The Ekiti State Government has banned the planned three-day kissing marathon to set the Guinness World Record. A group simply identified as Sugarte scheduled July 7 for the commencement of the longest world kissing marathon in a popular amusement park, Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital. But Ekiti Ministry of Tourism, …
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The 10th Oyo State House of Assembly has announced names of members of its seven statutory committees. The list of the committee members was made available to newsmen by the Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Honourable Akintayo Waheed. In line with the general House rules, the …
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Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Wednesday arrested six suspects with two 14-tyre DAF trucks fully loaded with railway slippers at Olooru in the Moro local government area of the state. Parading the suspects in Ilorin on Wednesday, the state Commandant of the …
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The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), on Wednesday, has admitted in evidence, a certified true copy of Vice President Kashim Shettima’s voluntary resignation letter. Shettima purportedly tendered the letter, dated July 6, 2022, as a candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Borno Central Senatorial District. The …
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The Imo State Government has debunked reports that unknown gunmen enforcing a sit-at-home directive on Wednesday morning attacked the state Secretariat on Port-Harcourt Road, Owerri. A statement signed by Governor Hope Uzodimma’s Chief Press Secretary, Oguwike Nwachukwu, noted that there was no such incident involving unknown gunmen. Social media …
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The Lagos Waste Management Authority has said it will commence a seal exercise on homes without waste bins on Lagos Island and Mainland beginning from July 7. The Executive Director, Finance of LAWMA, Kunle Adebiyi, made this known in a statement on Wednesday. He said the decision follows an …
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Senate leader and Senatoer representing Ekiti Central in the National Assembly, Opeyemi Bamidele, has testified in favour of President Bola Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima, before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC). At the Tribunal session on Wednesday, Bamidele testified as the sole witness of the president and vice-president in …
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The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Isyaku Ibrahim on one count amended charge of criminal misappropriation to the tune of N12m. Ibrahim was yesterday arraigned before Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court. The charge reads: “That you, …
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The Labour Party (LP) gubernatorial candidate for the 2023 Governorship Election in Imo State has been affirmed by a Federal High Court in Owerri, Imo State. Chief Ukaegbu Ikechukwu Joseph’s candidacy was declared valid in a judgment delivered by Justice B. O Quadri. The court considered the evidence presented …
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A Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidate Ejikeme Mmesoma has admitted that she was graded to have scored 249 by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and not 362. “It’s not my fault that I printed my result like that and they said that I forged my result. It’s …
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