Leader of pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, on Thursday, lambasted former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Bisi Akande, for saying he (Adebanjo) pestered APC chieftain, Bola Tinubu, to build him a house in Lekki, where he now resides. The 93-year-old Afenifere leader, who explained how he sold his properties and […]
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We can’t confirm for now —Police Monarchs are meeting on the issue —Chairman Some of these kidnaps and killings are sponsored from outside —Ohanaeze Uzodinma and Okorocha should resolve their problems for Imo to have peace —Mbazulike Amechi The spate of kidnapping of traditional rulers in Imo State has continued unabated as hoodlums have again, […]
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Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has assigned portfolios to commissioners and special advisers who were sworn in on Monday. He announced the portfolios during the state executive council meeting held on Wednesday in Akure, the state capital. The commissioners and their ministries are: Adefarati Adegboyega Adeyemi – Local Government and Chieftancy Affairs; Ademola-Olateju Bamidele – […]
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The Ondo State High Court has sentenced a woman, Patience Godswill, to seven years’ imprisonment for stealing and selling a two-year-old girl, Blessing, in Omifon town, in the Odigbo Local Government Area of the state. The convict and two other women, Martha Ogboji and Nnomah Annaibe, were arrested and charged with stealing Blessing in Ondo […]
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Members of the National Assembly have criticised the Department of State Services for going public with its warning to lawmakers without a formal security notice to the parliament on potential threats. Several lawmakers who were contacted by our correspondent on Wednesday denied getting any advisory from the DSS to the National Assembly. Some of them, […]
Continue ReadingThe Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has said most of the roads constructed in the country will be tolled to repay the loans used to fund them. Emefiele said this on Wednesday while answering questions after the two-day retreat of the Bankers’ Committee in Lagos. He said, “Most of those roads […]
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No fewer than 107 inbound passengers to Nigeria have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last one week. This was indicated in the data obtained from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control website on Wednesday. The website also showed that 703 cases of the virus were recorded in the country on Tuesday. Checks showed that […]
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Third Mainland Bridge A National Diploma certificate holder, identified as Lekan Odunare, has reportedly jumped into the Lagos Lagoon in an attempt to commit suicide. It was learnt that the victim, whose body had yet to be recovered, jumped into the lagoon in the Epe area around 10am on Tuesday. In a video circulating on […]
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Members of the North/South Alliance during a protest on insecurity in Abuja…on Wednesday. Photo: Olatuji Obasa UN says 2.9 million people displaced in North, states petition signed by 28,000 A petition seeking a state of emergency in Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina and other states in the North-West had garnered 28,000 signatures on Change.Org on Wednesday evening […]
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Says: ‘I sold my properties, took bank loan to build my Lekki house’, tasks EFCC to verify claim Akande a neophyte, a beneficiary of a struggle he never took part in’ APC ex-leader’s properties in Ila Orangun, Ibadan, Lagos and overseas built through corruption ‘Tinubu, the great philanthropist should also disclose the source of his […]
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