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Oil Theft: Police bust illegal refinery, arrest 4
The operatives of the Inspector General of Police Special Task Force on Petroleum and Illegal Bunkering (IGP-STFPIB), have once again made a significant breakthrough in the continuous fight against oil theft, illegal bunkering and economic sabotage. The milestone achievement was marked after the operatives, in collaboration with the department of operations, Rivers State Command, on Thursday, discovered a storage facility…
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Edo Guber: APC, PDP disagree over boycott claim
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo and the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday, disagreed over boycott claim. APC stated that it welcomes Governor Godwin Obaseki’s decision to boycott the September 21 governorship election in Edo State. Director of Media for the Edo APC Campaign Council, Kassim Afegbua, made this known in a statement, expressing hope that the…
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Yoruba Group seeks peaceful coexistence among traders in Lagos
The Yoruba Council Worldwide has called for peaceful coexistence among ethnic groups in Lagos State. Specifically, the council encouraged traders at the Ikeja Computer Market in Lagos to continue to live in harmonious relationships towards endearing peace in the state. The President of YCW, Oladotun Hassan, appealed while addressing journalists at the palace of Ooni of Ife in Ile-Ife, Osun…
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NDLEA takes into custody wanted ‘Drug Baron’, Barryshine
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have taken into custody a wanted drug baron, Alhaji Suleiman Ganiu Aremu (a.k.a Barryshine) two years after coming under the radar of the anti-narcotics Agency. Suleiman who is the Managing Director/CEO of Barryshine Suleiman Nigeria Ltd came under the Agency’s watchlist over his alleged role in four foiled attempts to export…
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Lagos Police probes teenager’s body found buried inside apartment
The Lagos State Police Command has launched an investigation after the body of 17-year-old Adeolu Olubade was found buried in a shallow grave inside an apartment on Jesus Assembly Omoguwa Street, in the Ejigbo area of the state. It was gathered that a 30-year-old suspect (name withheld) linked to the crime had been arrested and detained by the police command.…
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Edo Guber: Peace Accord fallout may impair voters’ turnout- Itodo
The Executive Director of Yiaga Africa, Samson Itodo, on Thursday, said Peace Accord fallout may impair voters’ turnout in the September 21, 2024 governorship poll in Edo State. Itodo said the fallout would further escalate tension. He said this on Channels TV’s Politics Today programme. “What has happened today will further escalate the tension. “When you have this crisis of…
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Cleric charges FG on people-oriented policies
…Says poower is transient A cleric, Ven. Olusegun Faleye, has charged the federal government to embark on people-oreinted policies, saying that power is transient. The cleric who is the Vicar and Archdeacon of Molete Archdeaconry made the charge on Thursday in Ibadan , Oyo State, during the wedding ceremony of Olatilewa Abiodun Akinpelu and Ademola Kolawole, son of the Chairman…
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Ogun begins bulk purchase, selling of food items
….bans levies in markets The governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun has disclosed plans by his administration to introduce a price control mechanism in the state. Abiodun also disclosed that henceforth, all forms of market levies have been suspended, noting that only development and environmental levies will be allowed, as they are meant for the development of markets in…
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Edo Guber: PDP refuses to sign Peace Accord
The Peoples Democratic Party has declined to sign the peace accord for the Edo State Governorship election scheduled for September 21. PDP’s refusal to sign the peace accord was announced at the venue in Benin by the former Head of State General Abdulsalami Abubakar on Thursday. Abubakar thanked those who signed the peace accord, saying “As you must have seen in…
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16,000 candidates sit for Oyo Health Board recruitment CBT exam
Sixteen thousand candidates who applied for various positions in the Oyo State Primary Health Care Board (OYSPHCB) have begun a two-day Computer-Based examination recruitment exercise. This was disclosed by the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Oluwaserimi Ajetunmobi, while monitoring the exercise at the University of Ibadan Distant Learning Center, Ajibode, Ibadan. Ajetunmobi explained that the ongoing recruitment exercise is significant, adding…
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