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Female passenger dies as car collides with truck in Lagos
Tragedy struck on Friday as a head-on collision between a Kia car with registration number KWL-475CZ and a stationary 20-foot containerised truck occurred at Isolo Under Bridge inward Oshodi, Lagos State, resulting in one fatality. According to a statement released by the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) on Friday, the unfortunate incident occurred when the car collided with the…
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Ogun HoS urges LG Ministry to prioritise welfare of royal fathers
Ogun State Head of Service (HoS), Mr. Kehinde Onasanya has said the state government will continue to put in place policies that strengthen the institution of Obaship. This, according to him, is because the institution represents the custom, tradition, and beliefs of a people and must be given pride of place. Onasanya spoke when he received in his office the…
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Kogi Govt pledges swift action to rescue kidnapped CUSTECH students
By Innocent Raphael The Kogi State government has pledged unwavering efforts to secure the safe return of students abducted by bandits at the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH) in Kogi State. In a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mr. Kingsley Femi Fanwo, the government affirmed its commitment to rescuing the students who were kidnapped…
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Bandits attack Kogi Varsity, abduct nine students
Bandits have attacked the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara, Okene in Kogi, and abducted a yet-to-be ascertained number of students. Security sources said that quite a handful of students were in the class to read in preparation for the first-semester examination scheduled for Monday, May 13. The gunmen were said to have entered the classrooms on Thursday…
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We’re determined to address unemployment in Osun, says Gov. Adeleke
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Osun State Governor, Mr. Ademola Adeleke has listed measures his administration is pursuing to tackle the challenge of unemployment in the State. The Governor who was represented by the Head of Service, Elder Ayanleye Aina made the remarks at the Careers and Employment Opportunity Fair organised by the Ministry of Political Affairs and Intergovernmental Relations in…
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Ooni of Ife disowns alleged impostor claiming to be his son
By Innocent Raphael The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has formally disowned an individual who recently claimed to be his son on social media. The emergence of a viral video featuring a grown man purporting to be the monarch’s offspring, expressing discontent with his purported obscurity and vowing to visit the palace, stirred controversy. Responding to the situation, the…
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Ekiti state, Cavista Holdings sign multi-billion-naira MOU to boost cassava farming
Ekiti State Government yesterday took a significant step towards agricultural transformation by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a leading Nigerian investment company – Cavista Holdings (owners of Agbeyewa Farms Limited) to establish a state-of-the-art cassava farm spanning 100,000 hectares within the State. The MOU which is worth billions of naira was signed by Governor Biodun Oyebanji and the…
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153 communities benefit from Osun CSDA projects, Abokede reveals
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo At least 153 communities in Osun State have benefitted from the multi sectoral micro projects of the State Community and Social Development Agency (Osun CSDA) from March 2023 till date . The General Manager of the agency, Mrs. Funmi Aderonke Abokede, made this known on Thursday at a Newpoint programme of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the…
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Court grants Vanguard Newspaper journalist bail in defamation case
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin In a recent development at the Magistrate Court in Ilorin, Mr. Demola Akinyemi, the Kwara State Correspondent for Vanguard Newspaper, was granted bail on Wednesday. The case revolved around allegations of criminal conspiracy, defamation, and falsehood brought against him by Alhaja Mariam Babatunde Arolahun, a trader based in Ilorin. Arolahun, a trader at the popular Oja-Tutun…
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KWSG approves construction of new roads, Ilorin smart city
By Mosunmola Ayobami,Ilorin The Kwara State government has approved several road construction projects in different parts of the state a few days after it rolled out 84.7km rural road projects. At its meeting on Wednesday evening, the state executive council approved a contract for the construction of the Phase I of the road to the Owu Fall, the highest waterfall…
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