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Makinde Appoints Auxillary Former Secretary As New Oyo PMS Chairman
Oyo State government has announced Alhaji Oluwatomiwa Omolewa, former Park Management System (PMS) Secretary, as the new Chairman. Alhaji Kasali Ajisafe Lawal aka Baba Bola is to serve as the secretary. The appointment according to Pastor Sulaimon Olanrewaju, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor is part of the reorganization of the PMS embarked upon by […]
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Planned Strike Will Proceed as Planned – NLC Insists
In response to speculations suggesting a possible withdrawal of its planned nationwide industrial action, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has refuted such claims. The labour body declared that the only circumstance that would lead to a suspension of the strike is if the Federal Government and the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) restore the […]
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Electricity Workers Join NLC’s Proposed Strike
The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has directed its members to withdraw their services nationwide on Wednesday, June 7 and join the strike action proposed by the Nigerian Labour Congress NLC over the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal government. In a memo signed by its acting general secretary, Dominic Igwebike, the NUEE […]
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EFCC Grills Ex-Women Affairs Minister, Pauline Tallen, Over Alleged N2bn Fraud
The immediate former Minister for Women Affairs and Social Development, Pauline Tallen, is currently in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegations of money laundering. Sources privy to the development confirmed to Punch that Tallen was quizzed by operatives of the EFCC at its Zonal Headquarters, in Wuse, Abuja. Though details […]
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We’re Ready To Issue Petrol Import License – NMDPRA
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has said that it is ready to issue licences to companies interested in petrol importation. Farouk Ahmed, chief executive officer of NMDPRA, who disclosed this on Tuesday, May 31, said the criteria for importing kerosene and diesel will be applicable for the importation of the product. […]
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My father is a silent achiever – President Buhari’s daughter, Hanan says
Hanan shared a photo of the President during the President Fleet Review held at the Naval Dockyard Limited in Victoria Island, Lagos. “My father…The Silent Achiever” she captioned the post on her instastory
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More Than 70 Percent Of The Products Exported From Nigeria Are Rejected NAFDAC
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said that most products exported from Nigeria are rejected abroad. NAFDAC’s Director-General Mojisola Adeyeye disclosed this while commissioning the agency’s new office complex at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. Adeyeye said these rejections lead to huge financial losses to the exporters […]
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FCMB Founder, Subomi Balogun Dies In London,At Age 89.
The founder of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Otunba Michael Subomi Balogun is dead. He reportedly passed on after a brief illness in a London Hospital at the age of 89. A direct descendant of Oba Tunwase of Ijebu-Ode, Otunba Balogun, until his death, held the chieftaincy titles: Otunba Tunwase of Ijebuland, Olori Omoba of […]
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Light-up Oyo project will return in full swing after ongoing audit: We’ll have a permanent solution after ongoing audit – Makinde
.. pledges to get beggars off the streets Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde has assured residents of the state that his administration will finda permanent solution to the challenges facing the light-up Oyo project after the ongoing audit. The governor, who gave the assurance while speaking during a special service held at the Maranatha Lord […]
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Organ Trafficking:Ekweremadu And Wife Set To Face Final Judgement In UK
Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife Beatrice alongside their doctor, Obinna Obeta, will today May 5, face a UK court for sentencing. The trio was in March this year convicted for conspiring to harvest the kidney of a trader they flew into the UK from Nigeria. The couple and their doctor were arrested in […]
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Photostory: Couple Welcome Twins After 32 Years Of Childlessness
A Nigeria couple welcomed their twin children, a girl and a boy, after 32 years of waiting. A photographer, Zibah Photography, who snapped the couple and their children, shared the news via her Facebook account. She wrote, “ What God cannot do does not exist. God Bless this beautiful family with a bouncing beautiful twin […]
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Otun Akogun Onisowo of Ibadanland, Olawale Junaid Felicitates Market Leaders On Eid-El-Fitri, Commiserates With Them On Bodija Market Inferno
The Otun Akogun Onisowo of Ibadanland, Oyo State, Chief Femi Olawale Junaid has felicitated Babaloja of Oyo State, Alhaji YK Abbass, Iyaloja of Oyo State, Alhaja Saratu Aduke Konibaje, Babaloja of Ibadanland who is also the Aare Oloja of Ibadanland, Alhaji Dauda Abiodun Oladepo, Iyaloja of Ibadanland, Alhaja Sariat Ojikutu Olorunero and Market Women on […]
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Yobe university student slumps and dies after writing exam
She reportedly slumped on Thursday evening and was rushed to the hospital where she was pronounced dead. A student of the Yobe State University (YSU) Damaturu, Maryam Lawan Goroma, has passed away shortly after writing an examination. Maryam, who was studying Chemistry in the varsity, reportedly slumped on Thursday evening, April 27, and was rushed […]
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Gunmen Abduct 29 Villagers In Abuja
Gunmen have reportedly abducted 29 villagers in the Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The victims were abducted in the middle of Tuesday night, April 25, from Yewuti village; the hometown of the immediate past vice chairman of Kwali Area Council, Alhaji Zubairu Jibrin Yewuti. According to Daily Trust, two housewives, Mrs Zainab […]
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FG Begins Evacuation Of Nigerian Students In Sudan
The Federal Government of Nigeria has hired luxurious buses to evacuate Nigerian students studying in Sudan. Foreign countries rushed to evacuate their nationals from Sudan as deadly fighting raged between forces loyal to two rival generals. The PUNCH reported that the Federal Government will on Wednesday commence the evacuation of about 5,500 Nigerians, including students […]
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Ondo first female Speaker, Jumoke Akindele-Ajulo gives birth to first child at 54
The first female Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Mrs. Jumoke Akindele-Ajulo, has given birth to her first child at the age of 54. Akindele, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, who was in the Assembly between 2011 and 2019, became speaker in 2014 and was removed in 2017. She represented the […]
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INEC ASKS POLICE TO PROBE ADAMAWA REC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has written to the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), seeking an investigation into action of suspended Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Hudu Yunusa Ari in the state’s governorship election. Recall that Yunusa-Ari had declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Aisha ‘Binani’ Dahiru as the winner of the supplementary poll […]
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LASTMA Rescues Three, Recovers 100 Used Baby Diapers In Lagos Auto-crash
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has disclosed that officials of the agency saved three severely injured victims in an accident at Moshalashi Roundabout, in the Iyana-Ipaja area of Lagos. The agency disclosed this on Monday in a statement signed by the Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA, Mr Adebayo Taofiq, noting that […]
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38-year-old Yobe lecturer and his wife die two days apart.
A 38-year-old Nigerian man, Dr. Barde Luka Yelwa, and his wife Godiya have passed away two days apart. Dr. Barde, a lecturer in the Biology Department at Umar Suleiman College of Education Gashua, Yobe State, died on Thursday, April 20, 2023, after suffering a heart attack in the hospital where he was taking care of […]
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Many Ladies Are Not Qualified To Be Wives Even At 28” – Clergyman, Mike Bamiloye Says.
He said many women are more focused on preparing for their wedding than learning how to make their marriages work. Nigerian clergyman and actor, Mike Bamiloye, has averred that many women are not ready for marriage despite nearing the age of thirty. Taking to his Instagram page on Monday, April 24, the cleric said many […]
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