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Former Oyo APC governorship aspirant, Tegbe, set to join PDP
A former All Progressives Congress governorship aspirant in Oyo State, Joseph Tegbe, is set to dump the party for the Peoples Democratic Party. According to OYO INSIGHT, Tegbe’s defection from the APC to the PDP was facilitated by former Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Monsurat Sunmonu who was his ‘big sister’ while growing up in Oyo town.…
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PHOTO NEWS: President Buhari presides over Council of State meeting
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday president over the Council of State meeting with former President, Goodluck Jonathan, former Heads of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon and Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar and other members in attendance.
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NFF appoints coaches for Eagles Team B, other national teams
The Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation has approved the recommendation of its Technical and Development Sub-Committee for the appointment of Salisu Yusuf as the Head Coach of the Super Eagles Team B (otherwise known as CHAN team) as well as the U23 (Olympics) team. Yusuf, who was head coach the Super Eagles Team B emerged runner-up of the…
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Customs seize 8 cutlass containers
The Niger Customs Service has seized eight 20-foot containers containing 206,000 brand new machetes, sodium bromate, baking powder and Indian hemp at the Tincan Island Port. Customs Area Controller, Tincan Island Command, Comptroller Adekunle Oloyede, revealed this in the First Quarter Revenue and Performance Report. He said the containers came in from Ghana and lacked end-users certificate. Oloyede said the…
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Forex shortage: Foreign airlines to sell tickets in dollars from April 19
Some foreign airlines operating in Nigeria have announced they would start selling tickets to passengers in US dollars from April 19. This was announced in an advisory by APG – the world’s largest passenger and cargo general sales agent (GSA) and airline representation company – to its travel partners, titled: “APG IET: Restrictions of Sales in US dollars”. APG said…
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Osinachi kept domestic abuse away from me – Dunamis pastor, Enenche
Senior Pastor of the Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Paul Enenche, says he wasn’t aware Osinachi Nwachukwu – a lead singer in his church – was going through domestic violence. Enenche reacted to Osinachi’s death in a video shared on the church’s social media accounts on Wednesday. According to the Abuja-based pastor, everyone he asked after the singer’s death said she…
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Osun deputy governor’s wife distributes Easter gifts to widows, elderly women
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Wife of the Osun State Deputy Governor, Mrs. Oyefunke Alabi, on Wednesday distributed Easter gifts to hundreds of widows and elderly women in Irewole, Ayedaade and Isokan local government areas of the state. The programme, which is an annual event to celebrate Easter with vulnerable people especially women was designed to give sense of belongings to…
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Interrogating Osinbajo’s declaration speech, By Daniel Bwala
I do not think that Asiwaju is afraid of Professor Yemi because in the coming days, what people are going to do is that; they’re going to interrogate the claims of any contestants and contenders not pretenders against their evidence. If you take up Osinbajo’s speech, He categorized his speech into four places; The Economy, servanthood and loyalty, participation in…
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N22.9bn fraud: Supreme Court affirms six-year jail term for former pension director, Yusuf
The Supreme Court on Wednesday, 13 April, 2022, affirmed the six years jail term imposed on a former Assistant Director in the Police Pension Office, John Yakubu Yusuf, who was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over a N22.9billion fraud. The apex court in a judgment read by Justice Tijjani Abubakar also ordered the convict to refund the…
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Osinbajo’s team disowns ‘member’ who appeared on Arise TV
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s team have disowned Co-Convener, ‘Osinbajo Think Tank’, Olugbenga Olaoye, over his comments on Arise TV Morning Show on Wednesday. Special Adviser, Political Matters to the President, Office of the Vice President, Babafemi Ojudu and Osinbajo’s media aide, Laolu Akande distanced the VP from Olaoye in separate statements on Wednesday. Olaoye while featuring on the show had…
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