The Olubadan-in-Council will meet today over the succession crisis that hit Ibadan, following the demise of Oba Saliu Adetunji. The 11-member council is scheduled to meet at the historic Mapo Hall where they chose as meeting place after receiving beaded crown as obas. The late Olubadan had forbidden them from bringing crown to his palace, […]
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Bandits kill nine, injure five in Kaduna attacks 97 kidnapped victims freed Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has said forests in northern Nigeria should be carpet-bombed to end banditry in the region. ”I’ve always believed that, you know, we should carpet-bomb the forests; we can replant the trees after. Let’s carpet-bomb the forests and bomb […]
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Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu Ondo State Government has disclosed its monthly expenditure, pledging not to sack workers whatever the economic situation. In a statement titled: “Figures Don’t Lie, But We Won’t Sack Like Them,” it gave the analysis of its monthly expenditure profile, saying that Organised Labour sits with its officials led by the Head of […]
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Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has assured workers in the state of his administration’s resolve to continue to place premium on their welfare despite the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic, which he said has led the country into the present harsh economic realities. A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Richard Olatunde, said that he […]
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Challenges PDP to publish details of companies linked to Governor’s family, report to EFCC Akeredolu’s family on looting spree – PDP Ondo State Government has debunked the alleged looting of the state by the family of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu as it challenged the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to publish the details of the 13 […]
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A screengrab taken on January 4, 2022, shows Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu pointing to the police officer who defied his order to vacate the Magodo Phase II Estate in Lagos The lingering land dispute at the Magodo Phase II Estate in Lagos took a different dimension on Tuesday as a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) publicly […]
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Over 15 million Nigerians have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. This is according to the national daily call-in data from the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA). The agency said 10,813,596 of the total eligible persons targeted for COVID-19 vaccination were reached with the first dose. It said 4,590,263 were […]
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Residents of Magodo Phase II Estate in Lagos are protesting the presence of over 50 armed policemen in their estate. The management early Tuesday shut the two gates leading into the estate. The closure led to the disruption of vehicular movement. People were allowed to exit the estate, but were restricted from entering. Residents bore […]
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By Chud Uchegbu On December 28, while many were reveling in Christmas festivities, President Olusegun Obasanjo, as he used to be, was at his desk writing a letter to Chief Edwin Clark, acclaimed leader of the Ijaw nation. Obasanjo’s letter was in response to allegations against him contained in a Chief Clark’s earlier letter titled […]
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OBJ’s statement inflammatory, unfair to Niger Delta, say Akpomudje, Okrika ‘If you go strictly by the constitution, that is what it is’ Dust raised by ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s response to a letter to him by Ijaw leader and former information minister, Chief Edwin Clark, over who owns mineral resources in the region and indeed Nigeria, […]
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