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They won’t win – Peter ObiUpdate: Venezuela earthquake de@th toll hits 589 as USGS predicts it could rise as high as 100,000Tragedy Strikes as Newly Elected Irigwe Youth Leader Is KilledPatients Can Return Home the Same Day After New Laser Prostate Procedure in AbujaFarmer Freed From DSS Custody, Compensated After Being Exonerated of Boko Haram LinksNigerian Army Recovers Rustled Livestock After Raid on BanditsNo Faith in Tinubu: PRP Leader Slams Government as ‘Insincere’ on National SecurityTeenager Allegedly Stabs Friend to Death in Kano State21 Nations Now Qualify for FIFA World Cup Knockout StageFG Warns Against Data Manipulation Ahead of 2027 ElectionsNigerian Army Overhauls Top Leadership in Major Command ReshuffleWycombe Wanderers Announce Contract Renewal for Nigerian Forward Fred OnyedinmaPresident Overhauls BCDA Leadership: George Out, Namdas In After Governorship Bid FailsUS launches new attack on IranNDC Hits Back: Judgment Based on False Claim About Rival Party Logo, Says SecretaryAPC Members in Esa-Oke Deny Link Between Wole Oke and Accord Party Member’s MurderNigeria Risks No 2027 Election If Peter Obi Is Blocked from Ballot, Warns Igbo Forum LeaderEscalating Violence Claims Lives of Miyetti Allah Chairman and Companion in Otukpo Amid ReconciliationFrom Crime to Redemption: Charly Boy Admits White-Collar Offenses”Reaction Trails Courts Decision to Set Aside NDC Registration, As Party Heads to AppealCalabar to Host 2026 NWFL Championship in JulyOluremi Tinubu Defends Reforms, Says They Will Benefit Future GenerationsAirlines Push for Overhaul of Nigeria’s Civil Aviation RegulationsUN Elects Nigeria to Committee on Elimination of Discrimination Against WomenMrM & Revelation to Receive Music Icon of the Year Award at Anambra Man of the Year 2026Nigerians Can Acquire Vehicles with 10% Deposit Under Access Bank Financing InitiativeOndo state government withholds WASSCE results of graduating students over signing out rampage
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UpdateD: Body of Lagos diploma holder who plunged into Lagos lagoon has been found

The  dead body of the National Diploma certificate holder, Lekan Odunare, who jumped into a lagoon in the Epe area of Lagos State on Tuesday morning, has been found.

The body of the deceased was found on Thursday, December 16.

A video of Lekan sitting on the rails of a bridge before plunging into the waters has been making the rounds. Before he dived in, a man filming the scene was heard querying his intention.

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