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Obasanjo behind my impeachment for negating his third term – Ladoja @ 75th birthday

A former governor of Oyo State, Chief Rashidi Ladoja, on Tuesday said his opposition to the third term bid of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo led to his impeachment in 2006, The Punch reports. Ladoja, in an interview with journalists in Ibadan, said Obasanjo rejected appeals by prominent Nigerians, including a late Yoruba leader, Pa Emmanuel Alayande,…

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5 kidnappers arrested in Igangan by vigilante group

Five of the kidnappers terrorizing Ibarapa zone of Oyo State have been arrested on Monday in Igangan part of Ibarapa North local government. The bandits were arrested through the efforts of the Seriki Fulani of Oyo State, Alhaji Saliu Kadir, with the help of a special task force of vigilante group he created in conjunction…

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Your achievement since inauguration, a mere propaganda, Political Party tackles Seyi Makinde

The Oyo State chapter of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) on Tuesday alleged that the state Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, has achieved nothing, noting that he has been making mere propaganda since his inauguration on May 29 this year. SPN Secretary in Oyo state, Comrade Ayodeji Adigun made this assertion while addressing journalists at…

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‘I stole baby because I wanted male child’ says woman who stole a two month old baby in Ekiti

A 39-year-old suspect who stole a baby has blamed it on her hunger for a male child, The Nation reports. Police in Ekiti State picked up Mercy Momoh accusing her of stealing a two-month-old baby in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital. Momoh, who hails from Edo State, was arrested on Saturday at her residence located at…

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Tinubu cannot be Nigeria’s President in 2023, a Northerner will return, says Yerima

National president of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), Yerima Shettima has said the southeast will support a presidential candidate from the north in 2023. Yerima who argues that the north needs another chance in 2023 to serve as compensation for the many challenges troubling the region, said that Bola Tinubu, leader of the All…

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Updated: Court dismisses DSS’ application to detain Sowore, orders his release

Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday dismissed application of Department of State Service to further detain the convener of #RevolutionNow protest , Omoyele Sowore while the court ordered his release from the custody of the DSS immediately. The judge said the activist should be released to his lawyer, Mr…

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FUOYE gets NUC accreditation for six PG programmes

…signs MoU on Distance Learning programmes From WOLE BALOGUN, Ado-Ekiti Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) has got full accreditation from the National Universities Commission (NUC), for six academic programmes to be run by the university’s school of the Post Graduate Studies. The NUC empowered FUOYE to begin running the programmes from 2019/2020 academic session. The University…

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APC tasks govs on poverty reduction, free education policies

From WOLE BALOGUN, Ado Ekiti The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has urged all the 36 states’ governors in Nigeria to adopt governor Kayode Fayemi’s anti -poverty policies such as free education and regular payment of workers’ salaries and pensions to better the lives of the citizens. This was made known through the…

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N33bn fraud: moves to impeach Osinbajo looms in Senate

The travails of Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo over the alleged N33bn in National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is set to be compounded as plots to begin impeachment process against him in the Senate are brewing, Pointblanknews.com reports. Sources revealed that some senators, goaded by some forces in the villa, are gearing to dust up…

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