Urges President to stop exuding false confidence, listen to citizens, restructure the country PDP governors decry FG’s excessive borrowing, NNPC’s opaque operations Want Twitter ban reviewed in nation’s interest Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has said that Nigeria may not celebrate another Democracy Day as one nation if President Muhammadu Buhari fails to listen to […]
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The homegrown security force now operating in most of the six states in the Southwest, Amotekun, would eventually transform into state police, the chairman of the Southwest Governors Forum and Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has declared. Already the State Security Network code-named Amotekun Corps is being strengthened to effectively check insecurity in the region. […]
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Author: Olatunbosun Isijola Pages: 380 A Review by Ajose Kudehinbu, NPOM, former Head of Service (HoS) Ondo State Heroes and Icons, by Olatunbosun Isijola, if I remember, is the first of any such publication on Ondo State, including to a large extent, Ekiti State carved out in 1996. The book is a chronicle of data, […]
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Comfort Benjamin, a teenager living with her family in Jos, Plateau State, went out on May 22, a day to her 16th birthday, and never returned. Two days later, her corpse was found dumped on the street. The sister of the deceased, Magdalene, tells Godfrey George the family is distraught What is your name? My name […]
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Ondo State Governor, Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, on Saturday, said the only way to resolve the ongoing challenges facing the country was to adopt a true federal system of government. Akeredolu, however, noted that the challenges were surmountable provided that everyone in the country was sincere in tackling and finding a lasting solution to the problem. […]
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Sixty-six-year-old Samuel Omoyefa is the first driver of the late Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua of the Synagogue Church of All Nations. He shares his experience driving the late clergyman with Gbenga Adeniji Tell us about yourself. I hail from Ora-Ekiti, Ekiti State and trained as a mechanic. I am the fourth child of my parents. I […]
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Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba A 35-year-old housewife, (names withheld), has been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command for allegedly selling her two daughters, aged four and two respectively. The suspect was arrested, following a report lodged at Redeemed Camp divisional headquarters by her husband. The Police Public Relations Officer in the […]
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Mrs Esther Kanebi No, she abandoned us –Son Home for Mrs Esther Kanebi is worse than a pigsty. The squalid structure built with weakened bamboo sticks and thinly draped with thorn polyethene sheets and mosquito net can barely protect her from the elements. The damp environment, which was littered with filth and vegetation provided ample […]
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Renowned labour unionist and elder statesman, Chief Frank Kokori, recalls the sacrifices made to end dictatorship in Nigeria and assesses the regime of the President Muhammadu Buhari in upholding democratic tenets, in this interview with Tobi Aworinde It’s been 22 years since Nigeria returned to democracy. What are your thoughts on the level of progress since […]
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Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, has described the late Moshood Abiola as the most acceptable democrat cherished by Nigerians. Mohamned said this in Gamawa Local Government Area of the state during the distribution of empowerment items to youths and women under the Kaura Economic Empowerment Programme (KEEP). He said the empowerment was historic as […]
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