Day: February 15, 2025

Popular cleric’s son murders final-year female student in Ilorin

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A final year student of the Kwara State College of Education in Ilorin, Hafsah Yetunde Lawal was murdered by suspected ritualist. Her corpse was dismembered after honouring the invitation of a lover she met on Facebook. According to reports, the unsuspecting Hafsah was at a naming ceremony when she received an invitation call from her killer. “She dropped her food to answer the call and then left,” the source hinted, adding that, “since then, we’ve been searching for her everywhere, but no one knew her whereabouts.” However, her parents were…

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Binance official insists $150m bribery allegation against Reps true

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Mr Tigran Gambaryan, Binance top official on Saturday insisted that the $150m bribery allegation he made against three Nigerian lawmakers is factual. He added that his post on Friday was nothing but the truth of what took place in Nigeria. Recall that Gambaryan had taken to the micro blogging site, X, on Friday to name Philip Agbese, Ginger Onwusibe and Peter Akpanke, all members of the House of Representatives as the three prominent Nigerians who demanded a bribe of $150m from him to forestall his arrest and prosecution over money…

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CDS, others denied Canada visas

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Gen. Christopher Musa, the Chief of Defence Staff alongside some top military officers have been denied visas to Canada by the Canadian Embassy. The affected officers were said to have applied for Canadian visas without Note Verbale (Diplomatic note) from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. An anonymous top government source said: “There was a diplomatic error on the part of desk officers who handled the CDS and others’ visa applications. “There was no Note Verbale from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs contrary to existing protocol for any trip by high-ranking…

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Obasa drags Lagos Assembly, Meranda to court

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Mudashiru Obasa, impeached speaker of the Lagos State House of assembly, has approached the court to challenge his removal. The lawmaker dragged the Assembly and the new Speaker, Mojisola Meranda, before a State High Court in Ikeja, claiming that the lawmakers were wrong to have removed him when the Assembly was on recess. In a motion dated February 12, 2025, Obasa, through his counsel led by Chief Afolabi Fashanu, SAN, sought an order from the court for an accelerated hearing of the suit. Obasa, who was out of the country,…

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Osun monarch allegedly faces COVID-19 fraud trial in US

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Residents and indigenes of Ipetumodu are calling for the intervention of the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, in unraveling the mystery behind the disappearance of Apetu of Ipetumodu, Oba Joseph Olugbenga Oloyede. Oba Oloyede, a United States of America-based accountant and information system expert, was appointed new Apetu in July 2019. He succeeded Oba James Adegoke, who died on November 26, 2017. It was learnt that the royal father had been regularly shuttling between Nigeria and his base in the US since his installation. However, since March 2024 that he…

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