Author: Olumide Akinrinlola
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Reno Omokri Reacts as Obasanjo Wears Cap with Tinubu’s Signature Logo
Reno Omokri has expressed his surprise after former President Olusegun Obasanjo was seen wearing a cap featuring Tinubu’s signature logo. A video showing Obasanjo wearing the cap appeared online today, surprising many, including Reno, because Obasanjo had opposed President Tinubu during the 2023 presidential election and had publicly supported the Labour Party’s presidential candidate. In…
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Adeleke sentenced to jail for cocaine trafficking in London
A prolific crack cocaine and heroin dealer who took over a vulnerable woman’s flat to run his drugs line from has been jailed. Ayodele Adeleke, of Marlborough Road, Islington, ran a drugs line supplying more than 2.8kg of crack cocaine and heroin. The 29-year-old was arrested in August 2022 after a specialist police investigation. He…
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More Women Testify Against Suspended Permanent Secretary Of Foreign Affairs Ministry
At least three more women have testified against the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Ibrahim Lamuwa on the same allegations of sexual harassment levelled against him by one Simisola Fajemirokun-Ajayi who is said to be an aide to the minister. Simisola Fajemirokun-Ajayi had earlier written a petition to the minister which…
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Crisis: Appeal court orders Rivers state assembly to remain status quo
The Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has instructed all parties involved in the House of Assembly crisis to maintain the status quo. The directive was issued in the case marked CA/PH/198/2024, filed by Martin Chike Amaewhule and 24 others against Victor Oko-Jumbo and five other defendants. Amaewhule and his co-appellants sought to…
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Nigeria deploys troops to Gambia for peacekeeping mission
The Nigerian armed forces have deployed 197 personnel for a peacekeeping mission in The Gambia, as announced on Friday. Major General Boniface Sinjen, Chief of Operations of the Nigerian Army, revealed this during the graduation ceremony of the troops of Nigerian Company 9, part of the Economic Community of West African States Mission in The…
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Tragedy: Police officer’s son drowns in river
A 32-year-old man named Francis Danjuma, son of a police officer, allegedly drowned in the Ogun River. According to Punch, Danjuma, a resident of the Isheri Olofin community, left his home around 2:00 p.m. on June 12, 2024, to bathe in the river. The incident was reported by his father, Deputy Superintendent of Police Danjuma…
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Edo guber: APC constitutes campaign council
The Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, inaugurated its campaign council for the September 21, 2024, governorship election on Friday. The campaign council is made up of 36 directorates, with a chairman and director general, among others. The council also has a Deputy Director General of Operations and Administration, a secretary, and…
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Tinubu approves reconstituted tertiary institutions’ governing boards
President Bola Tinubu has approved the reconstitution of Governing Councils and Boards of federal universities, polytechnics and colleges of education. This was contained in a statement on Friday by the Permanent Secretary, General Services, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Nnamdi Mbaeri. He noted that approval was given for the effective…
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Fire guts twin duplex in Lagos
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) reported on Friday that a twin duplex in Magodo Phase II, a suburb of Lagos, was engulfed in flames. According to a statement from LASEMA’s permanent secretary, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the fire occurred at 16 Alhaji Jubril Street in Magodo Phase II. Mr. Oke-Osanyintolu noted that the agency responded…
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FG declares Monday, Tuesday as public holidays
The Federal Government has declared Monday 17th, and Tuesday 18th June 2024 as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-ul-Adha celebration. Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Dr Aishetu Gogo Ndayako who disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja said the Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo made the declaration on behalf of the…