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According to a report on Premium Times a 24-year-old man, Ehioboh Lucky, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly impersonating businessman Mike Adenuga to perpetuate internet fraud. The PRO of the command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspect opened a Facebook account in the name of Mr. Mike Adenuga to defraud innocent people.…
A 14-year-old schoolgirl has been killed after she rolled onto her iPhone’s broken charging cable while she slept. Police in Vietnam is still to determine if the product which killed 14-year-old Le was a genuine Apple wire or a cheap imitation. Le Thi Xoan was electrocuted when she was exposed to the live wires of…
Ahead of the 2019 governorship election in Ogun State, the Ijebu-Remo Governorship Agenda Elders Forum, yesterday, picked Ogun State Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Otunba Bimbo Ashiru as its consensus candidate. Ashiru was said to have defeated former Deputy Governor, Segun Adesegun, Senators Gbenga Kaka and Olorunnimbe Mamora, Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Olumuyiwa Oladipo,…
Dangote Noodles Limited, a unit of Nigerian company Dangote Flour Mills, has sold two production lines in Ikorodu and Calabar, to rival pasta maker De-United Foods Industries, maker of Indomie Noodles. The transaction is valued at 3.75 billion Naira ($12.26 million). De United said it has signed an agreement with Dangote Noodles to buy the…
Two suspected ritualists have been arrested by men of Ogun State Command of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria, VGN, in connection with the murder of a 17-year-old girl, Taye Gusau, in Idosemo, Ipokia Local Government Area of the state. After killing her, they decapitated the body, cut off the hands and intestines. It was gathered…
In a move to keep to his promise to the chieftains and loyalists of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to appoint more ministers to his cabinet, President Muhammadu Buhari is considering a tentative proposal to restructure some of the ministries, appoint eight new ministers to his cabinet and reshuffle the cabinet, THISDAY has learnt. A…
THE Senator representing Lagos West and governorship aspirant in Ogun State, Senator Olamilekan Adeola popularly known Yayi has explained why both the previous and incumbent elected governors in Ogun State were produced from Lagos State. Senator Adeola said hardly would any democratically-elected governor, who had served in Ogun State, claim not to have roots in…
In the age of “alternative facts”, the media has been awash and desecrated with fake news, “post-truths” and outright untruths; where people who claim to be authors or journalists, in their write-ups, gleefully revel in these three 21st century media-related anomalies. And it seems a few notable names, including a former minister of aviation, have…
In what many analysts said may be a dress rehearsal for Nigeria’s performance in next year’s World Cup in Russia, the Super Eagles stunned football superpowers Argentina 4-2 in an international friendly played in Russia. The Super Eagles came from behind, 0 – 2, to hand over a memorable defeat to the Messi-less Argentines. Arsenal’s…
The announcement by the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, that cargoes from Lagos ports would be taken to Papalanto, a transit terminal in Ogun State, through the narrow-gauge rail line after their clearance, has generated reactions from agents and importers. Amaechi said during the World Maritime Day celebrations that the Federal Government had reserved…
