Category: News
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Work Assiduously For Tinubu’s Presidential Bid, Sanwo-olu Urges State, Federal Lawmakers
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday, urged Lagos lawmakers, both at the federal and state levels, to work assiduously to actualise the presidential ambition of All Progressives Congress National Leader, Chief Bola Tinubu. Sanwo-Olu made the call in Ikeja, during the 17th Edition of the Executive/Legislative Parley, with the theme: ”Mobilizing Citizens as a…
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Ibadan High Chiefs Announce Promotion of Ladoja, Other Council Members
Ibadan high chiefs on Friday unanimously announced the promotion of Chief Rashidi Ladoja, Osi Olubadan to Otun Olubadan. The development followed the announcement of Senator Lekan Balogun as the next Olubadan of Ibadan by Gov. Makinde on Monday, the chief makers also announced the upward movement of some key members of the council. Addressing journalists…
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17 Persons Burnt To Death, as Tanker Caught Fire in Ogun
No fewer than 17 persons were burnt to death on Friday, as a tanker caught fire on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Ogun State. The Federal Road Safety Corps confirmed that the accident happened around 5 am on Friday, before Isara bridge. The spokesperson of the FRSC in Ogun, Florence Okpe, explained that 14 of the…
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Former Kwara LG Boss Sentenced Over False Statement
A former Chairman of the Kaiama Local Government Council in Kwara, Alhassan Bagudu, has been sentenced to one-year imprisonment for making a false statement to an investigator. Bagudu was dragged to high court sitting in Ilorin by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission on two counts bordering on making a false statement…
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Two Lagos Church Staff In Court For Allegedly Stealing N13 Million
Two staffers of the Mountain of Liberation and Miracles Ministry (a.k.a. Grace Nation International or Liberation City) have been arraigned in court over N13 million fraud allegations. The Police Special Fraud Unit (SFU) dragged Success Udoka and Prosper Iheukwumere before an Ikeja High Court, charging them on a four-count charge of conspiracy, stealing of church money…
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FG Constitutes White Paper Drafting Panels For Tertiary Institutions
Federal Government has constituted White Paper Drafting Panels for tertiary institutions across the country. This development followed the receipt of reports of Visitation Panels to Tertiary Institutions submitted last year to the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu. Director of Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Goong, in a statement explained that…
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Oyo Govt Lauds 2021 Batch ‘A’ Corps Members, Honors Distinguished Member
The Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, FNSE, ably represented by the Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Engr. Seun Fakorede MNSE, commended the 2021 Batch A stream 1 corps members during their passing out parade which held at the Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasingba, Ibadan in the early hours of Thursday. The recognition of the outgoing…
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FG Sends Message To 300,000 N-Power Exited Beneficiaries
The Federal Government has stated about 300,000 N-Power exited beneficiaries will enjoy loan facilities from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, after vocational training. The Minister of Humanitarian Services, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouk, stated this on Thursday during the weekly ministerial briefing organised by the presidential media team. A report by…
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Updated: Expert Faults CCTV Recoding of Baba Ijesha
An Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court has faulted the content of a Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) recording on popular actor James Olarewaju aka Baba Ijesha adding that, the content may have been tampered with. A defence witness and expert in CCTV installation and maintenance, Engr. Adeleke Lawrence made an allusion to this while…
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PSC Suspends Two ‘Abba Kyari’s Boys’ Over Illicit Drug Trafficking
The Police Service Commission (PSC) says it has suspended two police officers for illicit drug trafficking. The officers, Sunday Ubua, an assistant commissioner of police and James Bawa, an assistant superintendent of police, were handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for investigation. The spokesman for the PSC Ikechukwu Ani announced this…