Oyo State Executive Council has announced the appointment of HRM Ohna Sergeant Chidi Awuse, Paramount Ruler of Emuoha Kingdom, as the Chancellor of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso. Commissioner for Information, Culture, and Tourism, Dr. Wasiu Olatubosun, announced this in a statement on Wednesday. He said the decision was reached during the […]
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Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says, “It is irresponsible and reckless” the online report credited to him that INEC deliberately withheld the real-time upload of presidential election results from polling units. He clarified on Wednesday in Washington DC, while reacting to the report published on some online platforms. He said the report […]
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Bureau de change. Credit: QZ •Falls by 20 per cent last year •Oil, gas receives only 0.21 per cent The aggressive global monetary tightening and rising political cum business risk are taking their toll on the country’s investment market as capital importation contracted last year by 20 percent. The figure, according to data released by […]
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Former US president Donald Trump appears in court at the Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on April 4, 2023. – Former US president Donald Trump arrived for a historic court appearance in New York on Tuesday, facing criminal charges that threaten to upend the 2024 White House race. (Photo by Andrew Kelly / Pool […]
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By Azuka Onwuka Over the weekend, there was a news story that the Lagos State Government had banned non-indigenous traditional titles over a video made by the Eze Igbo of Oshodi-Isolo, Fred Nwajagu, in response to the ethnic attacks on Igbo during the last election. It was reported that he was promptly arrested by the […]
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• Mohammed: Obi fanning insurrection • Obi: Demarketing me not good for Nigeria • Don’t misinform international community, LP cautions Mohammed • Reps condemns interim government plot, tasks security agencies on vigilance Days after being in the eye of the storm over a leaked tape conversation with the Founder and Presiding Bishop of Living Faith […]
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The Senate on Tuesday frowned on the continuous stay in the mortuary of the remains of a former Senate President, Joseph Wayas, 14 months after he died in a London hospital. Wayas, who was a senator in the Second Republic, died on November 20, 2021, after hospitalisation at the London hospital, and his remains were […]
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Photo credit: CNN Donald Trump on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts inside a packed New York courtroom ahead of a trial that could begin as soon as January, as he became the first American president to be arrested on criminal charges. After a stern glare to the waiting press, Trump spent about […]
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Osun State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps has said six people died while seven others were injured in multiple road accidents that occurred in Ipetu Ijesa along Ilesa/Akure expressway on Tuesday. A statement by the Sector Public Education Officer, Agnes Ogungbemi, explained that after the crash, a sum of N27,171,400 was recovered […]
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The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari has delivered on his pledge to leave behind a legacy of free, fair and credible elections through the conduct of 2023 polls. Mohammed stated this in Washington DC during his official engagements with some international media organisations. He added that Buhari […]
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