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Man, faking as lawyer, bags 3 years imprisonment

July 23, 2020 Crime/Judiciary/Security 221

From Our Correspondent An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court in Isabo, Ogun, on Thursday sentenced a 47-year-old man, Omotola Ayokanmi, to three years imprisonment for impersonation. The Magistrate, Mrs Folake Ogundele, sentenced Ayokanmi after he pleaded guilty…

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Students’ body donates contactless COVID-19 handwashing machine to LASG

July 23, 2020 Health 240

The Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria (MSSN) has donated a contactless handwashing machine to the Lagos State Government to enhance the fight against the coronavirus disease. The Amir (President) of MSSN in Lagos State, Dr…

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Gunmen storm Plateau court, whisk away 4 kidnapping, robbery suspects

July 23, 2020 Crime/Judiciary/Security 218

From Our Correspondent Five gunmen on Thursday stormed the Plateau High Court in Barkin Ladi Local Government and whisked away four kidnap and robbery suspects who were to be arraigned before the court. The suspects,…

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WAEC: MSSN cautions LASG against ‘hasty’ school reopening

July 10, 2020 Education 282

By Our Correspondent The Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria (MSSN), Lagos State Area Council, has advised the state government against ‘hasty’ reopening of schools. The group’s Amir (President), Dr Saheed Ashafa, gave this advice in…

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AfCFTA Africa’s plan to ride out crippling coronavirus crisis – Songwe

July 8, 2020 Africa 195

Africa does not need a Marshall Plan to ride out the ongoing coronavirus crisis as it has a more powerful tool in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to use in accelerating regional and…

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4 injured as suspected land grabbers invade Maharaj Ji’s land

July 8, 2020 General News 257

From Our Correspondent Four followers of Sat Guru Maharaj Ji, the founder of the One Love Family sect, were injured as suspected landgrabbers invaded his community on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Maharaj Ji disclosed this in…

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Coronavirus exists worldwide before emerging in China – Oxford

July 7, 2020 Foreign 298

Agency Report The novel coronavirus has existed worldwide and broke out whenever and wherever favourable conditions occurred rather than starting in China, an Oxford University expert said. Dr Tom Jefferson, Senior Associate Tutor at the…

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SaharaReporters’ ‘Expose’ on Dr Pantami Ownership of Palatial Buildings Is Another Low in Journalism Ethics

July 6, 2020 Feature Article 296

By Jamiu Folarin On Friday, July 3, 2020, SaharaReporters release pictures claiming that the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami bought house each for his three wives. The picture ‘expose’ by SaharaReporters…

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Turkish top court to review status of Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia museum

July 2, 2020 Foreign 275

Agency Report Turkey’s highest administrative court will on Thursday review a petition calling for Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia museum to be reconverted into a mosque. Built by the Byzantines, it was the largest church in…

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Khashoggi’s fiancee hopes Turkish trial will reveal fresh evidence

July 2, 2020 Crime/Judiciary/Security 282

Agency Report A Turkish court will open the trial on Friday of 20 Saudi officials indicted over the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a step his fiancee hopes will shed more light on the…