Ogun partners Odu’a Group to boost local cassava production

By Tunde Oso Odu’a Investment Company Limited’s ongoing Cassava Cultivation & Processing Project at Imeko, Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State is set to experience a fillip as the Ogun State Government has pledged to support the project. This was made known recently when the Commissioner for Agriculture, Ogun State, Dr Adeola Odedina, along …

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Ondo:Commissioner debunks N11m allegedly received by Betty Akeredolu

Ondo state Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs. Titi Adeyemi, has debunked the allegation made by Allen Sowore, Media Adviser to the Deputy Governor, Agboola Ayayi, that her office transfers the sum of eleven million naira to the First Lady, Mrs. Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, on monthly basis. Recall that Sowore who was reacting to …

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Ondo:Commissioner debunks alleged N11m received by Betty Akeredolu

Ondo state Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs. Titi Adeyemi, has debunked the allegation made by Allen Sowore, Media Adviser to the Deputy Governor, Agboola Ayayi, that her office transfers the sum of eleven million naira to the First Lady, Mrs. Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, on monthly basis. Recall that Sowore who was reacting to …

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Stray bullet kills DSS personnel in Osun

Shina Abubakar – Osogbo An officer of the Department of State Security attached to the Osun State Command, identified as Seyi Adebowale was said to have died from wound inflicted on him by a stray bullet. The bullet, it was gathered was shot from the guns of an operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil …

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Udu Councillors endorses Jite Brown for second term

Hon. Jite Brown Serving Councillors in Udu local  Government Area of Delta State has also declared support for the candidacy of the incumbent Chairman of Udu Local Government Council Hon  Jite Brown for a second term ahead of the Delta State Local government elections. The councillors which include Hon C T Kolodi ward 1, …

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Stray bullet kills DSS personnel in Osun

Shina Abubakar, Osogbo An officer of the Department of State Security attached to the Osun State Command, identified as Seyi Adebowale was said to have died from a wound inflicted on him by a stray bullet. The bullet, it was gathered was shot from the guns of an operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil …

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Nigeria/Niger rail’ll aid movement of foreign herdsmen, voters ― Rep

By Marie-Therese Nanlong The Federal Government’s insistence to build a railway from Nigeria to Niger has again been described as a waste of resources with the intention to aid the influx of foreign herders and potential voters who would come in to vote in Nigeria during general elections. The member representing Riyom/Barkin Ladi Federal Constituency in …

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Akeredolu commissions RUGIPO’s new administrative building, radio station

Rotimi Akeredolu The Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,on Saturday, commissioned a radio station built by the state-owned, Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo. The Governor also commissioned a new administrative building comprising the Rector, Registrar and Bursar’s offices. The building, according to the institution’s Acting Rector, Mr. Gani Adebola Ogundahunsi, is worth N1billion. READ ALSOCavani set to …

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Two dead in Osun auto accident

Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Two persons were on Saturday reported dead in a fatal auto accident that occurred along the Ife-Ilesa road, in Osun State. Osu Junction, Osun State. The accident which occurred a Osu junction along the expressway also left nine other persons with various degrees of injuries. The accident occurred around 9:05 am …

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Spate of kidnappings in Kogi reduced, says Gov Bello

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State. Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi has said that the spate of kidnappings in the state has reduced to the barest minimum. He stated this on Saturday at the Senate Press Corps’ Retreat 2020, held in Lokoja, Kogi with the theme, “Democracy and Development in a Federation: Roles of Media, States …

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Trump improving, not on oxygen and is fever free, doctor says

U.S. President Donald Trump wears a mask while visiting Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S., July 11, 2020. PHOTO: Reuters US President Donald Trump, who is ill with the novel coronavirus and being treated at a military hospital, is seeing his condition improve, his physician said on Saturday. The president no longer …

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FG increases international airlines capacity to 200 passengers from Oct 2

The Federal Government has increased available seats on the flights of international airlines to 200 passengers per aircraft operating into the two designated airports, Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Capt. Musa Nuhu, the Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) disclosed this in a statement in Lagos …

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Buhari govt more corrupt than Shagari ― Alhaji Unagha, APC ex-presidential aspirant

Some monarchs, top political appointees, agents swindle political appointment seekers I’m ashamed to be APC member – Hon Daunemigha, former APC guber aspirant  By Emma Amaize A presidential aspirant of All Progressives Congress, APC in 2019 general elections, Alhaji Mumakai Unagha, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration is more corrupt than the former President Shehu …

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Adeboye to Buhari, adopt British, American style of govt to avoid secession

General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye At the 60th Independence Day Celebration Symposium co-organised by the Redeemed Christian Church of God and the Nehemiah Leadership Institute themed ‘Where will Nigeria be in 2060?, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye has advised the Federal …

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U.S. elections: Expert backs 3 sets of debate for presidential candidates

Prof. Mitchell S. McKinney says the more debates organsied for U.S. presidential candidates, the more opportunities the electorate get to make informed decisions at the polls. McKinney, a Professor of Communications at the University of Missouri, said this while briefing some newsmen from across the globe selected by the U.S. Department of State – Bureau of Global …

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Divided views as citizens argue over creation of the country ‘Nigeria’

There seem to be divided views amongst Nigerians on Twitter following an opinion by a journalist, Julius Oweh published on Vanguard’s website on October 3. In the opinion titled “Is Nigeria a mistake?” Oweh argues that the country is a mistake, reason being that after sixty years of independence, despite the abundant human and material …

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