Former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), John Odigie-Oyegun, has asked Adams Oshiomhole, his successor, to desist from interfering in the administration of Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo state. Odigie-Oyegun gave the advice in a statement signed by Ray Murphy, his public affairs adviser, on Sunday. He appealed to Oshiomhole to stop disgracing […]
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Timi Dakolo has accused Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, COZA, of bribing security officials to cover up his crimes. Dakolom in a post on his Instagram page raised the alarm of how Pastor Fatoyinbo allegedly bribed officials investigating the alleged rape case and consistently harassed his family. The singer, however, threatened to […]
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday held consultations with the Akarigbo of Remoland, Oba Babatunde Ajayi, and the Awujale of Ijebu Kingdom, Oba Sikiru Adetona, all in Ogun, over the security challenges in the country. Osinbajo, who first visited the Akarigbo, was accompanied by Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun. The vice president, who fielded questions […]
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Ace singer, Timi Dakolo, and his wife, Busola, have been invited by the police, weeks after Mrs Dakolo accused popular pastor, Biodun Fatoyinbo, of raping her. The Dakolos have been asked to report at the Police Command Headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday as part of an “investigation of a criminal conspiracy, falsehood, mischief, and threat […]
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Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Zarif said the United States is creating instability and insecurity in the Middle East and Latin America, the Tasnim news agency reported on Saturday. “The resistance of Venezuela to the United States is very important for the people of the world and the people of Venezuela,’’ Zarif was quoted as saying. […]
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The umbrella body herdsmen in Nigeria, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore has asked pastoralists across the country to defend themselves against ethnic militia groups. In an interview with Punch published on Saturday, Saleh Alhassan, national secretary of the group, said herdsmen can exercise their right to free movement as Nigerians. He said governors in the south would […]
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The Director-General, Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine (NAQS), Dr. Vincent Isegbe, says Nigeria will soon resume exportation of hibiscus flower to Mexico. Isegbe who made this kniwn on Thursday in Kano, at a stakeholders’ sensitisation workshop, said that the exportation would resume after two-and-a-half years of banning the country from exporting the product. According to him, the […]
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The Department of State Services (DSS) says its attention has been drawn to activities of some unscrupulous elements cloning official websites of some government agencies and using same to defraud unsuspecting Nigerians. Peter Afunanya, the Public Relations Officer of DSS, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He said there had been instances […]
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The leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has urged the leadership of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) to call its members who are violent to order. According to NAN, Samson Ayokunle, president of CAN, spoke at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday. He said herdsmen who are of the […]
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The Naira on Thursday gained marginally to the dollar at the parallel market in Lagos, exchanging at N358.5 to the dollar. The Pound Sterling and the Euro closed at N462 and N407, respectively. At the Bureau De Change (BDC) segment, the naira was sold at N360 to the dollar while the Pound Sterling and the […]
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