Fedpoly Ile Oluji holds maiden convocation November 22

The Federal Polytechnic Ile Oluji, Fedpolel, would hold its maiden convocation ceremony between November 22 and 28. Programme of the one-week event, according to a statement by the institution’s spokesman, Mr Sanmi Enigbokan, is as follows: Day 1: Jumaat Service, November 22; Day 2: Sunday Service, November 24; Day 3: Press Briefing, November 25; Day […]

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Sowore meets bail conditions

Convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore (left), with his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare, during their trial for alleged treasonable felony at the Federal High Court, Abuja…on Wednesday. Photo: Lucy Ladidi Ateko Convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, has met the conditions set by the court for his bail. His counsel, Femi Falana (SAN), revealed this in court […]

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12 injured as petrol truck, two other vehicles catch fire in Osun

Picture from the scene of a road accident in Ikire, Osun State on Thursday. Photo: Bola Bamigbola. Twelve people sustained varying degrees of burn on Thursday in a road accident involving three trucks and one other vehicle in Ikire, Osun State. According to sources near the scene, two trucks carrying cement and one other carrying […]

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Sowore meets bail conditions, should be freed today – Falana

Mr Femi Falana, Senior Advocate of Nigeria and human rights activist, has said that Mr Omoyele Sowore, his client and publisher of Sahara Reporters, will be released from detention later on Wednesday having met the bail conditions set by the Federal High Court. Falana said the defendants will be freed on Wednesday while asking for […]

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Appeal court sacks Senate spokesman Adeyeye, declares Olujimi winner

The Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna has sacked Prince Dayo Adeyeye, the senator representing Ekiti south and the Senate spokesman. In a unanimous judgement on Wednesday, Justice Uzor Anyanwu, the presiding judge, upheld the verdict of the Ekiti state national assembly election petition tribunal and asked the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to issue […]

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Maina’s illness stalls alleged fraud trial

Trial of former Chairman, Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, charged with 12 counts bordering on “money laundering, operating fictitious bank accounts and fraud,” was stalled on Tuesday due to his ill health. He was, on October 25, arraigned alongside a firm, Common Input Property and Investment Limited, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission […]

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Anti-graft war yet to be won – Government

Secretary to the Federal Government, Boss Mustapha, Chairman of Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), and others on Tuesday said corruption had not ended despite the President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s efforts to stamp out the scourge. Speaking at an event in Abuja, the stakeholders highlighted steps that need to be taken to […]

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