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NewsPoliticsOndo 2020: PDP, APC Clash Leaves 5 Injured, Vehicles Destroyed

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)September 16, 2020

The clash between supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at Oba Akoko, a town in Ondo State, has resulted in the injury of at least five people and the torching of a vehicle. The clash comes as political parties intensify campaigns for the gubernatorial election scheduled to hold in October. Reports say the violent confrontation between the two major political parties began when the campaign train of Governor...

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NewsNigeriaPassengers Escape Death as Bus Collides with Moving Train in Lagos

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)September 14, 2020

A driver and passengers luckily escaped death when their bus rammed into a moving train at Oshodi in Lagos on Monday. They sustained different degrees of injuries due to the impact of the collision and were treated at the scene of the incident. The Director-General of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Mr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu said the bus veered onto the tracks and crashed into the moving train. He added that the wreckage was...

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CoronavirusEducationWhy Lagos Govt Wants JSS3 and SS2 Students to Resume Before Other Classes

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)September 14, 2020

Students in Junior Secondary School Three and Senior Secondary School two have been directed by the Lagos State government to resume on Sept 21. The government said its phased approach to school opening was to meet COVID-19 physical distancing rules and safety protocol. “Phased opening includes strategies for staggered resumption in the mornings, classes on alternate days during the week, and teaching through various distance learning methods. Schools must also comply with safety protocols and...

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NewsNigeriaMKO Abiola’s Widow Reveals Why Her Stepsons Are Still in Police Detention

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)September 14, 2020

Following allegations that Mrs. Adebisi Abiola, the wife of the late Moshood Abiola, instigated her stepsons’ arrest and prolonged detention after a robbery incident at her home in Lagos, the widow of the presumed winner of the presidential 1993 presidential election has denied influencing the ordeal of her stepsons. The West African Pilot News had reported that Kassim and Aliu Abiola sued the Police in Lagos over their “illegal arrest and prolonged detention” after the...

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NewsMKO Abiola’s Children Drag Police to Court, Demand N100M Over Prolonged Detention

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)September 12, 2020

The children of the presumed winner of the 1993 Presidential election, Moshood Abiola have sued the police in Lagos for arresting and prolonging their detention following the Sept. 2 robbery of the home of the late politician. Kassim and Aliyu Abiola alleged that men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad arrested them following accusations by their stepmother, Mr. Adebisi Abiola that they were behind the robbery where valuables worth millions of Naira were stolen. The duo,...

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NewsPoliticsPDP Crisis: Don’t Meddle in Our Affairs, Fayose Tells Governor Makinde

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)September 11, 2020

The battle over who controls the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State appears to continue to degenerate as former governor Ayodele Fayose warns Governor Seyi Makinde to not interfere in how state chapters of the party are run. Senator Biodun Olujimi and Mr. Fayose lead different factions of the PDP in Ekiti State. Following parallel congresses held on the same day a few weeks ago, each faction produced its own executive members which claimed...

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NewsNigeriaPress * MediaFour Journalists Arrested While Covering Protest in Lagos

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)September 11, 2020

Four journalists have been arrested in Lagos while covering a peaceful protest against increase in petroleum price and electricity tariff and the deregistration of the Socialist Party of Nigeria. The journalists are Ifeoluwa Adediran, Lagos reporter for Premium Times, Abiodun Ayeoba of Sahara Reporters, Awoniyi Oluwatosin of Objective Media, and Daniel Tanimu of Galaxy Television. Eighteen protesters were also arrested. The journalists were arrested along with protesters at Ojuelegba area of Lagos on Thursday. Their...

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NewsNigeria3,413 Human Trafficking Victims from Lagos and Ogun Rescued in 16 Years

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)September 11, 2020

About 2,884 human trafficking victims from Lagos and 529 from Ogun state were rescued by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) from 2004 to July 2020. This was disclosed by the Director-General of NAPTIP, Julie Okah-Donli during the inauguration of the State Task Force on Human Trafficking in Lagos and Ogun. She said victims from Lagos were mostly from Ikorodu, Ajeromi-Ifelodun, Agege, Alimosho, Eti-Osa, Epe and Badagry local government areas...

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Crime & SecurityNewsPeopleBREAKING: Police Arrest Four Over Death of PwC Senior Partner

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)September 9, 2020

LAGOS — The police in Lagos are holding four people in custody over the death of Tola Ogundipe, a senior partner at the PricewaterhouseCooper (PWC) in Nigeria. Ogundipe went missing on Saturday while boating around Ishai in Irewe area of Lagos, reports say. His boat was found by the Marine police on Sunday while his body was found on Monday, the Punch reported. The Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu had ordered a discreet investigation. The...

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NewsPoliticsPDP Must Purge Itself of Impunity to Win in Ekiti in 2022, Says Olujimi

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)September 8, 2020

Biodun Olujimi, the Senator representing Ekiti North at the National Assembly, said the Peoples Democratic Party in the state would win the Governorship election in 2022 only if there are justice and unity. Senator Olujimi and the former governor of the state, Ayodele Fayose, are battling for the control of the party’s structure in the state. Senator Olujimi had accused the national leaders of the PDP of allowing Mr. Fayose to do whatever he pleases...

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