By Odeh Henry The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, has warmly welcomed the establishment of a new Global Media Defense Fund at the initiative of the United Kingdom and Canada and their respective pledges of £3 million ($3.8m) over five years and of 1 million Canadian Dollars ($765,000) to the Fund.The purpose of the […]
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The Oyo state governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde on Wednesday, signed the transmission to the legislature the executive bill for the establishment of the Oyo State Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC). In his speech, governor Makinde explained that, Corruption doesn’t recognize a political party nor Individual. Saying, the Bill became necessary after a lot […]
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Russia will ignore United States sanctions against Iran and continue to trade with the Middle Eastern country without creating any special mechanisms, a high ranking Russian official told Sputnik. Russian Permanent Representative to the European Union Vladimir Chizhov disclosed this on Tuesday. He said, “Our colleagues here (in Brussels) sometimes ask why Russia and […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the promotion of the Nigerian Army Chief of Training and Operations, Maj Gen Lamidi Adeosun, to the rank of a Lieutenant General, the same rank as the Chief of the Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai. The Nigerian Army confirmed this promotion in a release on Tuesday. […]
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Oyo State House of Assembly Okays Dissolution of LGs The Oyo State House of Assembly on Tuesday approved the dissolution of the of local government councils and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state.Governor Seyi Makinde had a few hours after his inauguration, ordered the dissolution of the councils. The ex-chairmen have […]
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Embattled Sen. Ishiaku Abbo (PDP-Adamawa) on Tuesday told members of the Senate investigative panel hearing his alleged case of assault of a nursing mother not to threaten him with suspension. The senator spoke when he appeared before the six-man panel set up by the Senate to investigate him. TheNews Agency of Nigeriareports that President […]
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By Odeh Henry Speaker of the Oyo House of Assembly, Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin, has clearly revealed that state laws that will finally end operations of killer herdsmen are underway. He noted that lawmakers in the Oyo state House og Assembly are already working on laws that will tackle activities of killer herdsmen in the […]
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In another intervention in the scandal rocking the embattled general overseer of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has urged the two major parties, Fatoyinbo and Mrs Busola Dakolo, and their supporters, to stop the media war in the interest of the church.CAN, in a statement […]
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Oyo State governor, Mr. Seyi Makinde, has said that he would conduct local government elections next year, dismissing insinuations that caretaker committee chairmen would be appointed to replace sacked council heads. He also said Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission, OYSIEC, would be reformed to have a generally accepted exercise. Makinde, who […]
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A Federal High Court sitting in Jos, Plateau State, has quashed the remaining two counts charge preferred by the Federal Government against a former governor of Gombe State and serving senator, Danjuma Goje, over allegations of corruption. The Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation was said to have applied on Thursday evening for […]
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