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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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LASG urges CDAs, CDCs to safeguard government projects
Lagos State Government has urged members of Community Development Associations (CDA) and members of the Community Development Advisory Council (CDC) to safeguard government projects in their communities by taking ownership of these projects. Special Adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Rural Development, Nurudeen Agbaje, gave the charge in his keynote address delivered at a leadership training in Ikeja. He disclosed…
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CPWB set to airlift second batch of 2024 intending pilgrims
By Adeola Ogunrinde The Lagos State Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board has announced that the second batch of the 2024 intending pilgrims is set to be airlifted to the Holy Lands of Israel and Jordan on February 7, 2025. This announcement was made during the medical and administrative screening exercise for the second batch of the 2024 intending pilgrims. According to…
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Osun: Pardoned ex-convict Lands in court for stealing plasma TV
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo An ex-convict pardoned by Governor Ademola Adeleke, Adebayo Omisakin Sunday, has been re-arrested and arraigned for allegedly stealing a plasma TV in Osun State. Sunday, whose name appeared as number 8 on the governor’s pardon list, was arraigned before an Osun State Magistrate Court for allegedly stealing a plasma television valued at ₦600,000. The offence was…
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