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- June 25, 2024
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JUST IN: Makinde reshuffles cabinet
The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday, approved a minor cabinet reshuffle. The PUNCH reports that the governor had, a few days ago, issued a statement for the approval of the nomination of Oba Owolabi Olakulehin as 43rd Olubadan of Ibadanland after some prominent Ibadan indigenes have waded into the issue. Makinde, in a Read More
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- June 25, 2024
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Two varsity workers, one other escape from kidnappers’ den
Two staff members of the Federal University, Dutsinma (FUDMA), Katsina State put their lives on the line to regain freedom after spending five days in kidnappers’ den Word was rife in Kastina that one other person kidnapped by terrorists also managed to escape from his abductors after they were whisked away from their residence located in the Government Reservation Area (GRA), Dutsinma, at about 1:30 am. The victims were said to have escaped from their abductors’…
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- June 25, 2024
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#CHIVIDO2024: Ogun gov, Seyi Tinubu arrive Davido’s wedding
Seyi Tinubu, son of President Bola Tinubu, has arrived at the venue of the ongoing wedding ceremony between award-winning musician David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, and his partner, Chioma Rowland. The Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, and popular businessman, Obinna Iyiegbu, popularly called Obi Cubana are also at the venue. Their arrival was Read More
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- June 25, 2024
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Mbappe starts for France against Poland at Euro 2024 after injury
Kylian Mbappe is back in the France starting line-up for Tuesday’s Euro 2024 clash with Poland, his first appearance since suffering a broken nose against Austria just over a week ago. Mbappe injured himself late on in the 1-0 victory over the Austrians on June 17 and did not play any part in last Friday’s 0-0 draw with the Netherlands in Leipzig as a result. The new Real Madrid signing, who must wear a protective face…
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- June 25, 2024
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Ways and Means securitisation responsible for N24trn debt rise – DMO
The Debt Management Office says the rise in Nigeria’s public debt stock from N97.34 trillion in December 2023 to N121.67 trillion in March is partly due to exchange rate fluctuations. The Director-General of DMO, Patience Oniha, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja. She was clarifying misconceptions Read More
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- June 25, 2024
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Saudi Arabia warns against misuse of visas for Hajj pilgrimage
Saudi Arabia has accused tourism companies from other countries of misleading visa holders into participating in the Hajj pilgrimage. The Security Spokesperson of the Saudi Interior Ministry, Talal Shalhoub, said that those companies issued visas not intended for Hajj, and encouraged them to violate regulations by staying in Mecca two months before the Hajj season, according to the Saudi Press Agency. The spokesperson emphasised that a Hajj permit is not merely a transit card but a…
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- June 25, 2024
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Senate never proposed new aircraft for Tinubu, Shettima – Akpabio
The Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has dismissed the report that the 10th Senate is proposing that the Federal Government procure a new aircraft for President Bola Tinubu and his Vice, Senator Kashim Shettima. Akpabio, in a statement on Tuesday by his media aide, Jackson Udom, was quoted to have made this known while speaking Read More
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- June 25, 2024
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Kogi Guber: I Haven’t Abandoned Legal Battle – Ajaka
Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship candidate in the 2023 Kogi State election, Alhaji Muritala Ajaka, has denied a claim by Governor Usman Ododo of the state and former governor of the state, Yahaya Bello that he has agreed to give up the legal battle to reclaim his stolen mandate in that election. Ajaka said he never had any such discussion, either personally or through a representative, with Ododo and Bello to abandon his fight to reclaim…
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- June 25, 2024
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Ex-Rep Scolds APC Chair Over Emergency Rule In Rivers
A former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ogbonna Nwuke, has said caretaker committee chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Chief Tony Okocha, cannot stampede President Bola Tinubu to declare a state of emergency in the state. Nwuke, who is a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stated this while speaking with LEADERSHIP in Port Harcourt, the state capital. He advised Okocha to focus more on his job as representative…
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- June 25, 2024
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Boko Haram abducts Borno judge, wife
A judge of the Borno State High Court, Justice Haruna Mshelia, was, on Monday, abducted at Jiba town, along Biu-Maiduguri road in Borno State. The judge, working at the Borno State High Court in Maiduguri, was abducted alongside his wife, driver and orderly. They were together in the same vehicle when the incident reportedly occurred. Read More
