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Oyo state:Gov Makinde declares Wednesday public holiday
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has declared Wednesday, July 19, 2023, a public holiday in the state, the day being the first day of Muharram 1445 AH. Makinde declared the day a public holiday in commemoration of this year’s Hijrah 1445. The governor made the declaration in a circular signed by his Chief of […]
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Nigeria Customs Intercepts Arms, Ammunitions Concealed In Rubber Drum In Lagos, Arrests Suspects
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a total of thirty-one (31) rifles and ammunition concealed in plastic drums and sacks of charcoal within the first two weeks of July 2023. The Ag. Comptroller General of the Service, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, who is on a working visit in Lagos, made this known at a […]
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N8,000 palliatives insult to poor Nigerians – Kenneth Okonkwo
Mr Kenneth Okonkwo of the Labour Party, LP, has described the Federal Government’s plan to pay poor Nigerian households N8,000 monthly “as an insult to common sense and means to steal government fund in the name of poor In a post via his Twitter handle on Monday, Okonkwo also alleged that the ruling All Progressives […]
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Police Seize Massive Quantity Of Illegal Drugs
Members of the Aswani Division of the Lagos State Police Command apprehended certain substances believed to be Indian Hemp along the Mushin-Isolo road. The incident took place on Wednesday, July 12, 2023, at approximately 11:56pm, during a routine stop-and-search operation. As a result, Fidelis Otiga (male, 49 years old) and Chukwuma Kennedy (male, 50 years […]
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Osun Assembly Ready To Change State Name From “State of Osun”
The Osun State House of Assembly has passed a bill reverting the name of the state to “Osun State” from the “State of Osun”, which was given in 2012 by former governor Rauf Aregbesola. News reports that the bill, called “Osun State Anthem, Crest and Flag Amendment Bill 2023”, was passed for third reading at […]
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Crime:Police Arrest 6 Suspects For Raping 53-Year-Old Woman To Death In Her Farm
The six suspects are in police custody for raping 53-year-old Mrs Amarachi Nwanozie to death in her farm. Reports of her death became known when her husband raised alarm about her disappearance by 5 pm on Tuesday, 12th July. According to him “she left for her farm earlier in the day at about 9am, and […]
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Man Arrested For Allegedly Killing Customs Officer In Kebbi
A man identified as Abdulwasiu Salawudeen, has been arrested for the death of a customs officer, Aminu Abdullahi, in Kebbi. Disclosing this in a statement on Sunday, the Command’s Comptroller Mister, Ben Oramalugo, described the incident as sad, noting that the suspect has been taken into custody for further investigations. On how he died; Ben […]
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National Youth Council of Nigeria, others honour Peller with Grand Commander of the Nigerian Youth title
National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Arewa Youth Forum (AYF), Nigeria Youth Alternative Council, Nigerian Youth in politics and others on Friday formally confered the Grand Commander of the Nigerian Youth (GCNY) title on the Ayedero of Yorubaland, Honourable (Dr.) Shina Peller. The conferment took place in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja during a farewell […]
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LG Election: GSM Beware of People Celebrating Failures in Oluyole, Ona Ara LGs, Stakeholders Tell Gov Makinde
A group of Stakeholders in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Oyo State chapter on Saturday drew the attention of the State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde to the alleged unwholesome behaviors of some known aides of His Excellency, using their closeness to him to impose candidates and propagate failures ahead of the forthcoming local Government election […]
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Police now taking glory for what I mobilised them to do – Apostle Suleman
Apostle Johnson Suleman believes those who attacked him and his family in October 2022 would have continued to walk freely if he had not mobilized police officers to go after them. While speaking to his church members on the arrest of one of the criminals, Suleman revealed that he worked with three different police units […]
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Buhari’s 8yrs looking better than Tinubu’s 60 days in office – Charly Boy
Well known singer, Charles Oputa, aka Charly Boy, has asserted that the 8-year tenure of the immediate past president, Muhammadu Buhari, “is looking better” than the incumbent, Bola Tinubu’s sixty days in office. He made the assertion while reacting to the N500 billion for palliatives recently announced by the current administration. News recalls that President […]
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Actress Susan Pwajok reacts to dating rumour
Nollywood actress Susan Pwajok has finally reacted to the rumours that she is in a romantic relationship with singer Ruger. We recall that Ruger admitted last year via an Instagram post that he was dating actress Susan Pwajok after his initial denial on Clout Africa’s Clout Talk Concert 2.0 was trailed by disbelief on social […]
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NSCDC Arrests Two Suspects With Fake $30,900
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Jigawa State Command has arrested two suspects over possession of counterfeit United State Dollars worth $30,900 US. Spokesman of the command CSC Adamu stated this while parading the suspects on Friday, at the Command’s headquarters, Dutse the state capital. The suspects are, 25 years Danladi Umar of […]
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Air Force Plane crashes in Benue
A Nigerian Air Force FT-7NI trainer aircraft has reportedly crashed in Makurdi, the Benue State capital. According to a Channels Television report, the incident happened on Friday while it was on a routine training exercise. Channels also reported that the statement has been confirmed by the NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore […]
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Makinde reappoints Adefope, Olayanju
Oyo State governor, Engr Seyi Makinde, has approved the reappointment of Ms Tara Adefope as the Director General of Oyo State Bureau of Public Procurement. The governor also approved the reappointment of Colonel Bisiriyu Olayinka Olayanju fdc (Retired) as Commandant, Western Nigeria Security Network (Amotekun), Oyo State, while appointing Engr. Mufutau Open Salawu as Executive […]
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How PDP Stakeholders Of ATISBO LGA Finally Settle Differences For Hon. Amifas As Consensus Candidate
Rising from a stakeholders meeting held on Wednesday, 12th July 2023, the leaders of all tendencies of People Democratic Party (PDP) in ATISBO LGA endorsed the incumbent Executive chairman of the council, Hon. Adeagbo Fasasi (Amifas) as the consensus chairmanship candidate in the forthcoming LGA election in the state. According to communique made available to this medium, […]
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Family Accuse Lagos Restaurant Of Hiding Their Daughter’s Corpse After She Died While At Work
A bereaved family have accused a popular Lagos restaurant of hiding the corpse of their daughter after she reportedly collapsed and died at work. The deceased has been identified as Anita Chinwedu and it was gathered that she worked at the restaurant’s outlet in Festac area While the management of the restaurant is yet to […]
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Clergyman Resigns From Priesthood After 9 Years of Service, Gives Reason
A clergyman has resigned from priesthood after 9 years. Reverend Lefoko Mogotsi announced his resignation through a heartfelt video on TikTok. According to him, he had made the difficult decision to let go of his calling in order to prioritize his me “After 9 years of being a priest, I am making the hardest decision […]
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Pray Before You Collect Tinubu’s N8,000 Palliative – Shehu Sani Warns Proposed Recipients
Former Kaduna Central lawmaker, Shehu Sani has reacted to President Bola Tinubu’s plan to pay N8,000 palliatives to 12 million Nigerians In a letter read in the House of Representatives during plenary on Thursday, the Federal Government had announced that 12 million households will get N8,000 for six months to ameliorate the hardships faced by […]
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Expect unprecedented representation, empowerment, Alli tells constituents
Sen. Sharafadeen Alli (APC-Oyo South) has assured constituents of quality representation and unprecedented empowerment programmes. Alli gave the assurance during his inauguration party held at the Methodist Grammar School field in Igboora. He said that his kind of empowerment would be different from the common distribution of motorcycles, refrigerators and others without complementary support for […]
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