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Nollywood actor, Bobo B is dead
Famous Nollywood actor Otunba Ayobami Olabiyi, also known as Bobo B, has died. He passed away in Ibadan, Oyo state after a brief illness. He was said to have died at the University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan, Oyo State, where he was receiving treatment. A former governor of the Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN) in…
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Kwara, Nigerian Airforce launch ‘Operation Alànú Tidé’ to combat insecurity
Kwara State Government and the Nigerian AirForce 303 Composite Group, have launched Operation Alanu Tide (OAT) to combat insecurity along the Ogbomosho-Ilorin highway. Present at the brief launching includes Group Capt. Ibrahim, Squadron Leader OS Hakeem, Esther Oluyomi, Tunde Jimoh, Director Governor Office, Senior Special Assistant on Security Aliyu Muyideen, represented Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. Physical inspection was done…
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Verify information before making baseless accusations, INEC cautions Oyo Governor
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has cautioned Oyo State State Governor Engr. Seyi Makinde against spreading unverified information about the Ondo State governorship election. In a statement on its X account, the electoral umpire accused the governor of peddling untrue information after he spoke at a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) rally, where he called on INEC to remove the…
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“My daughter departed at her appointed time,” says NNPCL CEO Mele Kyari in emotional farewell to Fatima
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, Mele Kolo Kyari, has penned an emotional farewell message for his daughter, Fatima. who died last Thursday at 25. She was buried on Friday after prayers at Al-Nul Mosque in Maitama, Abuja.Third-day prayers were held for her in Kyari’s residence on Sunday in Abuja attended by the high and…
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Ex-governor Ladoja loses wife
Former Oyo State governor, Chief Rasheed Ladoja’s wife, Tinuade Ladoja has died. She passed away on Monday morning after a brief illness. She was 71 years old. Media aide to Chief Ladoja, Adeola Oloko, confirmed the development. Olukoya Benjamin, Head of the Media unit of Celestial Church of Christ, Ikeja Parish 1 Cathedral, where she worshipped, said Tinuade was taken…
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JUST IN: Libyan Football Federation President, Al-Shalmani resigns
The President of the Libyan Football Federation, Abdelhakim Al-Shalmani, has announced his resignation from his position. The Libya Observer, an English and Arabic online newspaper based in Tripoli, said Al-Shalmani made the announcement at the regular meeting of the Federation’s General Assembly, saying: “I do not want to be part of the failure in Libyan sports.” “We faced difficulties during…
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Ex-Eagles’ goalkeeper Peter Fregene has died
Former goalkeeper of Nigeria’s national team, the Green Eagles (now Super Eagles), Peter Fregene, has died. A statement by Segun Odegbami, nicknamed “Mathematical Odegbami said, Fregene died last night a few minutes to midnight. “A few minutes ago, Peter ‘Apo’ Fregene, OLY, former goalkeeper for Nigeria’s Green Eagles, who has been on life-support for the past one week, passed on…
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VIDEO: ‘Do me, I do you,’ Libya diverts Super Eagles’ flight in revenge poor treatment
By Olaolu Bilau in Abuja Libyan authorities have been accused of treating the Super Eagles of Nigeria in a manner that could disorient the team’s performance as they set to meet the Libyan national team on Tuesday. Former Press Officer of the Nigerian Super Eagles, Oluwatoyin Ibitoye dropped the hint in a post on X on Sunday night. Sharing a…
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Dele Alake, the Quintessential Communications Strategist at 68, by Kehinde Olaosebikan
…Why many leaders search for the likes of him as Communications Adviser Having beautiful women is a way of assessment or a display of wealth by men in the olden, but not too long-ago, days in the place where I come from. Up till the 60s and 70s in my part of the world, to prove or show that you…
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VIDEO: Sunday Igboho submits Yoruba Nation’s petition to UK Prime Minister
Yoruba Nation advocate, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho on Saturday submitted a petition to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer at No. 10, Downing Street, London. Details of the content of the petition were not revealed but, indications emerged it is connected with the ongoing agitation for self-determination and the creation of a separate country…
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