Mrs. Olufunke Daniel, wife of the former Ogun State Governor, Senator Gbenga Daniel, has tackled Governor Dapo Abiodun over the demolition of her 5-storey plaza in Ijebu-Ode, describing the act as executive recklessness. The state government commenced demolition of the 5-storey DATKEM plaza in Ijebu-Ode, in the early hours of Sunday. Daniel, who represents Ogun […]
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Ogun State government early Sunday morning started the demolition of a five-story building, DATKEM Plaza, owned by Olufunke Daniel, the wife of a former governor of the state, Gbenga Daniel. Daniel, a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) like Governor Dapo Abiidun, is the senator representing Ogun East district. Our correspondent who visited […]
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Across the country, recourse to fraud and ritual murder by both older individuals and youths seeking instant wealth is mounting. In a recent case in Andoni, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, 12 suspected Internet scammers, aka “Yahoo boys,” were arrested in late August for burying a day-old baby alive in a macabre voodoo ritual. The desperate […]
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The recent disclosure by the Lagos State Government of domestic violence cases state-wide showing that 2,588 minors were sexually and emotionally abused between August 2022 and July 2023 is disturbing. It reflects how sexual defilement generally, but especially of minors, is assuming epidemic proportions in the country. This barbaric behaviour must be curbed with stronger […]
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The camps of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the February 25, 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar; and that of President Bola Tinubu, on Saturday, clashed over the watermark on the copy of the judgment of the Presidential Elections Petition Court which went viral on Friday. The viral copy of the Certified […]
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The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria on Sunday raised concerns over the cost of governance in Nigeria describing it as outrageous. The organisation also stated that as litigants approach the Supreme Court to challenge the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, Nigeria stands on the “precipice of uncertainty”. The President of the CBCN, Archbishop […]
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Oil marketers have deferred their plans to import Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, as they anxiously await the commencement of local production of refined petroleum products by Nigeria’s refineries from December this year. Operators in the downstream oil sector said the importation of PMS was no longer a viable business, considering the difficulty in […]
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Oyo State Government has described the food distribution exercise under the Sustainable Action for Economic Recovery (SAfER) as a testing ground that has thrown up its own challenges and successes. In a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, it said despite the challenges, the exercise was able to reach the […]
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By Kayode Akinmade Because of the privations to which Nigerians have been subjected over the years, there is a tendency in the land to assume the worst of leaders. Guilty or not, governors face the guillotine, condemned to hell by our elite commentariat. And that is why it is not surprising that in the latest […]
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There are indications of political forces in the country tilting towards the All Progressive Congress, thereby engendering fears of rail-roading the country towards a one-party state. Two significant developments have emerged in this respect. One is the statement by Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, the National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) that the party […]
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