APC says it complied with law, directed suspension of Ondo congress

The All Progressives Congress (APC), has said that in compliance with a court order stopping its Tuesday’s Ondo State congress, it directed its Congress Committee in Ondo State to suspend the exercise. A federal high court sitting in Akure on Monday, had stopped the congress after granting the application of some aggrieved members of the […]

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Baby factory: Ondo couple jailed 14 years

The convicts. Photos: NAPTIP The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has secured a 14-year jail term for a couple, Abiodun Ogundeji and Happiness Ogundeji, for operating a baby factory in Ilutitun, Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State. The Lagos Zonal Commander of NAPTIP, Mrs Comfort Agboko, disclosed this during a […]

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Oyebamiji Mourns Passage of Akire of Ikire, Oba Olatunde Falabi

By John Dike, Osogbo All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Osun State, Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji, has expressed deep sorrow over the passing of the Akire of Ikire, Oba Olatunde Falabi, Lambeloye III, describing his transition as the end of an era. He extended his heartfelt condolences to the immediate family of the late monarch, […]

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Tinubu to swear in Disu as IG Wednesday

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (right), Mrs. Olufunmilola Tunji Disu (left), decorated Mr. Tunji Disu with the rank of Acting Inspector-General of Police at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Wednesday. Photo credit: State House President Bola Tinubu will on Wednesday swear in Olatunji Disu as the substantive Inspector General of Police, following the unanimous endorsement of […]

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Tinubu nominates Oyedele as minister of state for finance

Mr Taiwo Oyedele and President Bola Tinubu. Photo: State House President Bola Tinubu has nominated the Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Dr. Taiwo Oyedele, as the Minister of State for Finance. Oyedele replaces Dr. Doris Anite-Uzoka, who has been redeployed to the Ministry of Budget and National Planning as […]

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Tinubu nominates Oyedele as minister of state for Finance

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated Mr Taiwo Oyedele as the minister of state for finance, replacing Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite. A statement by the President’s spokesman, Me Bayo Onanuga, said that Uzoka-Anite will now move to the Ministry of Budget and National Planning, as the Minister of State, her third portfolio in the administration. According […]

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Drama As Court Adjourns Alleged Illegal Ejection Case To April 24

There was a mild drama at a Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on Tuesday when a lawyer, Abubakar Mohammed, who was hired to observe proceedings, stood up and told Justice Samira Bature that the case before her was being delayed. Mohammed was hired by Asabe Waziri, who had alleged that she […]

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IGP’s Directive: Osun CP Orders Massive Deployment to Border Communities, Flashpoints

By John Dike, Osogbo In compliance with a nationwide directive by the new Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, instructing Commissioners of Police in the 36 states to tighten the nation’s security architecture, Osun State Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Gotan, has ordered a massive deployment of personnel to border communities and other identified flashpoints across the […]

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