Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, has dissolved the caretaker committee Chairmen of the 16 local government areas of the state. The directive was given few hours after he assumed office as governor of the state. This was contained in a statement, by his Chief Press Secretary, Yusuf Sanda. According …
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The family of 24-year-old man, Idris Bakare, who was allegedly killed by a police bullet on Sunday night are demanding justice. According to reports some people were reportedly fighting on Oregun Road, Lagos, late hours on Sunday when a police patrol van arrived at the scene. Idris, while returning to …
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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Ogun State Command, have seized 222.42kg of cannabis popularly known as marijuana at various drug joints in the state. The operatives also seized 40 bottles of codeine weighing a total of 0.4 litres after invading the drug joints in Abeokuta, the state …
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Fuel queues which resurfaced across the country on Monday grew longer yesterday, as panic buying by motorists and hoarding by marketers shot the price of petrol as high as N600 per litre. The development followed apprehension created by the removal of subsidy as announced by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Tinubu …
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The House of Representatives has approved refund of about N16.772 billion to Borno State government for projects executed on behalf of the Federal Government. Recall that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) had approved a refund of N16.7 billion to the state government for federal road projects it executed. The …
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An Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo, yesterday, sentenced the owner of Hilton Honours Hotel, Ile-Ife, Rahmon Adedoyin, to death by hanging for murder of Timothy Adegoke, a postgraduate student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. Chief Judge of the state, Justice Adepele Ojo in her judgment on the …
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Justice Rahman Oshodi of a Lagos Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, yesterday, sentenced 42-year-old Suleimon Usman to life imprisonment for defiling his daughter. The judge sentenced him after he was found guilty as charged. Lagos State government had arraigned Usman on two-count charge bordering on defilement of his two …
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The ancient town of Daura, Katsina State, practically stood still yesterday, as thousands of people from all walks of life stormed the emir’s palace to welcome home ex-President, Muhammadu Buhari. The illustrious son, whose tenure ended May 29 after two terms of eight years, was succeeded by Bola Tinubu of …
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The Oyo State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of 78 suspects linked to an attempt to cause trouble in the state following the dissolution of the Park Management System by the state government. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso, in a statement, said the state Commissioner of …
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Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressive Union (BEPU) of Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State has appealed to the new President, Bola Tinubu, to save the Emirate from banditry and insecurity. The group, which speaks for Birnin-Gwari Emirate said that bandits terrorising the local government area have imposed N10million levy on farmers …
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