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Former ADC to Alao Akala found dead
A deputy commissioner of police, Gbolahan Olugbemi, has allegedly been found dead. Olugbemi who was an aide-de-camp to the former governor of Oyo State, Adebayo Alao Akala, was reportedly found dead on Monday afternoon in his single-family home on Petros Academy Street in the Federal Lowcost neighbourhood of Ogbomoso, Oyo State. He was believed to have returned home for Easter.…
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Hoodlums rob passengers, set bus ablaze in Ogun
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed an attack by some daredevil armed criminals who looted a commercial bus at Oke Ado Junction, in Ijebu Imushin, along the Ijebu-Ode-Benin Expressway. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, confirmed that the incident happened in the early hours of Saturday. The passengers were said to be on their…
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Does Osun Government award road contracts at N2.5bn per kilometre?
Deborah Oladejo writes on the controversial road contract awards in Osun State… Providing an answer to this question has become pertinent because of the back-and-forth accusations and counter-accusations raging between the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government in Osun State led by Governor Ademola Adeleke and the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the cost of road contracts awards. The Osun…
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BREAKING: Kebbi residents loot palliatives at Kara market (PHOTOS)
Some residents of Kebbi State on Sunday massively looted palliatives at Kara Market in Birnin Kebbi. Part of the palliatives looted were grains, beans, beverages and others. According to report, the shops in Kara Market where the palliatives were hide and kept, were attacked by some angry youth with looters making away with foodstuffs and other items. It was gathered…
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Better Nigeria beckons, Abiodun assures in Easter message
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has urged Nigerians to be hopeful of a better tomorrow and to have faith in the country’s current leadership. He said that Nigeria is gradually coming out of her dire situation with all indices pointing at total economic recovery. In his message to mark the Easter celebration, the governor called on Nigerians to remain…
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Olubadan Crisis: Only Ladoja can summon a meeting to nominate new king – Chief Lana
Former attorney-general and commissioner for justice in Oyo State, Chief Michael Lana, has said that only the Otun Olubadan, High Chief Rashidi Ladoja can summon a meeting of the Olubadan Advisory Council to nominate a new candidate for the Olubadan stool. Westernpost reported how the elevated high chiefs shunned a meeting called by Otun Olubadan, Chief Rashidi Ladoja last Tuesday and…
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Ogun monarch tasks Christians to emulate Jesus Christ
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta A traditional ruler in Ogun State, Oba Abdulrasheed Banjo, the Olokine of Ojowo, Ijebu Igbo, has tasked Christians to emulate and practice the philosophy of Jesus Christ. Banjo enjoined various religious groups and organisations not to allow the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus to be in vain . The Monarch said it will not be…
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Police destroy camps of insurgents attacking security formations in Anambra
Police have destroyed some camps belonging to insurgents said to be attacking police formations in Anambra state. A statement issued on Saturday by the Spokesman for the Command, Tochukwu Ikenga, said some of the camps were discovered in Ogbunka forests, in Orumba South Local Government Area. He said the police-led joint security force carried out the raid on Friday as…
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I inherited $587m, N85bn,115 contract liabilities, says Kaduna Gov.
By Innocent Raphael Kaduna State Governor, Sen. Uba Sani, has expressed concern over the significant debt burden passed on by his predecessor, Mallam Nasir El-rufai. The Governor made the disclosure on Saturday, during a Town Hall Meeting at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Hall in Kaduna Sani, who highlighted the challenge of insufficient funds to cover salaries, revealed the inherited debt…
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Ogun Exco approves Abule Egba-Abeokuta Expressway, other major projects for execution
…to carry out palliative work at Iyana Ilogbo bus stop The Ogun State Executive Council, presided over by Governor Dapo Abiodun, has approved seven major priority projects for execution. The projects, according to the Special Adviser to the governor on Media, Hon, Kayode Akinmade, are the re-construction of six roads, including the Abule Egba-Ota/Sango-Abeokuta Expressway and purchase for some equipment…
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