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Oct

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2022

EndSARS: Nobody died at Lekki toll gate, blame Atiku, Obi for fabricating lies – MC Oluomo

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Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, has denied the claims that lives were lost during the EndSARS protests that shook the foundations of the country in 2020. Oluomo, who serves as the Chairman of Lagos Parks and Garages Management, made this claim while addressing supporters of the All Progressives Congress, APC, during their 5-million man march to support the candidacy of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in Lagos on Sunday. He said it was rather a political game orchestrated by Tinubu’s rivalries in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the Labour Party, LP, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi respectively. Recall…

Oct

10

2022

By Freeman

OGUN: Yahoo boys kidnap, kill 40-year-old man for money ritual

Lifestyle, MetroCrime, Metro, Ogun State, Police, RIP, Security, Yahoo boys

Two suspected internet fraudsters, otherwise known as Yahoo boys, have confessed to the police how they kidnapped a 40-year-old man and killed him for a money-making ritual Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspects told the police that the victim Abdullahi Azeez, was dismembered after they took his life. The suspects, Friday Abinya Odeh (21) and Poso Idowu (20), Oyeyemi said, were arrested after a report was lodged at the Owode Egba Police Division on June 9, 2022, by the relations of the victim that he left his home at Kobape on June 8, but never…

Oct

09

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Aregbesola wants 30% of Nigerian prisoners released

Lifestyle, Metro, Opinion, PoliticsAregbesola, Crime, Metro, NCS, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics, Security

Interior Minister Rauf Aregbesola says he will meet with state governors to agree on the mass release of at least 30 percent of inmates from detention centers across the country. Mr. Aregbesola made this known when he appeared at the Nigerian News Agency (NAN) Forum in Abuja. The minister said the interface was necessary as more than 90 percent of inmates were being held for breaking the laws of various states. Mr. Aregbesola also said that more than 70 percent of the 75,635 inmates currently awaiting trial. The minister said that federal criminals in the system were much less than…

Oct

09

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

‘She committed suicide with her money’ – Nigerians react as lady dies during plastic surgery

Entertainment, Lifestyle, MetroEntertainment, Lifestyle, Metro, Nigeria, RIP

Nigerians have taken to social media to condemn the cause of the death of a Nigerian businesswoman identify as Amelia Pounds, who reportedly died while undergoing body enhancement surgery. Amelia passed away on Friday in New Delhi in India following complications during liposuction surgery. An unidentified doctor in a trending video on social media was heard apologizing to her after her demise. Below are some reactions from Nigerians: @CaptHybrid; “Na wa oooo, in your next life, contentment should be your watchword.” @Helenlu80508776: “Even God would be disappointed it’s better to give ur kidney or important organs to the needy and…

Oct

09

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

PCN seals 19,059 illegal pharmaceutical premises in four years

Business, Health, Lifestyle, MetroHealth, Metro, Nigeria

A total of 19,059 illegal pharmaceutical premises have been shut down in the last four years across the country by the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN). Pharm Ibrahim Babashehu Ahmed, the Registrar PCN, on Saturday disclosed this during the presentation of the gazetted PCN (Establishment) Act 2022. He explained that “From 2018 to the 8th of October 2022, a total of 27, 262 facilities were visited for enforcement activities. Out of this number, we have closed down a total of 19, 059 of them.” The registrar pointed out that 16, 502 were sealed as patent medicine shops, saying that 1,780…