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Group condemns attacks on commercial banks, IBEDC, LG secretariat in Sagamu

The management council of Remo Growth and Development Foundation, (RemoGDF) has condemned the social unrest that broke out as a result of the naira scarcity in Sagamu on Monday. The protest led to attacks on some commercial banks, the office of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) and the Sagamu Local Government Secretariat. The foundation in a statement signed by its…

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Adeleke meets CBN officials, calls for sanctions against banks hoarding new naira notes 

By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has warned commercial banks against hoarding the new naira notes, calling on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to sanction financial institutions found involved in such anti-people activities. Addressing CBN officials in his office on Monday, Adeleke lamented the growing scarcity of the new notes, explaining that he has been deploying…

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Yoruba leaders of thought back Asíwájú Tinubu, commend APC over power shift

Five days to the presidential Eeection, Yoruba Leaders of Thought on Monday formally endorsed the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Asíwájú Bola Tinubu, for the poll, saying he is the most qualified of all the candidates. The leaders, who met with Asiwaju Tinubu at an interactive session at Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, also commended the APC, particularly…

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How we pressurised Tinubu to join presidential race-Osoba, Olusi, others

…Yoruba traditional rulers, elders, others endorse APC candidate Former Ogun State Governor, Aremu Olusegun Osoba and other political leaders in the South West have revealed how the All Progressives Congress (APC), presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu was presurised to vie for the Presidency of Nigeria. Osoba and other political leaders in the region revealed this while speaking at the…

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Former Chief of Staff mobilizes 2,000 canvassers, rallies support for Tinubu, APC candidates

A former Chief of Staff in Lagos State, Otunba Samuel Olukunle Ojo, has called on well-meaning and progressive-minded Nigerians to intensify efforts at mobilising voters for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Ojo, who was the Chief of Staff to former Governor Akinwunmi Ambode gave the charge on Monday, while addressing the 2,000…

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Insistence on southern presidency for fairness, equality – Akeredolu

•••says Tinubu towers above other presidential candidates Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has called on the people to troop-out enmass on Saturday to vote for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The governor also enjoined the people to vote for all Senatorial and House of Representatives candidates of the APC in the…

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Tinubu is the candidate of Yoruba Obas, says Oluwo

Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi on Monday said Yoruba Obas are behind the presidential aspiration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Oluwo stated this at the Southwest Leaders of Thought Summit in Lagos. Oba Akanbi said he and his colleagues are supporting Tinubu because of his antecedents and what he is bringing on…

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Sagamu protest politically motivated, says Abiodun as police arrest 27, restore normalcy

Ogun State government has described the violent protest in Sagamu early Monday morning as politically motivated. This is coming even as the state Police Command said 27 persons have been arrested over the disturbance, while normalcy has been returned. It was gathered that the protesters who had earlier gathered in front of the palace of the Akarigbo of Remoland, Oba…

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Court restrains INEC from engaging MC Oluomo-led Lagos parks committee for 2023 elections

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been restrained from engaging Musiliu Akinsanya aka MC Oluomo-led Lagos State Parks Management Committee or any of its commercial bus drivers from distributing 2023 election materials and personnel in Lagos State. The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos gave the interim injunction on Monday. The court granted the order of interlocutory injunction filed…

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Marina to Mile 2: My blue line experience, By Dipo Kehinde

On invitation from the Lagos State government, I led members of the NewsmakersNG editorial team to the train station at Marina on February 15, 2023, for a feel of the recently launched Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) known as Blue Line. We found the train station, a gigantic edifice hugging and kissing the coastline along the Marina. We parked our…

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