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87 APC aspirants jostle for 26 Osun House of Assembly seats
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Eighty-seven aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are vying for 26 Osun State House of Assembly seats in the 2023 general elections, the Screening Committee led by Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has revealed. Ize-Iyamu, who met the aspirants at the party secretariat in Osogbo, the state capital on Tuesday assured that the committee…
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Three burnt to death, scores injured in Ekiti auto crash
By Temitope Adedeji Three persons have been reported dead, while others sustained injuries when an 18-seater passenger bus plunged into a ditch in Ilawe Ekiti on Tuesday. Westernpost gathered that sympathizers made frantic efforts to rescue the passengers but the three persons were burnt beyond recognition before help could come as the vehicle burst into flame after the accident, with others sustaining horrific…
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Lagos PDP gets new secretariat
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Lagos State chapter, has moved to a new secretariat ahead of the 2023 general elections. WesternPost reports that the party relocated from Adekunle Fajuyi, GRA, ikeja to Agege Motor road, Old Abeokuta Road, next to Total Filling Station, Zik Bus Stop. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the party’s State Publicity Secretary, Hakeem…
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Justice Odili source of inspiration to many, says Magnus Abe
Governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Magnus Abe says retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Mary Odili is an inspiration to many in the country. Abe, in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Parry Benson, described Odili as a source of inspiration to the younger generation, as she serves out an impactful career on…
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Three remanded for stealing transformer cable at Owa Obokun palace
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Three middle aged men have been ordered by an Osun State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ilesa to be remanded in police custody for allegedly stealing transformer cable at the palace of Owa Obokun in Ilesa. The suspects are Owolabi Abimbola (33), Sulaiman Mutiu (25), Samson Oluwafemi (25), and others now at large. Police Prosecutor, Inspector Adigun Kehinde…
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Purposeful, good leadership, reason for our outstanding performance, says Abiodun
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has attributed his outstanding performance in running the present administration to the purposeful and good leadership being exhibited by him in the last three years. He also said that the “Iseya Mantra” of the present government, has improved the state socio-economic and human capital development of the state since the…
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Osinbajo has track records to become Nigeria’s next president, says Emir of Ilorin
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Kwara The Emir of Ilorin, Dr. Ibrahim Sulu Gambari, has said that the track records of the vice president and the presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Yemi Osinbajo, are good to make him Nigeria’s next president. Speaking during the visit of the APC presidential aspirant to the Emir’s palace in Ilorin on Monday,…
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2023: Tinubu’s support base soars, confident of victory
Indications have emerged that the former Governor of Lagos State and leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, may clinch the ruling party’s presidential ticket. Findings from the party faithful in Kano, Kaduna, Kastina, Niger, Adamawa, and other parts of the north-east and north-west revealed that no other aspirant was respected and trusted by the delegates as…
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Lagos to deploy technology for enhanced transportation
Lagos State government on Monday said it is determined to reform the transport system in line with the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s THEMES Agenda. Commissioner of Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde made this known at Alausa Ikeja, during a media briefing on the maiden edition of National Transport Technology Conference and Exhibition (NTTCE), scheduled to hold in Lagos between June 7 and…
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LAWMA arrests 65 over environmental related offenses
Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), has renewed its offensive against environmental abuses, resulting in the arrest of 65 persons at various locations in the state. Managing director, LAWMA, Mr Ibrahim Odumboni, disclosed this during a chat in his office at Ijora, adding that the renewed offensive would spare no offender, as tough times awaits offenders for willfully abusing the environment.…
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