The spokesperson to the late Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, Mr. Bolaji Tunji, has clarified that Ajimobi’s family was not aware that the State Deputy Governor was going to attend the Fidau prayers, as neither the advanced team nor the protocol of the Deputy Governor informed them. According to a statement by the […]
A delegation of Oyo State Government led by the deputy Governor of the State, Engr Raufu Olaniyan, were turned back from entering the Oluyole residence of late former Governor Abiola Ajimobi, venue of the 8th day Fidau prayer for the deceased. Security details attached to the venue were said to have resisted efforts to enter […]
Gunmen have abducted nine passengers close to Isua-Akoko in Akoko South East Local Government Area of Ondo State. The passengers were said to be travelling from Abuja to Lagos in a Toyota Litace space vehicle when the hoodlums emerged from a nearby bush and rounded them off, abandoning the vehicle at the scene. The Public […]
President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana has called President Muhammadu Buhari Over the demolition of the Nigerian High Commission in Accra. In a telephone conversation on Tuesday, June 23, 2020, President Akufo-Addo expressed his sincere apology over the unfortunate incident that has sparked reactions from the Nigerian Government. The Senior Special Assistant to the President, Mr […]
The Military has said its Airforce has neutralised several Boko Haram terrorists and immobilised one of their gun trucks at Bula Korege, a terrorists’ logistics distribution centre and meeting point, on the fringes of the Sambisa Forest in Borno State. According to a statement signed by Military spokesman, John Enenche, on Saturday, June 20, 2020, […]
About seven persons have been reported killed after bandits attacked several communities in Kasai and Nahuta villages of Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State. A resident of Kurmiyal, a neighbouring community, Sama’ila Lihidda, confirmed the incident to Channels Television on a phone call Saturday, June 20, 2020. Lihidda stressed that the hoodlums attacked the […]
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees on Thursday said 292,141 Nigerian refugees sought asylum in Cameroon, Chad and Niger due to the activities of Boko Haram in northern Nigeria. The UN’s High Commission made this known in a statement issued in Abuja by the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development. […]
The wife of Oyo State Governor, Engr Tamunominini Makinde, has declared that the State Government would harmonise all efforts to ensure that justice is served to all victims of sexual violence in the State. Mrs. Makinde, who gave this position in a statement commemorating the June 19 International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has charged the Service Chiefs to double their efforts in improving the security situation in the nation as excuses would no longer be tolerated. According to the National Security Adviser (NSA), Retired Major General Babagana Monguno, President Buhari charged the heads of the nation’s security agencies to do more to secure the […]
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