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Month: October 2023

Israel releases evidence to show Hamas responsible for Gaza hospital explosive attack

•Tweet purportedly claiming responsibility by Israeli official circulates online Israel has released drone footage and an intercepted conversation that the country claims proves that an Islamist militant group was responsible for a deadly blast at a hospital in Gaza and not an Israeli airstrike. “We are running on it because someone is doing a fake…

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OYACA Sensitizes Oke-Ogun Poly Students, Staffers on Corruption, Sexual Harassment

…..As Students Demand Creation of Anti-Corruption Vanguard in Campus The Oyo State Anti-Corruption Agemcy (OYACA) has called on the students of the Oke-Ogun Polytechnic, Saki to speak out whenever they see or experience any corrupt act or when sexually harassed by their lecturers. The agency, which was established to investigate corruption acts by public officials,…

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Birthday: Makinde felicitates Olubadan

Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has felicitated the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Dr Mohood Lekan Balogun, on his 81st birthday. The governor, who described the monarch as a great royal father and beacon of hope for the continued prosperity of Ibadanland, prayed to God to grant him more years on the throne of his forbears….

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Lawmaker’s daughter strangled to death in Maiduguri

Mrs Amma Buwa, the daughter of a member of Borno State House of Assembly, Bukar Abacha, was reportedly strangulated to death by unknown persons in the Gidan Dembe area of Maiduguri, the state capital. The incident, which caused the stagnation of activities in the area, attracted a large crowd of residents who thronged the scene…

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Oyo Govt. to punish open defecators …as 48m Nigerians practice open defecation according to NBS

The Oyo State Government on Wednesday said it was set to punish individuals who defecate in the open and indiscriminately dump refuse. It said this is part of efforts to help reduce significantly or completely eradicate cases of open defecation in the state. The Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, disclosed this at…

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Israeli attack on Gaza hospital sparks global outrage

There are global outrage and condemnations as Israeli airstrikes hit a UN run school in Gaza refugee camp and an Al Ahli Baptist hospital sheltering displaced Palestinians in Gaza, killing hundreds of people. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanhyau however denies involvement in the hospital attack and blames it on Palestinian misfired missiles. But the Palestinian…

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EFCC: Olukoyede’s file and the disappearance of Bawa

By Bolaji O. Akinyemi The beauty of law is in its practice, the strength of law is it learning. Little wonder lawyers refer to each other as learned colleague. Professor Yemi Osibajo stands not just out, but shoulder high among many both in the teaching of, and practice of law. Personal interests however, is a…

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Man declared wanted for crime in Kano weeks ago, joins Nigeria Police Force

A suspect declared wanted for criminal activites only a few weeks ago, Nasiru Abdullahi aka Chile Maidoki, has reportedly joined the Nigeria Police Force as a police constabulary.Kano Police Command placed a bounty of N100k on Maidoki’s head only in August. He later turned himself in at the Bompai headquarters of the command on Saturday,…

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UI Senior staff Club celebrates Sanusi at 55

……enjoins him to do more for humanity The Senior Staff Club of the Premier University, University of Ibadan, has congratulated the Jagun Olubadan of Ibadanland on his natal celebration of 55years of services to humanity. A release signed by the President of the club, Dr Bisi Olawuyi, stated that Chief (Engineer) Dotun Sanusi has elevated…

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Dotun Sanusi, an uncommon personality @ 55- Senator Alli

Sen. Sharafadeen Alli (APC-Oyo South) has felicitated with Chief (Engr.) Dotun Sanusi, the Chairman of Hotel and Sports Resort as he clocks 55. This is contained in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Akeem Abas and made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Ibadan. Sanusi, a renowned philanthropist, and multi-billionaire businessman, was…

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