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Ondo CP calls for stronger community policing at Akure Metro HQ commissioning
By Boye Oyeyemi – The Ondo State Commissioner of Police, Adebowale Lawal, has called for stronger collaboration between residents and the Nigeria Police Force, emphasising that community partnership is vital to effective crime prevention. Lawal spoke during the commissioning of the newly renovated Metro Area Office Headquarters in Akure, a project facilitated by the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) with…
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Amotekun assures Akure residents of safety ahead of festive season
By Boye Oyeyemi – The Ondo State Security Network Agency, popularly known as Amotekun, has assured residents and commuters that there are no bandits operating in Akure, stressing that security has been beefed up across the state for the Christmas and New Year celebrations. The Commander of Amotekun, Akogun Adetunji Adeleye, assured that the corps has stepped up patrols in…
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Diaspora has not learned leverage, and $21 billion proves it, by Chioma Ahaghotu
The Nigerian diaspora loves to talk power, but has not learned leverage. In 2024 alone, Nigerians abroad remitted about $21 billion into the Nigerian economy. Not hypotheticals. Not projections. Real money , officially recorded, and likely undercounted. That figure is larger than Nigeria’s foreign direct investment and dwarfs many other external inflows. Yet none of this has translated into organized…
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States: The bane of the Nigerian nation, by Odi Ikpeazu
For me, one glaring sign that we are arguably not serious as a nation, is the agitation for the creation of more states. That we do not see the utter lack of need for these garrulous guzzlers of our scarce national resources, is a thing of dismay. I was watching some fat-fed politician out of the South East the other…
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Christmas: Oluremi Tinubu urges Nigerians to embrace kindness, pray for peace
By Kunle Sanni – First Lady Oluremi Tinubu has urged Nigerians to demonstrate love, kindness, compassion, and other values that unite, as they celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ this yuletide season. In a Christmas message, Mrs. Tinubu called on citizens to use the festive period as a time for reflection and generosity, particularly towards the less privileged. “Merry Christmas!…
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Over 100 PDP, SDP members defect to APC in Ondo
By Boye Oyeyemi – Over 100 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Social Democratic Party (SDP) have officially joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State. The defectors, mainly party leaders and influential figures, pledged their allegiance at Oke Surulere Ward 7 in Irun-Akoko, Akoko North West Local Government Area. Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa welcomed the new members…
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Christmas: Gombe governor felicitates with Christians, urges peaceful coexistence
Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, has congratulated the Christian community in Gombe State and across the globe on the occasion of this year’s Christmas celebration, describing it as a season that highlights the timeless values of love, peace, sacrifice, and tolerance. In his Christmas message, Governor Yahaya noted that the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ provides an important moment…
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Shettima condemns Borno mosque bombing, says intensified security underway
By Kunle Sanni – Vice President Kashim Shettima has condemned the bomb explosion at a mosque in Gamboru Market, Maiduguri, Borno State, which reportedly killed about five people and injured several others, describing the incident as an attack on innocent citizens and national peace. Following the attack, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed an immediate intensification of security operations across…
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Sanwo-Olu urges Lagosians to remain calm following GNI building inferno
By Adeola Ogunrinde – Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has urged Lagosians to remain calm following the fire that engulfed the 25-storey Great Nigeria Insurance (GNI) Building on Martins Street, Lagos Island. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, but no casualties have been reported. In a press statement issued on Thursday, Commissioner for Information Gbenga Omotosho assured that…
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ASUU accepts 40% pay rise, ends 16-year renegotiation of 2009 agreement
By Kunle Sanni – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has accepted the Federal Government’s proposed 40 per cent salary increase for academic staff, effectively bringing to a close the prolonged renegotiation of the 2009 FGN–ASUU Agreement that has shaped industrial relations in Nigeria’s university system for over 16 years. ASUU announced that it reached a fresh agreement with…
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