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The Lagos State Government has rejected the resolution of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and Other Matters that no fewer than nine persons lost their lives when armed soldiers stormed the Lekki toll gate to disperse #EndSARS protesters on October 20, 2020. This claim, which was contained in a 41-page White Paper released by the state government on Tuesday night, countered the findings by the Justice Doris Okuwobi-led panel that nine persons were killed by gunshots at the toll gate. The JPI had recommended that a monument memorialising the lives lost and those injured should be erected at the Lekki toll. Countering the recommendation, the state government said, “This recommendation is not acceptable to Lagos State Government for the following reasons: The finding of the JPI at page 288 paragraph M is that “The evidence of the pathologist Prof Obafunwa that only 3 of the bodies that they conducted post mortem examination on were from L...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Wednesday morning confirmed the first case of the Omicron variant in the country. This was contained in a press release issued by the centre and signed by the Director-General, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa. The Omicron variant, a new strain of the coronavirus disease, was reported by South Africa and first detected in Botswana. Following the discovery, countries such as the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Israel among others placed travel bans on southern African countries. However, the NCDC on Wednesday morning said two cases of the variant were discovered through genomic sequencing. It albeit linked the cases to two passengers from South Africa.

A 37-year-old man, Bernard Musyoki has revealed how lucky he is to be married to his American wife, Deborah Jan Spicer. Musyoki, a Kenyan man who hails from Kitui county, said he met 70-year-old Deborah on Facebook in 2017. “I sent her a friend request, after a week, I asked her to marry me and she accepted. We even exchanged vows inbox,” he told TUKO.co.ke. In 2018, the young man was to travel to the United States to meet his lover, but he was denied a visa, however he never gave up. “In March 2020, I applied for a visa again, did an interview but I was denied a visa,” he said. They kept communicating, and on December 29, 2020, she decided to travel to Kenya to meet her prince charming. Upon her arrival, they travelled to Kitui, where Musyoki lives and decided to stay celibate until marriage. “We used to sleep in different rooms and promised each other to stay pure until we exchanged vows. We had someone in the house who used to live with us,” he narrated. Finally, on February...

An unidentified Nigerian man has disrupted banking activities as he attempting to hang himself inside the bank hall, after a branch of the United Bank of Africa (UBA) released his money to hackers who hacked his account. Narrating the incident, it was reported that Someone hacked the young man’s account and stole over N450,000. The young man went to the bank branch located at Iju Lagos to complain. The bank traced the hacker and froze the hacker’s account. He was subsequently asked to get a prove from the court stating he did not authorize the bank transaction to the hackers account. Things turned bizarre when the young man returned to the bank with the court order only to be informed the bank has released the funds to the hacker by un-blocking the account. The young man threatened to kill himself as he used a rope he brought into the bank hall to strangle himself, the bank security operatives tried to intervene as the young man cried in agony.

A 30-year-old mother of four, Mujidat Ademola is on the verge of losing her eye after she was allegedly assaulted by her husband in Oyo state over alleged infidelity. According to report by SakiFirst, the mother-of-four was beaten to pulp by her husband, Nurudeen Amao Ariya last week Tuesday, after accusing her of infidelity. She was rushed to a clinic in their area around 1am and according to Sakifirst, Mujidat bled for hours. “Sadly we have to write this, all our effort to fix it was in vain maybe cos this man doesn’t know he was wrong. We are not here to tarnish SAKI pedigree but someone is dying and we can’t keep shut “Around 11pm on Tuesday night, there was an argument between MUJIDAT ADEMOLA and her husband NURUDEEN AMAO ARIYA who led to brutality as a result of an allegations by the husband that his wife committed infidelity. She was transferred to a far clinic from their area around 1am in which the husband was begging the Nurse to cover him up of the ASSAULT.. SAKIFIRST...

Some men allegedly wearing police uniforms early hours on Tuesday stormed Ikirun micro-finance bank and burgled its Automated Teller Machine. It was gathered that the gun-wielding men arrived at the bank around few minutes past 2am and easily accessed the security post because of the uniform on them. According to sources in the town, the criminals tied the night guards in the bank and proceeded to the ATM which was forcefully burgled. It was learnt that one of the night guards managed to escape from the scene and ran to town to inform police of the incident. A resident Wale Soliu said, “Some dare devil robbers got to the scene around 2am and easily access the bank security post because they were wearing police uniform. “They disarmed the night guards and tied them. They bombed the ATM and carted away the money inside the machine before police arrival”. Another source disclosed that the police engaged the robbers in shoot-out at the scene before they escaped with their loot. Osun...

Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri has challenged, Garba Shehu, the media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, to spend a weekend in Bama, in Borno State alone, without any form of protection or security aides and get the sum of $50. Omokri’s challenge came after Garba Shehu claimed that the regime of his principal deserves credit for its handling of insecurity in the country. In response, Omokri tweeted, “Yesterday, Garba Shehu renewed his claim that “Buhari deserves credit for tackling insecurity”. I renew my challenge to Garba. Spend a weekend alone, without security, in Bama. I will pay him $50."

Uganda stands to lose ownership of its only international airport, the Entebbe Airport, to China, following the mishandling of a multimillion dollar loan facility. The East Africa nation while acquiring the loan facility signed away the control of the airport’s bank accounts to the Chinese Exim Bank, the lender. The East African reported on Thursday that the offending clauses were first picked up by the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority, which described some clauses in the deal as “unfriendly.” “The most troubling for the aviation bosses was a clause that gave Exim Bank the sole authority to approve withdrawal of funds from the UCAA accounts,” the report noted, “The bank also had the power to approve annual and monthly operating budgets, which it could reject, and the rights to inspect the government and UCAA books of accounts. The China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) in Beijing also had the mandate to resolve disputes.” In 2015, finance minister ...

The controversial human rights activist and supporter of President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr Kenechukwu Okeke has been allegedly killed in Anambra State. The activist who had dragged many celebrities and media outfits like CNN for defaming President Muhammadu Buhari and his administration was macheted by his attackers numbering seven. According to the unfortunate incident that was posted by Saharareporters, it was disclosed that the deceased was killed in Nkpor, near Onitsha, Anambra State. However, the wife of the deceased, Mrs Blessing Odinakachi Okeke while speaking to newsmen revealed that her late husband was killed by his tenant in her presence and his little daughter. While speaking on the death of her late husband, Mrs Blessing Odinakachi Okeke narrated in her words," We used to have a tenant in which most people in our environment regard as a thug. We didn't know he had that bad attitude before we rented our apartment to him. Luckily for us, he decided to move out of the...

The Ugandan government is on the verge of losing its major airport to China for failing to repay a loan. The government has failed to reverse a loan agreement with the Chinese which had repayment conditions of attaching its only airport. NOA tasks Benue residents on vandalism, others Unilorin student wins 5G essay competition Entebbe International Airport and other Ugandan assets were attached and agreed to be taken over by Chinese lenders upon arbitration of the loan. According reports, President Yoweri Museveni had sent a delegation to Beijing hoping to renegotiate the toxic clauses. The visit was unsuccessful as China authorities refused to allow any alteration in the original terms of the deal. The Uganda government, represented by the finance ministry and the Civil Aviation Authority at the time, had on 17 November 2015, signed an agreement with Export-Import Bank of China (Exim Bank) to borrow U$207 million at two per cent upon disbursement; with a maturity period of 20 y...

The Senate Committee on National Population and National Identity on Wednesday disclosed that over N190bn had been earmarked for the conduct of the national census next year. The chairman of the committee, Senator Sahabi Alhaji Yaú, disclosed this to newsmen after defending the 2022 budget of the agencies under his panel’s supervision before the Appropriation Committee. He said: “Over N190bn has been budgeted for the exercise. We’re waiting for the president to proclaim when the activities will commence.” On the fact that 2022 is a pre-election year, Yau said: “They thought it’s the best time. They must have done their calculations and the president is ready to conduct the National Census by 2022.”

The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba said the Federal Government spent more than N2.3trillion as a stimulus package to cushion the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Agba disclosed this on Tuesday at the 3-Day 4th National Treasury Workshop with the theme: ‘Covid-19 and the global economy: Implications on Nigeria’s National Treasury,’ organised by the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation which held in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state capital. He said that the fiscal and monetary policies were support to states, businesses, households and individuals through grants, tax relief, payroll support, tariff reductions, and direct support to the health sector.

Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin, Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, is set to tie the knot with fiancée, Miss Olamidun Majekodunmi. The duo shared loved up pre-wedding photos on Wednesday. The wedding is slated to hold on the 25th and 27th of November, 2021.

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved April 2022 as official date for the commencement of the operations of much-awaited Nigeria Air. The Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, disclosed this when he along with Ministers of Transportation, and Finance, Budget and National Planning, Rotimi Amaechi and Dr Zainab Ahmed, respectively, briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the FEC meeting. The meeting was presided by President Muhammadu Buhari in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday. According to Sirika, majority shares of 49 per cent of the Nigeria Air project will be owned by strategic equity partners, 46 per cent by Nigerians while the Federal Government will own five per cent of the shares.

A housewife simply identified as Sule has been arrested by men of the Ekiti state police command for allegedly arranging her own kidnap and demanded N50,000 ransom from her husband. The police public relations officer of the state command, ASP Sunday Abutu who paraded her alongside other suspects on Wednesday in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital said the suspect was arrested by men of the Rapid Respond Squad after thorough and intensive investigation. Abutu explained that the incident happened last Saturday when the husband received a call from his wife that she has been kidnapped along Ifaki-Oye-Ekiti road. The PPRO added that the woman called again that the abductors were demanding a sum of N50,000 ransom before she could be released. “ The RRS Operatives, upon the receipt of the complaint, swung into action by combing the bush along Ifaki/Oye-Ekiti before it was later discovered that she kidnapped herself to get money from her relatives. She has confessed to the commission of the cri...

Some Secondary school students in Abeokuta, Ogun State, have reportedly stoned the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Obantoko Division, Alimeke Ignatius, in the head, during a clash in the metropolis. Our correspondent gathered that the students of Egba Comprehensive High School and Asero High School in Asero, both in Abeokuta, had engaged one another in a bloody clash. It was further gathered that the students, who hauled stones and other missiles at one another, blocked the main road, causing tension among the residents of the area. To douse the tension, operatives of the Obantoko police station were called to arrest the situation. The DPO led his men to the scene of the incident only to be attacked by the rampaging students. The students reportedly hauled stones at the operatives, which hit Ignatius on the head. The DPO sustained a grievous injury on his head as he was rushed to an undisclosed hospital for medical attention. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the ...

Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu has called on leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to come with strategies aimed at economic recovery capable of leading to a single-digit or at most, a double-digit dollar exchange rate immediately “the party democratically takes over governance in 2023.” Describing PDP as “a government in waiting,” Elumelu insisted that such rapid economic recovery is achievable under the right leadership direction “which only the PDP can offer under the prevailing circumstance.” Elumelu, who spoke at the ongoing two days retreat organized by the PDP National Working Committee-elect in Abuja, maintained that Nigeria is blessed with abundant human and natural resources, argued that the Al Progressives Congress, APC-led government have simply failed to govern the country well. According to him, “these feats are achievable if Nigerians collectively vote out the APC and exert themselves along the line of PDP’s vision for a ne...

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Bababjide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday, presented 2022 Appropriation Bill of over N1.388 trillion before members of the State House of Assembly for consideration and approval. Governor Sanwo-Olu presented the proposed budget size of N1.388,375,930,585, and tagged it “Consolidation”. The 2022 budget proposal has N564.9 billion for recurrent expenditure and capital expenditure of N823.5 billion, at a well-attended event in Alausa, Ikeja. The budget presentation was initially scheduled for November 17, but was rescheduled. The 2022 budget estimates is a bit higher than that of the outgoing year, 2021 of N1.163 trillion. Recall that the governor, had on November 10, 2020, presented year 2021 budget estimates of ₦1.155 trillion, christened: Budget of Rekindled Hope,” to be funded through projected total revenue of ₦962,528 billion before members of the state House of Assembly. Instructively, the state House of Assembly, subsequently, in its considerations increase...

A 33-year-old man, Azubuike Omenehu, who allegedly stole N120,000 from his girlfriend’s piggy bank, on Wednesday appeared before a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Omenehu, of No 45, Makanjuola St., Orile Iganmu, Lagos, is being tried for stealing and escaping from lawful custody. The Police Prosecutor, Insp. Courage Ekhueorohan, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on Nov. 3, at the same address. He said that the girlfriend and complainant, Mercy Nwaoga, insisted that the defendant was the only person who knew where her wooden safe was. Ekhueorohan submitted that Omenehu was detained at the police station where he escaped, but was later re-arrested. He said that the alleged offences contravened Sections 106 (b) and 287 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015. The defendant pleaded not guilty to the offences. The Magistrate, Mrs Sadiq Bello, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N50,000 with one responsible surety in like sum. The court fixed ...

Magdalena Andersson has been approved by Sweden's parliament as the country's first ever female prime minister, after replacing Stefan Lofven as leader of the centre-left Social Democrats. Sweden is the only Nordic country never to have elected a woman as national leader before. Ms Andersson, who's currently finance minister, did not win Wednesday's vote. However, she was elected because under Swedish law she only needed a majority of MPs not to vote against her. A hundred years after Swedish women were given the vote, the 54-year-old Social Democrat leader was given a standing ovation by sections of the parliament, or Riksdag. Her election at the head of a minority government followed an 11th-hour deal with the opposition Left party, in exchange for higher pensions for many Swedes. She also secured the support of coalition partner the Greens as well as the Centre party. Of the 349 members of the Riksdag, 174 voted against her. But on top of the 117 MPs who backed...

Amid slight improvement in air quality, Delhi schools, colleges and other educational institutes will reopen from November 29, Environment minister Gopal Rai said on Wednesday (November 24). Educational institutions in Delhi were shut and several other measures were taken in order to tackle air pollution in the national capital.

Iran has executed a man who was arrested for murder when he was aged just 17 in an apparent violation of international law. Arman Abdolali, now 25, was a child when he was detained before he was then subjected to a 'grossly unfair trial marred by torture-tainted "confessions", according to Amnesty International. Abdolali was first sentenced to death in December 2015 after the disappearance of his girlfriend Ghazaleh Shakur a year earlier. Her body was never found and the court found he had murdered her without leaving any trace after achieving 'mental maturity' and understood the nature of the crime.

A photo from a traditional wedding has sent social media user into a fit of laughter considering the unusual incident that occurred. The groom had reportedly slept off and was captured on camera much to the amazement of many. His wife-to-be was spotted trying to wake him up as he appeared to have gone into deep sleep. It is not clear what made the groom fall asleep, but some Twitter users shared their thoughts on the probable cause. @dele5767; E de happen bros most times na highness sha my uncle and friends prostrate greeting wife’s family they prayed for him they said make them stand up others stand e remain only him he no answer laimope bro Gbenga has sleep lol @kevwe_george; He was in d spirit. Maybe the prayer make em go on trance @FunmiKolz; He’s tired. Allow him sleep @fataiolajide3; The dude is funny @A_Blackwoman; The man don tire for the marriage already @Adazefavour; Can’t blame the guy. Weddings are stressful! @__DearBeauty; When he never start work @I_am_Dehstyne...

Chico Ejiro's widow, Joy, has been thrown into a state of mourning again just about eleven months after losing her husband. Joy has lost her 7-year-old son, Viano, to cancer in the United States where they reside. Viano died in the evening of Monday November 15th, and since then condolence messages have been pouring in for the bereaved family from concerned members of the public. Before his demise, Viano had been battling with cancer since he was diagnosed with the ailment when he was a toddler, and his late father had devoted a lot of resources to his treatment. His mother had moved to the United States to get proper treatment for him while he was still a toddler. Viano's death is coming less than a year after Joy lost her husband on Christmas day, December 25th 2020, of complications related to high blood pressure. Losing a husband and son in a space of 11 months is not a tragedy anyone would pray for, and one can imagine the pain that Joy Ejiro is currently going through...

A man simply identified as Baba Gbemi of Fashola Street, Papa Ashafa, Agege, Lagos has killed himself and also poison his wife, reports The Gazelle News.com. According to a neighbor, names withheld, the deceased was an Okada rider, while the wife is a petty trader. The couple was said to have returned from a family event in Abeokuta, before the sad incident. They attended a burial ceremony in Abeokuta. The husband came home before the wife. He had parked his motorcycle and sat in front the house. He later went to purchase something and went inside their room. After a while the wife came back, suddenly we started hearing loud noise from their room. But because we are used to their fight, we didn’t quickly went in to intervene. “When the noise became intense, people rushed to their aid, unfortunately the door was locked from behind. Neighbors made all efforts to pull the door down and we met the couple writhing in pain,” the neighbour told The Gazelle News.com. It was discovered tha...

Chelsea are already one step beyond what happened last time they defended the Champions League title. Nine years ago, they crashed out in at the group stage having lost to Juventus and become the first holders to fail quiet so spectacularly. This year, they are booked into the knock-out stages with one game to spare and Thomas Tuchel's team seized control at the top of Group H with this emphatic display against Juventus. Champions League holders were on sensational form as they hit four past Juventus with academy products Trevoh Chalobah, Reece James and Callum Hudson-Odoi all on target before Timo Werner rounds off the scoring.

Ecobank Nigeria Limited has placed a 'Caveat emptor' (Let the buyer beware)sign over the move by Flour Mills Nigeria PLC to acquire 71.69 percent of Honeywell Group Limited. In a statement on Tuesday, the bank said the company is hugely indebted to it and that the debt is currently a subject of litigation. Kunle Ogunba & Associates, Ecobank’s lawyer said consequent upon a press release circulated in several online publications, the bank decided to alert the general public and the corporate bodies on the danger inherent in dealing in any shares of the company. Ecobank, while narrating its interest in the company, said it advanced several loan facilities which includes working capital disbursements to Honeywell Flour Mills Plc and that due to the failure of the company to liquidate the said loan facilities, Ecobank was constrained to commence winding up proceedings against Honeywell Group Limited at the Federal High Court, Lagos in suit no: FHC/L/CP/1571/2015; Ecob...

Barely one week after a woman allegedly killed her husband who caught her with another man in Edo State, another woman from the same family has killed her own spouse. The woman simply identified as Maimuna allegedly killed her husband known as Mallam Nasiru Dagana. It was gathered that the incident happened at the weekend in Jattu, Uzairue, Etsako West Local government of Edo. Source said earlier in the day, the deceased had gone to the farm with his wives to do some works but after returning, a misunderstanding ensued between him and one the wives which degenerated to a fight. He said during the fight, the woman pushed her husband and in the process, he hit his head on the floor and fainted. He said the deceased was rushed to the hospital for treatment but didn’t recover. Kongtons Bello, Police Public Relations Officer in Edo, could not be reached for comments as of the time of this report as calls and text messages sent to his phone were not answered.

The Osun State Police Command on Tuesday said body of the late post graduate student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife, Timothy Adegoke, was not mutilated before it was buried in a shallow grave. The Police Public Relations Officer for the Command, Yemisi Opalola debunked the rumour that some parts of the body of the deceased were removed by those who allegedly killed him. Autopsy was conducted on the body of the deceased at Osun State University Teaching Hospital in Osogbo on Tuesday to unravel the cause of his death. Timothy lodged at Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife, owned by the founder of Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu (OUI), and was declared missing the following day. His corpse was eventually discovered in a shallow grave few days later. The owner of the hotel, Ramon Adedoyin, and six staff of have been detained at the Police Headquarters in Osogbo, over the incident. Addressing a press conference on the matter, the PPRO said, “Upon exhumation of the corpse, it was clear to ...

Minister of state for petroleum resources, Timipre Sylva, says President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to take action on the current high cooking gas prices as the Yuletide season draws near. He said the president is aware and concerned about Nigeria’s cooking gas price hike. Sylva said this on Tuesday while speaking with state house correspondents after a meeting with the president at the presidential villa, Abuja. At the meeting, he presented Gbenga Komolafe, the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) and Farouk Ahmed, CEO of the Nigerian Downstream and Midstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), to the president The minister explained that the government has no control of the prices, saying it is the international market that primarily determines the price of the commodity. Sylva, however, assured Nigerians that some elements of the pricing would be adjusted internally to enable a reduction. “We must understand tha...

The German government has asked the Federal Government to release at least 30,000 Nigeria Police personnel for special training in Germany on how to manage protests among Nigerians without using weapons. A high-level delegation from Germany, which visited the Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Musiliu Smith, specifically said it was willing to train the new crop of recruits into the Nigeria Police Force on best practices on street protest management. The team, led by a retired Inspector-General of the German Federal Police, Matthias Seeger, had earlier visited the force headquarters where they interacted with the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba. But the German’s position on the management of protests without the use of firearms was countered by Smith, who said Nigerian protesters were usually armed and law enforcement agents have to defend themselves from assault by the protesters.

A lady by the name Amaka Enekwe has died three weeks after her younger sister, Onyinye, died in the Ikoyi building collapse on November 1, 2021. This was revealed by a Facebook user named Blessed Nasa Eriamah, on Tuesday, who shared the news of Amaka’s death. Eriamah stated that Amaka was recovering from an illness only to die on Monday, November 22, three weeks after her sister. “Exactly three weeks after the death of your younger sister at the Ikoyi building collapse, you followed her. Losing two daughters in a space of three weeks is a pain to terrible for a mother to bear,” Eriamah wrote. “When we visited you on Monday you were recovering only to hear of your death today. Amaka why did you follow your sister? “Your mother is trying to be strong, she is trying to hide her pain by singing praises to GOD and laughing when we visited today but she is losing it.” The younger sister, Onyinye, was among the 44 people said to have died in the building collapse on Gerrard Road in Ikoy...

The Indigenous People of Biafra has declared war against methamphetamine consumers in the South-East and its environs. Media and Publicity Secretary of the secessionist group, Emma Powerful, disclosed this on Tuesday in a statement made available to our correspondent in Awka, the Anambra State capital. Describing youth consumption of the drug known as Mkpurummiri in local parlance as an ugly trend, the Biafra agitators asked communities to monitor where such drugs were being sold in their localities and report to IPOB offices nearest to them. “We the global movement and family of the Indigenous People of Biafra notes with utter displeasure, a very ugly and disturbing trend among some youths in Biafra land who have resorted to the consumption of a destructive hard drug methamphetamine known as “Mkpurummiri”. This development is very strange and completely unacceptable. “It is this same hard drug that renders Almajiris in the North useless, and we won’t allow this madness to creep in...

A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Lagos. Fani-Kayode was said to be under investigation for alleged forgery and manipulation of documents. Our correspondent learnt that the ex-minister, who rejoined the All Progressives Congress in September, was brought to the Lagos Zonal Office of the anti-graft agency on Tuesday. The details of the allegations against him were sketchy but the EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed Fani-Kayode’s arrest by operatives. “I think something like that happened,” he said and declined to comment further. Fani-Kayode had been having a running battle with the EFCC for some time and he was once remanded for 67 days in 2016 alongside a former minister of finance, Nenadi Usman. The duo and two others were facing a 17-count of criminal conspiracy, fraud and money laundering to the tune of N4.9 billion. They denied the allegations, and each of them was later granted N250 ...

Retirees that left the service in Osun State on Contributory Pension Scheme on Tuesday lamented hardship they have been exposed to due to non-payment of their retirement benefits. The senior citizens, who had stormed Osun State Government Secretariat in protest, said people were no longer willing to lend them money to feed over their inability to pay back the previous borrowing. The protesters, who were mostly primary school teachers, locked the main entrance to the secretariat and refused all entreaties to open the gate, insisting on meeting the governor, Adegboyega Oyetola. Stating their grievances, the leader of the protesters, Michael Adebayo, said hunger made them to embark on the protest, adding that no one was sponsoring them. Adebayo also said many retirees that left service since year 2016 on a contributory pension scheme had not been paid their entitlements and demanded that Governor Oyetola should address them. He said, “Hunger forced us to the street to embark on prote...