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Sylvester Oromoni: Shutting school isn’t enough – Kanayo O. Kanayo warns Gov Sanwo-Olu
Veteran Nollywood actor, Kanayo O. Kanayo, has sent a very clear message to the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu over the death of Sylvester Oromoni, a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lagos State.The death of Oromoni Jnr has sparked agitations from Nigerians who are demanding justice for the junior secondary school boy.Oromoni was said to have been bullied and beaten by fellow students and later died of supposed injuries from the beating.The school has, however, continued to deny all the allegations, stating that Oromoni was neither bullied nor beaten but only complained of hip pain after playing football.The victim’s…
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”Mummy, I didn’t play ball. I didn’t fall”- Father of late Dowen College student reveals what his son said before he died
Mr. Sylvester Oromoni, the father of the 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lagos, who died after allegedly being tortured by fellow students for refusing to join their cult group in school, has broken his silence. In an interview with The Cable, Mr Oromoni was said to have betrayed his emotions while he spoke. He said his family watched their last child die in their presence. He said the students whose names his son mentioned before he died were reported to the school authorities for bullying the last term but that the alleged bullying continued afterwards. “My son suffered. His birthday…
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Dowen College: Atiku demands justice for Sylvester Oromoni
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has demanded justice for Sylvester Oromoni, the 12-year-old Secondary School student, who was allegedly assaulted at Dowen College Lagos State.Sylvester died from internal injuries he sustained after an assault by fellow students.The school Principal, Mrs. Adebisi Layiwola has however denied any form of bullying or attack on the student.This led the Lagos State government to shut down the school and ordered an investigation into the incident following the outrage on the case.Reacting on Twitter, Atiku urged the the authorities to bring the culprits to book.He wrote, “We shall be failing in our duties as parents/guardians,…
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“We will move online” Dowen College tells parents after the Lagos State Government shut school following death of student
Dowen College has assured parents and students that they will continue the academic session online following the Lagos State Government order that the school be closed indefinitely. The state government said the school will remain closed pending the outcome of the investigation into the death of Sylvester Oromoni Jr. allegedly tortured in school by other students. Dowen had initially asked students to stay at home for two days, adding that school will resume next week for exams. This led to outrage as Nigerians asked why the school is carrying on with exams when a student died due to an incident…
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Doctor defiles his 15-year-old maid while checking her Virginity, offers N1 Million to keep It Secret
Nigerian activist, Harrison Gwamnishu has rescued a 15-year-old girl that was allegedly defiled by a medical doctor under the guise of checking if she’s still a virgin.He added that the medical doctor offered him N1 million to bury the case. Harrison wrote, “CASH OF ONE MILLION NAIRA BRIBE TO CLOSE A SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE. Last two weeks, we received a complaint from an anonymous caller and pleaded we help handle a case of Child Sexual abuse. We immediately activated our intervention team led by Harrison Gwamnishu to investigate the complaint. FINDINGS: A medical doctor under the guise of checking the…
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Dowen shuts down over death of 12-year-old student, Sylvester Oromoni
Dowen College has shut down over controversy surrounding the alleged death of a 12-year-old student, Sylvester Oromoni.The school in a statement on Friday, said it will be closed for two days over the current situation.The statement read: “In view of the situation concerning the school and considering the emotions of our students we have advised that our students stay home tomorrow Friday 3rd and Monday 6th December 2021.“This will also afford the students opportunity to revise for their forthcoming examination starting next week”.Oromoni’s death became public knowledge after a family member, identified as Perri, on Thursday posted about the incident…
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Zamfara government bars MDAs from speaking to media, says it is to control misinformation
Zamfara state Government has barred Officials of ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) in the state from speaking to the media. This was made known in a statement by Zamfara Commissioner for Information Ibrahim Dosara, on Thursday December 2. He said the decision is in a bid to control misinformation. Dosara added that only the ministry of information or the commissioner for information is allowed to speak on behalf of the government, while the special adviser on media to the governor is the only person allowed to speak on behalf of the governor adding that any information from any other party…
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Poverty will multiply if Nigeria breaks up – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that poverty will be on the increase if Nigeria breaks up. Osinbajo said this while receiving a delegation of the Muhammadu Buhari Osinbajo (MBO) Dynamic Support Group at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday December 2. He reiterated that the security challenges in the country would be resolved in due course and that Nigeria would be stronger and greater and noted the need to maintain unity in the country. He said; “We must never relent in ensuring that we keep to the ideals of the country and we don’t lose sight of what we…
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”We were better than these spineless and vacuous ones”- Lawyer and ex LASU SUG president, Dele Farotimi, berates current SUG for pledging to join Sanwo-Olu’s peacewalk
Lawyer, Dele Farotimi, has berated the executives of the Student Union Government of the Lagos State University, LASU for pledging their support for Governor Sanwo-Olu’s Walk for Peace initiative. The SUG executives had declared their support on behalf of the students for the governor’s initiative when he visited the school yesterday, December 2. Reacting to this, Farotimi who was the president of the institution’s SUG years ago, took to his Facebook page to express his displeasure. He described the current SUG executives as spineless and vacuous.
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Baba Suwe will die in 2021 if he doesn’t confess what happened to his wife, Moladun- Online users revisit Prophet Tibetan’s Prediction from June ’21 (Video)
In an era of missed prophecies by pastors and prophets, Social media users have jumped on and are reacting to a video from June 2021 by Prophet Marcus Tibetan of Celestial Church of Christ Elisha Cathedral. In an interview with Asabeafrika TV on June 30th 2021, the prophet alleged that Legendary Yoruba comedian Babatunde Omidina popularly called Baba Suwe was complicit in the death of his wife, Moladun and he needed to confess else he would die before the end of 2021. Baba Suwe died on November 22nd, 2021. He was 63years old. Some social media argued that the death…
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Pope Francis accepts resignation of Archbishop of Paris who had ‘intimate relationship’ with woman
Catholic church leader, Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Michel Aupetit from the position of Archbishop of Paris following reports that Aupetit had a consensual “intimate relationship” with a woman. The move was announced in a statement from the Vatican on Thursday, December 2 after French magazine Le Point broke the news of the relationship on November 22. Aupetit also released a statement to confirm the decision after the Vatican made it’s announcement. “I was, of course, greatly disturbed by the attacks I was subjected to,” reads the statement. “I ask forgiveness of those whom I might have hurt…
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Poverty will multiply if Nigeria breaks up – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that poverty will be on the increase if Nigerian breaks up. Osinbajo said this while receiving a delegation of the Muhammadu Buhari Osinbajo (MBO) Dynamic Support Group at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday December 2. Maintaining that the security challenges in the country would be resolved in due course and that Nigeria would be stronger and greater, the Vice President added that the unity of the country is important for everyone. He said; “We must never relent in ensuring that we keep to the ideals of the country and we don’t lose sight of what we…
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