Weightlifter Rafiatu Lawal has won Team Nigeria’s second gold medal in the women’s 59kg category of the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Sunday. She clinched gold by lifting a combined total lift of 206kg – 110kg in snatch and 116kg in Clean and Jerk- to win the women’s 59kg weightlifting event and also set […]
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Pan Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has urged Nigerians to disregard information from any social media account claiming to belong to its leader, Pa Ayo Adebanjo. National Publicity Secretary of the group, Jare Ajayi, said in a statement on Sunday that the Twitter account which some electronic and online media quoted from did not belong to […]
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Set for feeder roads rehabilitation Oyo State Government has barred all former Private Sector Participants (PSPs) from engaging in any form of refuse evacuation in the state. A statement by the Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr Wasiu Olatubosun, said that this directive was issued by Governor Seyi Makinde in his newsletter dated July […]
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One of the failed parts of the Ita-Oluwo/Muti Road Please Come To Our Aid Now – Residents Govt Aware Of Situation, Shopping For Lasting Solution – SA Works These are not the best of times for residents of Ita-Oluwo, Mushin, Agbede, Muti, Ajegunle, Igbo-Ogijo, Igbo-Olomu, Psychiatry and environs as they lament the deterioration of the […]
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By Martins Oloja “There is not much talking now. A silence falls upon them all. This is no time to talk of hedges and fields, or the beauties of any country. Sadness and fear and hate, how they well up in the heart and mind, whenever one opens pages of these messengers of doom. Cry […]
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The CAC Good Women Association in the region comprising Ondo, Ekiti and Edo States will converge at the Babalola International Miracle Camp, Ikeji Arakeji in Osun State between Wednesday, August 3rd to 6th, 2022 to celebrate its 78th annual conference. This was contained in a statement by the National Organizing Secretary, CAC Good Women Association, […]
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The Police Command in Adamawa has rescued four persons recently kidnapped in Maiha Local Government Area of the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman Nguroje, in a statement made available to newsmen in Yola on Sunday, said that the victims were rescued unharmed. He said that during the operation, three of the criminals […]
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One of the sons of the iconic Juju music megastar, Chief Ebenezer Obey-Fabiyi, Olayinka Olalekan Obey-Fabiyi, aged 48 has passed on. Quoting sources, The Nation reports that Olayinka died on Friday, while his remains were interred on Saturday. Reportedly, the cause of the death was yet to be ascertained as at the time of filing […]
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Bread For the umpteenth time, bakers across the country again increased the price of bread, amid the harsh business environment triggered by the surging production cost. Before now, the bakers, under the aegis of Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria (AMBCN) and Premium Bread-Makers Association of Nigeria, have jerked up the price, at […]
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Nigerians have continued to express their views on the Federal Government’s consideration of a possible restriction on the use of commercial motorcycles. The Federal Government had announced that it was considering a ban on motorcycles as part of its strategy to cripple terrorists’ activities in the country. The government proposal was part of the outcome […]
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