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Elebuibon must not lead Yorubas back to gbetugbetu, By Sola Adeyeye
I respectfully but very strongly disagree with this view. Quite frankly, he (Chief Elebuibon) is canvassing a totally retrogressive view that will get us quickly defeated and let the world further leave Yorubas mired in silly and ineffectual superstitions. Dependency on metaphysical and supernaturalist motifs is not unique to Yorubas and Africans. Across the world, ritualist practices in aboriginal communities…
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OAUTH sacks 1500 workers not captured in personnel budget
Following allegations of job racketeering and the directive of the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammad Pate, the management of Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTH), Ile Ife, has sacked over 1500 workers employed in June 2022. It would be recalled that Ministry of Health and Social Welfare had in November 2023 indicted some officials of the teaching…
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We’re committed to seamless academic activities- Abiodun
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta The present administration’s huge investment and commitment in education have made it functional and result-oriented for seamless academic activities in all educational institutions in Ogun State. Governor Dapo Abiodun, who made this known during the 32nd and 33rd joint Convocation ceremonies of the Olabisi Onabanjo University Ago-Iwoye, said the decision to prioritise education had made the…
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Ogun constitutes ambassadors to intensify efforts on investment drive
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta The governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun has inaugurated a 12-man committee of Ogun Invest Ambassador Network to create a robust and seamless working relationship between government and investors, for businesses to thrive. Abiodun, during the inauguration and orientation course for the ambassadors, at Ogun Invest Office, Isheri, in Ifo Local Government Area of the…
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Abdulrazaq presents N6m cheque to six students for winning presidential debate competition
By Mosunmola Ayobami,Ilorin KThe governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has presented N6m cheque to the six public school students who recently won the presidential debate competition in Abuja. That was a fulfillment of his administration’s pledge to give the great six one million naira each alongside a full scholarship for their first degree in any public tertiary institution in…
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Ibadan explosion: I didn’t own nor rent apartment in question for any activity- Malian Miner
The suspected owner of the building housing explosives which caused the explosion that rocked Ibadan two weeks ago, Alhaji Sawane Youssouf, has said he neither owned nor rented the house in question for any activity. Youssouf, in a statement he personally signed, titled, ‘Bodija Explosion: My Own Side of the Story,’ which was made available to newsmen in Ibadan, on…
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DRC-Nigeria Business Council has come to stay, says Obasanjo
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Wednesday said that the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)-Nigeria Business Council has come to stay for good in Nigeria. Obasanjo, in a press release by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, affirmed that soon, investors from both countries would begin to enjoy the economic cooperation…
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Ogun So-Safe rescues 17 year old boy from Kidnappers
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta The Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps, codenamed So-Safe Corps, has rescued a 17 years old boy, Otohu Moses, from kidnappers in Olorunsogo Community. The agency also arrested Ojugbele Joshua who was one of the suspects. A statement issued by the agency’s Director of Information and Public Relations, Assistant Commander Moruf Yusuf, said that…
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Time to temper the headlines on Nigeria’s security challenges, By Bayo Onanuga
I woke up Tuesday to read some hair-raising headlines about kidnapping and killings in our country. “Over 17,000 Nigerians abducted under Buhari and Tinubu”, screamed one newspaper that described the incidents an epidemic. Another newspaper wrote ”2,423 people killed, 1,872 kidnapped in eight months of Tinubu”. There was yet another scary headline, that will truly scare any outsider away from…
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BREAKING: Fire guts pentecostal church in Ikeja
…casualties yet unknown The Household of David church in the Ikeja local government area of Lagos State has caught fire. According to eyewitness, the fire occurred at about 11am on Wednesday when the church suddenly saw the ceiling collapsed and immediately fire erupted from it. However, confirming the incident, the Lagos State Fire Service spokesperson, Amodu Shakiri, disclosed that the…
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