Former Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has petitioned the Department of State Service (DSS) to investigate the peddlers of fake news about his alleged involvement in the drafting of the judgement for the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT). Jackson Ude alleged that Fashola and some lawyers of the All Progressives Congress (APC) were […]
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Says Adeleke, PDP senators’ support no big deal The All Progessives Congress in Osun State has asked Governor Ademola Adeleke, the ruling People’s Democratic Party, and his supporters to desist from remarking as if the political fortune of his predecessor and APC leader in the state, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, depends on their whims and caprices. […]
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Operatives of Osun State Amotekun Corps have arrested a -25 year- old man for allegedly attempting to kidnap a tenneger after luring her with N50 in Osogbo, the state capital. The suspect was arrested by the operatives who acted on a tip-off. Reports said the suspect was trying to kidnap the young girl around Obanisola […]
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Osun State Government has partnered with Fidelity Bank, Wootlab Foundation, Microsoft, UNDP, SMEDAN and BOI to set up an MSME Clinic (OSUNPRENEUR) to empower 600 youths across the state’s Local Government Areas. Hon Kehinde Ibitoye, the state’s Focal Person on Social Intervention Programs(SIP), made this known in a statement on Monday. He said: “In line […]
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– Jakande’s contributions remain evergreen Dear Members of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, members of the International Press Institute, Leaders of the Nigeria Institute of Journalism, dear colleagues, I am deeply honoured to have been invited to this lecture and that my words will be delivered by the esteemed Member of the IPI Executive Board, Raheem […]
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Niger’s coup leaders have closed the country’s airspace until further notice, citing the threat of military intervention from their neighbours. The West African group of countries, ECOWAS, had earlier warned it could use force if President Mohamed Bazoum was not reinstated by 23:00 GMT on Sunday. A junta spokesman says Niger’s armed forces are ready […]
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Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde has constituted a committee on Sustainable Action For Economic Recovery (SAfER). The Committee, according to a statement by the Commissioner of Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, is by the governor’s promise made during a statewide address to the people of Oyo State. According to the statement, the Committee […]
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Seven years after the Federal Government commenced the Ogoni clean-up project, the authorities have commissioned a 500,000-litre capacity water scheme in the Barako community, Gokana local government council of Rivers State. The completion of the water scheme by the Hydrocarbon Pollution and Remediation Project (HYPREP), which is part of the six projects is expected to […]
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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has ordered the immediate suspension of the General Manager of Lagos State Infrastructure and Asset Management Agency (LASIAMA), Mrs. Adenike Adekanbi. Mr. Olumide Sogunle, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information and Strategy, made the disclosure in a statement on Sunday in Lagos. Sanwo-Olu approved the suspension based on the outcome of […]
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ECOWAS extraordinary summit: L – R:- President Macky Sall of Senegal; President Umaru Mokhtar Sissoco of Guinea Bissau; President of ECOWAS Commission, Omar Alieu Touray; President Adama Barrow of the Gambia; President Bola Ahmed Tinubu; President Patrice Talon of Benin Republic; President Faure Gnassingbe of Togo; President Nana Akuffo–Ado of Ghana and President Alassane Quattara […]
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