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Nollywood actress and  PDP  deputy governorship candidate in Lagos State Funke Akindele was, on Tuesday, chased out of the Ikosi fruit market by suspected thugs while campaigning. Speaking on the incident, the PDP governorship candidate, Abdul-Azeez Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, in an interview with NAN, confirmed that their  campaign was cut short  following the incident. During a meeting with the chief Imam of Ketu Central Mosque, Jandor confirmed that a security team member was stabbed while others, including journalists, were injured. However, he confirmed that the actress left the campaign train while the team continued to move around the streets in the council. In October 2022, Jandor cried out over similar situations that had happened repeatedly in various local government areas since he kicked off his tour of 245 wards. PDP Lagos spokesperson, Hakeem Amode, in an interview with PREMIUM TIMES alleged that the local government chairperson sent the hoodlu...

  U20 AFCON : Flying Eagles coach makes roster decisions on two Arsenal starlets, Crystal Palace striker Published: January 26, 2023 Allnigerisoccer.com  can exclusively report with certainty that Arsenal duo Ovie Ejeheri and Joel Ideho, and Crystal Palace striker Ademola Ola-Adebomi will not become provisionally cap-tied to Nigeria at the Africa U20 Cup of Nations, which begins in Egypt on February 19, 2023.   Flying Eagles boss Ladan Bosso ran the rule over Ideho and Ola-Adebomi at the team's training camp in Abuja this week with a view to their inclusion in the squad list for the tournament in Egypt but the two talented teenagers did not make the grade.    Crystal Palace and Arsenal permitted the players to train with the Flying Eagles for three days after which a decision will be taken on whether or not to include them on the provisional squad list.    The two Premier League clubs are furious that Ideho and Ola-Adebomi are not on the list for ...

  Gunmen have killed a female police sergeant, Chinyere Obilor, serving in Imo State. The cop was killed on Wednesday when gunmen ambushed her and her colleagues at Ihitte junction on Owerri- Aba Road in Owerri. She and her colleagues were said to be on duty when the gunmen in a minibus known as Busimo struck. They were said to have emerged from a nearby bush and opened fire on the police personnel. Also killed was a yet-to-be-identified person said to be a civilian. The female cop was attached to the Highway Patrol team of the state police command. A source said, “The woman was dedicated to her duties. She was killed in a gun battle when criminals ambushed them at Ihitte junction on Owerri- Aba Road. She was from Mgbidi in Imo. A mother of four children who was very cheerful is gone. This is so painful. “She was attached to the Highway Patrol Team Unit. The hoodlums abandoned their vehicle (Busimo) which they came in with. It has been recovered and brought to Owerri.” The Imo Stat...

https://tribuneonlineng.com/noun-students-in-lagos-protest-hike-in-school-fees-demand-immediate-reversal/ Students of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), on Wednesday, in Lagos, went on protest to express their objection to the increment by about 150 per cent of their various fees and levies by the school authorities. They said they could not afford the new fees regime because majority of them are on low income range of about N50,000 monthly salary. The students, who mobilized themselves through social media platform staged the protest at McCarthy Study Centre of the university in Obalende, Lagos. They assembled at the centre around 9.30am and carried placards with different inscriptions, chanting no to fees hike by the university management. The students are mostly young adults and did not leave the school until the director of the centre, Prof Rotimi Ogidan, pacified them with a promise to relate their grievances with the appropriate quarter. Speaking to Nigerian Tribune,...