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JUST IN: Actress Iyabo Oko came back alive after being confirmed dead
Confusion has trailed the ‘death' of Veteran Nollywood actress, Sidikat Odukanwi, popularly known as Iyabo Oko.
This is as the actress, who was previously announced...
JUST IN: Fed Govt to reduce workforce, gives reason
The Federal Government is set to reduce its workforce.
It is designing what it calls an exit package for government workers that will be leaving...
BREAKING: FG declares bandits as terrorists, issues gazette
The Federal Government on Wednesday officially declared bandits as terrorists.
The gazette proscribing bandit groups in the North as terrorists was made on November 25,...
BREAKING: Ahmed Musa quits Super Eagles camp
Super Eagles captain, Ahmed Musa, was absent at the national team’s last training session held inside the MKO Abiola National Stadium in Abuja, on...
BREAKING: Kingmakers pronounce Lekan Balogun as Olubadan-elect
Members of the Olubadan-in-Council have endorsed the nomination of Otun Olubadan, Dr. Lekan Balogun, as the next Olubadan of Ibadanland.
Recall that the last Olubadan...
BREAKING: Four killed, prison official injured in foiled Osun jailbreak
Four inmates on Tuesday reportedly lost their lives in Kosere Correctional Centre, Ile Ife, Osun State, during an attempted jailbreak by some of the...
Senator Omisore loses father
The father of Senator Iyiola Omisore, Oba David Omisore, is dead.
Before his death, he was the Olu of Olode in Ife South Local Government...
BREAKING: Federal Govt to deploy Tucano Jets against terrorists, bandits – Malami
The federal government has secured clearance to deploy the Super Tucano fighter jets against bandits and terrorists in the country.
Last year, the Federal Government...
BREAKING: Suspects named Rochas Okorocha, Uche Nwosu as bandits, kidnappers’ sponsors – Imo govt
Imo State Government says some suspects have named former Governor Rochas Okorocha and Uche Nwosu as sponsors of bandits and kidnappers.
Nwosu, Okorocha’s son-in-law, was...
JUST IN: Ibadan chiefs hold meeting at Senator Lekan Balogun’s house (PHOTOS)
Some Ibadan chiefs on Monday held a meeting at the home of the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, Chief Lekan Balogun, who is expected to...
BREAKING: Bashir Tofa, former NRC presidential candidate, is dead
The Presidential Candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC), Alhaji Bashir Othman Tofa is dead.
Tofa was MKO Abiola’s major challenger in the controversial...
JUST IN: Visitors to Presidential Villa to undergo COVID-19 test
All visitors to the Presidential Villa in Abuja will henceforth take a rapid COVID-19 test before being allowed entry.
This applies to those visiting the...
Ex-Osun military administrator, Anthony Obi is dead
The former military administrator of Osun State, Colonel Anthony Uzoma Obi (rtd) is dead.
Obi, who served as the military governor of Osun State between...
BREAKING: Olubadan laid to rest
The remains of Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, have been interred at his Popoyemoja Palace, Ibadan amid tears and weeping.
The corpse was returned...
BREAKING: 178,459 police arms, ammunition missing – FG
A report by the Auditor General of the Federation for 2019 says that about 178,459 different types of arms and ammunition got missing from...
