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Trending Videos Of Kidnapping In Oyo, Old Cases -Police

Trending Videos Of Kidnapping In Oyo, Old Cases -Police

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Oyo State Police Command has debunked reports of videos of kidnapping in the state, describing the latest trending videos as rehash of those hoisted by a popular broadcaster, Origami Hamzat, in the past. The police, therefore, warned those sharing such videos to desist from causing panic in the state. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Mr. Adewale Osifeso, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), in a statement on Monday, March 17, said the Command was poised to defend the state, despite all odds. "The Oyo State Police Command wishes to address and clarify the…
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Embattled Lagos Assembly Speaker, Mojisola Meranda, Resigns

Embattled Lagos Assembly Speaker, Mojisola Meranda, Resigns

The embattled Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon Lasbat Mojisola Meranda has resigned from her post after serving 49 days in office. Other principal officers of the Assembly, including the Chief Whip and his Deputy, the Majority Leader and his Deputy also resigned. A new set of leaders where also elected by voice votes after the resignation. Meranda, in her resignation speech, appreciated her colleagues for their gallantry. She said her resignation was to allow for peace in the tumultuous Assembly where the impeached Speaker Mudashiru Obasa was laying hold to the office. The 44 year-old former…
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More Feathers To The Cap Of The People’s Governor, Dr Peter Ndubuisi Mbah.

More Feathers To The Cap Of The People’s Governor, Dr Peter Ndubuisi Mbah.

Dateline, 29 April, 2025. The brand new magnificent Enugu State International Conference Centre was the venue of the 14th Chief Emeka Anyaoku Lecture Series on Good Governance with the theme "The Imperative Of Good Governance: Nigeria in a Global Comparative Perspective", and organised by the Board of Youth Affairs International Foundation. The event was a Spectacle of immense didactic importance with great minds in attendance. The Former Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations, Chief Emeka Anyaoku was the Star of the day, the former Military Governor of the Old Imo State, and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Major General…
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Commonwealth Ex-Scribe, Anyaoku, Lauds Mbah For ‘Genuinely, Quietly Transforming’ State

Commonwealth Ex-Scribe, Anyaoku, Lauds Mbah For ‘Genuinely, Quietly Transforming’ State

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Former Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, has described Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State as an epitome of good governance. According to him, the governor was genuinely and quietly transforming the South-Eastern state. Anyaoku, however, stressed that visionary leadership and speedy development, such as being witnessed in Enugu State under Mbah, would become a mere routine with a genuine federal constitution. The diplomat spoke at the 14th Chief Emeka Anyaoku Lecture Series on Good Governance, themed 'The Imperative of Good Governance: Nigeria in a Global Comparative perspective', organised by the board of Youth…
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Ex-Gov Obiano’s Trial: Witness Denies Knowledge Of N860m Allegedly Lodged In His Account

Ex-Gov Obiano’s Trial: Witness Denies Knowledge Of N860m Allegedly Lodged In His Account

The Tenth Prosecuting Witness, PW10,   Udochukwu Okparache, in the ongoing trial of former Anambra State governor, Willie Obiano on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, told Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, that he was not aware of a total sum of N860m ( Eight Hundred and Sixty Million Naira) lodged in his company`s account by the Anambra State government. Okparache, a general contractor and owner of Youdooh Ventures Limited, made the disclosure while being led in evidence by prosecution counsel, Sylvanus Tahir, SAN, stating that when he inquired from his account officer to confirm to him what…
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Biola Adekunle Absolves Busayo Odu Of Production Money Debt

Biola Adekunle Absolves Busayo Odu Of Production Money Debt

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Actress Biola Adekunle has recanted her earlier position on movie marketer, Mr. Busayo Odu of Integrity Productions owing her, saying this time that he is no longer owing her money for a film production. “He has since paid me all money due to me. We had worked together seamlessly before that time. It was due to communication gap. People should discountenance all those videos I did then,” she said. Recall that Adekunle, in a series of Instagram and other social media videos, had appeared about December 2022, crying out that she was being owed by the…
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PDP Wins All 30 Chairmanship,332 Councillorship Seats In Osun LG Polls

PDP Wins All 30 Chairmanship,332 Councillorship Seats In Osun LG Polls

By our reporter The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State, South-West Nigeria, has won all 30 Local Government Areas (LGAs) Chairmanship and 332 Councillorship seats in the LG elections held today, Saturday, February 22, across the state. Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC) announced the results at the conclusion of voting and collation of results from polling booths. OSSIEC Chairman, Hashim Abioye, made the announcement in a Facebook live broadcast on Saturday evening. According to him, PDP candidates secured all the Councillorship as well as Chairmanship seats. PeopleandPolitics.net had reported earlier in the day that State Governor, Ademola…
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Otti Reveals Threat That Made Abia Schools Overflow With Students, Seeks Advocacy On NELFUND Loans

Otti Reveals Threat That Made Abia Schools Overflow With Students, Seeks Advocacy On NELFUND Loans

By Okwudiri Okafor, Umuahia A threat by Abia State government to arrest children spotted hawking wares and exchange their parents for them, has seen enrollment figures swell in the South-East Nigerian state. State governor, Dr Alex Otti, disclosed this when he received a delegation from Nigeria Education Loans Fund (NELFUND) led by its Director, Regional Advocacy, Engr. Nnaemeka Okafor, at Government House, Umuahia,the state capital. Otti was enthused that schools in the state are now bursting at the seam with students. Given the new tendency in the South-East for most young persons to prefer the immediate returns from trading to…
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Court Jails Ifeanyi Nwachukwu For Racketeering In ‘Mint’ Naira Notes

Court Jails Ifeanyi Nwachukwu For Racketeering In ‘Mint’ Naira Notes

The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured the conviction and sentence of one Nwachukwu Ifeanyi, a currency racketeer, before Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Federal High Court, sitting in Independence Layout, Enugu State. He was prosecuted on amended one-count charge, bordering on currency racketeering to the tune of N500,000 (Five Hundred Thousand Naira). The charge reads: “That you, Nwachukwu Ifeanyi, sometime in February 2024, at Douglas Road, Owerri, Imo State, within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, hawked the total sum of Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N500, 000) mints in Five Hundred Naira (N500)…
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Zelensky Takes A Swipe At Donald Trump, Accuses Him Of ‘Disinformation’

Zelensky Takes A Swipe At Donald Trump, Accuses Him Of ‘Disinformation’

Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Donald Trump of repeating disinformation, a day after the US President falsely accused Ukraine of starting the war with Russia. Speaking to reporters in Kyiv, Zelensky pushed back on several unfounded claims Trump made on Tuesday. “Unfortunately, President Trump – I have great respect for him as a leader of a nation that we have great respect for, the American people who always support us – unfortunately lives in this disinformation space,” Zelensky said. US and Russian officials held high-level talks on ending the war in Ukraine in the Saudi capital of Riyadh on Tuesday, a…
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