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Auto crash claims 15 lives in Kwara
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin A tragic multiple-auto accident involving a trailer and a Canter truck along the accident-prone Oko Olowo axis of the Ilorin-Jebba expressway in Kwara State has claimed 15 lives. Eyewitnesses reported that the crash occurred on Wednesday at approximately 5:35 p.m. when a trailer with registration number AYE 218 XC collided head-on with a motor vehicle with…
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EXCLUSIVE: Tinubu gives tacit approval to Obasa’s removal
The removal of Hon. Mudasiru Obasa as Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly has now been finally sealed as President Bola Tinubu has allegedly given a tacit approval to the decision of the Lagos lawmakers. Last week, 32 of the 40-member assembly impeached Obasa as Speaker citing sundry alleged infractions including corruption and alleged highhandedness. WESTERN POST gathered…
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French investors eye Ogun-cargo airport
The former French Minister of Transport, Mr. Djebbari Jean-Baptiste, has hinted at the desire of investors from his country to invest in the transport sector of Ogun State, especially the agro-cargo airport. Other areas of interest for the investors, according to Mr. Jean-Baptiste, are the Dry Port, the Olokola Sea Port, and the railway system. Fielding questions from newsmen after…
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Oyo: 10,000 vulnerable persons benefit from government’s cash transfer program
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Over 10,000 vulnerable individuals across Oyo State’s 33 local government areas are set to benefit from a cash transfer program facilitated by the National Cash Transfer Office in Abuja. Each beneficiary, identified by the National Cash Transfer Office under the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, will receive a monthly stipend of ₦25,000 for…
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Nigerian Navy, Ogun govt set to flag-off naval base, dockyard
The Nigerian Navy and the Ogun State Government are set to flag-off the ground breaking ceremony of the Naval Base and Dockyard in Ode-Omi, Ogun Waterside local government area of the state. Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, made this known in his Oke-Mosan office when he received the Flag Officer Commanding, Western Naval Command, Rear Admiral Mike Oamen. According…
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CDHR calls for rehabilitation of 52 pardoned prisoners in Osun
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo The Committee for the Defense of Human Rights (CDHR) in Osun State has urged Governor Ademola Adeleke to prioritize the rehabilitation of 52 out of the 53 prisoners recently granted pardons. It would be recalled that Governor Adeleke exercised his prerogative of mercy in December, pardoning 53 convicts serving sentences at the Nigerian Correctional Service. However,…
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Osun NSCDC seeks family of abandoned teenager
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo A 15-year-old girl, Quadija Abimbola, was found wandering alone in Owode-Ede, Osun State, on January 19, 2025. In a statement signed by the spokesperson for the Osun Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kehinde Adeleke, Quadija was seen roaming the streets at 1:00 a.m. before being taken to the Owode-Ede division of…
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Ekiti airport 99.5% ready for full operations – Keyamo
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has announced that the Ekiti Agro-Allied Cargo International Airport is nearly ready for full commercial operations, with 99.5% of the required infrastructure in place. Speaking in Ado-Ekiti during a joint inspection of the airport with Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, Keyamo confirmed that all essential facilities, including aviation security, fire services,…
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LSMTL GM, Abdul charges staff on diligent service delivery
The General Manager of the Lagos State Materials Testing Laboratory Agency (LSMTL), Engr. Olayinka Abdul has charged personnel of the agency to diligent service delivery in carrying out the mandate of the agency on materials tests processes. Speaking at the first official prayer session with members of staff, Engr. Abdul implored the staff to focus their energy towards enhanced service…
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Ogun, Osun, Oyo recruit more Amotekun personnel to flush out bandits in Southwest forests
Ogun, Osun and Oyo states have begun moves to flush out bandits operating in forests in the Southwestern Nigeria as they recruit no fewer than 2000 Amotekun Corps personnel. According to PUNCH report, more men would soon be recruited to strengthen the South-West Security Network and enhance its operations against bandits, kidnappers and other hoodlums hibernating in South-West forests and…
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