The suspect, Solomon, who is currently attached to the Air Force Comprehensive School, Yola, was arrested on Monday in Yola, the Adamawa State capital. PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | NOVEMBER 9, 2021 A link may have opened up to discovering the Judases that enabled bandits to successfully storm the Nigerian Defence Academy as Nigerian Air Force officer, Sergeant Torsabo Solomon, ...
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‘Kiwis Are Not Lab Rats’: Thousands Protest In New Zealand Against COVID-19 Rules
New Zealand still has among the lowest COVID-19 cases in the world with under 8,000 cases reported so far and 32 deaths. PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | NOVEMBER 9, 2021 WELLINGTON: New Zealand beefed up security measures at its parliament on Tuesday as thousands of people gathered to protest against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and government lock-downs aimed at controlling the ...
Read More »Prisons Officers Foil EFCC Attempt To Re-Arrest Convicted Abdulrasheed Maina
However, as the officers of the Correctional Centre, Kuje, were taking Mr Maina out of the court premises amid tight security, EFCC operatives drove two vehicles into the premises, blocking the Correctional Centre’s Hilux van. PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | NOVEMBER 9, 2021 There was a mild drama on the premises of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, after ...
Read More »Our History: 17 Years in Yoruba Country & 63 Years Before Nigeria In 1914
In the beginning, there was no Nigeria. There were ethnic nationalities and Kingdoms. The name ‘Yoruba Country’ appeared in a book: “Seventeen Years in the Yoruba Country” written in 1851 by Anna Hinderer, wife of the Rev. David Hinderer, C.M.S. Missionary in Western Africa PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | NOVEMBER 9, 2021 Things you need to know about THE YORUBA-NATION ...
Read More »Journalism In Africa: Its Soldiers And Protectors; Enemies And Executioners – By Femi Falana
This is the text of the keynote address delivered at the West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA) that held on Friday, October 22 at the Swiss Spirit Alisa Hotel in Accra, Ghana. PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | NOVEMBER 9, 2021 I will like to begin this Keynote Address by congratulating the mass media across the world, especially the ...
Read More »Evans The Kidnapper: Witnesses Refuse To Testify For Security Reasons
“We have two witnesses but they said they would not be able to come to court to testify, for security reasons” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | NOVEMBER 8, 2021 Two prosecution witnesses in the trial of alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike alias Evans, and Victor Aduba, a dismissed army personnel, have refused to testify in court, citing security reasons. Newsmen ...
Read More »French Bishops To Pay Compensation To Thousands Of Sex Abuse Victims
It marked the latest controversy to rock the Roman Catholic Church after a series of sexual abuse scandals around the world, often involving children, over the past 20 years. PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | NOVEMBER 8, 2021 France’s Catholic Church has agreed to financially compensate thousands of people who were sexually abused by priests in what the president of the ...
Read More »Extra Judicial Killing: A Case Of A Young Tricycle Rider Stabbed To Death By A Nigerian Police Officer
“We hereby demand a thorough private investigation, immediate arrest of the rogue policeman and his prosecution” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | NOVEMBER 8, 2021 BEING A REACTION BY THE COMMITTEE FOR THE DEFENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS (CDHR), LAGOS STATE BRANCH. CDHR condemn the gruesome killing of a young Nigerian who was looking for his daily bread and how to make ...
Read More »Construction: 100-Floor ‘Audacity Skyline’ Project To Commence In Lagos
He stated that the project would be one of Landwey’s greatest feats yet, adding: “We are glad to take this step along with Eko Atlantic City towards the infrastructural development of Lagos, and now I am confident that this will be one step out of many to come” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | NOVEMBER 8, 2021 To address housing deficit ...
Read More »Still On ‘Ikoyi Tragedy and Casual Bigotry Against Yoruba Muslims’ – Mallam Abdulkarim M. Abdullahi
“Ah, I can’t work with a Muslim,” Sikiru quoted Osibona to have said. Osibona reportedly said in Yoruba that he couldn’t work with someone whose response to his chant of “Praise God!” would be “Alhamdulillah!” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | NOVEMBER 8, 2021 Saturday, the 6th of November Tribune/Peoples Gazette column uses the story of one Adebowale Sikiru whom Foursquare ...
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