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Sanwo-Olu visits WesternPost’s correspondent injured in attack by hoodlums on press crew bus
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday paid an unscheduled visit to the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre located in the state’s secretariat to empathize with WesternPost correspondent Adeola Ogunride and other journalists who were on Sunday attacked by hoodlums on a bus conveying them on Lagos Island. The governor who was accompanied by his Chief of Staff, Mr. Tayo…
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Don’t allow loss of return tickets undermine your legislative duties, Obasa urges Lagos lawmakers
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt (Hon) Mudashiru Obasa has urged lawmakers who lost the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket during the just concluded primaries not to stop discharging their legislative duties to their constituents. WesternPost had reported that twenty members of the House of Assembly failed to clinch the return ticket of the party at the…
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Kaduna govt sacks NUT president, 2,357 teachers – Official
The Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board (KADSUBEB) says it has dismissed 2,357 teachers who failed the recently conducted competency test. Its spokesperson, Hauwa Mohammed, in a statement on Sunday in Kaduna, said the board conducted a competency test for over 30,000 teachers in December 2021. She said that 2,192 primary school teachers, including the National President of the Nigeria…
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Again, Catholic Church suspends Father Mbaka, bans Adoration Ministry
The Catholic Diocese of Enugu has barred members of the Catholic Church from attending Adoration Ministry – Fr. Ejike Mbaka’s church. This was contained in a letter to all the clergy, religious and lay faithful of Enugu Catholic Diocese by the Bishop Calistus Onaga. The church said the decision was taken after Fr. Mbaka persistently violated “pastoral directives and guidelines…
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Omo-Agege warns Okowa against using Delta money for Atiku’s ambition
The Delta State All Progressives Congress (APC) Gubernatorial Campaign Organization has warned the state governor and Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa not to use state funds to finance Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s campaign and other political activities. This was contained in a statement signed by Director, Communications and Media Strategy, Delta APC Gubernatorial Campaign…
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Sanwo-Olu tells youth to shun violence, cooperate with security officers
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday urged the youths to shun crime, cooperate with security agencies and work together to achieve a common objective. Sanwo-Olu stated this when he commissioned and handed over a building to the Department of State Service (DSS) in Alimosho area of the state. Speaking during the commissioning of the building project, Governor Sanwo-Olu said the ultimate goal of his…
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Soludo mobilises Anambra farmers for 2022 farming season
Anambra State Governor, Prof Charles Soludo has launched the state’s agro-economic policy. In a post on his Facebook page, Soludo said the state will engage in regenerative agriculture which will cut down cost of inputs. “Today, I flagged-off the 2022 Anambra farming season, and also launched our administration’s flagship agro-economic policy, themed; Regenerative Agriculture (Regen-Agriculture). “Our policy on regenerative Agriculture…
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LAHA: APC candidates get INEC nomination form
The State Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, on Tuesday presented Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) nomination forms to winners of the House of Assembly primaries. WesternPost had reported that the APC held its House of Assembly primaries across the 40 state constituencies in Lagos on May 27th. The nomination forms were presented to the…
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APC Yobe North candidate refuses to step down for Senate President Lawan
Winner of the All Progressives Congress senatorial primary election in Yobe North, Sheriff Machina has refused to step down for Senate President, Ahmed Lawan. Many had believed Lawan would reclaim the ticket to return to the Senate after losing the APC presidential primaries. But reacting in a letter on Monday, Machina said after the primary election, he would not surrender…
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Hijab crisis: Kwara Muslim community calls for change of faith based schools’ names
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Kwara Kwara State Muslim community has called on the state government to change the names of all the schools formerly owned by Muslim and Christian proprietors as enduring solution to the lingering hijab crisis in the state. The Muslim community, in a letter addressed to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, recommended six actions to be taken by the government…
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