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Absence of judge stalls suit to stop Osun, Ekiti, 2023 general elections
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo A suit filed by some members of the Ilana Omo Oduduwa, contesting the legality of the 1999 Constitution as the framework upon which to conduct the Osun, Ekiti and the 2023 general elections, was on Tuesday frustrated due to the absence of the trial judge. Some members of the organization had taken the Attorney General of…
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Stop IPOB from using your platform to incite violence, FG warns Facebook
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has asked Facebook and other social media platforms to stop allowing the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to use their platforms to incite violence and instigate ethnic hatred in Nigeria.The minister made the demand in Abuja on Tuesday at a meeting with a team from Facebook.He said since IPOB had been…
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Presidency replies NEF, says no group can tell anyone to leave Nigeria
The presidency says no group can threaten anyone else to leave the country. The presidency said this in a statement signed by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu on Tuesday. “We are aware of the latest statement from the so-called ‘Northern Elders Forum’. “We wish to reassure Nigerians that it remains their democratically elected…
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Nigeria will sustain investments in aviation safety, security, Buhari assures ICAO
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja, said more investments will be deployed to the provision of infrastructure and facilities for safe, secure, environmentally friendly and sustainable civil aviation. The President, who received the Secretary General of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Mr Juan Carlos Salazar, at the State House, said Nigeria will support the ideals and aspirations of ICAO…
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Soldiers open fire, disperse students protesting against prolonged ASUU strike in Ondo
By Temitope Adedeji, Akure Soldiers shot sporadically on Tuesday in Akure, the Ondo State capital to disperse some students who were protesting the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Westernpost learnt that the students had taken over the Akure-Ilesa highway, thereby blocking the road with many motorists stranded in the process. The soldiers in three buses, coming…
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Deborah’s killing: Respect other religions, CAN appeals to Christians
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has appealed to Christians in the country to respect other religions and their beliefs. CAN National President, Rev. Dr. Supo Ayokunle said this when he appeared on Arise TV programme The Morning Show. The CAN president condemned the gruesome murder of Deborah Samuel, a female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto,…
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UNIOSUN not joining ASUU strike, resumes rain semester, says management
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo The management of Osun State University (UNIOSUN) has declared that the institution has no plans to join the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Public Relations Officer of the institution, Mr Ademola Adesoji, in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday disclosed that students have resumed for the rain semester academic…
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ASUU strike: Protesting students block Sagamu-Benin Expressway
By Kolawole Olayinka, AbeokutaStudents in Ogun State, on Monday blocked the Sagamu-Benin expressway in protest against the ongoing strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).The joint protest had in attendance students from Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago Iwoye, Tai Solarin University of Education, Science and Technology (TASUED), Ijagun and Federal University of Agriculture (FUNAAB), Abeokuta.The students…
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BREAKING: Police Service Commission promotes ex-EFCC boss, Magu, to AIG
The Police Service Commission has promoted former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu to the rank of an Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG). Magu’s promotion was announced in a statement by the spokesman of the PSC, Ikechukwu Ani on Monday. According to him, Magu was promoted alongside some senior officers at the 15th plenary…
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2023: Tinubu’s support base soars, confident of victory
Indications have emerged that the former Governor of Lagos State and leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, may clinch the ruling party’s presidential ticket. Findings from the party faithful in Kano, Kaduna, Kastina, Niger, Adamawa, and other parts of the north-east and north-west revealed that no other aspirant was respected and trusted by the delegates as…
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