Federal Lawmaker, Hon. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, has provided six (6) boreholes, eight (8) transformers and one hundred and twenty (120) solar lights for residents in Oluyole Federal constituency. This, the House of Representatives Member, who also chairs the House Committee on Diaspora Affairs said was in line with her campaign promises. A statement by Mr Olamilekan […]
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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has shelved the Lagos peace walk planned for this month to prevent the spread of the new Omicron COVID-19 variant which has been recorded in Nigeria. The governor, in an address on November 30, 2021, had invited some known faces of the #EndSARS protest in the state in October 2020 […]
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Says ranching best solution to ending herders/farmers clashes Former Speaker, House of Representatives and Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has been vocal on his conviction that restructuring is the only solution to political, socio-economic challenges confronting Nigeria. In this interview with some senior journalists after commissioning of the multi-billion naira diagnostic health centre […]
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The Yuletide is a season of fun, pomp and boisterous global festivities to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ. Expectedly, it is a season of mass exodus of people moving, visiting and exchanging gifts. THE season which also ushers into a new year is characterised by shopping, traveling and huge spending and expectedly attracts criminal […]
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The high commissioner for Nigeria, Sarafa Tunji Isola, at Buckingham Palace during a video call with the Queen from Windsor Castle. PHOTO: Dominic Lipinski/AFP/Getty Images Nigeria’s High Commissioner to the UK has described the Britain’s decision to put the country on its red list as a “travel apartheid”. Britain added Nigeria to its travel red […]
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• WHO: Omicron reported in 57 countries, hospitalisations to rise • Different, tougher variant of Omicron spotted in South Africa, Australia, Canada The Saudi Arabia authority was the latest country to slam its doors against Nigeria as it, yesterday, suspended all flight operations coming from Nigeria into the kingdom over the outbreak of Omicron variant […]
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The Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr. Nureni Aderemi Adeniran, has said that contrary to the alleged propaganda by some groups, no teacher in Oyo State was being owed the year 2020 leave bonus. Dr. Adeniran stated this yesterday in Ibadan, warning primary school teachers against plans on embarking on any illegal […]
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A suspected ritualist, Abideen Raheem, has admitted exhuming a body, severing its head and selling it to a friend for N25,000. Raheem, 42, was among 43 suspects paraded by the Oyo State Police Command in Ibadan yesterday. Speaking with journalists, the suspect said he sold the body part to a friend who needed it for […]
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• Govt to pay medical bills of the injured Lagos State government yesterday shut Ojodu Grammar School following the protests by some parents after a truck crushed pupils to death on Tuesday. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu sympathised with the bereaved families, relatives, friends, management and staff of Ojodu Grammar school. He described the incident as “sad, […]
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Participants at the 3-day CSOs step down training on school safety, security, and resilience systems building at the Jades Hotel •Get training on school safety, security Representatives of 36 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) operating in the North have cried out over the non-release of many school pupils by bandits and its effect on education in […]
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