November 16 election: Ondo youths rally behind Aiyedatiwa – Adeyemo

Barely six weeks to the November 16 Governorship Election in Ondo State, the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, said that youths in the state have resolved to rally behind the candidacy of the incumbent Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa. The governor, the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, will contest the election with a […]

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South-West APC meets in Lagos, steps up plan for Ondo election

From left: Former Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, Ondo State Governor, Hon Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, his Ekiti State counterpart, Mr Abiodun Oyebanji, former Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, who represented President Bola Tinubu, Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo […]

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Nigeria at 64: What future for democracy?

By Segun Ayobolu Forthe past several years, even before the commencement of this democratic dispensation in 1999, several military regimes and civilian administrations have been forced to organize what has been described as ‘low key’ celebrations to commemorate the country’s independence anniversary on October 1, 1960. It has not been different with the President Bola […]

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National honours: Speaker Abbas lauds Tinubu for correcting past mistakes

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, on Saturday, applauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for correcting the mistakes of the past by according the House its constitutional status in coffering the Speaker with the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON). President Tinubu had during his Independence Day Anniversary address to […]

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Rivers APC condemns explosion at party secretariat

The All Progressives Congress in Rivers State has condemned the explosion at its secretariat along Aba Road in Port Harcourt on Saturday morning, saying the party is under attack. The former caretaker committee chairman of the state APC, Chief Tony Okocha, stated this while fielding questions from newsmen in Port Harcourt about the explosion. Recall […]

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Tetanus: Why women should receive five shots and not three

At the Badore Primary Healthcare Centre in Eti Osa Local Government, Mrs. Lovett Edwin, a legal practitioner, had come with Samuel, her 2-month-old son, for immunisation. She also took two doses of tetanus injection in pregnancy and plans to take three more doses to complete it. “I took doses of the tetanus injection during the […]

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Explosion rocks Rivers APC secretariat as LG poll holds

Buildings and other property were shattered in the early hours of Saturday as explosives suspected to be dynamite shattered the secretariat of the All Progressives Congress along Aba Road in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital. The explosion brought down the gate of the secretariat while doors, windows, and other property were destroyed. This is the […]

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Alake unfolds plans to establish Wole Soyinka Adire village

As part of efforts to boost the local production of Adire fabric, a one-stop shop in Adire village will soon berth in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. This was disclosed by the Alake and Paramount Ruler of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, on Friday, at a press conference in Abeokuta, that the Adire village is named […]

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Reps laud Tinubu over honour’s upgrade for Abbas

The deputy spokesman of the House of Representatives, Philip Agbese, has commended President Bola Tinubu for heeding the request of the House to elevate the national honour of the Commander of the Federal Republic, earlier bestowed on the Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas to the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger. Tinubu, in his nationwide […]

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Aiyedatiwa orders evacuation as flood ravages Ondo

Ondo State Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa on Saturday, ordered the evacuation of people from the areas affected by Friday’s flash flood in Ondo City. Besides, he ordered a rapid response from the government to halt further damages. His spokesman, Ebenezer Adeniyan, said in a statement that the Environment Ministry would intensify dredging, and sanction developers […]

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