An Ikeja High Court on Monday sentenced Prince Adewale Oyekan, son of late Oba of Lagos, Oba Adeyinka Oyekan, to death by hanging, over the murder of a 62-year-old businesswoman, Alhaja Sikirat Ekun. The trial began on April 14, 2015. Oyekan was sentenced alongside a domestic staff, Lateef Balogun. The duo had been in custody […]
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Nigerian entertainer, Naira Marley has reacted to the court order for his arrest over alleged car theft. Recall that the chief magistrate at Tinubu Magistrates Court, Mr Tajudeen Elias, ordered that the Investigating Police Officer (IPO), Sgt. Sunday Idoko, handling the must present Naira Marley in court on the next date of adjournment. However, two […]
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A Tinubu Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Monday ordered the arrest and arraignment of Adeyemi Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, over alleged car theft. The chief magistrate, Mr Tajudeen Elias, ordered that the Investigating Police Officer (IPO), Sgt. Sunday Idoko, handling the case must present Naira Marley in court on the next date […]
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Sunday, December 15, was no doubt an eventful evening when distinguished personalities, led by His Excellency, Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu; family, friends and well-wishers gathered at Eko Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos to launch yet another book, written by Munachi Mbonu. The book, Father’s Will: a book woven around a Super Corp who consistently solved earth shaking […]
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The genes of a man’s parents go a long way in determining the sex of his child. How? A new study has shown that if you have many brothers you are more likely to give birth to sons, while if you were born with many sisters you are more likely to give birth to daughters. […]
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The pastor of a white garment church in Iwaya, Ijebu-Ife, Ogun State, Prophet Sunday Adelaja, is cooling his heels in police custody for allegedly impregnating a 16-year-old girl. Adelaja, who is reportedly married to two wives, allegedly defiled the Junior Secondary School 3 pupil twice, resulting in the pregnancy. City Round learnt that the victim […]
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By Fredrick Nwabufo Jane Appleton Pierce, the wife of Franklin Pierce, 14th president of the United States, is perhaps, most remembered as the ‘’calamity first lady’’. She spent her years working against the political ambition of her husband. And when he eventually became president she still did not let up. Is Aisha Buhari ‘’calamity first […]
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A passenger identified as Chukwuma Anthony Ezeh, on Wednesday slumped and died at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. An official source at the MMIA arrival terminal told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the passenger slumped on arrival from China and died while waiting to collect his luggage Ezeh, according to information […]
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Lagos state government, on Sunday announced the discovery of a two-year-old lion in a residential building in the Victoria Island area of Lagos State. The lion, said to be owned by an unnamed Indian national, was discovered acting as a security guard at 229, Muri Okunola Street in the Victoria Island area of the state. […]
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Time magazine has named Commonwealth Young Person of the Year Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi among its 100 world rising stars who are shaping the future. Nigerian women’s rights activist Osowobi is one of 53 women on a list of 100 names Time has dubbed “the world’s most ascendant leaders” who are “rising stars in their fields”. […]
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