Familheey Networking Platform Teams Up with Soulace Africa to Empower War Survivor Communities

NewsPeopleTechnologyFamilheey Networking Platform Teams Up with Soulace Africa to Empower War Survivor Communities

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 22, 2020

War-ravaged communities and victims including widows and orphans in Nigeria will get support following a partnership between Familheey, an app built to connect families and communities and Soulace, a Nigeria-based not-for-profit organisation that addresses violent conflict and advocates for victims of extreme violence. Soulace Africa will work with Familheey Networking platform to translate this partnership to physical and on-the-ground development through livelihood training, enterprise development and cooperative and thrift programmes, a statement announcing the collaboration...

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Ondo Election: Four Political Parties Substitute Candidates’ Names as INEC Publishes Final Lists

NewsPoliticsOndo Election: Four Political Parties Substitute Candidates’ Names as INEC Publishes Final Lists

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 22, 2020

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the final list of candidates for the October 10 Governorship election in Ondo State. Festus Okoye, the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, revealed in a statement that four political parties that had made valid nominations have substituted names of candidates. “Four political parties that earlier made valid nominations have substituted their candidates. The African Democratic Congress (ADC), Action Democratic Party (ADP) and the...

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UNILAG Crisis: FG Sets Up Probe Panel, Suspends Babalakin as Ogundipe Withdraws Lawsuit

EducationNewsNigeriaUNILAG Crisis: FG Sets Up Probe Panel, Suspends Babalakin as Ogundipe Withdraws Lawsuit

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 22, 2020

The Federal government has waded into the crisis between the former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Professor Toyin Ogundipe and the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the institution’s Governing Council, Dr. Wale Babalakin. The Governing Council had sacked Professor Ogundipe over allegations of abuse of office and financial misconduct. Ogundipe denied the allegations and accused the Governing Council of removing him unfairly. He was replaced with Professor Theophilus Soyombo, who has since resumed. In a...

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Ekiti Lawmakers Sanction Council Chairman for Sponsoring Fayemi’s 2023 Campaign Poster

NewsPoliticsEkiti Lawmakers Sanction Council Chairman for Sponsoring Fayemi’s 2023 Campaign Poster

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 21, 2020

The Chairman of Ikere Local Government in Ekiti State, Femi Ayodele, has been suspended by the State House of Assembly for sponsoring presidential campaign poster for Kayode Fayemi without authorisation. The campaign poster was widely shared on social media, prompting Governor Fayemi to dissociate himself from it. Denying knowledge of the campaign poster, the governor said he was focused on actualising his promises to the people of Ekiti. The poster read: Support His Excellency Dr....

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Aircraft Crashes into Fence at Lagos Airport, AIB Begins Probe

NewsNigeriaAircraft Crashes into Fence at Lagos Airport, AIB Begins Probe

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 21, 2020

An aircraft has crashed into a fence at the local wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos. The aircraft, King Air 200 with registration number 5N-HIS is operated by Mobil Oil Nigeria-Wings Aviation, and was reparking when it rammed into a fence at the tarmac close to a facility used by Bristow Helicopters, according to Sahara Reporters. Reports say that the propeller aircraft was damaged after crashing into the fence due to brake failure....

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Detectives from Abuja Join Manhunt for Suspected Serial Killer Who Escaped in Oyo

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaDetectives from Abuja Join Manhunt for Suspected Serial Killer Who Escaped in Oyo

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 20, 2020

The search for 19-year-old Sunday Shodipe, a suspected serial killer who escaped from police custody in Oyo State has been supported with the deployment of additional operatives from Abuja. The Police Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, said that the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu had deployed a team that would help the manhunt for the suspect with their experience and added that the Commissioner of Police in Oyo had been instructed to rearrest the...

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We Should Leave the University of Lagos Better Than We Met it’ – Ag VC Soyombo

EducationNewsNigeriaWe Should Leave the University of Lagos Better Than We Met it’ – Ag VC Soyombo

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 19, 2020

The acting Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Professor Theophilus Soyombo, said on Wednesday when he resumed duty, that it was important for members of staff to leave the university better than they met it. Professor Soyombo had been appointed as the acting VC following the sack of Professor Ogundipe by the Governing Council last week over alleged abuse of office and financial misconduct. At the Senate building, the VC addressed some workers who...

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Boat Mishap where 12 Died, Intentionally Caused by Operator Over N300 – Police

NewsNigeriaBoat Mishap where 12 Died, Intentionally Caused by Operator Over N300 – Police

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 19, 2020

The police in Lagos, following an investigation, have blamed a boat operator for causing the death of 12 people in a boat mishap last month over N300 fare. The Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, while parading the boat operator, Bimbo Elebiju, revealed that an argument over fare ensued when the operator was conveying 20 passengers to their destination. Elebiju turned off the boat’s engine when passengers insisted on paying N1,200 instead of N1,500. The wave...

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Serial Killer Escape: Seyi Makinde Demands Rearrest

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaSerial Killer Escape: Seyi Makinde Demands Rearrest

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 19, 2020

The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has asked the police to arrest the suspected serial killer, Sunday Sodipe, who escaped from the custody of the police a month after he was arrested for the murder of about six people at Akinyele area of Ibadan. The West African pilot had reported that the police on August 16, announced that Sodipe escaped from its custody on August 11, and urged members of the public to be...

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Fraud Syndicate Colluding with Bank Insiders Arrested by the Police

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaFraud Syndicate Colluding with Bank Insiders Arrested by the Police

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 18, 2020

The police have foiled a multi-million naira fraudulent transactions by a gang of criminals who work with local and international bank insiders to steal money from bank customers. The Commissioner of Police in Lagos, Hakeem Odumosu, said on Tuesday, according to Premium Times, that the swift arrest of the seven-man criminal gang by men of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), aborted fraudulent transactions of N3 million, N25 million and $220,000 which was almost completed. “The...

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