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A 300-level student of European Studies of the University of Ibadan (UI), Gbadebo Richard, was crushed to death in a soap making machine at a factory owned by Henkel Nigeria Limited, makers of WAW detergent and bar soap. The incident was said to have occurred on Monday evening at the factory located in the Oluyole axis of Ibadan, Oyo State. Twenty-year-old Richard, who was on night shift, was said to have fallen into one of the machines in the factory. The other workers were not aware until they saw blood coming out through the other side of the machine His family members were not informed by the company until an unknown number called them. So they mobilised to the company and blocked the road, about 30 police officers were called in to prevent disturbance.  According to media reports, "An ambulance later came and Richard’s father was allowed into the building. He later went with the body, packed in a plastic bag in the ambulance to the morgue at Teju Hospital without any...

Ministry of Education has ordered the reopening of secondary schools across the nation from August 4 for graduating classes. A statement released on July 27, Director of Press, Ministry Of Education, Ben Bem Goong, said students will have two weeks to prepare for the West African Examination Council (WAEC) which will start on the August 17. Goong explained that the decision was taken at the virtual consultative meeting of the Federal Ministry of Education, Commissioners of Education in the 36 states, the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), Proprietors of Private schools, and Chief Executive of Examination bodies. Federal government had initially suspended the reopening of schools due to the increase in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases.

Ramon Abbas a.k.a Hushpuppi has gotten another lawyer to represent him in California. Hushpuppi's lawyer, Gal Pissetzky who is only licensed to practice in Chicago will now be supported by Vicki Podberesky of Andrues/Podberesky law firm based in Los Angeles. Mr Abbas, popularly addressed as Hushpuppi, is a Dubai-based Nigerian Instagram celebrity facing wire fraud charges in the United States. The Federal Bureau of Investigation accused him of being part of a network that made “hundreds of millions of dollars” from business email compromise frauds and other scams. The 37-year-old was formerly held in the Metropolitan Correction Centre in Chicago, United States but now, has been transported to Los Angeles by the U.S. Marshals Service, following a court ruling in the Northern District of Illinois.

Kanye West has apologized publically to Kim Kardashian after a slew of very public statements about their family.  A week after the rapper's controversial campaign rally and since-deleted Twitter posts in which he banned Kris Jenner from seeing his children and expressed that he's “been trying to get divorced” from his wife, West took to Twitter to ask for forgiveness.  "I would like to apologize to my wife Kim for going public with something that was a private matter," West wrote July 25. "I did not cover her like she has covered me. To Kim I want to say I know I hurt you. Please forgive me. Thank you for always being there for me."

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Thursday buried the remains of late Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, the Service’s first female combat helicopter pilot, at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja. May her soul rest in peace.

John Robert Lewis, the son of sharecroppers who survived a brutal beating by police during a landmark 1965 march in Selma, Alabama, to become a towering figure of the civil rights movement and a longtime US congressman, has died after a six-month battle with cancer. He was 80. "It is with inconsolable grief and enduring sadness that we announce the passing of U.S. Rep. John Lewis," the statement from his family said. "He was honored and respected as the conscience of the U.S. Congress and an icon of American history, but we knew him as a loving father and brother. He was a stalwart champion in the on-going struggle to demand respect for the dignity and worth of every human being. He dedicated his entire life to non-violent activism and was an outspoken advocate in the struggle for equal justice in America. He will be deeply missed."   Lewis was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Mr. Obama in 2011. He wrote a graphic novel, "March," about his life...

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