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The Osun State Commissioner of Police, Mr Kehinde Longe, has brokered peace between the Chief Imam of the Kamaudeen Mosque, Osogbo, Alhaji Kasim Yunis, and the custodian of a masquerade, Chief Kayode Esuleke, as the annual Egungun masquerade holds in the town. A statement issued in Osogbo on Thursday, signed…
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President Bola Tinubu has declared a state of emergency on food security in Nigeria. This was made known by his spokesman Dele Alake during a briefing with journalists on Thursday. Alake said the President is not unmindful of the rising cost of food and its effect on the pocket of…
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The Chief of Army Staff, Major General Taoreed Lagbaja, has said that the fight against insecurity in Nigeria needs new skills that are proactive, adaptive and inclusive. He said that this is what he will be bringing on board as Chief of Army Staff if confirmed by the Senate. General…
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The House of Representatives has approved the request of President Bola Tinubu for an amendment to the 2022 Appropriation Act. The approval followed Tinubu’s request for N500 billion for palliatives to Nigerians in order to reduce the hardship caused by subsidy removal. The amendment passed the first, second, and third…
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Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi has urged President Bola Tinubu to consider the establishment of the Federal Ministry of Chieftaincy Affairs and appoint a first-class royal father as the minister. Oba Akanbi, on Thursday, said by creating such a ministry, a constitutional role would be given to royal fathers…
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said 12m families will get N8, 000 over a period of six months to ameliorate the hardships faced by Nigerians as a result of subsidy removal. In a letter to the House of Representatives read by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas during plenary on Tuesday, Tinubu said…
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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps on Wednesday said it secured the conviction of a fake Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ayanrinde Abdulgafar, 25. He was sentenced to three years jail-term by Magistrate M.A. Olatunji after pleading guilty to the two counts offence bordering on impersonation of a legal practitioner…
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A 17-year-old female student of the Osun State University, Ikire campus, Victory Ehiremen, and her boyfriend, Ayobami Ariyo, were on Wednesday paraded before journalists at the state police command headquarters, Osogbo, for allegedly obtaining N1.5m from a complainant they lured from Lagos to Osun State. Presenting the suspects alongside others…
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday described a purported list of ministerial nominees as mere speculation. Secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore, who appeared on Channels Politics Today, said the party was still consulting and that the list was not ready. It was a reiteration of the presidency’s statement last week that…
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Davido‘s French alleged pregnant side chick, Ivanna Bay, has shared an update on her health and pregnancy situation amid rumors of abortion. She spoke a few days after she cried out on constant bleeding. Ivanna, who revealed a few days ago that she woke up with a stomach pain, said…
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