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Staff Raise Alarm As Provost Escapes With ₦19m Official Car

January 23, 2020 10:32 am

There is tension at the Federal College of Cooperative, Ibadan, over the alleged refusal of the immediate past Provost of the college, Mr Felix Ikechukwu Okafor, to hand over a ₦19m official car to in his possession to the institution.

THISDAY gathered from staff of the college that some of them are worried over the refusal of Mr Okafor to had over the keys of the car to the institution four months after his retirement.

It was learnt that Okafor’s original retirement date was September 20, 2019 but instead of him to hand over to the officer next to him,

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District Head Escapes from Captivity

December 27, 2019 1:56 pm

The District Head of Birnin Gwari, headquarters of Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Alhaji Yusuf Abubakar, who was abducted last week by gunmen has reportedly escaped from captivity.

Abubakar was abducted at gun point alongside Ibrahim Musa, a former education secretary of the local government on December 18, 2019 along the Kaduna-Birnin-Gwari highway.

The former education secretary was said to have been released following the payment of N3.5 million ransom.

After collecting the ransom paid for the release of the duo, the bandits refused to release the district head and demanded more ransom.

Similarly, the three brothers …

Lion Escapes From Kano Zoological Garden

October 20, 2019 8:23 am

There was panic on Saturday night around Zoo road in Kano metropolis when a lion escaped from its cage at Kano Zoological garden.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident happened around 9 p.m. when the rangers were trying to put it back to its cage after they returned it from the national agricultural show which took place in Nasarawa state.

A source at the zoological garden told NAN that effort was being made to capture the animal which was still within the zoo premises.

Malam Rabiu Lawal, a resident of Zoo Road, told NAN that he has …