Oyo State Deputy Governor, Rauf Olaniyan (right); Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Leo Irabor and Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, during a visit to the Governor’s Office in Ibadan… yesterday. Photo: Najeem Raheem Governor seeks more troops for boundary communities South-West leaders to discuss challenges March 17 Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde […]
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Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has appealed to the Nigerian army to deploy troops to border towns in the state to check the influx of criminal-minded people into the country. He made the call while receiving the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, who led other top military personnel on a courtesy visit to […]
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Thursday said the herbal product – Verozil, announced by the Ooni of Ife as a cure for COVID-19 is only an immune booster. It stated that although the product has been listed as an immune booster, it is yet to be found to […]
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Price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise called petrol has soared to N212.6 per litre, Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) said in a new monthly template. The template published Thursday night shows that the retail price of petrol would sell between market band of N209.61 and N212.61. Marketers usually sell at the upper band. […]
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Mr. Wale Oshun is the chairman, Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG). He spoke with Seye Olumide on issues of insecurity in Southwest and response by governors. The southwest governors are being vilified by their people for not acting proactively on the menace of armed Fulani herdsmen and their atrocities, while at the same […]
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Veteran actresses, Mrs Idowu Philips aka Iya Rainbow and Mrs Lanre Hassan Adesina aka Iya Awero have been honoured in commemoration of the 2021 International Women’s Day. The super stars were honoured by International Breweries in a green carpet event that was held in Lagos. The event had a band of poets, drummers, and dancers […]
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Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar (left); Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado-Bayero; Emir of Kazaure, Dr Najib Hussaini-Adamu; Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi and Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe during their meeting with President Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja…yesterday. Photo: NAN Restates order to shoot at sight anyone found with AK-47 […]
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Nigeria’s service chiefs on Thursday arrived in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Led by the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Leo Irabor, they arrived at the 2 Division of the Nigerian Army early in the morning where Gen. Irabor addressed officers and men of the division. Other service chiefs in attendance include Chief of Army […]
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• To resist moving wage to concurrent list• Vows to end lawmakers’ careers• Speaker promises to address workers’ complaints Workers, under the aegis of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), yesterday, came hard on federal lawmakers and threatened to shut down the economy if the House of Representatives passes a bill intended […]
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Ekiti State Police Command has vowed to enforce the presidential directive by President Muhammadu Buhari that any non-state actor bearing firearms should be shot at sight. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Mobayo Babatunde, stated this at a stakeholders’ meeting in Ado Ekiti, the state capital held at the behest of the Inspector General of Police, […]
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