The Lagos State Taskforce on Thursday, June 2, said it will crush 2,228 seized motorcycles, popularly known as okada to serve as a deterrent to others. Taskforce Chairman, CSP Shola Jejeloye said the motorcycles will be crushed on Friday, June 3. This comes after the state government placed a ban on commercial motorcycles in six local governments in the state after a sound engineer was lynched by motorcyclists in Lekki, Lagos. Jejeloye, who spoke in Oshodi, said though the agency had …
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Nigerian novelist, Chimamanda Adichie has revealed that she once had a crush on Ghanaian football star Michael Essien. The revelation was made in the introduction she wrote for a picture book, Africa? The Future of Football, which is authored by a photographer Pall Stefansson. Recalling how Nigeria was absent at a football tournament she watched in her introduction titled “Football Nationalism”, Adichie said she became “Ghanaian” after the Ghanaian football team caught her attention. She wrote; “I watched …
A 27-year-old man identified as Chinedu Nwedu was crushed to death on Sunday May 10, by a vehicle conveying two policemen in Eziorsu community in Oguta council of Imo State. The incident occurred while the policemen who were led by one Sergeant Ikiira Sunday from Mopol 29 in Awka, Anambra State were hurriedly getting away from the scene of a breached pipeline. The policemen who were accosted by military men at Egbema as well as community youths, reportedly engaged the soldiers in a gun battle …