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Month: August 2019

Aregbesola confesses: ‘I don’t know anything about Interior ministry

The newly appointed Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has said he knows little about the policies and operations of his ministry, adding that all he knows about the ministry was what he read in the newspapers. He said this when he visited the ministry shortly after he was inaugurated and assigned a portfolio alongside…

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Nigerian Army expresses worry over Wadume’s confession, says it puts Army in bad light

The Joint Investigative Panel set up by the Defence Headquarters to unravel the circumstances surrounding killings of three Police detectives and a civilian in Taraba during an encounter with troops of the 93 Battalion is worried over the trending confessional video of the principal suspect in the case, Alhaji Hamisu Bala popularly known as Wadume,…

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Gov Makinde reel out plans to forestall further flood in Oyo, as he commends IUFMP initiative

Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, expressed the readiness of his government to take proactive measures that would help put an end to flooding in the State. Governor Makinde, who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Mrs. Olubamiwo Adeosun, made the pledge at the closing ceremony of the workshop on…

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Buhari reappoints FEMI Adesina, Garba Sheu as media aides (See other reappointed aides)

President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly approved the re-appointment of Mr Femi Adesina as Special Adviser, Media and Publicity and Malam Garba Shehu as Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity. The President also re-appointed Mr Laolu Akande as Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President. President Buhari equally retained Tolu Ogunlesi, Bashir…

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Helicopter dropped weapons for my boss inside forest —Suspected bandit

Olaide Oyelude, Katsina A 20-year old suspected bandit, Aliu Musa, revealed on Wednesday that he once watched an helicopter drop weapons for his boss inside Dinya Forest in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State. Musa, along with another suspected bandit, Salmanu Isa, 18, were among other suspects paraded for various offences at Katsina Police…

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President Buhari assigns Youth and Sports ministry to Sunday Dare from Oyo (See portfolios of 42 others)

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday during inauguration of ministers’ designates assigned Youth and Sports ministry to Sunday Dare from Oyo State. Below are portfolios to his cabinet ministers of President Buhari. MINISTERS OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AND PORTFOLIOS S/NO STATE NAME PORTFOLIO Abia Dr. Uchechukwu Ogah Minister of State Mines and Steel Development…

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Oyo Assembly to screen 27 year old commissioner nominee, two others Thursday

The Speaker of Oyo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin on Wednesday announced Thursday, August 22, 2019 as date for screening of additional list of commissioner nominees from the state governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, LiveTimesng reported. The Speaker made the announcement while reading message from the executive during Wednesday’s plenary on floor of…

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‘Sowore is sponsored to topple government’, DSS’s investigation revealed

THE Department of State Services (DSS) has said its investigation revealed that #RevolutionNow was a smokescreen for the actual intention of Omoyele Sowore, the candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the last presidential election, and his allies “to topple the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria”, The Nation reported. The DSS said…

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Man remanded in prison for defiling his 9 year old daughter in Ibadan

An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan on Monday ordered that a driver, Sulaimon AjigbotAllah, 42, who allegedly defiled his nine-year-old daughter, be remanded in prison, pending legal advice. Chief Magistrate O.O Adisa, who did not take the plea of AjigbotAllah, ordeNAN/ that he should be remanded in Agodi prison. Adisa ordered the police…

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