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Preamble: I have watched the viral video of Mr. Kunle Karimu (my former colleague in chambers) being assaulted by Policemen and I state without equivocation that I did not give any instruction to that effect and find his treatment reprehensible. The assault of any person (whether by a private citizen or law-enforcement officer) is unacceptable and should be deprecated. I have become aware that a lot of public condemnation has followed the publication of the viral video, and much of that condemnation and opprobrium has been visited on me. It has been alleged that I treated Mr. Karimu badly as an employee and when he called at my office to demand his rights, I invited the Policemen to assault and threaten him. Mr Karimu has also put forward his own story making a number of allegations against me. I make bold to state, categorically, that the allegation that I contracted Policemen to assault him is untrue and an unwarranted smear campaign. What really happened? Mr. Kunle Karimu was emplo...

In an recent chat with TheNet, while speaking on his longtime break from the industry, the actor said, "I have not been away, it is the producers who cannot afford me. So I know my worth.“

According to a Facebook post put up earlier by Lokhande,  the woman’s father  had told him told to prove his love for her by killing himself .  A man who did not want his daughter to marry her boyfriend told the young man to  shoot himself to prove his love. 30-year-old Atul Lokhande desperately wanted to marry the woman, so he complied  with her father’s request. He had reportedly been in a relationship with the 27-year-old woman, who is a bank  an employee, for the last 13 years. In a Facebook post,-Lokhande wrote that his girlfriend’s father asked him to shoot  himself in order to show his love for the young woman. Lokhande said that the father, who tried to break them up several times, promised to  let him marry his girlfriend if he survived. Lokhande went to the woman’s home and shot himself in front of his horrified girlfriend  and his uncle who was waiting in a car outside the home. The uncle rushed him to a hos...

President Yemi Osinbajo in Borno State to visit the recently opened Children Learning Center, Maiduguri, built by a charity- North East Children Trust for orphans out of the NE insurgency. The boarding school from Primary to SSS is a model educational institution with about 325 students. 

 1,473 members (male) 1,011 (female), deployed to the state, the 91 corps members were alleged to have been involved in gross misconduct and flouting of the rules of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC. Mr Benjamin Omotade, the state coordinator said, “the 91 corps members are to repeat their service, they were found defaulting of gross misconduct, lawlessness. This is the punishment they face for another one year.” He stated that corps members in Delta, throughout their service, were trained to face the labour market independently through different skills acquisition programmes that include: baking, bead making and soap making among others. From Daily Post 

According to him, the accused was apprehended while trying to enter the apartment of the complainant, Mr Adeboye Lamidi.  Lamidi alleged that he was in his sitting room when he noticed someone was trying to open the door to his apartment with a key from outside. Akilapa used a different key to unlock the door of the complainant house but was caught in the act. He said, “l peeped through the door hole and l saw the accused trying to open my door with a key.” The prosecutor also alleged that the accused on Nov. 16, 2015, at 3.00 p.m. broke into the residence of Oyinlola Tuga by unlocking the door with a master key. Tuga, who lives at No. 39A, Ayodele Okeowo St., Gbagada Soluyi in Lagos, reported that the accused stole jewellery, bags and other valuables worth N7 million. “Tuga alleged that after raising an alarm that his house had been burgled, his neighbours told him that they saw the accused parked her car with registration no. MUS 689 CZ in front of the complainant’...

A family's dream in Canada turned into a nightmare after their young son drowned in a swimming pool in Saint-Leonard, Quebec Monday night. The 6-year-old boy named Bukumi was the oldest of three children, living with their mother, 31-year-old Bukola Babayemi, and had only just arrived in Quebec, Canada, from Nigeria, via the United States, in April.  Witnesses told CTV Montreal that the swimming pool, located outside an apartment building in the city’s Saint-Leonard neighborhood, was crowded on Monday around 7 p.m. when the boy drowned. The child slipped under the water and was spotted unconscious at the bottom of the pool, witnesses said.  There was one lifeguard on duty, witnesses say, and she jumped into the pool and pulled the child to the deck. She immediately performed chest compressions on the child but was unable to revive the boy. Speaking with the Journal de Montreal, the boy's mother, Bukola Babayemi, said they moved into their apartment ...

Following Peter and Tonto's comments, some people criticized them, saying they were being insensitive and it was wrong to try to replace the position Dbanj's son holds in his heart by offering their sons.

Drake rapped about how he found out he had a son with a former porn star he claimed he only slept with once and only met twice. His son's photos below. Yesterday morning was crazy I had to come to terms with the fact that it's not a maybe That shit is in stone, sealed and signed She not my lover like Billie Jean but the kid is mine Sandi used to tell me all it takes is one time and all it took was one time Shit, we only met two times, two times And both times were nothin' like the new times Now it's rough times, I'm out here on front lines Just tryin' to make sure that I see him sometimes It's breakin' my spirit Single father, I hate when I hear it I used to challenge my parents on every album Now I'm embarrassed to tell 'em I ended up as a co-parent Always promised the family unit I wanted it to be different because I've been through it But this is the harsh truth now And fairy tales are saved for the bedtime stor...

He said this on Wednesday during an interactive session with entrepreneurs from Africa in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital. The French leader challenged the young generation to change the African narrative, especially in the areas of entrepreneurship, economy, culture, and sports, among others. “This new narrative is to be built now and ideally, it is your responsibility and it is good for Africa and it is good for France because if Africa doesn’t succeed, France and Euro will never succeed on the long run,” he said. “For two very simple reasons, Europe is not an island and all this migration crisis is exactly due to the fact that we have a common destiny and second, because we have a very important African diaspora in France and the rest of Europe and they cannot live and develop themselves in France or in Europe if in their country people don’t succeed.”

Spokesperson for the State Police Command, who confirmed the development in a statement, Ebere Amaraizu, said Pa Michael Obi and his driver, Ishaya John, were kidnapped last Friday along Makurdi – Enugu Road. “The Enugu State Command of the Nigeria Police Force through its operatives of the 9thmile Division  on Monday  at  2:30 p.m.  rescued Pa Michael Obi and his driver one Ishaya John unhurt in Egede udi forest of Enugu State along old Egede Affa Road in Enugu," the statement read. “They were rescued hale and hearty and Pa Michael Obi and the driver have rejoined their family. It was gathered that Pa Obi was allegedly abducted along Makurdi -Enugu road in the afternoon of 29/6/18 on his way from Jos in his grey colored Toyota pardon jeep with registration number MUS 604CG and taken to unknown destination through the thick forest part of the area. “It was further gathered that the abductors started calling to demand a ransom of N10 million before the operat...

  According to Stella, she becomes an enemy to many IG beggars once she suggests ways they can become online entrepreneurs. Read what she wrote below Like many others, I receive direct messages from young people asking me to help them out with their problems. They need money to pay for one thing or the other. 90% of the time it's nothing medical or life threatening, just money to pay rent or one course in school. I take time to read through their stories and help as many as I can but trust and believe that my contribution may not solve the problem totally. I try to follow up with these people and I find that they always end up in the same place (broke). So I started asking them to learn a trade, use their talent, get mentors, learn from YouTube. If these people have enough data to come and ask for money on social media then they would definitely have enough to learn something from YouTube or other free webinars. The moment I start to ask them to learn something I become ...

Governor Tambuwal directed the state commissioner for lands and housing to identify a suitable land to be allocated to Abdullahi shehu for the construction of sports complex to be named after the footballer. The state governor, Aminu Tambuwal, announced the donation while receiving Shehu who participated in the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Russia, at the state government House.He told the football star that the state is proud of him and assured him of Government's continuous support and encouragement.