The Oyo State House of Assembly on Thursday screened and confirmed 14 commissioner nominees sent by Governor Seyi Makinde. Their names were contained in a message earlier sent to the House by the governor and read at plenary by the Speaker, Mr Adebo Ogundoyin (PDP/Ibarapa East) on July 25. The Commissioner nominees are four former […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has perfected plans to arraign a lawyer, Mr. Uyiekpen Giwa-Osagie, for allegedly laundering $2m in the build-up to this year’s general elections. Giwa-Osagie, who is said to be lawyer to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, was alleged to have handled
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Muhammad Abdullazeez, vice-chancellor of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi, says more than 30 students were taking selfies on the pedestrian bridge before it collapsed three days ago. On Monday, a metallic bridge connecting the hostels and lecture halls collapsed as a result of severe flooding that ensued after a heavy downpour. Four students
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The police have released the names and photographs of the three officers shot dead by soldiers in Taraba state. Frank Mba, force spokesman, had announced the tragic incident on Wednesday, narrating how some soldiers opened fire on the deceased officers along Ibi-Jalingo road in the state. The fallen officers are Usman Danzumi, a sergeant; Dahiru
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Leading Information and Communications Technology (ICT) company, MTN Nigeria, on Thursday promised improved quality ICT offerings as it marked 18 years of its operations in Nigeria. The MTN Nigeria Chief Executive Officer, Mr Ferdi Moolman, made the promise in a statement made available to newsmen in Lagos. ICYMI: States, LGs to get more revenue as
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Nollywood actor, IK Ogbonna and his estranged wife, Sonia Morales, have finally ended their marriage just four years into their union. Morales broke the news on her Instagram page, saying that the marriage has finally ended. The couple got married in 2015 and together, they have a son, Ace. ICYMI: Nigerian singer, Tekno, producer arrested Morales
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The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday granted permission to detain the publisher of SaharaReporters and convener of RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore, for 45 days. Justice Taiwo Taiwo, ruling on an ex parte application by the State Security Service, whose operatives arrested Sowore last Saturday, held that the detention order would be renewable after the
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BY IBRAHIM BELLO Since the meeting with some traditional rulers from southern extraction where President Muhammadu Buhari said there is need to change the security architecture of the country, the social media and the security and intelligence space have been awash with insinuations as to who and who is qualified or may be favoured to
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The Onne Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service says it has apprehended five men who broke into a 40-foot seized container containing hard drugs. The Area Controller of the command, Aliyu Saidu, said the men after breaking into the container stole the hard drugs and loaded them into two vehicles before they were nabbed.
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A Pastor in Binga District in Zimbabwe who was deployed after completing Bible school is on the run after he allegedly impregnated a 19-year-old teen adopted daughter. The Chronicle reports that the 29-year-old popularly known as Pastor Mushayavanhu allegedly had an affair with a 19-year-old orphaned girl who had been adopted by a family in
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