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Year: 2019

Again Shi’ites, police clash over continuous detention of el-Zakzaky

The police and members of the proscribed Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) on Friday clashed again in Abuja. The IMN members reportedly stormed the streets to launch a fresh agitation for the release of their leader Ibraheem el-Zakzaky from security custody. The police fired canisters of tear gas to disperse the procession on Sultan Abubakar…

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Makinde promises to reconstruct Iwo Road interchange with N8 billion

..as he worships with Muslim faithful at Jumah service …promises to build a more befitting mosque at Adogba, Iwo Road The Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has disclosed that not less than N8 billion would be spent to reconstruct the popular Iwo Road interchange, in Ibadan, the state capital. He said that his administration…

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Photos: Oyo NUJ election: Babalola tasks committee on fairness

A chairmanship aspirant and former ex-officio member of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Oyo State, Ademola Babalola on Friday tasked the Electoral Committee set up by the outgoing executive of the union to be transparent, and ensure strict adherence to the constitution of the union. Babalola who addressed the committee shortly after picking…

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#WhereIsAketi trends in Ondo as nobody knows whereabouts of Gov. Akeredolu

There is uneasy calm in Ondo State as people are currently apprehensive of whereabouts of the state Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. The Editor reports that Akeredolu, who was billed to be back from his annual vacation on October 4, 2019, has not been sighted in the state or at any other function within and outside the…

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Just in: another petrol tanker spills content, catches fire in Onitsha

Another petrol tanker has exploded after spilling content and caught fire along Enugu-Onitsha expressway by Bessoy filling station, Onitsha, Anambra state. The incident which occurred around Omaba Phase 2 at the wee hours of Friday came barely 48hours after lives were lost following fuel tanker explosion in Upper Iweka and Ochanja market. The tanker carrying…

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Makinde’s effort to have sole ownership of LAUTECH, an effort in futility, says Osun speaker

•As speaker advised Makinde on what to do The Speaker, Osun House of Assembly, Hon Timothy Owoeye on Thursday said that the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, LAUTECH, remains the joint property of Osun and Oyo States. The Speaker at plenary held that any view or actions contrary to the law establishing the University…

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Adelabu begins reconciliation tour across state to unite aggrieved Oyo APC members (See photos)

Seven months after the conduct of the March 9 Governorship Election in Oyo state, the Candidate of All Progressives Congress Oloye Adebayo Adelabu has pledged to champion and support the state executive of the party in reuniting aggrieved members back to the progressive fold Oloye Adelabu stated this during the thank you visit to the…

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Just in: FG, NLC meeting over new minimum wage ends in deadlock, adjourns meeting

The Federal Government and Organised Labour again ends in deadlock as they failed to reach an agreement on the full implementation of the new minimum wage after it resumed negotiations on the consequential adjustment of salaries for workers on Thursday, The Nation reports. After about eight hours meeting that began at 5pm and ended at…

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Buhari’s second wife rumour: don’t mind fake news, count me out, says Sadiya Farouk

The minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq has said she should be counted out of the fake news of becoming second wife of president Mohammadu Buhari. Sadiya was the cynosure of all eyes on Wednesday at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in Abuja. According to The Nation,…

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