THE Awujale and paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, has transited and now enlisted in the pantheon of ancestors of Ijebuland. Sundry media reports quoted a reliable source close to the Awujale’s Palace in Ijebu-Ode and officials within the Ogun State Government to have confirmed the monarch’s transition …
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Former President Muhammadu Buhari is dead. His spokesperson until his death, Mallam Garba Shehu, confirmed this in a terse statement. Shehu issued the statement on Sunday afternoon. According to available information, Buhari died on Sunday in a hospital in the United Kingdom.
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The Senator representing Lagos Central, Wasiu Sanni-Eshilokun, on Saturday, urged residents to hold their council chairmen and councillors accountable and engage them for better performance. He stated this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) after casting his vote on Lagos Island during the local government elections across …
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The federal government has officially pegged entry admission year into the nation’s tertiary institutions at age 16. This came as the government warned that any admission conducted outside of the Central Admission Processing System, CAPS, would be illegal and perpetrators would be prosecuted. Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, said …
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A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Agunwa Anakwe, has died. Newsextra24 reports that Anakwe, who led the third House of Representatives during Nigeria’s short-lived Third Republic under the Ernest Shonekan-led Interim National Government, passed away on Saturday after a period of illness. His death was confirmed by Anambra State’s Commissioner …
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The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, has passed. He transited to the pantheon of his ancestors a few days after he clocked 90. The monarch, who ascended the throne in July 2024, died in the early hours of Monday, July 7, 2025, after spending a year on the throne. …
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President Bola Tinubu has appointed Omotenioye Majekodunmi as Director-General of the National Council on Climate Change (NCCC). Presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga made this known in a statement issued on Thursday, July 31, 2025. Majekodunmi succeeded Dr Nkiruka Madueke, the pioneer head of the council, who was appointed by Tinubu …
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A high court in Lafia, Nasarawa state, has sentenced Timileyin Ajayi, a gospel singer, to death by hanging for killing Salome Adaidu, a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) who was allegedly his girlfriend. Simon Aboki, the judge, pronounced Ajayi guilty of culpable homicide punishable by death, in …
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One Ugochukwu Joseph Nwaemere, the Executive Director of Pennhydro-Pell Oil and Gas Limited, was on Tuesday arraigned for alleged conspiracy, forgery and obtaining money under false pretence to the tune of N750 million by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. He was arraigned before Justice E.A. Obile of the …
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THE federal government assured the international community that it has intensified efforts to eradicate child labour and forced labour. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Muhammad Dingyadi, gave the commitment on Tuesday while responding to the report of the Director-General of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), Gilbert Huongbo, at the 113th Conference …
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