Card Reader will be mandatory in the conduct of the 2019 election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has ruled. A top official of the commission said on Sunday that card reader helps the Commission in three ways to confirm that the Permanent Voter Card (PVC) was issued by INEC, that the biometrics of […]
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The appointment of former Ogun State Governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, as the Director General, DG, of the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Organisation, has been described as a ray of hope for the future of Nigeria, by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Youth Rebirth Forum. has former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, […]
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By Akanimo Sampson SOCIAL Development Integrated Centre (Social Action), a civic group that has been monitoring the Niger Delta environment and the implementation of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Report on Ogoniland since 2007 says there is nothing on ground in Ogoni to show that cleanup can commence this coming August. This is, […]
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Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has dissociated himself from the allegation that he had a hand in the shooting which occurred during Friday’s rally for the Ekiti State All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi. He distanced himself from the crime in a statement issued in Akure on Saturday by his Chief Press […]
Continue ReadingFrom Monday, June 4, 2018, consumers of alcoholic beverages and tobacco will pay more for the products as the new excise duty rates approved in March by the Federal Government become effective. Finance Minister, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, disclosed this in Abuja on Sunday, noting that the new excise duty rates were spread over a three-year […]
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The departed President of the Court of Appeal, and pioneer Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) Justice Mustapha Akanbi, has been described by President Muhammadu Buhari as as a man whose greatest asset in life was his enviable integrity and incorruptibility. In a condolence message by his Senior Special […]
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A former President of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, and ex member of House of Representatives, Opeyemi Bamidele, has been flown to Lagos for follow up treatment of the surgeries he underwent for the gunshot wounds he sustained on Friday, in his home Ekiti State. Bamidele and five others were shot during a […]
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By Banji Ayoola A rain of tears and tributes accompanied the late Head of Mass Communication Department of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, AAUA, Prof Ifedayo William Daramola, as his earthly remains were buried on Saturday in his Ajipowo, Akure, Ondo State residence. His Olofinlade Close premises of the interment venue, where a short service […]
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After extensive deliberation, the Congress attended by members from the eleven chapels in the state resolved as follow: 1. That the Union congratulates Nigerians for successfully celebrating 19years of uninterrupted Democratic rule in the Country, advising political office holders to be more proactive and sincere in addressing various challenges facing the nation including economic […]
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By Banji Ayoola Remains of the late erudite scholar, Prof Ifedayo Daramola, will be buried on Saturday, June 2, 2018 in Akure, the Ondo State capital. A statement from his family said that he will be buried in his Olofinlade Close, Ajipowo Quarters, Akure home after a church service, which holds at 9 am at […]
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