Supporters of Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, have set up a Gofundme page for the purpose of raising £100,000 (N51.8m) for him to buy buses to implement his project of ridding the South-West of killer herdsmen The fundraiser, which was initiated by Maureen Badejo, a …
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Chairman of the Western Nigeria Security Network, Amotekun in Oyo State, Gen. Kunle Togun, retd, yesterday raised the alarm that a large number of fully armed Fulani herders, who are non-Nigerians, have started trooping into the state through Saki East, Saki West and Atisbo Local Government Areas. The development, however, …
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The Oyo State government has compelled road side traders to disengage from street trading within 7 days with effect from Tuesday, January 5th, 2021 to Tuesday 12th, January 2021. The Commissioner, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Dr. Abdulateef Idowu Oyeleke gave the directive on behalf of the State Government …
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The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi 111, has taken a swipe at the Federal Government for its handling of the security situation in the country. The First Class monarch also condemned the lopsided treatment of Nigerians based on their area of origin, calling for the restructuring of the …
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The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, lost his 13-year-old daughter, Aisha, on Monday November 23. The minister announced her passing on his Twitter handle. He did not disclose the cause of the teenager’s death. “Inna lil Laahi wa inna ilaiHi Rajiun! My 13-year-old daughter, Aishah Isa Ali …
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Dr. Zuwaira Hassan, a former Commissioner of Health in Bauchi state and Head of Department, Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital has died in a car accident. The former commissioner died at the age of 46 in an accident which occurred on Monday morning November …
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The government described the report by the foreign news medium as “irresponsible journalism”. The government of Nigeria has faulted the CNN report on the Lekki shootings. According to The PUNCH, the Federal Government threatened to sanction the foreign media outlet, CNN, over its report on the alleged shooting of #EndSARS …
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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has been warned to stop embarking on medical trips abroad. This was the position of the Senate on Thursday. According to news, the Senate on Thursday told State House officials to retrain President Muhammadu Buhari from foreign trips for medical treatment in order to ensure the …
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Oyo State government is to pay N231m as compensation for road dualization and Maternity leave for pregnant, nursing mothers now six months The Government of Oyo State has re-awarded the contract for the completion of the 7.2 kilometre Idi Ape-Basorun-Akobo- Odogbo Barracks road through the Alternative Project Funding Approach. The …
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The Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said he will not sign the 2021 Appropriation Bill presently before the National Assembly if provisions are not made for the compensation of the families of victims of police brutality in the last decade. Gbajabiamila also said he would also not sign the budget if …
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