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Easter: Abiru celebrates with Christians, calls for peaceful coexistence

Chairman, Senate Committee on Industries and the Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District,Tokunbo Abiru, has called for peaceful coexistence among Nigerians. Abiru made this call in his Easter message released by his Media Adviser, Enitan Olukotun on Saturday. The Senator admonished Christians to be steadfast in prayers for Nigeria, and also emulate Jesus Christ in all their dealings. According to…

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Obasa felicitates Christians on Easter celebration

Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has felicitated with the Christians, as they join others across the world to mark the 2023 Easter celebration. Obasa also tasked Christians to use the opportunity of the celebration to engage in prayers for Nigeria and the successes of the incoming administrations at both state and national levels.…

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Nigerian Medical students oppose proposed five-year compulsory service

Nigerian Medical Students Association (NiMASA) has opposed the Medical and Dental Practitioners Act (Amendment) Bill, 2022, which seeks to make it compulsory for graduates in medical and dental fields to work in Nigeria for five years before being granted a full license. The sponsor of the motion, Ganiyu Johnson (APC/Lagos), said the move was to check the mass exodus of…

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Oyebanji upbeat as Chief of Air Staff lays foundation for Air Force Base at Ekiti Airport

Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji has expressed delight at the ground breaking of the Air Force Base in the state. Oyebanji, accompanied by the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, performed the ground breaking in Ijan-Igbemo road on Thursday. The Ekiti governor said the Air Force base will bring significant benefits to the people of Ekiti by enhancing…

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Wole Soyinka: The only thing I want from president-elect, Tinubu

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has revealed what he wants from President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu after he has been sworn-in as president. Soyinka, in an interview on Arise TV on Wednesday, said the only thing he wants from the incoming president is total decentralisation of power. According to him, the incoming government should be able to devolve power to the…

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FRSC returns N27m to relatives of victims of road crash in Osun

By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ipetu Ijesa unit command has returned N27,171,400 belonging to the people that died in an accident between Erin-Oke and Ipetu-Jesa on the Ilesa-Akure Expressway on Tuesday to their relatives. It was gathered that a green Opel Saab with plate number GBA 440XA and a red Toyota Sienna with the plate number…

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Fire guts UCH Ibadan residential apartment

A residential apartment inside the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, was gutted by fire on Tuesday evening. An official of the Oyo State Fire Service, while confirming the incident on condition of anonymity, said the fire had been put out. A witness in UCH said there was no loss of life in the incident, adding that only documents were lost…

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Lagos lawmakers invite commissioner, special adviser over contracts award

The Lagos State House of Assembly has invited the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mr Martins Bamgbose and the Special Adviser for Public Private Partnership (PPP), Mr Ope George, to appear before it to provide information on their refusal to make recourse to the House for ratification before contracts were signed. The lawmakers argued that many of the…

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Yoruba youth leaders pass vote of no confidence on Adebanjo, demand restructuring of Afenifere 

The Yoruba Afenifere Youths Organisation of Nigeria (YAYON) has called for the restructuring of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere. The youth wing of Afenifere also passed a vote of no confidence on the Acting Leader of group, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, and advised him to step down from his position in the interest of the organisation and the Yoruba race. The…

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Lawmaker, Akande-Sadipe, facilitates 14th school project in Oluyole

House of Representatives member, Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, has facilitated the reconstruction of two blocks of four classrooms at St. Thomas Catholic School, Baare, Olose in Oluyole Federal Constituency. This, the lawmaker said, is a demonstration of her commitment to the development of education in her constituency, making it her 14th school project in Oluyole. She handed-over the site for the reconstruction on 1st…

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