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Allow Nigerians with expired passports to return home -FG orders NIS
Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), to allow Nigerians in diaspora to return to home with their expired International Passports. Aregbesola gave the directive while responding to a complaint by a Nigerian-American citizen, Jamui Kasumu, at the Alausa Passport Office during his unscheduled visit to the facility in Lagos on Wednesday, July 13. He…
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Oyetola, others sign Peace Accord ahead Osun guber election
…reiterate commitment to violence-free, fair, credible election …as Peace Committee, INEC, security chiefs, traditional rulers sue for peaceful conduct Barely 48 hours to the Osun governorship election, Governor of the State and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adegboyega Oyetola, has signed a Peace Pact to ensure peaceful and transparent electoral process. Candidates of other political parties participating in…
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Vote Labour Party to take back lost glory, Peter Obi charges Osun voters
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Presidential candidate of Labour Party, Dr. Peter Obi on Wednesday called on the electorate in Osun State to vote for the governorship candidate of the party, Hon. Lasun Yusuf in order to reposition the lost glory of the State. Speaking at a mega rally for the gubernatorial candidate of the party in Osogbo, Obi noted that…
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Olubadan appoints assistant on chieftaincy matters
By Richard Thomas, Ibadan Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun on Wednesday announced the appointment of Chief Isiaka Akinpelu, the current Baale Jagun, an outskirts of Ibadan in Lagelu Local Government Aarea of the state as his Personal Assistant on Chieftaincy Matters. In the statement signed by his Media Aide, Oladele Ogunsola in Ibadan, Oba Balogun said the appointment was…
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We did not at any period pass Sharia law-Lagos Assembly
Lagos state House of Assembly has debunked the report making the rounds on the social media that it secretly passed sharia law in order to get Northern support for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The House made the clarification in a statement issued on Wednesday by the Chairman, House Committee on Information, Security…
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Four die in Ondo auto crash
By Temitope Adedeji,Akure Four persons have been confirmed died in an accident which occurred along Olokuta Minimum Correctional Centre/Shasha Road, in Akure, Ondo State on Wednesday morning. Eyewitnesses at the scene, said the accident occurred when a Sienna bus, coming from Ondo axis had a head on collision with an Ore bound hummer bus. The four victims, including the driver…
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BREAKING: Oyo State House Of Assembly lawmaker dies
By Richard Thomas, Ibadan A lawmaker representing Ibadan Southeast constituency II in the Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon. Ademola Olusegun Popoola, popularly called Popson is dead. Until his death, Popoola was the Chairman, House Committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters. According to information gathered, Hon. Popoola died last night at University College Hospital (UCH) after suffering from kidney…
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Osinachi’s husband, Wadume still in custody – NCoS
Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has dismissed reports that Peter Nwachukwu, husband of the late gospel singer, Osinachi, and suspected kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Bala a.k.a. Wadume, disappeared after Kuje prison was attacked by suspected terrorists days ago.Public Relations Officer of the Service, Umar Abubakar on Tuesday said there’s no iota of truth in the report. He said: “I was with him…
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LASG to probe boat mishap
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has ordered a probe into the July 8 Mile 2-Ibeshe boat accident in which lives were lost.In a statement issued late Monday evening by Commissioner for Information and Strategy Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, in Lagos State, Governor Sanwo-Olu expressed sadness over the incident and commiserated with the families who lost their loved ones in the accident.Omotoso…
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Attack on Lasun Yusuf’s residence: ‘former lawmaker no threat to Oyetola’s re-election ‘
The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun, Ismail Omipidan, has described as fallacy of insufficient statistics, the allegation of attack on the residence of the immediate past Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Lasun Yusuf. Omipidan said Lasun Yusuf who is the governorship candidate of Labour Party does not in any way pose a threat to the…
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