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Day: November 19, 2019

Oyo begins workers audit, payroll verification to curb wastages

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state on Tuesday flagged off the staff audit and payroll validation exercise in accordance to his plans’ fulfilment to ascertain the number of workers on the state government payroll. With the development, civil servants, public officials, teachers, local government employees and retirees are to be screened in phases in the…

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21 Ibadan elevated obas in Ibadan lose crowns as court sets aside Ajimobi’s gazette

Fifty-three months after they were elevated and coronated as crown-wearing obas in Ibadanland by former Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, a State High Court judge, Justice A. Aderemi on Tuesday sets aside all gazettes to the effect. In granting the terms of settlement jointly filed by the State Government and the claimant who doubles…

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I won’t silent over anomalies in the country, says Obasanjo saying ‘I’m not afraid of death’

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said he would not act like a coward for fear of death, saying, he would continue to raise the alarm when things are not right in the country. Obasanjo said this at the two- day interactive session of the Presidential Youth Mentorship Retreat held at the Youth Development Centre, Olusegun…

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Photos: Pastor Adeboye donates 3 dialysis machines to UCH, pledges two others before year ends

The General Overseer, the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye on Tuesday commissioned a new dialysis machine he donated to the hospital. Adeboye also pledged another two machines before the end of the year. According to a report by the Nation, the cleric said the UCH is a tertiary hospital that is…

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Only killers, vote thieves will celebrate Kogi election outcome, Oyo PDP replies APC

The Oyo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Tuesday, berated the State’s chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for celebrating the polluted electoral process which took place during the Kogi State governorship election held on November 16. The Oyo PDP, in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Engineer Akeem Olatunji, said…

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PHOTO: Police recovers coffin, multiple female under wears from pastor’s house in Enugu

The Enugu State Police Command, Tuesday, paraded a self-acclaimed pastor, Sunday Egbo after a small coffin, multiple female pants and braziers were recovered from his house. The Enugu State Police Command, Tuesday, paraded a self-acclaimed pastor, Sunday Egbo after a small coffin, multiple female pants and braziers were recovered from his house. Samuel is the…

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Picture: Ghanaian pastor caught pants down with a female congregant

Apostle Douglas Akwesi Amanor has been caught naked with Mrs Mina Adjei, a married woman and a member of his church on her matrimonial bed in Accra, Ghana. Read the story as told by Nana Effei, from Tema, Ghana. “Wonders, they say, will never end indeed. Head pastor and founder of the Apostolic Good News…

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Buhari tasks National Assembly on speedy passage of Special crimes court bill

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja called on the National Assembly to fast-track the passage of the Special Crimes Court Bill. Speaking at the National summit on ‘‘Diminishing Corruption in the Public Service’’ organised by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) in collaboration with the Office of the Secretary to the…

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I’m not owing Kogi workers any dime’ – Yahaya Bello speaks after electoral victory

The Kogi State Governor-Elect, Yahaya Bello, on Tuesday, has spoken against the claim that he was owing salaries, stressing that such were “lies.” Bello said his administration met salary backlog owed workers in the state, but insisted that his administration was not owing workers. The governor-elect, who said this while featuring on Channels Television, also…

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Court remands Kolade Johnson’s killer cop after police’s dismissal

A dismissed police inspector, Ogunyemi Olalekan, was on Tuesday at an Ikeja High Court remanded at the Ikoyi Prisons after his arraignment for the alleged murder of Kolade Johnson, a 35-year-old man at a viewing center in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Olalekan, 45, during his arraignment pleaded not guilty to…

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