...

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Sokoto earmarks N 800 m to sponsor 420 students abroad-Official

The Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Prof. Musa Maitafsir, said this in Sokoto when he spoke to 121 Masters’ Degrees students leaving for the Islamic University of Uganda. He said that the money had been lodged in the account of the state scholarship board. Maitafisr said that the money was for the payment of tuition and registration fees of the students and for their upkeep. He said that over N350 million out of the amount was set aside for the training of 220 students in the Islamic University of Uganda. According...

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Photo: Police arrest 3 for car-snatching in Lagos

3 members of a notorious car snatching gang that specializes in snatching exotic cars from residents of the Victoria island, Lekki and Ajah axis of Lagos state have been arrested by men of the Lagos state Anti-Robbery Squad attached to the Bar Beach Police station in Lagos. . According to Vanguard, the robbers were arrested separately on Saturday July 19th and Monday July 21 as they rode in taxi cabs they had earlier snatched from their...

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I’m ready for arrest — Aregbesola

The APC candidate and incumbent governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola yesterday declared that he was not afraid of the alleged plot by the leadership of the PDP and the police to arrest him and some of his associates ahead of the election. Aregbosola Addressing APC supporters at the mega rally held at Unity High School, Ejigbo, Governor Aregbesola said that all the chieftains of APC in the state are ready for the police arrest adding that the arrest of...

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Farmer arrested for killing wife in Ogun

ABEOKUTA— The Ogun State Police Command yesterday, said it had arrested a 47-year-old farmer, Gbenga Ogunfolabo, for stabbing his wife, Bosede Ogunfolabo, 45, to death with broken bottle during a fisticuff. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Muyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in a statement. Adejobi said the police detectives attached to Ishara division of the command arrested the suspect on Monday, July 21 at Ishara in Remo North Local Government Area the state few days after he committed the crime. According to the PPRO, the...

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Fayose accuses Fayemi of employing 4,000 new workers

Ado Ekiti—EKITI State Governor-elect, Mr. Ayo Fayose, yesterday, claimed the outgoing administration of Governor Kayode Fayemi had since the June 21‘ gubernatorial election in the state, employed no fewer than 4,000 workers into the state civil service and the state university. Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti (l) and Governor-Elect, Mr Ayo Fayose, during Fayose’s visit to the Governor in Ado-Ekiti The governor-elect, who featured on a local radio...

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US Embassy Training Nigeria Electoral Officials

FILE- Election posters along a road on the last day of voter registration exercises in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos, Feb. 5, 2011. The U.S. Embassy in Nigeria is organizing a series of workshops to train public affairs officers of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be better able to interact with stakeholders in the run up to next year’s general election, according to Nick Dazang, the electoral body’s national Deputy Director...

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