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A 16-year old 100-level student of Microbiology at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Mercy Afolaranmi, has committed suicide, an official said. According to the school’s Chief Security Officer, Babatunde Oyatokun, Miss Afolaranmi, poisoned herself. Students and a neighbour close to the deceased also said she killed herself due to poor grade. “We got a call that one of our students took poison,” Mr. Oyatokun said. “We got to hospital to realise that she mixed rat poison. She gave us the contact of her parents but before they arrived, she already gave up due to the effect of the poison she took.” A neighbour, Bimpe Oni, in an interview, said Miss Afolaranmi, who lived off-campus at Sabo area of Ile-Ife, died on Thursday, after she took “rat poison mixed with battery extract.” Mrs. Oni said the late student committed suicide because of “emotional pressure.” A student, Aisha, who was Miss Afolaranmi’s colleague in the Faculty of Science, said the deceased ha...

According to a press statement signed by Folarin Famous-Cole, Public Relations Officer, the Lagos State Police Command has warned operators of night clubs, beaches, hotels, bars, lounges, among others in the State to henceforth put internal security measures in place to discourage drug abuse, drug peddling and other criminal activities in their establishments in the overall best interest of their businesses and security of the State. At a meeting with stakeholders in the hospitality industry at the Command Headquarters in Ikeja, the State’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Imohimi Edgal said intelligence report indicated that there “was increase in drug abuse among youths and minors, and that such was dangerous to efforts of the State Government to promote the night economy of the State.” He said through the efforts of the State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, there had been many initiatives and programmes geared toward ensuring a 24-hour economy for the State, and that ...

The police have invited a former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, over an alleged attack on Late Senator Isiaka Adeleke in the build-up to the governorship primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party in 2014. The late senator, who was a governorship candidate of the PDP shortly before the 2014 governorship election in Osun State, had accused Omisore and a former Minister of Police Affairs, Jelili Adesiyan and one Sogo Agboola of beating him up at a hotel where he had gone to meet officials of the PDP sent to conduct the primary election. Adeleke, who eventually defected to the All Progressives Congress ahead of the poll assisted Governor Rauf Aregbesola to win his second term while he (Adeleke) contested Osun West Senatorial Election and won. He, however, died on April 23, 2017. Despite the death of the complainant, the police last week, sent an invitation to Omisore asking him to report to the Police Headquarters in Osogbo concerning...

Project Fame winner,  Jeff Akoh  has dismissed reports that he is dating Big Brother Naija star, Bisola Aiyeola. Bisola had tweeted that the pair are in a relationship, a stunt she later said she pulled to promote Akoh’s album. In an interview with Punch, the 21-year-old said he is too young for Busola who is 31 years old. “I was there when she made the post and it was funny. She made the post in the night and when I woke up the next morning, it was everywhere. But the truth is that she put her life on the line for me and I appreciate her for that. “She just felt that way and put it on social media. She didn’t mean it and it is a free world where you can say whatever you want to say and do whatever you like. “People apparently took it seriously; everyone has his or her opinion about life. I am not bothered a bit about that. The truth is she is not dating me; I am definitely too young for Bisola. She is more experienced than I am, so, ...

All road led to the Ballroom, Convention Centre of Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos on Saturday for the traditional wedding engagement of Oluwatosin Halima, daughter of Senate President Bukola Saraki. It was the first in a three-pronged lavish wedding ceremony between Halima and Adeniyi Olatunde Olukoya. The engagement was attended by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and at least 15 Governors from across the country. Also in attendance were topmost traditional rulers like the Oba of Lagos Rilwan Akiolu, Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja 1. The Senate President’s wife, Toyin, hails from the Ojora family of Lagos. There was no doubt that Senate President Bukola Saraki was out to make a political statement with the wedding. But despite extending invitations and repeated reminders to all the governors of the South-west, only two governors from the zone, Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun) and Oluwarotimi A...

Detectives attached to the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, Special Intelligence Response Team have arrested some men, who allegedly rob distressed motorists on the road, while pretending that they wanted to assist them. Investigators said that the gang, which uses a locally made gun, had penchant for going after exotic cars. They allegedly scout for victims around Kaduna and Jos expressways. Two among the gang members, ‎Ochuko Awasa and Gabriel Ibia, are said to be kingpins of the gang. The police said: “These two men are the ones that linked and connected every member of the gang.” Another gang member, Jethro Jammal, was alleged to have linked the gang to a receiver in Jos. Awasa, 36, from Delta State, a graduate of Accounting of Federal Polytechnic, Ibila, Niger State, said he graduated in 2007. After his graduation, he worked at a branch of a popular eatery in Kaduna State as an assistant and also the branch’s stock keeper. He was placed on N52,000 ...

Four members of the gang that kidnapped Dr. Andy Ehanire, Managing Director of Ogba Zoo and Nature Park and Daisy Danjuma’s brother have been arrested by the Edo State Police Command. The suspects were arrested in Sapele and other communities in Delta State. It was also gathered that the kidnappers also collected N61 million ransom before he was released. Recall that gunmen shot dead three policemen last month after buying them beer before abducting. Dr. Ehanire, who is also a brother to the Minister of State for Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, spent three weeks in the den of the kidnappers before he was released. The kidnappers collected N25 million and another $100,000. The sum of N800,000 was said to have been recovered from the wife of one of the suspects, who was also arrested for conspiracy. Narrating how Dr. Ehanire was abducted and why they killed the three police operatives on hard duty on the fateful day, one of the suspected kidnappers, said they had ear...

A  rogue police officer has landed in hot soup after being accused of Kidnapping and raping a 14-year-old girl in Anambra state.PoliticsNGR gathered that the mobile police officer(MOPOL) identified as Barau Garba allegedly raped the little girl till her privates ruptured. “Maryam Yusuf was just 14years old, an indigene of Kano state living with her parents in Asaba, Delta state. She does attend Islamic school in cable area known as Hausa quarters in Asaba, Delta state. Maryam was sent by her father to Onitsha form Asaba on 14th of October 2017 to buy round cotton but unlucky for her she lost the money while on transit. During her efforts to identify the vehicle she boarded, while standing by the roadside, she was approached by one corporal Barau Garba (mopol) with service number 275601 from MOPOL 7 Sokoto state who was on a special duty in Anambra, his team were attached with OKPOKO police divisional headquarters, Onitsha. The rouge police corporal approached the...

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday declared his stand on the raging issue of restructuring of Nigeria, saying that he fully agreed that “states should have more opportunities to develop themselves’’. Osinbajo was speaking at a crowded Lagos conference, tagged: “Towards a Better Nigeria,’’ organised by leading Nigerian pastors. He, however, did not elaborate on his statement on restructuring but recalled that the ruling APC party had two years ago talked about standing for devolution of powers. “The APC manifesto in 2015 talked about devolution of powers and Nigeria may do more work to ensure that states are generating more income and people are paying more taxes.’’ Osinbajo identified corruption, tribalism and religion as the key problems hampering Nigeria’s development, decrying the failure of Christian leaders in Nigeria to chart an agenda that would help to rid the country of vices. “The key to development in Nigeria is the church. It is the church tha...

Taking inventory of the present situation in Nigeria and the capacity of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to deliver the country from economic, social and political quagmire, in the face of the recent happenings within federal government circles, Shehu Sani, the Senator representing Kaduna Central, and former governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, said there are clear indications that the government has been hijacked by a cabal and holding the President hostage. Both Sani and Musa also lamented that even the federal government’s anti-corruption crusade and the capacity to revive the country’s economy have not been properly articulated by the President, following the inability to address the fundamental problems undermining government’s policies. Besides, Sani urged Buhari to reconsider the calls from some quarters to run for a second term in office, considering his age, health status and the complexity to drive the nation’s economy, adding, howe...

A 22-year-old girl,Tina Rebecca Sunday, has allegedly killed her uncle in Enugu for making love advances to her. The Enugu State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Ebere Amaraizu who disclosed this in a statement said that Miss Sunday who hails from Ikot Udobang Ukanafon in Akwa Ibom State was living with the deceased uncle at Ezilo Street, Independence Layout, Enugu until last Thursdsy when the ugly incident happened. According Amaraizu, the girl claimed that her uncle, Friday Matthew, who was about 48 years old was fond of making sexual advances to her which she never liked. He said the girl disclosed that on the fateful day at about 8.30p.m she was lying down as she was expecting the deceased 10-year-old son, Thankgod Friday whom she had sent to go and buy sugar for her to return, when her uncle thought that she was sleeping and tried to have carnal knowledge of her. He said that the action of the girl’s uncle made her to wake up forcefully and in...

The police have arrested six suspected kidnappers allegedly responsible for the murder of Barr Sheriff Yazid and the abduction of his wife for ransom. The suspects were paraded before the public yesterday by the Force Public Relations Officer CSP Jimoh Moshood at Rijanna village along Abuja-Kaduna highway. There are Adamu Tukur aka Ado a 25 years native of Giwa LGA who negotiated and collected ransom on behalf of the gang, Ahmadu Bala aka Basso 30years, native of Rijana village, Bello Sule aka Yellow Kachalla 29years, native of Pambeguwa in Kaduna. Others are Hamza Sulaiman aka Katsinawa 29years, native of Sabon Gayan , Sulaiman Abubakar 25years and Nuhu Ahmadu 30years native of Sabon Gayan Abuja-Kaduna Expressway who Carries Victims into the Bush with his Motorcycle and also comes to town and buy foodstuff for his gang members. The kidnappers were trailed and arrested in their hideouts and camps located around toll gates, Kakau, Sabon gayan and Rijana axis on Abu...

Hushpuppi’s friend turned enemy, Mompha is still supposedly exposing Hushpuppi’s dirty secrets too.  He alleged earlier today that the Flamboyant spender’s parents are poor…His father driving a yellow cab and mother allegedly selling bread to survive

The federal government has confirmed six additional cases of Monkeypox. The cases are amongst those sent to the World Health Organisation’s laboratory in Dakar, Senegal, a statement by the Ministry of Health said Friday. The Minister of State for Health, Osagie Ehanire, said two cases each were confirmed in Bayelsa and Akwa Ibom States, one each in Enugu State and the Abuja. They bring to nine the total number of Monkeypox cases so far confirmed in Nigeria. Three had earlier been confirmed on October 16. Mr. Ehanire said investigations were ongoing to establish whether the new cases emanated from Bayelsa where the outbreak started. Mr. Ehanire said as frightening as the manifestation of the ailment may seem, no fatality has been recorded to date. Meanwhile, there are 94 suspected cases reported from 11 states, namely Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Ekiti, Enugu, Imo, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Rivers and the Federal Capital Territory. The minister...