Day: May 24, 2021

You are responsible for your future, Dr. Oyedepo advises graduating students

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The Chancellor and Chairman, Board of Regents, Covenant University, Dr David O. Oyedepo, has urged the new graduates of the University to get out of their nest to guard against the destruction of their colourful future. He advised them to honour their parents for their unfathomable investments in providing quality education through their hard work and sacrifices. Dr Oyedepo, who tasked the graduands to strive to do their parents proud by taking full responsibility for the future they desired to live in, gave the warning on Friday, May 21, 2021,…

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N8b cocaine intercepted at Lagos airport $24,500 bribe seized

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A Brazil-based drug kingpin has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), after its operatives intercepted 36 blocks of cocaine with a street value of over N8 billion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. The agency also seized the sum of $24,500 bribe offered by the accused to compromise investigations. NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, in a statement, said the kingpin, Ejiofor Enwereaku, who leads a syndicate, was arrested at the airport on Friday, May 14, 2021, for importing 27.95kg of…

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FUNAAB student, others abducted in Ogun

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A student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Toyinbo Olayinka and two others have been abducted by unknown gunmen. Olayinka, a 400 – level student of Aquaculture and Fisheries Management, was kidnapped on Saturday from a private farm at Abule-Itoko on Abeokuta – Ibadan road in Odeda Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that, Olayinka was abducted along with the owner of the farm, identified as Dominic and a 17-year-old Togolese lady. It was further gathered that the abductors of the FUNAAB student and two…

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