The number of Europe-bound migrants who died or went missing in the Mediterranean this summer has tripled since last year, the UN said Friday, adding it had become a “cemetery” for children. Between June and August, at least 990 people perished or vanished trying to get to Europe from northern Africa, compared to 334 deaths […]
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Oun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has cancelled this year’s InseoIndepen Day celebration slated for tomorrow, Sunday October 1. In a statement by his spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, the Governor urged Osun people to pray for Nigeria’s continuous peace and prosperity. He said “Let us use Independence Day to meditate and pray on the state of […]
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Ex-chairman of Ijebu East Local Government in Ogun State, Wale Adedayo, has regained freedom from the Ibara Correctional Centre in Abeokuta, barely about two days after his remand in the facility. The Police Command in the state had Tuesday arraigned him before a Magistrate’s Court sitting in Abeokuta, the state capital, on two counts. The […]
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INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has raised the alarm of an alleged security threat to the November 11 governorship elections in Imo, Kogi and Bayelsa states. It added that there is need for the government to bring down the level of insecurity to guarantee free and credible elections. INEC […]
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The Nigerian Postal Service has clamped down on illegal logistics operators in the Federal Capital Territory to sanitise the sector. In a clampdown exercise, on Thursday, the Enforcement Team of the Courier and Logistics Regulatory Department, NIPOST, confiscated 20 motorbikes belonging to illegal operators. In a statement, Shonde ‘Dotun, the General Manager of CLRD, said […]
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Sam Larry Lagos State Police Command has arrested controversial Lagos socialite, Balogun Eletu, aka Sam Larry, for an ongoing investigation into the circumstances leading to the death of the singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the development on Thursday night. “Yes, Balogun Eletu aka Sam Larry is […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arraigned the Chief Executive Officer of Emee Oil And Gas Nig. Ltd., Florence Onojame, for allegedly defrauding Access Bank of N4.4 billion. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Onojame appeared before an Ikeja Special Offences Court alongside her company, on a three-count charge of […]
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Governor Ademola Adeleke The Commissioner for Culture and Tourism in Osun state , Mr Bankole Ojo has called on private investors at home and abroad to come and partner with the state with a view to benefitting from its many tourism potentialities . The Commissioner made the call at the 2023 World Tourism Day Celebration. […]
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Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has congratulated the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, on his 69th birthday anniversary. The state chairman of the APC, Sooko Tajudeen Lawal, in a statement issued by the party’s Director of Media and Information, Chief Kola Olabisi, in Osogbo, the state capital […]
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The rulingv All Progressives Congress, APC, has raised a nine-man vommittee to resolve the crisis between the Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu and his Deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, It is headed by the immediate past Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Bello Masari. This was announced by the party’s National Chairman, Br Abdullahi Ganduje in a statement […]
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