Court sentences Adedoyin, two staff to death over murder of OAU student

Update The owner of Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife, Dr Rahmon Adedoyin has been sentenced to death by hanging over the murder of a Masters student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Timothy Adegoke. Adedoyin, who is a traditional chief of Ile-Ife, was sentenced to death with two of his staff, Adeniyi Aderogba the manager of the hotel, and […]

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Tinubu meets Emefiele, Kyari as Shettima defends subsidy removal

The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, on Tuesday, assured Nigerians that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration means well for the country with better years ahead under their administration. Shettima on his first day of resumption arrived at the Vice President’s wing of the State House in Abuja on Tuesday at 12.39 pm. The president was […]

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Subsidy Removal: Long queues return in Osun, as Govt threatens marketers hoarding fuel

Long queues have returned to filling stations in Osun State following the pronouncement of fuel subsidy removal by President Bola Tinubu on Monday. New Telegraph observed that many filling stations in Osogbo metropolis, stopped selling Premium Motor Spirit (petroleum) to motorists when they heard of Tinubu’s speech on petrol subsidy removal. Few filling stations that […]

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Court sentences Ramon Adedoyin to death by hanging over murder of OAU student

Update Popular hotel owner, Dr. Ramon Adedoyin, has been found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging over the murder of Timothy Adegoke, a former student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, who died between November 5 and 7, 2021, at Hilton Honours Hotel, Ile-Ife. Sentenced for the same offence alongside Adedoyin are two of […]

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Humongous allowances, pensions for Buhari and company

Continuous pilferage of the country’s commonwealth by political officeholders, through humongous allowances and takeaway benefits, has become very worrisome. This indeed constitutes a serious threat to the economic well-being of the ordinary Nigerian. And if the new administration – across national and state levels – would not further lead the economy down the slippery slope […]

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Tinubu orders DSS to vacate EFCC Lagos office immediately

President Bola Tinubu has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to vacate the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Ikoyi, Lagos, immediately. He said on Tuesday evening that if there were issues between the “two important agencies of government”, they would be resolved amicably. The President said this, according to […]

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Choose team of character, no excuse for failure, Fasoranti tells Tinubu

President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu arrives for his swearing-in ceremony at Eagle Square venue in the capital, Abuja, Nigeria on May 29, 2023. Credit: Kola Sulaimon /AFP Former leader of Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, has advised President Bola Tinubu to select a competent team of men and women with impeccable character, noting that there will be […]

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TUC urges Tinubu to treat subsidy removal, other sensitive issues with caution

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to treat the issue of subsidy removal with caution. In his inaugural speech at Eagle Square in Abuja on Monday, Tinubu declared that the era of subsidy payment on fuel has ended. He added that the 2023 Budget made no provision for […]

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Nigerians await Tinubu’s cabinet as pictures of new president adorn State House offices

President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu arrives for his swearing-in ceremony at Eagle Square venue in the capital, Abuja, on May 29, 2023. Credit: Kola Sulaimon/AFP As Nigerians await President Bola Tinubu’s appointment of aides, officials at the State House, Presidential Villa, Abuja, have begun the replacement of former President Muhammadu Buhari’s portraits with the official photographs […]

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