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Just In: Gov. Makinde to set up anti-corruption agency, promises to surrender himself if found culpable

The Governor of Oyo State, Mr Seyi Makinde has said his administration will soon establish an anti-corruption agency in the state. He made the disclosure while speaking at a two-day induction programme for members-elect of the 9th Assembly of Oyo State, noting that the move is an indication of the readiness of his administration to…

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Husband forces wife into prostitution to rob her clients

A sex worker has told a magistrate that her husband forced her into prostitution and they ended up conniving to rob her clients. The woman, her husband and two other men appeared in court for allegedly conniving to rob her clients. Lindiwe Ncube (31), who stays in Sgwindiri Compound, was hired by two clients on…

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Photo: Man cut off 11-year-old boy’s hand over alleged theft

The Police Command in Lagos State on Sunday said it has arrested a fish farmer, Jeremiah Obifor, 61, for allegedly cutting off the hand of an 11-year-old boy, Goodluck Amechi. According to the Spokesperson of the police in Lagos state, DSP Bala Elkana, the man cut off the boy’s hand who he suspected had come…

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Oyo ALGON to Seyi Makinde: ‘deploy Bisi Ilaka to motor park over his unguarded statements’

The chairman of All Local Government Chairmen of Nigeria (ALGON), Oyo State Chapter, Prince Ayodeji Abass-Aleshinloye has asked the state Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde to deploy his Chief of Staff, Bisi Ilaka to motor park over his unguarded statements in the public space. Aleshinloye stated this in a press release signed by him and made…

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31 year-old suspect reveals how he hack into any account, withdraw money from it, even if phone is locked

Most Nigerians and mobile phone users all over the globe usually lock their phones , thereby making it difficult for anyone to have access to information in them, particularly their account details. But a suspected telephone hacker who was arrested by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Ladipo, Lagos, has revealed that such measure does…

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Oyo’s N3000 School Fees Debacle | Festus Adedayo

Did Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State realize that, in his first official pronouncement on May 29, 2019 stopping the payment of N3000 by school pupils, he had unwittingly provoked a strong ideological sentiment which had been bottled overtime? Discussions on this issue have polarized indigenes and residents along divides of ideology, class and beliefs….

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Oyo now leading Edo as hotspot of girls’ trafficking in Nigeria, says NIS official

The Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, on Saturday revealed that the Oyo State is now hotspot of human trafficking of girls, noting that Oyo has overtaken Edo State with recorded 464 Victims in three months ahead Edo state. Assistant Comptroller, Anti Human Trafficking and Child Labour unit of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Foluso Akintola, who stated…

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Family, friends remember Ayoade 10 years after, amid tears, tributes

Family members and friends of Late (Mrs) Omowunmi Ayoade on Saturday, May 25, 2019, gathered at Oluyole Industrial Estate, Ibadan, Oyo State, to hold a 10thyear memorial service in her honour. She was Headmistress, Suliat Adedeji Primary, Kobomoje, Ibadan, before she died on 2009. She was 52 years. Her husband, Prince Ademola Ayoade, former national…

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19 persons die Saturday in fatal accident along Akure-Owo Expressway

No fewer than 19 passengers were burnt to death on Saturday in an accident along the Akure-Owo Expressway in Ondo State. Confirming the incident, the Public Relations Officer of the Ondo State Police Command, Femi Joseph, said that bodies of the victims had been deposited at the mortuary of the Ondo State General Hospital in…

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Makinde’s LG/LCDA Dissolution Order: LG Bosses should just accept their fate – Aborode

Alhaji Mukaila Majekodunmi Aborode, former Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources has justified the dissolution of the elected Local Government and LCDA Bosses ordered by the state Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde few hours after his inauguration. Alh. Aborode, a member of the PDP PDP during the Grassroot Development Program, Ijoba-Ibadan on Splash 105.5FM, Ibadan with…

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