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Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has said that the state government’s account opened with the Unity Bank Plc would be used to save the looted money recovered from ‘wrong hands and accounts’. Makinde made this disclosure when the management of Unity Bank Plc paid him a courtesy visit at the state secretariat on Wednesday … Read more
Northern Governors have risen from their emergency meeting in Kaduna on Thursday to dump the controversial Rural Grazing Area (RUGA) policy for National Livestock Transformation Plan, as best way to tackle the age long herder/farmers clashes in the region. They also resolved to continue to adopt a sustainable and holistic approach towards tackling the security … Read more
A member of the National Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Justice Sheriff Hafizu has said Senator Godswill Akpabio was robbed of his victory in February 23 National Assembly election. According to him, there was preponderance of evidence to prove that Akpabio, now Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, defeated his opponent, … Read more
Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, will visit Ghana from September 12 to September 14 on the invitation of Ghana’s electoral commission. Prof Jega will be in Ghana to help broaden the electoral commission’s scope, knowledge and best practices on the electoral processes both locally and internationally. Read Also: … Read more
An Abuja-based cleric, Joel Bamimore, on Thursday, September 12, dragged his wife, Mary, before a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, Oyo State, seeking dissolution of their 19 year-old marriage over alleged infidelity. Bamimore alleged that his wife capitalised on his disability to continually cheat on him. He alleged that his father had once caught Mary … Read more
There was wild jubilation as Governor Seyi Makinde has disclosed that the car and housing loans for workers in Oyo State have increased. Makinde, who made the disclosure during an interactive session with workers in the employment of the state government, held at the state secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan, increased the car loan to civil servants … Read more
Nine passengers sustained varying degrees of injuries on the night of Tuesday, September 10, when a J5 bus with registration number NH 148 ARL plunged into river along Ideani/Nnobi road, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State after four vehicles were involved in an accident. Confirming the incident in a statement, the Police Public … Read more
The Zamfara State Police Command on Wednesday, September 11, said it had arrested a suspect parading himself as Mr Usman Nagogo, the state Commissioner of Police. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Muhammad Shehu, said that the suspect was arrested after duping Senator Lawali Dan’iya of Zamfara West Senatorial District of money totalling N1.8 million. … Read more
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his victory at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday. The Speaker also congratulated the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on the victory. The tribunal in an 8-hour long judgement dismissed the petition by the … Read more
The planned evacuation of Nigerians from South Africa has been delayed by at least six hours by authorities in that country. The returnees were initially billed to arrive Nigeria at 2:00pm on Wednesday but the time was shifted to either 6 or 8:00pm. An Air Peace Boeing 747 aircraft had in the evening of Tuesday … Read more
The determination of the Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu administration to provide first-class health facilities for the people of Ondo State has taken another giant leap with the commencement of the construction of a modern world-class teaching hospital at the former State hospital in Akure, the state capital. Already, the Critical Care Unit complex has been constructed … Read more
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Popular Nigerian singer, Ayoleyi Hanniel Solomon popularly known as Reekado Banks, has dropped his elder brother, Temi Solomon, as his manager. Reekado Banks, who spoke on the sack, said: “It was just next level dealings, I wanted to get somewhere else, the vision became a lot farther, like I saw farther than I used to … Read more
Prince Adesanmi Adewumi Ogunmolasuyi, a Senior Legislative Aide to former Senate President, Bukola Saraki has emerged the Olupenmen-elect of Upenmen community in Owo local government Area of Ondo state. The 47 year old Mass Communication and Journalism graduate from the Nigeria Institute of Journalism, NIJ emerged the town’s new monarch after polling all the five … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan zonal office, has arrested two suspected internet fraudsters who specialised in stealing people’s identities online to defraud foreign nationals. The suspects, Babatunde Akeju and Toba Agbanah, were arrested at different locations in Ibadan following intelligence gathered on their involvement in internet frauds. Read Also: Management Shut Federal … Read more
Following the protest by the students of Federal University Oye Ekiti (FUOYE) which turned violent, the authority of the university has shut it indefinitely, ordering students to vacate its premises not later than today, Wednesday 11th of September, 2019 The announcement about the close of the university was contained in a short release which emanated … Read more
The Nigeria Police Force, Ekiti State Command has debunked the story doing rounds the public that its officers shot and killed two students of the Federal University of Oye Ekiti ( FUOYE) during the protest the students of the university embarked on yesterday. It will be recalled that, the students of FUOYE embarked on a … Read more
Following the expiration of the two-year single tenure of the Ondo State Council of Obas and its subsequent dissolution, it was gathered that, the governor of the state Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has approved the constitution of a new Council and the appointment of Kabiyesi Olugbo of Ugbo, Oba (Dr.) Fredrick Eniolorunda Obateru Akinruntan, Okoro … Read more
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Tuesday announced that the World Bank would soon embark on some legacy projects across the state worth about 500 million dollars. The Governor stated this in Ado Ekiti, the state capital, while presenting cheques worth N180 million to 19 benefiting communities under the state’s self-help community development programme. … Read more
The protest embarked upon by students of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, turned violent on Tuesday. The wife of the Governor of Ekiti State, Mrs Bisi Fayemi, who was on a tour of council areas in the state, escaped being attacked by the protesters as they vandalised some vehicles in her convoy. It was gathered … Read more