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  “The Northern Protectorate was already submissive to them, the Southern Protectorate was still very submerged in chaos and crisis. The two couldn’t be amalgamated yet. Oba Ovoranmwen was still very much alive even when he had been deposed. They feared, his influence could still rock the boat for an insurrection. They waited till he died in 1914.” PEGASUS REPORTERS, ...

  “There is no “swearing in” at the start of a British monarch’s reign, in the style of some other heads of state, such as the President of the US. But there is a declaration made by the new King and – in line with a tradition dating from the early 18th Century – he will make an oath to ...

  “A new form of robbery unfolds as a car driving behind a Lagos Danfo spots two thieves robbing an unsuspecting fellow passenger  on the move. It’s novel but real. Welcome to Lagos!” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | SEPTEMBER 10, 2022 What’s your view? Tell us you were here by replying to this story in the comment section below. You can ...

  “She requested her visit be rerouted to include Ijebu-Ode to enable her visit Chief Timothy Adeola Odutola, the Ogbeni Oja, her father’s friend who usually wined and dined with the royals at Buckingham Palace” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | SEPTEMBER 10, 2022 In 1956 during her Official visit to Nigeria, the Queen of England; Queen Elizabeth II was scheduled to ...

  “The North East Development Commission, NEDC, a body set-up by the federal government to oversee the rebuilding of the insurgency ravaged zone has continued to gather encomium and appreciations from the Nigerian government and international organizations, for its massive rehabilitation tasks under Alhaji Alkali and his team” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | SEPTEMBER 10, 2022 The Managing Director, North East ...

  Three and a half decades later, on October 12, 1989, the Porto Alegre airport in Brazil spotted an unauthorised aircraft circling around the airbase. The air traffic controllers tried contacting the pilot but got no response. PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | SEPTEMBER 7, 2023 The story of the puzzling incident that allegedly happened to Santiago Flight 513 between 1954 and ...

  Stop that accident: Safety on wheels begins when we realise that not all imported tyres are truly new! PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | SEPTEMBER 2, 2022 What’s your view? Tell us you were here by replying to this story in the comment section below. You can share it, too. Pegasus Reporters: making news that reaches your audience | Advertise with ...

  “The following Friday, he came to the Mosque with special boxes, the boxes were locked and the keys to them were kept with him. As usual, the collectors went round the Mosque as dignitaries dropped their money directly into the boxes and after the whole thing, he opened the boxes and over 400,000k was realised”! PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | ...

  “The greatest gift Augustus had from God was that when he came to power he realised that he should allow talented people to deliver. So, the Senators and others were allowed to flourish and then Rome recorded great success in a period which is now referred to as the Augustan Age, not Ciceronian Age…Nigerians must learn that the more ...

  “Today Makoko is home to people from a variety of riverine communities along Nigeria’s coast in a settlement where multiple languages are spoken: French, English, Yoruba and Egun. From the Third Mainland Bridge – the fastest route from the island “downtown” to the airport – Makoko looks serene” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | AUGUST 31, 2023 Makoko is an informal ...