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Group raises the alarm over plans to malign, scandalize, blackmail Dapo Abiodun
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta A socio-political group, Ogun Progressive Agenda (OPA) has raised the alarm over what it described as a sinister and grand plot to continue and sustain the campaign of calumny against the Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun. In a statement issued in Abeokuta on Friday by its Patron, Alhaji Rasheed Sanusi, the group it said…
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Soludo sacks leadership of 30 markets in Anambra
The Anambra Government has dissolved caretaker committees of 30 markets in the state. This is contained in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Awka on Friday by Mr Christian Aburime, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Chukwuma Soludo. The statement also announced the reconstitution of new caretaker committees, which would be made public on or before May…
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I’ll back whoever Buhari picks as his successor – Amaechi
Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi says he’ll give his full support to whoever President Muhammadu Buhari backs as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2023 presidential election. Amaechi said this in a statement signed by his media office on Saturday. The former Rivers State governor was speaking at a consultative meeting at Rivers APC secretariat in Port…
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NANS, NAOSS disown colleagues seeking Abiodun’s disqualification
Members of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and the National Association of Ogun State Students (NAOSS) have disowned a student group calling for the disqualification of Governor Dapo Abiodun from the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primaries. The group, Coalition of Ogun State Students and Youths (COSSY) had written a petition to the national leadership of APC, seeking…
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Rivers govt sacks waste contractors
All private waste contractors in Rivers State have been sacked. This was disclosed in a statement by Chief Press Secretary to Rivers State Governor, Kelvin Ebiri. According to the statement, the waste contractors were sacked over “their inability to fulfill the contractual obligation to ensure cleaner and healthier environment for Rivers’ citizens”. “In the interim, the Rivers State Government has …
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Ijesa people in support of college upgrade, says Oba Aromolaran
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Owa Obokun of Ijesaland, Oba Gabriel Aromolaran, has said that the people of Ijesaland are in support of the decision of Governor Gboyega Oyetola on the upgrade of the College of Education, Ilesa to a university. Oba Aromolaran said the people of the area are united on the upgrade. The traditional ruler said this when the Peoples…
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2023: Ogun West leaders present N50m cheque to support Abiodun’s 2nd term agenda
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Political leaders and businessmen from Ogun West Senatorial District of Ogun State, have donated N50million to Governor Dapo Abiodun to assist in campaign expenses for his second term bid. The governor had on Thursday, declared his intention to run for a second term while hosting the DA Mandate Group from Remoland, which presented him with a…
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Ogun Chief Judge releases 31 inmates from correctional centers
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Ogun State Chief Judge, Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu has freed 31 inmates from the various Correctional Service Centers across the state.Speaking at the Ceremonial Hall of the Judiciary Complex in Abeokuta, during the release of the inmates, Justice Dipeolu said eight inmates were pardoned in Oba and six in Ibara, Abeokuta, while six were also released from…
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Ogun LGAs receive N3.6bn federal allocation in April
By Kolawole Olayinka, AbeokutaThe 20 local government areas in Ogun State received N3.6billion, including shares of statutory allocation, Value Added Tax (VAT), and exchange gain for the month of April 2022.Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Afolabi Afuape, disclosed this to stakeholders at the monthly Joint Account Allocation Committee (JAAC) meeting, acknowledging the increase in the month’s allocation when compared to what…
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Ondo govt deducts from workers’ salaries to fund Amotekun
Temitope Adedeji, Akure Although, they are being owed months in salaries, civil servants in Ondo State will have salaries paid to them this month deducted to maintain the security architecture in the state, especially the Amotekun Corps. WesternPost learnt that the workers were waiting to receive their salaries as at early Friday, with the deductions set to be made. It…
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