BREAKING: Court sentences Rahmon Adedoyin to death by hanging for killing OAU student Timothy Adegoke

BREAKING: Court sentences Rahmon Adedoyin to death by hanging for killing OAU student Timothy Adegoke 

An Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo has sentenced Rahman Adedoyin, owner of Hilton Hotel Ile-Ile, to death for killing Timothy Adegoke, an OAU postgraduate student.



This is according to a ruling presided over by the state Chief Judge, Justice Oyebola Ojo on Tuesday, May 30, 2023.

The judge declared that Adedoyin and two of his workers, based on the circumstances of the case established by the prosecuting counsel, Femi Falana, SAN, are found culpable of conspiracy to commit murder, and unlawful killing of the deceased.

Adegoke was killed in Adedoyin’s hotel in 2021. He was on Monday, November 7, 2021, declared missing before his dead body was found.

UK court rejects Prince Harry bid for police protection

Prince Harry has lost an attempt to challenge the UK government over his security arrangements while in the UK, according to a ruling published on Tuesday.

Harry and his wife Meghan lost their UK taxpayer-paid protection when they quit frontline royal duties in 2020 and moved to North America.

MAY ALLAH PUNISH YOUR LATE MOTHER IN HER GRAVE! Lizzy Anjorin tells female IG user

Nollywood actress, Lizzy Anjorin, has lashed out at a female Instagram user for coming to her page to make “rude” comments.

The actress who is known to be very opinionated cursed Olatimilehin Olamidayo and used very derogatory words to insult her.

Anjorin wrote,

Chrisland: How Snapchat group revealed Whitney was electrocuted – Father

Adeyemi Adeniran, the father of a student of Chrisland High School Opebi, Whitney, who died during the school’s sporting activities at Agege Stadium, Lagos State, on Thursday, told a High Court sitting in the Ikeja area of the state that he got to know his 12-year-old daughter was electrocuted through a group created on a social media application known as Snapchat.

Migrant boat carrying 500 people disappears - rescuers

A boat carrying about 500 migrants, including a newborn baby and pregnant women, has disappeared in the central Mediterranean, two charities have said.

Alarm Phone, a group that picks up calls from migrant vessels in distress, said it lost contact with the boat on Wednesday morning.

LORI IRO: ‘I’ve Run A Good Race, Finished My Course,’ Says Buhari

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday, in Abuja, said he has run a good race and finished his course as Nigeria’s leader for the past eight years.

Therefore, he said, it is in order for him to pass the baton of service to another leader who will lead the country for the next four years.

Those Threatening To Disrupt Tinubu’s Inauguration Are Online Noisemakers – Keyamo

The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN) on Friday said all those threatening to disrupt the May 29 inauguration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria are just online noisemakers.

The Department of State Services (DSS) had on Wednesday raised the alarm of plans by subversive elements to disrupt the programmes in some parts of the country.

#RenewedHopeConcert: Pasuma, Asake, Timaya, 43 other musicians thrill fans at Tinubu’s inauguration concert

No fewer than 46 musicians including Buju, Waje, Brymo, Fireboy, Kaycee, Asake, Timaya, Pasuma, Naira Marley, Tony Tetuila, and Seyi Vibes, among many other music industry heavyweights, thrilled fans with electrifying performances at the Renewed Hope Concert in honour of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, and his Vice, Kashim Shettima, at the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja.

Why I rejected N5m to perform at Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Concert – Portable

Fast-rising singer, Habeeb Okikiola, better known as Portable, on Friday, lamented that organisers of the Tinubu inauguration concert offered him N5 million instead of N10m for his performance.

According to him, that was the reason why he failed to perform at the concert held to celebrate the inauguration of the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, in Abuja on Thursday night.

Eight in court for beating up policeman

 

The Lagos State Police Command on Wednesday arraigned eight persons for allegedly assaulting a policeman in uniform performing his duties in the Bariga area of the state.

 The defendants are Mariam Ajadi, 19, Abidem Adeyemi, 35, Segun Akindutire, 25, Ndubuisi Akon, 25, Victory Ovwigho, 25, Bisola, Oshineye, 24, Ajadi Olalekan, 27, Prince Daniel, 25. 

Nigerians reacts as Funke Akindele shares message on depression

The expressions of concern erupted after Funke, shared an emotional tweet about depression.

The Jenifa actress tweeted: “Depression is real. Please be kind to others. Yes, don’t trade your happiness with anything, but still, be humane in all you do. We are all on a journey in this world. Be conscious. Be aware. Share. Make peace. Take risks and be grateful for success and victory. Yet be aware, love, forgive, and stay happy.”

DISGRACED LIZZY ANJORIN: Killers of Ogun ex-permanent secretary, wife arrested

wo suspected killers of a former Ogun State Permanent Secretary, Femi Egbeoluwa and his wife, Funmi, who were murdered in their Ikeja residence on March 19, 2023, have been arrested and paraded by the Lagos State Police Command.

How man planned to assassinate Queen Elizabeth in 1983 — FBI files

The United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation have released a new file detailing an assassination attempt on the late Queen Elizabeth II, during her visit to California in 1983.

The monarch was preparing to undertake an official visit to the United States with her late husband, Prince Philip, when the FBI got wind of the plot on February 4, 1983, a month before the visit.