The Ondo State House of Assembly has elected a new speaker to lead the assembly’s proceedings over the next four years.Hon. Olamide Oladiji, popularly known as Landmark from Ondo East constituency, has emerged as the new Speaker during the inauguration of the 10th assembly.Oladiji secured the position of Speaker with
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Former Chairman of the disciplinary committee of Park Management System (PMS) in Oyo State, Mr Mukaila Lamidi, has declared that the police in the state cannot declare him wanted.Lamidi, popularly known as Auxiliary, said this while speaking on a live radio programme on Fresh FM 105.9 Ibadan, on Saturday morning.The
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Temilade Openiyi, also known as Tems, a Nigerian singer, has finally gotten the highly coveted Grammy trophy plaque for her exceptional achievement in music.Tems won the prestigious prize for Best Melodica Rap Performance at the 65th Grammy Awards, which were held on February 6, 2023.Tems’ Grammy-winning effort was collaboration with
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President Bola Tinubu has expressed heartfelt condolences with the people and the government of the Republic of India over a multiple train crash, which left over 280 passengers killed.The incident, which involved two passenger trains and a goods train, occurred on Friday in the Indian city of Balasore, in the
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The immediate past Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has refuted rumours that he is planning to switch from the People’s Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress after meeting with President Bola Tinubu on Friday.Wike, along with Seyi Makinde and James Ibori, met with Tinubu to offer him support,
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has announced plans for a nationwide strike set to commence next Wednesday.The decision was made during a meeting of the NLC’s National Executive Council (NEC) held in Abuja on Friday.The NEC, which consists of Presidents, General Secretaries, Treasurers of all affiliate unions under the NLC,
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The suspended Chairmen of the 17 local government areas in Plateau State has opposed their suspension, declaring that the State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, does not possess the power to suspend them.Recall that in an earlier report by this newspaper, it was revealed that the State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, approved the
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The Benue State High Court has affirmed the suspension of Iyorchia Ayu, the former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Politics Nigeria reports.UNITY TIMES reports that the suspension was initially imposed by his Nyorov council ward exco back in March.The council cited Ayu’s failure to pay dues as
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The Nigeria Customs Service on Thursday unveiled a $3.2 billion modernisation project to end manual operations.At the unveiling of the Project Management Office in Abuja, the Comptroller-General , retired Col. Hameed Ali expressed his delight at the project, which aimed to fully automate the NCS. He explained that
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The Federal High Court of Nigeria has announced its 2023 annual vacation in line with the provisions of Order 46, Rule 4 of the Court’s Civil Procedure Rules 2019.Chief Judge of the Court, Justice John Tsoho, in a statement on Friday, said the vacation will commence from Monday, July 24,
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