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Year: 2022

Popular comedian, De General convicted for drug trafficking, unlawful possession of Tramadol

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has convicted a comedian and skit maker, Joshua Sunday, popularly called De General, for unlawful possession of 14 grams of Tramadol. Also convicted alongside the 22-year-old comedian, is Caleb Ojana William, who was accused of unlawful possession of 15 grams of Cannabis Sativa, popularly called Marijuana. Justice Daniel…

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Barrister Hazeem Gbolarumi and Oyo Restoration Agenda

By Agboola Alphonso Oyo State parades a number of popular grassroots politicians who are capable of running the affairs of the Pacesetter State in a way that will make the governance meaningful. Good governance is done through equitable distribution of the dividends of democracy across all the strata of the state through to the grassroots…

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Unprecedented: Oyo approves consolidated salary scale for local govt administration heads

Heads of Local Government Administration (HLAs) in Local Government Areas in Oyo State have started receiving Consolidated Salary Scale, which allowed them to receive the same salary in their respective status as HLAs as pension after retirement. This was disclosed at a special meeting held by the State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr….

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Family photos of Mercy Aigbe’s new husband leaks online (PHOTOS)

Earlier on Sunday, it was reported that Nollywood actress Mercy Aigbe secretly tied the knot with her married lover Kazim Adeoti aka Adakaz and owner of Ibaka TV in a Muslim marriage ceremony. Kemi Filani reports that Adekaz who is previously married with four children, abandoned them in Minnesota, Canada after he begun dating Mercy…

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Legal luminary, Akintola gives out daughter, a professor in holy matrimony on his birthday

By Bolaji Oladepo Professor Oluwatosin Akintola an Oncologist at Harvard (University) Medical School in the United States of America wedded her heartthrob Professor Joseph Dermot a gynaecologist also of the same Medical School on Friday 21st January, 2022. Tosin Akintola gave her father, Adeniyi Akintola SAN (the legal egg- head) the biggest birthday gift in…

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Controversial policy: Tension as 10,000 candidates lose waiver to resit WAEC in Ekiti

…parents raises the alarm, say development will increase insecurity, criminality in the state There is palpable tension brewing now in Ekiti State as a state government policy has allegedly denied waiver for candidates who failed the last West African Examination Council (WAEC), (and have already registered for the forthcoming WAEC), to resit the exam. Our…

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Portable laments excessive demands by commercial s£x workers in Lekki (Watch VIDEO)

Controversial singer Portable has lamented the excessive demands by commercial workers in Lekki. The Zazu singer, who seems to haverecently relocated to the Lagos highbrowarea, made his concern known in a video on his Instagram page. Portable said commercial workers in Lekkiare after their money either they render the service or not. He also mentioned…

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VIDEO: “I’m sorry, please forgive me”, school proprietor who killed 5 year-old Hanifa Abubakar pleads

Abdulmalik Tanko, the proprietor of Noble Kids Nursery and Primary School, Kawana, Kano, who confessed to killing one of his students, five-year-old Hanifa Abubakar, has appealed to her parents to forgive him. Tanko was paraded before newsmen on Friday, January 21. While being paraded, he confessed to placing N100 worth of rat poison into a…

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2023 Presidency: Tinubu, Olufunmilade lead other Yoruba aspirants to declare interest

The race for 2023 general elections has began in earnest…. In the next six months, the presidential candidates of all political parties must have emerged. The INEC, among other schedule, had fixed February 2023 for the presidential contest. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, every political parties is expected to field a southern candidate, but politics being…

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We will flag off Iseyin-Ogbomoso road in ten days- Makinde

…says late Soun lived a fulfilled life …as top govt officials converge on Ogbomoso for Soun’s final burial Oyo State Governor,’ Seyi Makinde, has promised that his administration will flag off the Ogbomoso -Iseyin Road in ten days. The governor, while speaking at the final burial ceremony of the 20th Soun of Ogbomosoland, His Imperial…

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