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Video: Tension mounts as Igboho arrives court for trial in Benin

Yoruba Nation chief campaugner, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, has arrived the Cour De’appal De Cotonou, ahead of his arraignment by the authorities of Benin Republic for immigration-related offences, according to reports. One of the reports, by SaharaReporters, quoted an unnamed source as disclosing that “Igboho may be arraigned for passport-related offenses”,…

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Igangan: Makinde reveals he won’t release weapons seized from customs, insists operatives must inform states before operations

Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has declared that the state government will not release the weapons seized from men and officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) who attacked some communities in Ibarapa area of the state, last week. This was as he insisted that federal security operatives must henceforth inform governors before carrying out…

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13-year-old girl hangs herself over poor results, wrote an emotional note (PHOTO)

A 13-year-old girl has committed suicide by hanging herself after getting harsh comments from her parents for performing poorly in the recently released PLE Results. The deceased is identified as Daphine Nakimuli, a resident of Kinuubi East, Bwikya Ward in Mparo division, Hoima City, Ugandan. Nakimuli had just completed her PLE at Bwikya Primary where…

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Benin rejects Igboho’s hasty extradition, lawyers write Germany to stop moves

• Benin insists on repatriation hearing to determine whether Igboho is guilty or not – Lawyer • Legal team to file additional complaint with German embassy today on Igboho’s arrest • Protests rock Ibadan, Cotonou, London over activist’s arrest, police attack Oyo protesters The Republic of Benin has resisted Nigeria’s attempts to hastily extradite the…

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Staff audit: Oyo uncovers 41 ghost workers…341 others with irregular records opt for voluntary retirement

…indicted officers to be deleted from the payroll The Implementation Committee of the Oyo State 2019/2020 Civil/Public Servants Audit and Payroll Re-engineering/Validation Exercise has recommended the removal of 41 staff classified as “No Show” (ghost workers) by the consultants. The consultants had indicted 602 officers and recommended them for removal from the payrolls but the…

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Igboho chained like animal in police cell in Cotonou- lawyer…to appear in court tomorrow for extradition order

Counsel to Chief Sunday Adeyemo (aka Sunday Igboho), Chief Yomi Alliyu SAN, has disclosed that the Yoruba activist is going through harrowing torture and pains, having been put in chains in a police cell in Cotonou, the capital of the Republic of Benin. He said Igboho is being treated like an animal in the cell…

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PHOTO: Yoruba group thanks Beninese govt as Igboho reportedly released, on his way to Germany

The leader of Yoruba Nation agitators and Yoruba right activist, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho who was earlier arrested in Cotonou, has reportedly been released. Igboho was arrested three weeks after he was declared wanted by Nigeria’s secret police, the Republican Police on Monday evening. Igboho, a campaigner for Yoruba self-determination, was arrested…

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Eid-el-Kabir: Persevere, keep hope alive, Ekiti PDP Chair tells Nigerians

Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State, Otunba Bisi Kolawole has called on Nigerians to renew their faith in having a united and prosperous Nigeria under the government of the PDP in the nearest future since all the actions and inactions of those presently in power depict bleakness and hopelessness. Kolawole, who…

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Sunday Igboho arrested in Cotonou 3 days after FG’s high alert

Yoruba Nation Agitator, Sunday Adeyemo otherwise known as Igboho, has been reportedly arrested in Cotonou-Benin Republic, Nigeria’s Western neighbours, just three days after the Nigerian government raised high alert over plans by Igboho to flee Nigeria. A report by The Punch said he was arrested at the Cotonou airport late Monday by Beninoise security forces….

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Eid-el-Kabir: Gbolarumi preaches peace

Alh. Barr. Hazeem Gbolarumi, former Deputy governor and People’s Democratic Party’s Chieftain in Oyo State, has called on all Nigerians to pray for the peace and stability of the country. Speaking through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Olaniyi Stephen, shortly after the prayers to mark the celebration of Eid-el–Kabir, at the Agodi Praying…

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