Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Saturday lost the polling unit of former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Bankole voted at Polling Unit 6, Ward 10, Sodeke/Isale-Ijeun I, Abeokuta South Local Government Area of the state. The PDP’s Ladi Adebutu polled 77 votes while Abiodun of APC scored 65. ADC’s Biyi Otegbeye had …
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By MS Abubakar,CAS,PhDEmail:ellakkawi@aol.com Though not seen in the front pages of any Nigerian newspaper yet, there is a photograph of president-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress standing with erstwhile Chief of Army Staff General Yusufu Tukur Buratai somewhere in the Federal Capital Territory. Both men are in traditional outfits, the sunniness of Tinubu’s recent electoral victory apparent …
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ADEBOBOLA ALAWODEOver 20 sporting events will be competed for as the Naval Officers Wive’s Association, NOWA Daycare, Nursery & Primary Schools Holds it’s 12th annual Inter-House Sports Tuesday, 21 March, 2023 at the Nigeria Navy Sports Complex, Navy Town, Ojo, Lagos State. The sports competition which is being sponsored by Mrs. Joy Agu, CEO of God’s Chosen Enterprises.Tug of War, …
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The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has expressed optimism that his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) will win the ongoing governorship and House of Assembly election in the State. Obasa spoke with journalists on Saturday after casting his vote at Unit 019, Ward E, Oluwole Olaniyan Street, Agege, saying he believes that …
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Ahead of the governorship and state assembly elections slated for Saturday, March 18, 2023, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has deployed personnel of the Agency across the states where the elections would be held. The teams led by senior officers began arriving at their assigned locations earlier on March 17, with a number of them holding consultation with the …
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The Lagos Zonal Command of the EFCC, on Thursday, March 16, 2023, re-arraigned one Portia Emilia for an alleged N110m fraud before Justice O.O. Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. Emilia was re-arraigned alongside her company, Savanah Crest Investment Limited, on an amended five-count charge bordering on conspiracy to steal, contrary to Section 411 and punishable …
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President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the constitutional amendment allowing states in the country to license, generate, transmit, and distribute electricity. This was made known in a tweet by the presidential media spokesperson, Tolu Ogunlesi, on Friday. He tweeted, “President #MBuhari has signed 16 Constitution Amendment Bills into Law. “By this signing, State Houses of Assembly & Judiciaries now …
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A South African pastor, Siva Moodley, has been buried 579 days after he died because his family was waiting for his resurrection. The South African News reports that Moodley’s body had been kept at a Johannesburg mortuary since his death on August 15, 2021. The 53-year-old Moodley proclaimed that he could raise people from the dead. He had died after …
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