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Obasanjo calls for ‘Positive Reorientation’ among Nigerians
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has called for moral rearmament and positive reorientation among Nigerians, describing the current situation in the country as sitting on a keg of gunpowder. He made the call in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital while receiving in the audience six members of the House of Representatives, and co-sponsors of the bill on a single six-year term…
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CDHR Office Invasion: Nigeria gradually descending to despotism- Group
The Rule of Law And Accountability Advocacy Centre has said the siege by security operatives on the secretariat of the Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in connection with the ongoing hunger protests across the country is a further indication of the gradual but steady descent to despotism in Nigeria. In a statement on Friday, the Executive Director, RULAAC,…
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EndBadGovernance Organising Committee mourns killed protesters, calls for sack of IGP
The EndBadGovernanceInNigeria Organising Committee has called for the sack of the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, in response to the killing of protesters. The call was made during a candlelight symposium held in honour of the victims at the Rights House in Ikeja, Lagos State, on Friday. At the candlelight symposium, a member of the committee and National Spokesperson…
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Healthy Diet: Ekiti, Ogun, Osun record highest cost with ₦1,640, ₦1,599, ₦1,557
Ekiti, Ogun and Osun States have recorded the highest cost of healthy diet with ₦1,640, ₦1,599, and ₦1,557 respectively. Katsina, Kano and Jigawa accounted for the lowest costs with ₦878, ₦926 and ₦937. In June 2024, the average Cost of Healthy Diet was highest in the South West at ₦1,545 per adult per day, compared to ₦956 per adult per…
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BREAKING: Former reps member, Wole Diya dies in Lagos
Former member of the House of Representatives and younger brother to late former Chief of Defence Staff, Wole Duro Diya has died. He died in the early hours of Friday (Today). Diya was a two-term representative of Somolu Federal Constituency in the Green Chamber. He was also a two-term member of the Lagos State House of Assembly representing Somolu State…
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3 die in multi-vehicle crash at Kara
No fewer than three unidentified passengers were confirmed dead late Thursday following a multi-vehicle crash on the Kara section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. It was learnt that an unidentified truck driver transporting sugar, lost control and collided with another vehicle, triggering a chain of collisions around 7 pm along Isheri-Olofin, outward bound from Lagos State. The other vehicles involved in…
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FG takes delivery of 60 locally assembled CNG hybrid buses
The Federal Government has taken delivery of 60 locally assembled Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) hybrid buses. Revealed in a post through its official X handle on Thursday, the buses were delivered by Jet Motor Company under the Presidential CNG Initiative. According to the statement, the development is in continuation of efforts to provide affordable and comfortable transport solutions for Nigerians.…
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Hunger Protest: Oyo didn’t take part in N570bn hardship grant- Makinde
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, has denied taking part in the ₦570bn hardship grant claimed to have been given to the state governments by the Federal Government. It would be recalled that President Bola Tinubu while addressing Nigerians in a broadcast during the nationwide protests against hunger and hardship, said the government has disbursed ₦570bn to the 36 states.…
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Amnesty International condemns invasion of NLC Headquarters by security operatives
Global rights group, Amnesty International, has condemned the invasion of the Abuja headquarters of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) by state-backed security operatives. A statement issued by the Director of Amnesty International Nigeria, Isa Sanusi, said “the raid by security personnel Nigeria’s undermines workers’ rights to organise, bargain collectively and take industrial action”. The union said heavily armed security personnel…
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EFCC secures conviction of 59 internet fraudsters in Oyo, Ogun, Osun
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC, Ibadan Zone) has secured the conviction and sentence of fifty nine (59) internet fraudsters to various jail terms before five State High Court Judges and a Federal High Court Judge. The convicts were Adekola Mohammed Bidemi, Raheem Toheeb Olalekan, Nduneri Kelvin Precious, Adekola Akinsola Iyanuoluwa, Adegoke Tomiwa Olalekan, Akintade Isaac Temitayo, Olaolu Abdulsomad…
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