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Lagos command queries policeman, awaits medical report

5 months ago3006 min

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Adegoke Fayoade, on Friday, confirmed that the policeman accused of raping a 17-year-old girl in one of the offices at the Area H Command in Ogudu, in the Ojota area of the state, has been queried over the allegation. Fayoade, while speaking with City Round, said the command was awaiting the medical report of the test conducted on the minor who accused the policeman of raping her during a...

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Judges Top List Of Bribe Recipients, Police Lead In Bribe Requests As Nigerians Shell Out N721Billion In Bribes In 2023, Says Damning Report

5 months ago1325 min

A report published on the National Bureau of Statistics website has shown that a total of N721 billion ($1.26 billion) was paid in cash bribes to public officials in 2023. The report followed the findings of the United Nations office on Drugs and Crimes survey in partnership with the National Bureau of Statistics. The report titled “Corruption in Nigeria; Patterns and Trends” noted that an average cash bribe paid was N8,284. This represents an increase...

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How Nigerian Pastor Chris Oyakhilome Mislead Followers By Pushing Malaria Vaccine Conspiracy Theories –Report

8 months ago1316 min

A prominent Nigerian pastor, Chris Oyakhilome has been accused of pushing false information against malaria vaccines. In a report published by BBC on Thursday, the media platform analysed how Mr Oyakhilome misquoted a clip from a TED talk Bill Gates gave in 2010 during one of his sermons in August 2023. The pastor claimed Gates was among “those who have an agenda for depopulation of the world”. While giving a talk on reducing...

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How Absence Of Governing Councils In Nigerian Federal Universities Turned Vice-Chancellors To Semi-gods, Enhanced Corruption – Report

8 months ago1037 min

The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) has condemned the absence of duly and lawfully constituted Governing Councils in the Nigerian government (federal) universities, polytechnics, monotechnics, Colleges of Education and other degree awarding institutions. The civic organisation said this in a report on Friday titled: “Absence of governing councils in federal universities, polytechnics and colleges of education: vice chancellors, rectors and provosts now demigods and...

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Israeli Military Kills Dozens Of People In Syrian Air Strikes – Report

9 months ago1544 min

The Syrian Defence Ministry has accused Israel of launching a series of airstrikes near Aleppo on Friday morning.The strikes, which West Jerusalem has not acknowledged, RT reports, killed around 40 people, citing media reports. “Around 1:45am, the Israeli enemy launched an air attack from the direction of Athriya, southeast of Aleppo, targeting a number of points in Aleppo countryside,” the ministry said in a statement.The ministry provided no precise account of casualties or damages, but...