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Year: 2019

South West States rated low in PVC collection as Katsina, Taraba, Gombe, lead (See detailed state by state breakdown published by INEC)

As INEC published a detailed state by state breakdown of the number of registered voters and collected Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs), the South West states have been rated lowest in the collection of PVCs. In the rating, Osun has 75.17%, Oyo has 74.17% (below Imo State, 74.91), Ekiti has 73.25%Among the 37 states and FCT,…

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Ajimobi has God’s backing, a reason for his many successes, says wife

The wife of Oyo State Governor, Mrs. Florence Ajimobi has attributed the continued success and victories of her husband in polls to heavenly support and Gods backing. The wife of the Governor, Mrs Florence Ajimobi made this assertion while receiving decampees from the PDP in Ibadan North Local Government, at her private residence in Oluyole…

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PHOTOS: President Buhari receives Special Envoy of King Salman Bin Abdulaziz,

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday received in audience Special Envoy of King Salman Bin Abdulaziz, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, H.E. Ahmad Qattan, Hon. Minister of State for African Affairs, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in State House. President Buhari with R-L: Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama, Hon. Minister of State for African Affairs,…

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ARFH gives new lease of Life to a physically challenged Mother of two in Akwa Ibom

Mrs Offiong (not real name), a physically challenged mother of two who hails from Ibiaku Uruan LGA, Akwa Ibom State had a new lease of life with the handing over of a newly constructed 2 bedroom flat to her on the 19th of December, 2018. She was enrolled into ARFH-LOPIN Region 1 project by Children…

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Fight against HIV:  ARFH facilitates School Items worth 4 million naira for Orphans in Rivers

The Block Grant Intervention is an education intervention of ARFH-LOPIN Region 1 in which support is provided to Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Nigeria. The education intervention is aimed at helping vulnerable children enroll/re-enroll to school and continue their education without the fear of paying any form of school levy. In 2018, following an assessment…

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Akala’s son, Olamiju suspended as Local Council Chairman, as ADP blames Gov. Ajimobi for development

The Chairman of Ogbomoso North Local Government Area of Oyo State, Hon. Olamiju Alao-Akala, has been suspended from office. He is the son of former governor and governorhsip candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) in the 2019 election, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala. Olamiju last week dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) where he was elected…

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Senator Shehu Sanni, Femi Fani-kayode differ on Buhari’s verdict on Ballot box snatchers

President Mohammadu Buhari on Monday while speaking at a national caucus meeting of the All Progressives Congress in Abuja, said ballot box snatchers would pay with their lives as security agencies had been given the go ahead to be ruthless with them. The President said this at the meeting, which was convened by the APC…

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Election: Oyo govt declares February 25, March 11, as public holiday for schools

The Oyo State government has declared Monday, February 25 and Monday, March 11 as public holidays for public and private schools in the state following the rescheduling of the general elections to February 23 and March 9. According to a statement issued on Monday by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Mrs…

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APC chairman in Benue shot dead

The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ohimini local government area, Mr Boniface Okoloho, is dead. Reports have it that Boniface was ambushed and shot dead by unknown gunmen. The report has been confirmed by Moses Yamu, spokesman of the police command. We elected the government we deserve yesterday His words, “I can…

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