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Month: March 2023

Hon. Segelu drums support for Makinde, PDP Assembly candidates

A Germany-based politician and businessman, Hon. Olayinka Segelu, has drummed support for the re-election of the Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde, insisting that he has done excellently well to deserve a second term in office. Segelu, a stalwart of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Chairman/CEO of YSEG Hotel in Ibadan, also threw…

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Ethiopian police allegedly beat Nigerian woman Chizoba Favour Eze to death

Ethiopian police has been accused of murder for allegedly beating to death a Nigerian woman identified as Chizoba Favour Eze. The young woman was killed by Kaliti prison police, a maximum-security prison in Addis Abeba, according to multiple sources. On Sunday, SaharaReporters learned that inmate Eze had died.The prison management allegedly kept her corpse in…

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FG to increase corp members monthly allowance

The Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare has disclosed that the federal government would soon increase the monthly allowance of corp members. He said there is an improved proposal for the increment of their allowance before President Muhammadu Buhari, for approval. He was speaking at the sidelines on Monday in Abuja after…

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Old N200, N500, N1,000 banknotes remain legal tender till December 31 — CBN

The CBN on Monday said old N200, N500, N1,000 banknotes remain legal tender till December 31, 2023. The apex bank’s Acting Director of Corporate Communications, Isa AbdulMumin disclosed this in a statement on Monday. This is coming 10 days after the Supreme Court ruled that old naira notes should co-exist with new ones till the…

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Oyo Guber: Residents warn Sanni over endorsement of candidate, religion sentiment

Some residents of Oyo State on Monday warned the chairman, Oyo State Muslim Community, Alhaji Kunle Sanni not to divide the state with religion sentiment, saying such was not a welcome development for the coexistence of residence and indigenes of the state. They said the warning become necessary been part of their contributions to safeguard…

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Makinde’s financial commitment to CCII unprecedented – Source

A source within the Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes (CCII) have said the financial commitment of the Oyo State governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde to the Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes (CCII) is unprecedented, noting that nobody can match Makinde’s financial commitment to CCII because the governor has contributed over N100 million towards the progress and…

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BREAKING: Popular Ogun monarch dies

Oba Yinusa Oladele Adekoya, the Dagburewe of Idowa in Odogbolu, Ogun State, is dead. POLITICS NIGERIA learned that Oba Adekoya passed away on Sunday at aged 87. This newspaper reports that Late Adekoya is one of the most powerful kings in Ijebuland. He is the second-in-command to the Awujale of Ijebu land, Oba Sikiru Kayode…

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Soludo announces CBN directed banks to accept, dispense old naira notes

The Governor of Anambra State, Charles Soludo, has said the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has directed commercial banks to accept and dispense old naira notes. This he said is in compliance with the order of the Supreme Court which declared that old naira notes remain legal tender till December. Soludo, a former governor of…

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Dino Melaye gifts 25 Kogi State Assembly PDP candidates ₦500,000 each

The former Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District on the red chamber of the National Assembly, Senator Dino Melaye reportedly gave out 25 Kogi State House of Assembly candidates #500,000 each. The Kogi State House of Assembly candidates who received the money are those vying for the legislative seats under the platform of the Peoples…

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Refusal to kiss my wife doesn’t mean there’s trouble in my marriage – KWAM 1

Popular fuji musician, Wasiu Ayinde, popularly known as K1 De Ultimate, has said that rejecting his wife’s kiss at a recent surprise birthday party organised for him was not a sign of trouble in her marriage to Emmanuella. K1 at his 66th surprise birthday party organized by his wife had reportedly refused to kiss Emmanuella…

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