Oyo State Government has debunked the newspapers’ report that it barred two first class traditional rulers in the state, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III, and Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji, Aje Ogungunniso I, from Lekan Salami Stadium Complex during the unveiling of its main bowl on Wednesday. on Thursday, […]
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Babalola Disu, one of the persons arraigned in the alleged murder of the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, has denied the family’s allegation that he had a hand in his death. Disu, in a letter by his lawyers, David and Co, dated August 19, 2021, described the allegation as malicious […]
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The Joint Admission Matriculation Board has said the University of Ilorin and University of Lagos, Akoka are the first two institutions which had the highest numbers of being picked as first choice universities in Nigeria. This was recorded in the 2021 policy document made available to The PUNCH and signed by the JAMB’s registrar, Prof. […]
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Ejiofor and Fein. Photo: Ifeanyi Ejiofor/Facebook Lead Counsel to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mr Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has said that the Department of State Services, DSS, stopped the detainee from seeing his lawyers on Thursday. In a statement on Friday, said the secret police denied himself and other […]
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YouTube’s music streaming service reported Thursday it now has over 50 million subscribers, saying it is growing quickly as it tries to close the gap with market-leader Spotify. YouTube Music trails rivals Spotify, Amazon and Apple but has been gaining ground, according to market tracker Midia Research. YouTube is a subsidiary of Google. “Google’s YouTube […]
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19 properties in Nigeria, London, 22 Nigerian firms affected EFCC fingers 15 family members, associates as convict’s fronts A Lagos State High Court in Ikeja has frozen assets and funds put at N19,178,253,050 allegedly kept in 24 banks by a convicted former bank Managing Director Francis Atuche. Justice Lateefat Okunnu made the order, following an […]
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The Court of Appeal in Abuja has declared Valentine Ozigbo as the validly nominated candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra State. A three-member panel, presided over the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, unanimously upheld the two appeals filed by Ozigbo and the PDP […]
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The recently held ward congresses of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-South zone, like in other zones have re-opened old wounds even as fresh ones are opened, largely due to scheming and permutations ahead of 2023 general elections. Godfathers and aspirants know that the exercise is the first step towards the realisation of their […]
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Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State (left), Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and Candidate of the PDP in the November 6 Anambra governorship election, Valentine Ozigbo at the launch of PDP e-registration and Continuous Voter Registration (CRV) drive in the southeastern state Party flags off e-Registration of members […]
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By Femi Adesina The news came like a thundering typhoon last week. For the first time in its 44 years history, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) had made a profit. Net profit after tax stood at N287 billion in Year 2020, sequel to the completion of the statutory Annual Audit exercise. What year? 2020. […]
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