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November 07, 2016 Cult Members Kill Final Year Student Over Girlfriend Bad guys, suspected to be cult members, on Saturday unleashed mayhem in the Ijagun, Ijebu Ode area of Ogun State, during which they killed a final-year student of the Tai Solarin University of Education. The cult members, who were armed with cutlasses and guns, were said to have invaded Abapawa, an area off the campus – at about 12pm and chased students, during which the victim, Ganiyu Oloyede, was hacked to death. Oloyede was said to be a 400-level student of Social Studies in TASUED. Oloyede was hacked to death by the cult members because his girlfriend, whose name could not yet be ascertained, was beaten up by one of the cult members, and the victim had reportedly challenged the assault . According to Punch, the cult members mobilised to the hostel where Oloyede, who was preparing for his teaching practice stayed and killed him. There was tension in Abapapawa, as students sh...

November 07, 2016 Recession Forcing Down House Rent In Abuja If there is anything many residents of the Federal Capital Territory are happy for about the economic recession, it is that rent has become more affordable and they can now pay for better accommodation. Tenants and estate agents spoke to Daily Trust about it. Grace Adesewo, 36, with her husband, are expecting the arrival of their first baby. They were living in a two-bedroom apartment in a block of flats in Garki, Area 8, Abuja. The space was too small to accommodate a new baby who needs a cot and a chest of drawers among other items, first time parents would have gone all out for. Mrs. Adesewo, who resumed work three months after putting to bed, invited her mother to help her nurse the baby. In May, 2015 the couple began house-hunting. Although the couple had saved N2.5million which was the going rate for a three bedroom flat in the part of Garki they wanted. But in the end they paid N1.5million...