Author: Adetutu Audu

Fourteeen people were on Friday, 14 February, 2025 rescued in a Third Mainland Bridge ghastly accident involving Mazda commercial bus and a Toyota Corolla The accident which occurred at Ilaje, inward Iyana-Oworonshoki, was triggered by reckless speeding by the Mazda commercial bus with the registration number, XN 997 KTU, resulting into the driver losing control and forcefully colliding with a moving Toyota Yaris, 11150 DLA. The impact, according to a statement from LASTMA’s Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment, Adebayo Taofiq, led to multiple casualties, necessitating immediate emergency response by his agency and Lagos State Ambulance Services (LASAMBUS). The collaboration…

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A final-year student of Kwara State College of Education, Lawal Hafsoh Yetunde has been tragically killed for ritual purposes in Ilorin after being lured by an Islamic cleric, Abdulrahman Mohad Ballo, who she met on Facebook. A suspect, said to be the son of a prominent Muslim cleric in the Isalekoto community, is now in police custody at the police command headquarters in Ilorin. According to reports, she was attending a naming ceremony when she received a call from a friend. She left her food to answer the call and subsequently disappeared. Her family and friends launched a search but…

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The Medicus Foundation, an initiative of the Medilag Alumni Class of 2003, in continuation of its support programme presented scholarship awards to three outstanding medical students of the College of Medicine, University of Lagos. The ceremony took place on Thursday, 13 February, 2025, in the new Boardroom of the College. In his remarks at the ceremony, the Provost, Professor Ademola Oremosu, FAMedS warmly welcomed Dr. Victor Fakeye, Coordinator of the Medicus Foundation and expressed gratitude to him and his set for their continuous support. Dr. Fakeye congratulated the Provost on his well-deserved appointment, praising the significant transformation in the College.…

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Anxiety is reportedly mounting of the whereabouts of Osun monarch, the Apetu of Ipetumodu, Oba Joseph Olugbenga Oloyede -who has not been seen by his subjects for almost a year now. His disappearance has also been surrounded by speculations. The monarch, a US-based accountant and information system expert, was appointed new Apetu in July 2019. He succeeded Oba James Adegoke, who died on November 26, 2017. According to reports, he had been regularly shuttling between Nigeria and his base in the US since his installation. The last time he left his domain was March 2024, and till date, he he…

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The ancient city of Kano will be agog on Valentine’s Day, Friday, 14 February, 2025. The city will be playing host to guests and dignitaries from all over the country as Princess Amina Sanusi, daughter of the 16th Emir of Kano, HRM Mohammed Sanusi Lamido Sanusi CFR and her pilot heartthrob, Captain Muhammad Mahi Maaji tie the nuptial knots. The wedding fathia slated for Friday, 14 February, 2025 will be taking place at Kofar Gudu, Emir’s Palace, Kano from 10 am. The groom is the son of the late Alhaji Tsoho Ma’aji Sumaila.

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The immediate past Chairman of Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area of Lagos State, Special Apostle Oloruntoba Oke is dead, reports thegazellenews.com The late Toba was a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and served as two-term Chairman of the local government. Thegazellenews.com reports further that the former Chairman died in a Lagos hospital where he was rushed to on Friday, 7 February, 2025, due to complications from diabetes. Despite efforts to stabilise him, he passed away on Sunday, 9 February, 2025 at the age of 65, reports thegazellenews.com. Oke had battled the disease for several years before his demise. Before…

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The United States of America (USA) has discontinued the drop box visa processing option for applicants in Nigeria, marking a significant change in the visa renewal process. It has been reported that this service, which previously allowed eligible applicants to renew their visas without an in-person interview, has been quietly removed from the appointment booking system. Although the US Embassy in Nigeria has not yet issued an official statement regarding this change, applicants trying to schedule visa renewals have noted that the drop box feature is no longer available on the appointment booking platform. Numerous applicants have reported difficulties accessing…

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The Federal Government has launched a free-to-use 112 emergency number for Nigerians to call in the event of kidnappings and other security-related incidents. The National Coordinator of the National Counter Terrorism Centre, Major General Adamu Laka, disclosed this during a press briefing on the activities of the Multi-Agency Anti-Kidnap Fusion Cell under the Office of the National Security Adviser in Abuja on Thursday, 6 February, 2025. “The Nigerian Communications Commission has facilitated an emergency response number, 112. The NCTC calls on all Nigerians to report suspicious activities, crimes, and kidnappings by calling the toll-free number 112, including the Multi-Agency Anti-Kidnap…

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Co-director of ‘Everybody Loves Jenifa’, Tunde Olaoye, has revealed that Funke Akindele’s production company, Funke Ayotunde Akindele Network (FAAN), will receive only 35% of the film’s impressive box office earnings. In a recent interview with publisher Olumide Iyanda, Olaoye explained that a significant portion of the revenue is distributed among other stakeholders, reducing the percentage that goes directly to FAAN. Olaoye explained that while the gross earnings of the film are often touted, the actual amount the producer gets is far less. “Even Funke, who is the executive producer of the film, cannot boast of being a super multi-billionaire because…

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One of Igbo’s most respected poets and Professor of English and Literature, Dubem Okafor is dead. He died last Sunday, 2 February, 2025, in the United States after shooting his wife, Cheryl. Reports and calls from the US say Okafor, 64, a cousin to the late poet, Christopher Okigbo apparently in pain his wife had left him a few days earlier, arranged to meet her at his sister’s Reading Home, Pennsylvania, where he shot her several times and himself once in the head at 3:45 p.m. Sunday, 2 February, 2025, police said. A small-caliber handgun was found near the bodies,…

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A tragic fire incident occurred in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, on Monday, when a five-year-old boy reportedly set a duplex on fire while playing with matchsticks. The fire broke out at Abiodun Adebiyi Close, off Yidi Road, in the Irewole area of Ilorin West Local Government Area. One of the rooms in the building was completely destroyed before firefighters arrived to contain the blaze and prevent it from spreading further. The swift intervention of the Kwara State Fire Service helped avert a more devastating outcome. An eyewitness, Lanre Abdulrazaq, who was working nearby, recounted the moment the fire broke…

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By Funsho Arogundade It’s an established fact that good guys are contagious. Get a group of good men together, and they will change their community and the world. A good guy has integrity and character. Simply put, a good guy is less talk and more action. The Latin origin of ‘integrity’ means whole, and when it comes to being a good guy, wholesome is sexy. Everywhere he goes, he leaves a mark. One of such figures is Oluwaseyi Afolabi Tinubu. Every man is a work in progress. As a successful entrepreneur, vibrant socialite, sports enthusiast, humanist and now the son…

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The suspended monarch of Orile Ifo Ogun State, Oba Adewale Semiu Ogunjobi, was on Tuesday, 4 February, 2025, arraigned by the Nigeria Police before an Ifo Magistrate Court on a three-count charge of assault, conspiracy, and conduct likely to cause a breach of peace. The arraignment in court was the response of the police authorities to the Oba’s public assault and battery on a member of his community, 73 year old Elder Abraham Areola. He was granted bail with two sureties in ₦5 million each in like sum, who must be residents within the court’s jurisdiction. Thursday, 6 March, 2025…

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An Ogun State High Court sitting in Abeokuta, on Monday, 3 February, 2025, convicted and sentenced three persons to death by hanging for killing a couple, Kehinde and Bukola Fatinoye and their son, Oreoluwa, on New Year Day in 2023. Justice Basirat Adebowale sentenced the trio of Adekambi Lekan, who was driver of the deceased; Odetola Ahmed and Adeniyi Waheed, after delivering a judgement which lasted for more than three hours. The trio were arraigned alongside Fadairo Temitope, wife of the first defendant; Adekambi Adenike, his mother; Owolaja Aanuoluwapo; Usman Azeez; Abass Odetola; and Adewusi Lukman. They were arraigned for…

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A high court in Lokoja, Kogi state judiciary has sacked the Ohinoyi of Ebira land, His Majesty Alhaji Ahmed Muhammed Tijani Anaje from office. Hon Justice Salisu Umar, Presiding Judge of High Court 6 Lokoja in his ruling on Monday, 3 February, 2025, made an order directing the defender to stop parading himself as the paramount traditional ruler of Ebira land. Though the court is yet to make available details of the judgement, it pertains to a case filed under suit number HCO/05C/2024, brought before the court by Dr. Barnabas Adeku Ojiah and two others, challenging the legality of Anaje’s…

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A high court in Lokoja, Kogi state judiciary has sacked the Ohinoyi of Ebira land, His Majesty Alhaji Ahmed Muhammed Tijani Anaje from office. Hon Justice Salisu Umar, Presiding Judge of High Court 6 Lokoja in his ruling on Monday, 3 February, 2025, made an order directing the defender to stop parading himself as the paramount traditional ruler of Ebira land. Though the court is yet to make available details of the judgement, it pertains to a case filed under suit number HCO/05C/2024, brought before the court by Dr. Barnabas Adeku Ojiah and two others, challenging the legality of Anaje’s…

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A high court in Lokoja, Kogi state judiciary has sacked the Ohinoyi of Ebira land, His Majesty Alhaji Ahmed Muhammed Tijani Anaje from office. Hon Justice Salisu Umar, Presiding Judge of High Court 6 Lokoja in his ruling on Monday, 3 February, 2025, made an order directing the defender to stop parading himself as the paramount traditional ruler of Ebira land. Though the court is yet to make available details of the judgement, it pertains to a case filed under suit number HCO/05C/2024, brought before the court by Dr. Barnabas Adeku Ojiah and two others, challenging the legality of Anaje’s…

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A 36-year-old Nigerian man, Okezie Ogbata has pleaded guilty to defrauding more than 400 elderly and vulnerable victims of over $6 million before a Southern District court in Florida, United States.. Ogbata was found guilty of operating a transnational inheritance fraud scheme by the Southern District of Florida last Wednesday. According to the Department of Justice, Ogbata and his co-conspirators told a series of lies to victims “to send money for delivery fees, taxes and other payments to avoid questioning from government authorities.” In pleading guilty, Ogbata admitted to defrauding over $6 million from more than 400 victims, many of…

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Three siblings: a boy aged 5; and two girls aged 7 and 9; were murdered in their home and their bodies stored in a deep freezer in Nnewichi, Nnewi, Anambra state, by unknown assailants. The eldest of the siblings, a girl, Ejezie Chikaima Daviana, with the second daughter, Ejezie Chimziterem Dominica and the only son, Ejezie Chimdilim David, were in the house when their mother, Mrs Chikazor Ejezie, said to be a lecturer and a nurse, left home to partake in an examination on the fateful day. When she returned from the examination, the mother met the door leading to…

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A 36-year-old Anambra-state-born Nigerian cardiologist, Ikenna Erinne based in the United States has reportedly committed suicide after losing a child support case to his ex-wife (who is yet-to-be-identified). The incident was said to have occurred on Sunday, 26 January, 2025. It was gathered that the late doctor had a prolonged divorce battle with his estranged wife, including the custody of their children. He, however, lost the case after a US court ruled in favour of his ex-wife and ordered him to pay a monthly child support of $15,000. Confirming the incident in a post shared on X, a Nigerian-American, Clayton…

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