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Oyetola, as ex-chief of staff, should answer questions on debts incurred by Aregbesola, projects’ costs – Ex-Finance commissioner Bolorunduro

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Dr Wale Bolorunduro served as Commissioner for Finance during the first term of ex-Governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola. He is also a member of The Osun Progressives, a faction in the state APC backed by Aregbesola. Bolorunduro, in this interview with Bola Bamigbola, calls for genuine reconciliation between Oyetola and Aregbesola factions before the […]

Exco members didn’t know most things that happened during Aregbesola’s administration – Ex-Information commissioner Akere

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Sunday Akere served during the first tenure of ex-governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, as Commissioner for Information and Strategy. Akere, who is the current Special Adviser on Political Affairs to Governor Gboyega Oyetola, in this interview with Bola Bamigbola, appeals to the aggrieved All Progressives Congress members to embrace peace. Are you comfortable with […]

MTN’s first public offer oversubscribed as 126,720 Nigerians buy shares

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At least 126,720 retail investors submitted valid applications and received full allotment as MTN Nigeria Communications Plc announced that its first public offer for sale of 575 million shares recorded an oversubscription of 139.47 per cent. This is contained in a statement signed by the MTNN Company Secretary, Uto Ukpanah, posted on the Nigerian Exchange […]

University don Sedara asks FG to tap Ikogosi geothermal energy, others

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By Banji Ayoola A geophysicist and lecturer in the Department of Physics and Electronics at Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State , AAUA, Mr. Samuel Sedara, has called on the Federal Government to harness the potential of geothermal energy resources at Ikogosi in Ekiti State and across Nigeria. In a statement titled “Ikogosi Geothermal […]

Cruel kidnap, murder of Hanifa

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Nigeria’s sharp descent into anarchy and nastiness is demonstrated in the recent cold-blooded killing and mutilation of a five-year-old pupil, Hanifa Abubakar, by a Kano State-based school proprietor, Abdulmalik Tanko. Parents of the adorable child enrolled her at Tanko’s school, which later turned out to be her slaughterhouse, rather than a learning centre. They desired […]

Coast clear for Lekan Balogun to become Olubadan as court dismisses suit against emergence

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An Oyo State High Court has dismissed the suit challenging the consent judgment that nullified the promotion of Ibadan High Chiefs as Obas under the late Senator Abiola Ajimobi led government in the state. The judgement cleared the coast for the appointment of Lekan Balogun as the new Olubadan of Ibadan. Controversies had surrounded the […]

Balogun, others withdraw suit, postpone Ibadan Chieftaincy Declaration review

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Late Olubadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji Oloko of Oko Ile dies at 85 There is a new development in the ascension of Senator Lekan Balogun as the next Olubadan of Ibadan, as the reform of the Olubadan Chieftaincy Declaration of 1957, which caused delay in the enthronement of the new monarch, has become a future assignment. […]

How Nigerian student died hours after arrival in Ukraine – Autopsy

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A 19-year-old student, Fadlullah Agboluaje, who recently died in Ukraine, was said to have experienced extreme cold before he passed on. Rofeeha, Agboluaje’s older sister, had raised the alarm on social media that her family was informed that he was found dead in his room hours after he arrived at the Lviv Polytechnic National University, […]

Ex-Lagos Governor Ambode breaks silence on 2023

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Ex-Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday broke his long silence on the 2023 polls, urging the nation’s youths to register and get their permanent voter cards (PVCs) to vote in the elections. He made the appeal in a short statement shared on his verified social media platforms, where he also thanked supporters for […]

Northern CAN refutes endorsing Yahaya Bello for presidency

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The Northern Region chapter of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, on Tuesday, denied endorsing Governor Yahaya Bello for the office of Nigeria’s president in 2023, describing as “a fabrication” an online report on the issue. It stated that no candidate was endorsed by the CAN leadership in the 19 Northern States and Abuja during its […]