INEC officials accrediting voters during a previous election President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, promised that he would not interfere in the outcome of the 2023 Presidential election, expressing his willingness to accept anybody elected by Nigerians. He spoke in an interview with Channels Television’s crew, where he also admitted having a favourite candidate among presidential aspirants […]
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Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has raised an alarm that withdrawal by the Nigerian Army of soldiers from correctional centres across the state is encouraging jail breaks which have recently been on the rise. The governor, who received a full briefing of the situation from the Commissioner of Police, Oyediran Oyeyemi, was worried about the […]
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Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in a verbal exchange with a police officer who had recently defied an order of the Governor, the so called Chief Security Officer of his state Why state police is not an option, Buhari defends stance PDP Chair: President is comfortable with killings in the land Southwest governors fault current […]
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The stool of Orimolusi of Ijebu Igbo in Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State, which has been vacant for the past 27 years, has been filled with the election of Prince Lawrence Jayeola Adebajo as the Orimolusi-elect. He emerged winner having polled six out of 10 votes during the election held at the […]
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549 plots within Shangisha to be allocated An amicable resolution of the Magodo Phase II Estate dispute seems to have been reached between the Lagos State Government and the parties in the Magodo/Shangisha land dispute. Under the pact, the state government will provide 549 plots within Shangisha to the affected stakeholders as directed by the […]
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Protest yesterday rocked Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State over suspension of union activities by the management and 13 months unpaid salaries. The management on Tuesday announced suspension of activities of the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics (SSANIP) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (NASUP), following an alleged plan by the unions to […]
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Veteran actress, Sidikat Odukanwi, popularly known as Iyabo Oko has died. She died on Wednesday evening. Actress Foluke Daramola-Salako confirmed her death. She wrote on her Instagram page: “and finally we lost her.. rip Iyabo Oko, we did our best but God knows best” Also Sidikat’s daughter Bisi Aisha, a female soldier, confirmed her death. […]
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There was anxiety yesterday in the Federal Civil Service as the Federal Government unfolded plans to reduce the size of the work force. Already, government is working out an exit package for workers that would be affected. However, there was disquiet as Labour described the plan to sack workers as a reversal of the much […]
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By Abdu Rafiu When one thinks of a public intellectual and a diplomat extra-ordinary, the person to whom the mind races is no other than Professor Bolaji Akinwande Akinyemi. You look right, you look left and you concentrate the mind on the centre, the picture that hits you is that of Professor Bolaji Akinyemi. The […]
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The Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, has faulted President Muhammadu Buhari’s position on state police, urging Nigerians to insist on creation of state police. PANDEF, through its National Publicity Secretary, Ken Robinson while disagreeing with President Muhammadu Buhari on state police said: “The president is saying he does not believe in state police. Well, that […]
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