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Education
TASUED shut as students clash with host community
By Kolawole Olayinka, AbeokutaThe management of Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, Ogun State has closed down the institution following a clash between the students and the natives of Maweje, the host community on Sunday. The clash led to the destruction of properties in the community. The Registrar of the institution, Dapo Oke, who announced the closure in a…
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News from States
Ganduje hands over Sunday, plans to attend Tinubu’s inauguration in Abuja
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State will hand over the affairs of the state to Governor-elect, Malam Abba Yusuf, on Sunday. Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Malam Muhammad Garba, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Kano. Garba said that the event was billed for 9 pm at the Government House, Kano. According to him, the Transition…
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Crime & City Diary
Police arrest four as Yoruba Nation agitators seize Radio Nigeria, Amuludun FM
Some Yoruba Nation agitators, on Sunday morning, seized Radio Nigeria, Amuludun FM 99.1 in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, taking over broadcast for more than one hour. A source told The PUNCH Metro that the agitators, who besieged the station around 5:40 am in an 18-seater bus, were armed with dangerous weapons and charms, threatening to deal decisively with any…
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National News
Buhari confers national honours on Emefiele, Oluremi Tinubu, Emeka Anyaoku, Osoba, others
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the conferment of national honours on some prominent Nigerians and friends of Nigeria. The list, which includes prominent names, has one recipient of the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON), 23 for Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR), 75 for Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON),78 for…
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National News
Tinubu’s dream propelled by passion to make Nigeria a leading nation, Buhari declares in farewell broadcast
My fellow Nigerian brothers, sisters and friends of Nigeria. 2. I address you today, in my last assignment as a democratically elected President of our great and well-endowed nation, with a deep sense of gratitude to God, a great deal of appreciation to the Nigerian people and a modest sense of fulfilment. 3. Today we mark and celebrate another peaceful…
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Crime & City Diary
Police in hot pursuit as robbers cart away $11m in Ogun
Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta A 4-man robbery gang on Friday evening escaped with $11million after robbing a businessman at the Oke – Sokori – Ita Eko axis of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The robbers, who were all clad in black T-shirt and Jean trousers, according to eye witnesses, also wore black facemasks, brandishing riffles in an operation that lasted about…
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Perspectives
As rift between Lai Mohammed and AbdulRazaq lingers on
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin With the 29 May swearing in ceremony of new administrations across the country just around the corner, there seems to be no letup in the face-off between the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed and Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. Indeed, the showdown between the two most prominent members of the ruling All Progressives…
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Homeland News
My second term will be about good governance, people-oriented projects, says Abiodun
…dissolves cabinet, thanks members for successes recorded in first term By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, has declared that the second term of his administration would be about good governance and people-oriented projects. Abiodun made this declaration during a special Jumat Service held at the Central Mosque, Kobiti, Abeokuta, to usher in the inauguration of his second…
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National News
I knew nothing about education when Buhari appointed me as minister in 2015, says Adamu
Minister of Education Minister, Adamu Adamu, on Thursday said that he knew nothing about the sector when he was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015. Despite his poor knowledge of the sector, Adamu is the longest serving minister of education in the country. Speaking at a valedictory service in his honour, the outgoing minister said because he had only…
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Crime & City Diary
28-year old father in police net for defiling 5-year old daughter
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 28 years old man, Adeyemi Babatunde, for having unlawful carnal knowledge of his 5 years old biological daughter (name withheld). Abimbola Oyeyemi, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ogun State Police Command stated this in a statement on Thursday. Oyeyemi explained that the suspect was arrested following…
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