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Buhari appoints new heads for 17 education agencies…names Oloyede JAMB registrar

August 2, 2016 Folashade Adebayo The Federal Government has approved the appointments of 17 new chief executives heads for some parastatals and agencies under the Federal Ministry of Education. A statement from the ministry on Monday said the appointment was with immediate...

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NAF jets hit vandals locations at Arepo

August 2, 2016. Fidelis Soriwei, Abuja The fighter aircraft of the Nigerian Air Force on Monday struck the hideouts and camps of the notorious pipeline vandals at Arepo, Ogun State. The Director of Information and Public Relations of the NAF, Group...

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‘No rift between Aregbesola and Tinubu’

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has described as laughable, a publication claiming that the party’s national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, was under security watch. The party, in a statement by its spokesperson, Kunle Oyatomi, said the report...

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Aregbesola urges Soyinka to reconsider resignation

The Osun State government yesterday appealed to Nobel laureate Prof Wole Soyinka not to resign as the chairman of the Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding (CBCIU), Osogbo. A statement signed personally by Governor Rauf Aregbesola said public interest...

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Corruption: Senate, House of Rep. leaders seeking immunity are breaking the law—SERAP

By Jide Amsat Nigerian lawmakers seeking immunity and breaking, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has said. The group called on the leadership of the National Assembly to put an end to the sham. SERAP said the the ongoing process...

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Yoruba may pull out of Nigerian union, Gen Adebayo,others speak at Ibadan summit

By Tunde Akinsola, IbadanSome leaders today in Ibadan warned that the Yoruba will reconsider her membership of the Nigerian federation if the cultural and political marginalization continues unabated. The summit is not impressed by the slogan of renaissance renting...

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Yoruba man, Adebayo Ogunlesi rated 7th US most powerful business tycoon

The influential Time Magazine has rated Adebayo Ogunlesi, 58 as the 7th most powerful American and by far the most influential black business tycoon in the United States. Ogunlesi has over 5.6 billion dollars investment under his watch. Adebayo, the...

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Ekiti APC berates Fayose on Fayemi's legacy projects

By Sola AjayiThe Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose has come under severe criticisms for berating the legacies of his predecessor, Dr Kayose Fayemi. In a statement by the Ekiti State All Progressives Congress (APC) made available to...

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Kogi Election: Igala domination may spur violence, Oodua group warns

By Adebimpe Abiodun Ahead of the forthcoming election, a Pan Yoruba group, Oodua Nationalist Coalition, (ONAC) has asked political leaders in Kogi state to show ‘deep respect and honour’ for the principle of power rotation in a state dominated by...

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Lord Lugard’s magic and Flora Shaw’s spell,

In 1916, Lord Frederick John Dealtry Lugard, the 1st Baron Lugard, the fourteenth Governor of Hong Kong and the first Governor-General of Nigeria, said the following: “Lagos has for 20 years opposed every Governor and has fomented strife and...

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