Category: News
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Two Osun Farmers Kidnapped, Abductors Demand N10 million Ransom
Heavily armed kidnappers have reportedly abducted two farmers, Samuel Oladotun and Fashola Tobiloba, in Ileogbo, Osun State. The victims and seven others were returning from their farms in a bus, when their vehicle came under attack along the Oke Osun Area, Ileogbo, on Wednesday evening, January 11, 2023. It was gathered that six of the…
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I Won’t Join Peter Obi Presidential Campaign’s Train – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has explained why he won’t join the campaign train of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi. Obasanjo, in his New Year message to Nigerians, entitled: “My appeal to all Nigerians particularly young Nigerians,” pledged his support for Obi. The former President, who spoke on Thursday, at a…
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Flash: Labour Unions Endorse, Tinubu Sanwo-Olu’s Re-election
The labour unions in Lagos State have endorsed the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, for president and the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, for a second term in office. This was disclosed by the Lagos State Commissioner for Information, Gbenga Omotosho, in a terse statement on Thursday. He tweeted, “BREAKING NEWS: The organised…
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Just In: Doyin Okupe Released After DSS Arrest
Former Director-General of the Peter Obi, Datti Presidential Campaign Doyin Okupe has been released after he was arrested by the Department of State Services, DSS. Recall that the Ogun-born politician, Okupe was reportedly arrested on Thursday at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. His lawyer, Tolu Babaleye, who confirmed the incident, said Okupe was on…
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Obi-Datti Media Campaign Reacts To Liquidation of Peter Obi’s Company in UK
The Obi-Datti Media Office has reacted to the circumstances surrounding the liquidation of Next International (UK) Ltd, one of the companies of Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi. The PUNCH reports that for failing to submit its annual accounts, authorities in the United Kingdom, struck off the company largely owned by Obi. The company was…
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Varsity Lecturer delivered of Seven babies, Septuplets in Anambra, Seeks Help
A lecturer at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Mrs. Ngozi Uzodike, has been delivered of septuplets (seven babies), two boys and five girls. Although, one of the girls did not make it alive. Ngozi, who works at the Department of Business Administration, delivered the babies at Obijackson Women and Children Hospital, Okija, on…
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INEC Vows To Go Ahead With Election, Begins Airlifting of Sensitive Materials
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has disclosed its determination to proceed with the conduct of the February/March general election, two days after it expressed fears about the wave of general insecurity across the country. INEC had lamented that if not tamed, the ugly trend of pre-election violence could precipitate a constitutional crisis by way…
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UK Authorities Dissolve Peter Obi’s Company
Premium Times For failing to submit its annual accounts, authorities in the United Kingdom, UK, have struck off Next International (UK) Limited, a company largely owned by Nigerian top politician and presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. Checks by PREMIUM TIMES revealed that the company was removed from the record in September 2021…
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Varsity Introduces Dress Codes For Students, Staff
Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu, has banned indecent dressing and introduced a new dress code for students and staff for easy identification. The vice-chancellor of the university, Christian Anieke, announced this on Tuesday while addressing staff and students of the institution as they returned from Christmas and New Year breaks. According to Aneke, all students should…
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LASU-ASUU Dismisses Speculation of Holding Political Rally
The Lagos State University (LASU) chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has dismissed speculations that it will hold a campaign rally for one of the political parties. In a statement, Chair, ASUU-LASU, Dr Isaac A Oyewumi, and the Secretary, ASUU-LASU, Tony Dansu, the union dismissed the information circulating on social media that…