Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has lambasted Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State for his alleged hypocrisy and promotion of religious intolerance in the state which allegedly contributed to the 24-year jail term handed down to an atheist, Mubarak Bala. In a telephone interview, Soyinka said the sentence handed down to Bala must be appealed […]
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Ending months of speculation and consultation, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday joined the presidential race ahead of the primary of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, which comes up next month. At a dinner he hosted at the Presidential Villa for the breaking of Ramadan fast (Iftar), the Vice-President informed the APC governors of his […]
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Terrorists who attacked an Abuja-Kaduna train and killed eight people have released a fresh hostage video showing their victims in an unidentified location suspected to be a forest. The Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria’s Bank of Agriculture, Alwan Ali-Hassan, who was recently released was flanked by other abductees in the new video. The masked terrorists […]
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Chairman of telecommunications services provider, Globacom, Dr. Mike Adenuga Jr., has said the company appreciates its dealers who have worked assiduously to make the network the darling of subscribers across the country. The business mogul spoke on Friday at an exquisite Dealer Appreciation gala dinner organised by the company at the Eko Hotels and Suites […]
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Wife of Ondo State Governor, Mrs. Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, joined the senatorial race in her Imo home state, seeking to fly the ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC , to contest the Imo East Senatorial District seat in next year’s election. She disclosed her intention during an interaction with members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of […]
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The sacked Imam of Apo Legislative Quarters Juma’at Mosque, Sheikh Muhammad Khalid, popularly known as Digital Imam, speaks on the state of the nation and the 2023 elections, in this interview with Solomon Odeniyi. How has life been for you after you were shown the door by the committee in charge of the Apo Legislative […]
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By Banji Ayoola Ondo State Government has defended its demolition of the Trade Fair complex in Akure, the state capital as it blasts the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP for criticising it on the exercise, describing the party as a scavenger for rots. In a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr Donald […]
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Ondo State Commissioner for Commerce, Industry and Cooperative Services, Hon. Omolola Fagbemi has initiated a scholarship scheme and given scholarship to five indigent students of her alma mater, Independence Grammar School, Ondo City . A statement by the ministry’s spokesman, Mr Bisi Agboola, said that the scholarship, to be tagged ”Lola Fagbemi Scholarship Scheme” is […]
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Security agencies in Ondo state at the weekend reportedly averted a free for all at the venue of a state congress of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Akure, the state capital. It was learnt that tension had risen among members of the party in an attempt to resist holding a state Congress of the […]
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By Banji Ayoola In view of the passion he has put into the establishment and operation of the regional security outfit, Amotekun, Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has been described as the generalissimo of the Southwest, whose achievement the entire nation is proud of. Giving this description is the state chairman of the ruling […]
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