By Olubunmi Adebayo *Apart from sin and disobedience which could trigger fear that we discussed yesterday, a child of God must :* *Live righteously as a necessary condition to overcome fear. Unrighteousness is an insulator of any human being from God.* *Proverbs 14:[34]Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.* *Unrighteousness […]
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As part of efforts to strengthen security statewide, Ondo State Government will recruit 1,000 youths into the State Forest Guard. Making this disclosure during a courtesy visit by members of the Ondo State Youth Parliament, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa noted that it is a Federal Government initiative. He said prospective recruits must be below 39 years […]
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Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd) Prominent leaders of the National Democratic Coalition, Col Tony Nyiam (retd.) and Chief Ayo Opadokun, have rejected claims by former Head of State, Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.), that leaders of the pro-democracy group requested an extension of military rule in 1998. The duo also challenged Abdulsalami’s assertion that the late winner […]
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Oyo State Police Command has described as misleading information circulating on social media alleging that abducted schoolchildren and teachers from Ahoro-Esiele and Yawota communities in Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State have been moved to Kaduna State via helicopter. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka, stated this on Tuesday in a […]
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The Senate on Tuesday suspended consideration of the highly anticipated State Police Bill and all other legislative business at its emergency plenary session to honour the memory of a member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yaya Tongo, whose death cast a sombre mood over the National Assembly. The upper chamber had reconvened from recess […]
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President Bola Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has transmitted a Constitution Alteration Bill seeking the establishment of state police to the Senate. The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, made this known during Tuesday’s plenary, adding that the Senate will consider the constitutional amendment bill on Wednesday (tomorrow). Akpabio also announced that the states have promised to consider […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo Senate Deputy Minority Leader, Senator Akogun Kamorudeen Lere Oyewumi, has dismissed allegations by the Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) linking him to violent incidents in the state, describing the claims as false, malicious and politically motivated. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the senator’s media office insisted […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo A pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, the Defence for Yoruba People’s Rights (DYPR), has called on the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Tunde Disu, to redeploy Osun State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Gotan, as part of measures to curb the persistent wave of political violence and killings in the state. The group, which […]
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By Ifeanyi Igwebike Mbanefo Nigeria does not need another electoral reform bill to correct every flaw in its democracy. What it needs now is the disciplined use of the legal tools already embedded in the Electoral Act, the Constitution, and the courts’ remedial powers. The uncomfortable fact is that Nigeria’s turnout crisis is not merely […]
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Death toll in Plateau attack rises to 22, health workers among victims More soldiers deployed as search for abducted Oyo students, teachers intensifies Presidential aides, Bayo Onanuga, Dada Olusegun, and House of Representatives member, Philip Agbese, have separately dismissed calls for President Bola Tinubu’s resignation, made respectively by the presidential candidate […]
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