Dramatic equaliser denies Chelsea top spot
A dramatic equaliser from Zenit St Petersburg four minutes into added time meant holders Chelsea failed to top their Champions League group. Substitute Magomed Ozdoev scored a stunning half-volley from the edge of the box after Chelsea had come from
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We are hungry, we need our November salary – Policemen
Some policemen from different formations and commands across the country have raised the alarm over the non-payment of their November salaries. They made this disclosure when they spoke with DAILY POST on Tuesday and Wednesday morning. The officers, who spoke
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Tiwa Savage, Obi Cubana top 2021 Google most searched people in Nigeria
Nigerian singer, Tiwa Savage, and popular businessman, Obi Cubana, topped Google’s list as the 2021 most trending people in Nigeria. Google announced this on Wednesday in a statement titled, ‘Google releases Nigeria’s 2021 Year in Search lists’. The search lists
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Lagos shuts Ojodu Grammar School over students’ death
The Lagos State Government has shut down Bab Fafunwa Millennium School, Ojodu, formerly Ojodu Grammar School until January 2022. Commissioner for Education, Folashade Adefisayo, announced the closure when she visited the school on Wednesday. A trailer had on Tuesday crushed
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Sylvester Oromoni: Two Dowen students at large, three in police custody, says Lagos CP
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, says that three students of Dowen College in the Lekki area of the state are currently in police custody for allegedly assaulting 12-year-old Sylvester Oromoni. Odumosu, who spoke with the media on
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Travel ban discriminatory, punitive, Fed Govt tells UK
The Federal Government yesterday rejected the travel ban on travellers from Nigeria by the United Kingdom (UK) over the spread of the Omicron variant of Coronavirus. It asked the UK authorities to “immediately” review the ban, which it described as
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Blackout hits Abuja, Nasarawa, Kogi, Niger, Kaduna, others as AEDC workers shut facilities
Customers serviced by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) were in the early hours of Monday thrown into darkness as workers shut down power facilities. Workers at the company had embarked on an indefinite strike action over non-payment of their
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British Airways operates flight in, out of Lagos Airport
British Airways on Monday operated inbound and outbound flights out of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos. According to airport sources, the British carrier flew into Lagos with flight number – BA075 from London Heathrow. It landed at the
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Zenith Bank GMD, Onyeagwu Emerges “CEO of the Year” as Zenith Bank Wins ‘Most Responsible Organisation in Africa’ at SERAS CSR Africa Awards 2021
Zenith Bank’s Group Managing Director/CEO, Mr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu, has emerged CEO of the Year for a second consecutive year at the Sustainability, Enterprise and Responsibility (SERAS) CSR Africa Awards held at the weekend in Lagos. According to the judges, he
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Lagos community thrown into confusion as 8 children die inside vehicle
The residents of Adelayo Street in Jah-Michael community, Olorunda area of Lagos have been thrown into commotion following the discovery of the lifeless body of eight children inside a Honda Pilot jeep with registration number AAA157BD parked inside a fenced house.
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Dowen College Board, Management break silence over Sylvester Oromoni’s death
The board and management of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos on Sunday, expressed commitment to assisting authorities to conduct a thorough and proper investigation over the death of Sylvester Oromoni Jnr. It was reported that the State government sealed the school.
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Man arrested for hacking Sound Sultan’s IG, impersonating wife after his death
Brother to late Sound Sultan, Baba Dee has confirmed the arrest of a man who hacked into his brother’s account after death. Baba Dee had on his Instagram account said the young man identified as Victor Majekodunmi hacked into the
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Police declare SS3 student wanted for beating teacher to death in Delta
Delta State Police Command has declared wanted one Michael Ogbeife, an SS3 student of Erhimu Secondary School, Abraka in the State, for beating a teacher of the school, Joseph Ossai, to death. Michael is said to be on the run
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Missing child: Appeal court frees Prophet Babatunde of Sotitobire church
The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, Ondo State capital, has discharged and acquitted the founder of Sotitobire Praising Chapel, Akure, Alfa Babatunde, who was earlier convicted by the state High Court over the missing of a one-year-old boy, Gold
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Lagos orders indefinite closure of Dowen college over student death
The Lagos State Government on Friday ordered the indefinite closure of Dowen College, Lekki, pending the outcome of an investigation into the death of Master Sylvester Oromoni Jnr, a student of the school. This was contained in a statement signed
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Pastor kidnaps Catholic priest, begs God for forgiveness
The operatives of the Imo State Police Command have arrested one Pastor Izuchukwu Anoloba, 35, and others for kidnapping a Catholic priest, Fr Fidelis Ekemgba. Parading the suspects and others, the state Commissioner of Police, Rabiu Hussaini, said that the
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Take over Nigeria’s largest ship from Navy, Senate tells Buhari
The Senate on Wednesday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to, as a matter of urgency, take over and resuscitate NNS ARADU, which is the largest ship on the fleet of the Nigerian Navy. Federal Government would require the sum of
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Lagos rejects panel’s casualty figure, says one killed in Lekki
The Lagos State Government has rejected the resolution of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and Other Matters that no fewer than nine persons lost their lives when armed soldiers stormed the Lekki
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NCDC confirms two cases of Omicron variant in Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday morning confirmed the first case of the Omicron variant in the country. This was contained in a press release issued by the centre and signed by the Director-General, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa.
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Ondo Speaker arraigned over fraud allegations
The Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Bamidele Oleyelogun, was on Tuesday arraigned over allegations of fraud. Oleyelogun, who appeared at the High Court sitting at the Olokuta Correctional Centre, Akure, the state capital, was arraigned by the
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