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Two girls escape suspected kidnappers’ trap in Akure
By Boye Oyeyemi – Two young women have reportedly escaped an attempted abduction by suspected ritualists operating with taxis and tricycles in Akure, the Ondo State capital. The victims, identified as Grace Nashery and another lady, boarded a taxi from Danjuma Junction along Ondo Road to the Adebowale area when the incident happened. The taxi, which already had three men…
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Meet the new FCT Commissioner of Police, Dantawaye Miller
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has announced the appointment of CP Dantawaye Miller as the new Commissioner of Police, FCT Police Command. He succeeds CP Ajao Adewale, who has been redeployed. Here are a few things we know about the new CP: Dantawaye Miller is a seasoned police officer with over two decades of meritorious service. He attended…
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International Rural Women’s Day: Environment ambassador empowers Ondo women with solar lights
By Boye Oyeyemi – The Ondo State Goodwill Ambassador for Environment, Ms Olapeju Olayemi, has distributed 36 solar lights to rural women in the Ose and Owo local government areas of Ondo State. The initiative marked the 2025 United Nations International Rural Women’s Day and was aimed at promoting renewable energy use among rural women. Olapeju said the programme would…
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Between Reform and Reality – A measured appraisal of Tinubu’s first two years, by Adebamiwa Olugbenga
Since assuming office in May 2023 under the banner of a “Renewed Hope” agenda, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has pursued sweeping reforms across Nigeria’s economic, security, and social sectors. Two and a half years in, the record shows both ambitious progress and sobering contradictions. This piece takes a balanced look at where the Tinubu administration has succeeded, where its reforms…
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Bayelsa Senator Konbowei dumps PDP, joins APC
Senator Friday Benson Konbowei, representing Bayelsa Central of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Senate President Godswill Akpabio read Konbowei’s letter of defection during plenary on Thursday. Konbowei said his decision to dump the PDP is due to the intractable crises in the party. “After due consultation with my family, my associates, my…
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Army probes soldier over driver’s death in Ondo
By Boye Oyeyemi – The Nigerian Army has launched an investigation into the conduct of a soldier accused of causing the death of a commercial bus driver at a checkpoint in Akunu, Akoko North-East Local Government Area of Ondo State. The Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 32 Artillery Brigade, Major Njoka Irabor, confirmed this in a statement posted on the…
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You’re politically irrelevant – Ekiti PDP blasts Fayose
By Boye Oyeyemi – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has described former Governor Ayo Fayose as “a political retiree desperately shouting from the sidelines to remind people that he once existed.” In a statement signed by Hon. Yemi Ajanaku, Chairman of Local Government Chairmen of the PDP in the state, the party said Fayose’s recent outbursts against…
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Moral of the coup in Madagascar, by Tajudeen Olanrewaju
The recent coup in Madagascar which terminated the government of President Andry Rajoelina by a sudden popular revolution led by the Gen Z youth movement is a lesson to everyone who cherishes good leadership and the essential ingredients of the democratic process. Rajoelina who has now scurried to the safe haven of France was first elected with wide embrace in…
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Nnamdi Kanu medically fit to face trial, says NMA
The medical team set up by the President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) to ascertain the health status of detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has said the ailment he complained of is not life-threatening. According to a report by The Nation, Justice James Omotosho had directed the medical team to evaluate Kanu’s true…
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Senator Buhari leads effort to address critical gaps in aviation safety standards
Following a motion by the lawmaker representing Oyo North Senatorial District, Senator Abdulfatai Buhari, on the need to strengthen aviation safety, the Senate has mandated its Committee on Aviation to unravel the factors behind the problems in the sector. The motion comes on the heels of the NSIB report on the Air Peace runway incident at Port Harcourt, which occurred…
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