Author: Yetunde Ogunmola
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Court bars Soun of Ogbomoso, kingmakers from removing Chief Imam
An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ogbomoso has barred the Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye and the kingmakers led by Chief Sobalaje Otolorin from removing the Chief Imam of the town, Sheik Teliat Yunus Ayilara. It could be recalled that both the Soun and the Chief Imam have been at loggerheads in…
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Over 100 Nigerians Deported From Turkey Arrive At Abuja Airport
103 Nigerian citizens reportedly arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria, on Friday, June 28, 2024. The citizens were deported from the Republic of Turkey and arrived on a Southwind Airlines flight with registration number TC-GRB. They are said to have arrived at the pilgrims’ wing of the…
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Minimum Wage: We refuse to be treated as beggars – NLC tells govs
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has declared that Nigerian workers will not be treated as beggars in the country. NLC made the remark while stressing that state governors can’t decide the minimum wage of workers. A statement by its Head of Information and Public Affairs, Benson Upah, described the stance of the state governors in…
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Assault on hotel staff: Starnews Publisher condemns EFCC’s unprofessional conduct
The Publisher of Starnews Ng, Mr. Akinrinlola Olumide, has berated the assault on a female staff of Regional Hotel in Ojo, Lagos State, by the Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Akinrinlola also frowned at the incessant unprofessional conduct of the operatives of the anti-graft agency, stressing that it was the same…
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Just in: JAMB releases 2024 supplementary UTME results
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has announced the release of results of candidates who participated in the supplementary Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. Recall that the examination was conducted between Friday, June 21, and Saturday, June 22, 2024. The board disclosed the release in a statement Friday morning by its spokesman, Fabian Benjamin.…
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BREAKING! CJ transfers Amaewhule’s defection case
The cases challenging the defection of the 25 State lawmakers in Rivers State from the People’s Democratic Party, PDP to the All Progressives Congress, APC, have been transferred. The case was transferred from Federal High Court 4, Port Harcourt, presided over by Justice Steven Dalyop Pam, to court two controlled by Justice E. O. Obele.…
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Iran begins poll for presidential election
Polls in Iran opened on Friday for a presidential election following the death of ultraconservative president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash last month. Around 61 million Iranians are eligible to vote in the polls where reformist Masoud Pezeshkian, 69, hopes for a breakthrough win against a divided conservative camp. The Guardian Council, which vets…
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Nigerian Army elevates first female officer trained in UK military academy
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, has ordered the promotion of Second Lieutenant Oluchukwu Owowoh to the substantive rank of Lieutenant in the Nigerian Army. The Nigerian Defence Academy disclosed this in a statement on X.com on Wednesday. The statement by the NDA on Wednesday partly read, “Speaking during the decoration ceremony…
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Minimum wage: Each state should Negotiate what it can afford — Southern Govs
Governors from the Southern part of Nigeria, under the aegis of the Southern Governors’ Forum, yesterday called for the consideration of the ability of each state to pay the new minimum wage. Their call came as the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF, said Wednesday night that it will continue to engage stakeholders to reach a mutually…
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Karu Market in Abuja Engulfed in Fire
Karu Market, in the suburb of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, was engulfed by fire on Thursday. Abiola Adebayo, the Acting Director of FCT Fire Service confirmed the incident. According to him, firefighters have been deployed to the scene. It was gathered the fire incident which started at around 8 pm destroyed several properties in…
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Ondo Assembly ratifies state Civil Service Commission members
The Ondo State House of Assembly on Thursday ratified the appointment of three members of the State Civil Service Commission sent by Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The three nominees are: Mr Mathew Ayorinde Imoru from Akoko North West Local government,Mr lwabi Akpoebi from Ese Odo local government and Mr Sunday Agbotoba from Ose local government. The…
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Operatives of EFCC Caught on Camera Assaulting Woman in Lagos Hotel
A video has surfaced online showing operatives from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) breaking into a hotel room and assaulting a woman. The footage, recorded by a Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) camera, emerged on Thursday and depicts the incident at the Regional Hotel in Ojo, Lagos. In the video, EFCC agents can be seen…