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Dowen College: 5 Students, 3 Housemasters in Police Custody Over Sylvester Oromoni’s Death The Lagos State Police Command has detained five students and three housemasters of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos, over the death of Sylvester Oromoni Jnr. Hakeem Odumosu, the Commissioner of Police in the state, said the students are in their custody to assist in the ongoing investigation into the mysterious death, according to Channels Television. Odumosu noted that the children will face the wrath of the law if they are found guilty of the accusations. Oromoni, 12, allegedly died from the injuries sustained while being assaulted by five…

Lagosians Fear Justice May Not Be Served After Discovering Sanwo-Olu’s Son Attended Dowen College Nigerians on social media worry the relationship between Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Lagos State Governor, and Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos, may come in the way of justice for Sylvester Omoroni, the 12-year-old student of the school who allegedly died following brutal bullying by seniors. As stated on Dowen’s website, Olumide Sanwo-Olu, the governor’s son, attended the school before proceeding to Bath University, United Kingdom, to study Innovation and Technology Management. Olumide, who was in Dowen until 2012, bagged a master’s degree from Bath after graduating from the…

The Executive Chairman of the FIRS, Muhammad Nami has highlighted the need to include all revenue generated at the national and sub-national levels in order to properly determine the accurate computation of Nigeria’s tax-to-GDP ratio. He stated this in his welcome remarks at the “National Symposium On Taxation And Challenges Of External Shocks: Lessons and Policy Options for Nigeria,” on Monday, organised by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in collaboration with the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS) at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel Abuja. “One of the recurring issues in national discourse has been Nigeria's low tax-to-GDP ratio.” Nami said.…

The Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu on Friday visited Nigerian Correctional Service Medial Security Custodial Centre, Kuje, Abuja with a promise to build new cell to decongest the detention facility in 2022. According to him, “By 2022, we will commence the building of a new cell to decongest the already congested prison. “I thank the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Correctional Service for his commitment and great improvement in the correctional center”, Sen. Kalu said in a Facebook post on Friday. Recall that the Abia North Senator had spent 6 months at the facility over…

AEDC Takeover Controversy: Court Orders Parties To Maintain Status Quo A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered parties in a suit filed over the controversy on the alleged takeover of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) to maintain status quo pending the next date of hearing. Justice Inyang Ekwo, who gave the order following an ex-parte motion moved by counsel to the plaintiffs, Etigwe Uwa SAN, ordered that the defendants be put on notice of the processes filed in the suit within five days of making the order. The plaintiffs: CEC Africa Investments Limited and KANN Utility Company Limited,…

Enyinnaya Harbor, Abia Factional APC Chairman Is Dead The newly elected Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia State, Mr Enyinnaya Harbor is reported to have died at the early hours of today, Thursday, December 9, 2021. Sketchy report coming from the party said he died at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu State, where he was rushed to. A source said he was sick briefly. Enyinnaya Harbor was an unassuming politician who, as a forthright personality in the camp of High Chief Ikechi Emenike, a chieftain of APC, was elected as State Chairman of the party…

Ex-Minister Fani-Kayode Breaks Silence On His ‘Manhood Dysfunction’ Claimed By Embattled Wife Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has reacted after his estranged wife, Precious Chikwendu claimed he has erectile dysfunction. Earlier Precious Chikwendu alleged that Fani-Kayode never consummated his six-year relationship with her because of the alleged challenge. Miss Chikwendu said the four children she had with Fani-Kayode were conceived via artificial insemination. She told the court that she was forced to be celibate during the time they were together as a couple. She also told the court that the former minister did not perform any rites before their…

A former Attorney General of Abia State, Chief Umeh Kalu SAN, has said that he never spoke on the position of the Nigerian Army planting bombs in the Southeast and blaming IPOB. Kalu, in a statement personally signed by him on Thursday, also disowned an online publication which claimed that he spoke on the activities of the Nigerian Army in the South-East. The report was said to have also claimed that Kalu spoke on the "peaceful activities" of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The former Commissioner for Justice described the report as false, adding that the statement was from…

Katsina Commissioner Shot Dead By Unknown Gunmen The Science and Technology Commissioner of Katsina State, Dr. Rabe Nasir, has been killed by unidentified gunmen, THE WHISPERER reports. Mr Nasir was assassinated at his residence located at Daura Road, GRA, Katsina metropolis. According to Katsina Post, the body of the slain politician was still at his residence at the time of this report. Details later.