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A 24-year-old girl, Miss Tosin Alabi, has reportedly been stabbed to death by her male partner over some unsolved issues. Tosin, an apprentice in a computer institute was stabbed by her boy friend(name withheld at a popular hotel in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State,   a couple of days ago. Reasons why Tosin's lover decided to kill her girlfriend were unknown, but it was gathered that the two friends had gone to the hotel to cool off, but the male friend refused to fulfill the promise made to the deceased.   According to the elder brother to the deceased, Elder Owolabi Paul, in Ado-Ekiti,   the incident occurred on Saturday, March 24, at a popular hotel in the town. He said, “on Sunday, March 25, a friend of Toyin called us to inform us that she was stabbed to death with broken bottle at Festmag Hotel in Ado-Ekiti and that we should go to the State Teaching Hospital to see her corpse in the hospital’s morgue. We went there and confirmed her corpse.” He said findings at the hotel reve

Aero Contractors Airlines, Friday,   resumed its flight operations across the country after two weeks of suspending its operations due to the crisis between the management and staffs of the airline over poor welfare packages. Vanguard was at the Domestic wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal 2, MMA2 and gathered that the counters of the airline were opened to intending passengers who came to buy their tickets. When Contacted, One of the staffs of Pathfinder International, a sub company to Aero Contractors that provides Aviation Security, AVSEC, for the airline confirmed that they were called by the management of the airline to resume work Friday. The staff, who refused to have his name mentioned in print said ”The Management of Aero Contractors asked us to come to work this morning that they are beginning their flight operations today. As you can see, they just opened the counters to intending passengers and they are buying their tickets while some of them are checking in

Yoruba socio-cultural  movement-Afenifere Renewal Group has faulted President   Goodluck Jonathan for not engaging members of Islamic sect group, Boko- Haram in dialogue, saying that the president ought to have granted amnesty to members of the group. Speaking in Ado Ekiti, Friday, while appraising the government of Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi and his adoption for second term in office, state Coordinator of the group, Elder Bunmi Awotiku, said it was wrong for the president to have ignored the advice of Sultan and the  President Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Sahad Abubakar , who had called on the Federal Government to consider granting amnesty to members of the group ARG noted pointed out that it was not right to refer members of the group as faceless 'If Sultan says grant amnesty to Boko-Haram, the president ought to have see merit in the advice of our revered sultan. If the president had during his visits to Borno and Yobe States,   promised to gra

An Ekiti High Court sitting in Ado, has sentenced to death by hanging,   one Mallam  Usman Sule for allegedly killed his his housemate, Mallam Mohammed Sheu at Aramoko Ekiti in Ekiti West Local Government Area of the state The two neighbours, who are from Sokoto State, were said to have  engaged each other in a minor scuffle about a year ago until it degenerated into a serious fight, which   led to the death of one of Sheu. Trial judge, in judgment, Justice John Adeyeye, said he was convinced that the accused person was responsible for the death of his house mate based on the preponderance of evidence before him. The court found Sule   guilty of murder and conspiracy based on the avalanche of evidence presented before the court by the  prosecution, led by , Mr  Olufemi Alabi, a Deputy Director of Public Prosecution in the Ekiti State Judiciary. Justice Adeyeye   noted   that the evidence adduced by their co-neighbour during cross examination  was convincing   enough to indict

The 68 year old Madam Comfort Dugo, mother of the Bayelsa Commissioner for Local Government and Community Development, Mr. James Dugo, who was kidnapped Tuesday night by armed gunmen has reportedly escaped from captivity. It was gather that the victim who was seized from her Odi residence in the Kolokuma-Opokuma Local Government Area of the state by armed gunmen was being kept in the dense forest between Odi and Sagbama, when she miraculously escaped from her captors hideout 24 hours after her abduction at 10pm. The old woman was reportedly rescued by the Kaiama Divisional Police Officer and his team who were combing the area in search of her. Madam Dugo said to be hail and hearty was handed over to her family in the presence of the state governor, Seriake Dickson. Confirming the development, the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Kins Omire said she was rescued by the police search team led by the Divisional Police Office of Kaiama after she escaped from her kidnappers hide

Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has extended its deep condolences to the Awolowo family, especially to its matriarch, over the death of the family's scion, Chief Oluwole Awolowo. In a statement issued in Lagos by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said it received the news of Chief Awolowo's death with great shock and much sadness, and prayed that God will grant him eternal rest and comfort those he left behind. It hailed the late Chief Awolowo's contribution to deepening the freedom of speech, a key ingredient of democracy, through his great efforts in sustaining one of the country's oldest surviving newspapers, Tribune. ''Sustaining the rich legacy of the Tribune, which was founded by the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, is a remarkable achievement, especially at a time that the newspaper publishing industry is facing great challenges,including from the so-called New Media. ''

Minister of Works, Mr Mike Onolememen,   has inaugurated the construction of the 37-kilometre Nkporo-Abiriba-Ohafia road in Abia to Osso Eda in Ebonyi, abandoned for more than 150 years. The minister was represented at the occasion by the South-East Zonal Controller of Works, Mr Godwin Eghieye, at the boundary between Abia and Ebonyi, venue of the event. While speaking, Onolememe assured that the project would be completed by the middle of 2014, adding that it would promote communication among the communities in the area. The minister, who also inaugurated the 32-kilometre Ohafia-Arochukwu road in Abia, further expressed optimism that it would would promote commerce and the economic well-being of the people. ``I urge the Abia government and the people to co-operate with the contractors handling the project to ensure a timely completion,’’ he said. In his speech, the Governor of Abia, Chief Theodore Orji, thanked the Federal Government for embarking on the project.