The Anglican Bishop of Owo Diocese, Rt Rev (Dr) Stephen Fagbemi has attributed the victory of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu at the Supreme Court an unmerited Grace, noting that the judgement could have gone the other way. He declared this yesterday when the Governor, his wife, Betty; his Deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, wife Oluwaseun, members of the […]
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The Caretaker Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Osun State, Hon Rasaq Salinsile; ex-APC chair Elder Adelowo Adebiyi, two ex-commissioners and two ex-cabinet members in the administration of former Governor Rauf Aregbesola were arraigned before an Osogbo Magistrate Court on Monday. Ex-commissioner for Works and Transports Engr. Kazeem Salami; ex-Commissioner for Youth, Sports and […]
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Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, has explained why he asked residents of the State to carry arms and defend themselves against bandits terrorising them. He stated categorically that citizens cannot fold their arms and allow the bandits kill them unnecessarily since there are no adequate security personnel to guard every community. Masari, in an interview […]
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Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says the number of persons in the state that died from COVID-19 related complications had increased to 506. He said this through his Facebook account @ProfAkinolaAbayomi on Sunday, while giving the state’s COVID-19 update for August 20. He said that 11 persons died from COVID-19 related complications […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has extended condolences to the Aguiyi-Ironsi family over the death of Chief Victoria Aguiyi-Ironsi, its matriarch and wife of Nigeria’s military Head of State, late Gen Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President noted that the departed former First Lady would […]
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Lady Victoria Nwanyiocha Aguiyi-Ironsi, widow of first military ruler of Nigeria, Late Major General Jonson Aguiyi-Ironsi, has passed on. She was aged 97. Family sources dislosed that the former Nigerian first lady, whose husband was killed in the second military coup on July 29, 1966, died on Monday morning. General Aguiyi-Ironsi, her husband, ruled Nigeria […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said Big Brother Naija Lockdown housemate, Dorathy Bachor, lied that she was at home when the anti-graft operatives broke into her residence in the Lekki area of Lagos State. EFCC in a statement on Monday also said “nine alleged internet fraud suspects were apprehended in the block of […]
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Anti graft body, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has reacted to claims by former Big Brother Naija reality TV star, Dorathy Bachor, that her house was broken into by its operatives. In a statement on Monday, it said its operatives broke into the house because they refused to open the door. It said: […]
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Customers on Monday were stranded as banks failed to open in Owerri, the capital city of Imo State. This is even as markets, schools, eateries, shopping malls and supermarkets also failed to open for the day. Our correspondent who monitored the situation around the state capital saw bank customers stranded at Bank Road, a place […]
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