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Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, on Friday, has distanced himself from the letter being peddled on social media that, he demands N20 million Governor Oyetola of Osun State, to support the former for a proposed wedding in Kano State. The letter dated February 8, 2022, addressed to the Oyetola was received on behalf of…

The students of the University of Calabar, UNICAL, have backed the move by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to begin a nationwide strike over the Federal Government’s inability to meet its demands. Speaking during a sensitization forum organized by ASUU chapter of the university, the UNICAL Students Union President, Tryon Bassey, said that…

Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo has extended his condolences to victims of the robbery attack which occurred in the Idi-Ape area of the city. Armed robbers had attacked a bullion van at the Idi-Ape area of Iwo Road on Thursday. While many deserted their cars, some persons, including security personnel were killed during the attack.…

The National Youth Service Corps,NYSC, has threatened heavy sanctions against schools or officials caught aiding and abetting the fraudulent mobilisation of corps members for national service. The agency on Thursday said the sanctions would include blacklisting of schools found guilty of infractions in the past three years. The Director-General, NYSC, Major General Shuaibu Ibrahim, stated…

A federal lawmaker, Gabriel Zock (APC-Kaduna State), has been remanded by the Maitama Division of the FCT High Court over alleged N185 million land fraud. Justice Halilu Yusuf on Thursday ordered that Mr Zock be kept in EFCC custody. The EFCC had charged Mr Zock, representing Kachia/Kagarko federal constituency of Kaduna state, with two counts…

The Oyo police commissioner Ngozi Onadeko says the state has been locked down to prevent escape of daredevil robbers who attacked a billion van, killing policemen and other civilians in the process. The daredevil criminals, numbering about seven, waylaid the cash-laden van around Idi Ape area of Ibadan at about 1:00 p.m. carting away with…

Group rooting for the National Leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as Presidential candidate in the forthcoming General election, Tinubu Support Group has debunked the purported grant which is being circulated by some individuals on the social media. The handlers of the portal, according to report, are asking unsuspecting members of the…

A deaf alms-begging woman has been crushed to death by a Lagos-Ibadan standard train. The gory incident happened in Itoki, Ogun State yesterday, Wednesday Feb. 9. A pamphlet beside the woman’s body indicates that she was deaf and needed financial help to feed her baby.

Fighter jets of the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, in Kaduna State have killed scores of fleeing armed bandits. However, PRNigeria gathered that a ground soldier lost his life after sustaining ‘terrible’ injuries from the military bombardments he was caught in. The terrorists, who were fleeing onslaughts of troops in Niger, were intercepted at Labi, along…