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News from States
Fuel subsidy removal: Kwara govt reverses self on 3 working days for civil servants
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin Kwara State government has reversed the directive which reduced the working days for civil servants from five to three in the wake of the fuel subsidy removal by the Federal Government. The government had on June 5, 2023, through a letter from the state’s Head of Service, Mrs Susan Oluwole, reduced the work days to cushion…
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Company Report
TAJBank sets new record, pays dividend in 3 years
….as non-interest lender’s PBT surges by over 300% in FY 2022 TAJBank Limited, Nigeria’s fast-growing and technology-driven non-interest banking services provider, has set a new record in the nation’s banking system with the payment of dividend to its shareholders just three years of its operations. It would be recalled that TAJBank made history early this year as the first corporate…
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Crime & City Diary
Kidnappers kill RCCG pastor as So-Safe Corps rescues 7 abducted victims in Ogun
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Gunmen on Saturday invaded a Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) parish in Abule-Ori, Obafemi Owode Local Government, Ogun State, killing the pastor in charge and abducting seven church members. This was disclosed in Abeokuta, the State capital by the Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps, also known as So-Safe Corps on Sunday. A statement issued…
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Politics
Attacks don’t bother me, my constituents’ welfare is my priority-Gbenga Daniel
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta A former governor of Ogun State, who is now the senator representing Ogun East Senatorial district, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, has revealed that all the attacks and allegations against him don’t bother him, rather the welfare of his constituents remains his topmost priority. Daniel made this known during a virtual interactive session he had with members of…
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News from States
Let’s be one another’s brothers, AbdulRazaq says as Kwara holds peaceful Eid
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin Kwarans besieged Eid praying grounds in their millions on Wednesday for the Eid-ul-Adha prayers, with Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq urging them to be their brothers’ keepers and work for the unity and development of the country. In Ilorin, the state capital, the Governor joined several other dignitaries at the central praying ground for the prayers where Imam…
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Politics
Ogun East APC to OGD: Your interview an admission of anti-party activities
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta The Ogun East chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken a swipe at ex-Governor Gbenga Daniel for blaming his political differences with Governor Dapo Abiodun on his purported support for President Bola Tinubu. Rather, the party blamed the “political differences” on the “insatiable greed, sly and duplicitous nature of the former governor, now representing…
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Politics
Gbenga Daniel is a serial betrayal, didn’t support Tinubu, Abiodun-Ogun APC
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Ogun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has slammed the former Governor of the State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, over his latest interview in the media, describing it as ‘drama of absurdity and cocktails of lies’. Daniel, who presently represents Ogun East Senatorial district at the red chamber of the National Assembly, had granted media…
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National News
Six pilgrims from Osun, Kaduna, Plateau die in Saudi Arabia
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) said that six of the Nigerian pilgrims participating in the 2023 Hajj in Saudi Arabia have lost their lives. Head of the NAHCON 2023 Hajj medical team, Usman Galadima disclosed this on Saturday during a meeting of the commission in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Galadima said among the casualty figures, the delegations from Osun…
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Crime & City Diary
Gunmen invade Kwara community, kill chief, abduct three others
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Friday night invaded Iwo community in Isin Local Government Area of Kwara State, killing one person and abducted three others. It was gathered that the gunmen attacked a filling station at Sabaja area of the town at about 9pm, abducted the Manager and a security guard as well as a…
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Homeland News
Adebutu, Ogun PDP suffer another legal loss as tribunal dismisses application
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta It was another round of legal setback for Ladi Adebutu and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday as the Ogun State Election Petitions Tribunal dismissed their application seeking to strike out Governor Dapo Abiodun’s prayers establishing vote buying allegations against them. Previously, Governor Abiodun had made a strong allegation of electoral fraud against the PDP…
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