All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is not playing God. He is only large-hearted, his constituents at the Ikeja Federal constituency, said on Thursday. They were reacting to a former Osun Governor and Interior Minister Rauf Aregbesola, who claimed that Tinubu was trying to play God. But the constituents, through House of […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the rise in ritual killings and deadly attacks against on-duty policemen and ethnic minorities, with the latest incidents reported in Enugu, Imo, Abia, Zamfara and Ogun States. While describing ritual killings, hate crimes and killing of law enforcement officers as aberrations, the President urged the courts to apply the strictest […]
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The House of Representatives has justified the amendments made to the Appropriation Bill 2022, which President Muhammadu Buhari had asked the federal parliament to reverse. The Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Benjamin Kalu, said the insertions and amendments were based on the demands by Nigerians. Buhari had on December 31, […]
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Ogun State Police Commissioner, Lanre Bankole A woman has allegedly killed her husband at a Fulani settlement at Iyana Ilewo, in the Abeokuta-North Local Government Area of Ogun State. The mother of two was reported to have poured hot water on her husband, which led to his death. Our correspondent gathered that the suspect fled […]
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A police officer, Ibrahim Isiaka, on Thursday, narrated to the Lagos State High Court at the Tafawa Balewa Square how the police found the late Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, in a pool of blood at a service apartment in the Lekki area of the state. Ataga was allegedly killed by a […]
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The royal father of the home town of the late Ondo State Governor, Dr Olusegun Agagu, Iju-Odo, in Okitipupa Local Government Area of the state, Oba Festus Olumoyegun, and some traditional chiefs from the neighbouring communities have appealed to the government at all levels to provide potable water in their communities. The traditional ruler pointed […]
Continue ReadingSeven political parties in Osun State on Thursday signed a peace pact with the police in the state and promised to ensure that peace reigns during the period leading to the governorship election, just as the police declared zero tolerance for violence. At a meeting held with the leadership of Osun Police Command in Osogbo, […]
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A former governor of Osun State and current Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, on Thursday, said his successor, Adegboyega Oyetola, waged a war against him after becoming the governor. Aregbesola spoke in Ikire while addressing a rally held to garner support for his anointed candidate in Saturday’s governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress, Moshood […]
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Electricity consumers on Thursday kicked against the silent increase in the tariff payable by customers to power distribution companies for electricity consumed. They said it was worrisome that the government was allowing Discos to raise electricity tariff amid fuel scarcity across the country. Adulterate fuel imported into country about two weeks ago had led to […]
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Four men have been arraigned before a Yola Chief Magistrate’s Court over the death of a 28-year-old man, Adamu Ahmadu, who was wrongly accused of stealing a phone. Ahmadu, who was the son of a security guard working with the Adamawa Broadcasting Corporation, Yola, was accused by Hamidu Umar, the son of the deposed […]
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