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For the record ABUJA: It’s no longer news that the Nigerian police force has arrested the men responsible for the murder of Funke Olakunrin, daughter of Pa Reuben Fasoranti, leader of Pro-Yoruba group, Afenifere, but the agency also released their photographs. According to a statement released to the media on …

The World Health Organization (WHO) has advised governments imposing lockdown restrictions to provide palliatives for their citizens to enable them to comply. WHO’s Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, asked at a press briefing in Geneva on Monday, April 12, 2020 asked, ‘How do you survive on lockdown when you depend on your …

IBADAN: Despite the denial and counter denial, observers have been able to spot a brewing crisis between the Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde and his Deputy, Rauf Olaniyan. According to the grapevines, the Governor and the number two man in the State are having some issues they are both …

By AbuSatar Hamed IBADAN: Alhaji Abdul-Azeez Alade Marshal, first son of the popular Fuji musician who is also the Mayegun of Yorubaland, Alhaji Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, fondly called KWAM 1 has dispelled the rumour making rounds that his father is having secret affairs with the younger wife of Alaafin of …

LAGOS: A minor disagreement over unpaid electricity bills on Sunday, March 29, 2020 at House 78 Amudalatu Street, Agodo, Egbe, a Lagos suburb, ended on a brutal note when the landlord’s wife, Alice, allegedly picked up a razor and sliced the face of a female tenant, Mariam Peter, leaving her …

AKURE: Some chiefs and community heads in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, have rebelled against the Deji of Akure, Oba Aladelusi Aladetoyinbo Ogunlade. The community heads are claiming that the monarch only has jurisdiction in Akure South Local Government and not in Akure North. It was learnt …

ABEOKUTA: The chairman, Transition Committee, Abeokuta South Local Government, Hon. Ayodeji Michael Shomide, has commended His Royal Majesty, Oba (Dr.) Adedotun Michael Aremu Gbadebo Okukenu IV,  the Alake & Paramount Ruler of Egbaland for the donation of a large number of face masks to be distributed to the people, living …

The death has been announced of Mallam Abba Kyari (OON), Nigerian politician who served as a Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari who died in a Lagos hospital on Friday, April 17, 2020, from complications related to COVID-19 . According to a Mr. Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser on …

IBADAN: The six Governors of South West States of Nigeriain its recent virtual meeting held in Ibadan, Oyo State capital have unanimously dissolved the Board of Directors of ODUA Investment Limited. Chairman of the group who is also the Governor of Ondo State, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu in a release agreed …

ABUJA: The Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has expressed his heartfelt sympathy and that of his wife over the sudden death of Mallam Abba Kyari, the late Chief of Staff to President Muhammad Buhari which occurred on Friday, April 17, 2020 at a Lagos hospital. According to a statement on …