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Osun govt condems PDP congress violence
Osun State Government has condemned the violence during the People’s Democratic Party’s ward congress in Ipetumodu, Ife North Local Government, and Ward 14, Oke-Oba 1, Agberire, Iwo Local Government on Wednesday. Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs Funke Egbemode, in a statement which was made available to Western Post, said the Osun was a peaceful state and would not…
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Aregbesola’s anti-Omoluabi ethos
By Ray Ekpu ThisDay newspaper of Sunday February 20, 2022 delivered a front page screamer that read “Tinubu floors Aregbesola as Oyetola wins Osun APC primary.” This is what is known as interpretative reporting in journalistic lingo. ThisDay was simply interpreting the feud between Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola that predated the election primary for the selection of…
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Oil price rallies at $100 per barrel on the back of Russia attack on Ukraine
Russia’s military attack on Ukraine had it’s toll on crude oil prices as it surged above $100 per barrel on Thursday. This was the first time oil prices were going above $100 since 2014. Russia Defence Ministry has announced that its military has started full scale war in Ukraine after weeks of denials by President Vladimir Putin that his country…
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Russia ignites full scale war in Ukraine
Russia Defence Ministry has announced that its military has started full scale war in Ukraine after weeks of denials by President Vladimir Putin that his country has no intention of invading Ukraine. Explosions have been heard in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev and other major cities after Vladimir Putin announced that a military operation had begun. The Russian president announced…
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FG to spend over N1bn on school feeding daily
The Federal Government will spend over N1bn daily to feed primary school pupils in the National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme. This comes as the cost of feeding a child per day has been released from N70 to N100. At a two-day national consultative meeting on public food procurement which was held in Abuja on Wednesday, National Coordinator, National Social Investments…
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COVID-19: BudgIT, CODE partner to track funds in Africa
Two groups, BudgIT and Connected Development, CODE, have entered into partnership to track COVID-19 intervention funds under the second phase of the COVID-19 Transparency and Accountability Project, CTAP. The project is expected to run across 10 African countries. BudgIT’s Global Director, Seun Onigbinde, in a statement released on Wednesday, said partnership seeks to identify issues that have to do with…
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MTN, Mafab beat payment deadline, make good on 5G licences
Provisional winners of the 3.5 Gigahertz (GHz) spectrum licence, MTN Communications Nigeria Plc and Mafab Communications Limited, have made their full payment of $273.6 million each for the 5G Spectrum license to the Nigerian Communications Commission. The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, officially confirmed the payment status today, February 24, 2022, just as…
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Leaders who swear by Holy Book musn’t abuse public office – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has warned leaders against abusing the trust of leadership placed on them by the people after swearing with Holy Book while taking the oath of office. The President was speaking at the palace of the Emir of Lafia, Emir of Lafia, retired Justice Sidi Bage Muhammad 1, on Thursday. He was on a visit to the North…
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Restructuring: Each state should control own resources – Adesina
Adeola Ogunrinde President of the African Development Bank, AfDB, Akinwumi Adesina has called for each state to control its resources in Nigeria. Delivering a lecture titled ‘Nigeria — A Country of Many Nations: A Quest for National Integration’, at an event to celebrate the 80th birthday of Enoch Adeboye, general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, on…
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New Olubadan to be installed March 11
Bode Akinbode, Ibadan The coronation ceremony of High Chief Olalekan Balogun as the new Olubadan of Ibadanland will hold on March 11, 2022. This was disclosed in a letter signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Local Government and Chieftancy Affairs, Mr. B.A. Olanrewaju, which was seen by our correspondent. Olanrewaju said Balogun’s installation was coming up after Oyo State…
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