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Oyindamola Olubajo

Oyindamola Olubajo is a reporter with Peoples Gazette focusing on special reports and critical national news. She is a graduate of Mass Communication with over three years of experience in writing and reporting. Prior to working with The Gazette, she was with AllNews, an online news platform.She is on Twitter @hoyiin
December 8, 2021

Gloomy Christmas as FG tells police, civil servants no money to pay December salary

“Due to the recurrent trends of shortfall in budgetary allocations…there might be an envisaged delay in payment of December 2021 salary.”

Nigerian-Police-Force
December 7, 2021

Dowen College: Police interrogate key suspects in Sylvester Oromoni’s death

The police command in Lagos has interrogated three Dowen College students over the torture and eventual death of Sylvester Oromoni, a 12-year-old student.

Sylvester Oromoni/Dowen College
December 7, 2021

Dowen College: Falana writes Lagos coroner for autopsy on Oromoni

“We hereby request Your Lordship to conduct an inquest into the circumstances surrounding this tragic death at Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos State.”

Sylvester Oromoni/Dowen College
December 5, 2021

Dowen College principal queried me for releasing final moments of my son: Bereaved Father

Mr Oromoni claims the school did not reach out to his family during their child’s ordeal.

Sylvester Oromoni and his late son
December 5, 2021

Police take over Dowen College as Lagos government shuts down proposed online classes

The government announced in a letter to the school that all academic activities, including online classes and examinations are to be shut down.

Nigerian police shuts down Dowen College
December 5, 2021

Dowen College sends belated condolence to dead student’s family

The school described the 12-year-old, who died after he was reportedly tortured to death by fellow students, as “a beacon of light for the school.”

Sylvester Oromoni Junior and Dowen college
December 5, 2021

APC kicks as Jandor’s Lagos4Lagos movement defects to PDP

The APC vowed that it will retain power in 2023, maintaining that the new development will not be a distraction.

Members of Lagos4Lagos
December 4, 2021

Delta govt demands prosecution of those responsible for death of Dowen College boy

The Delta government has called for a thorough probe of circumstances surrounding the death of its indigene and Dowen College student, Sylvester Oromoni.

December 4, 2021

Dowen College continues classes online despite Sanwo-Olu shutdown

Mr Sanwo-Olu’s administration had ordered the indefinite closure of the school following the death of a 12-year-old student, Sylvester Oromoni Junior.

Dowen College
December 3, 2021

Farooq Kperogi’s ‘Nigeria’s Digital Diaspora’ wins top academic publishing award

The book asserts that a country’s transnational elite can shake its media ecosystem through distant online citizen journalism.

Farooq Kperogi and Nigeria's Digital Diaspora book