Month: August 2018
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Amnesty International Accused FG of Unlawful Detention, Others
Amnesty International (AI) has asked the federal government to immediately release “thousands of people” who have been subjected to enforced disappearance in various parts of the country. The human rights watchdog said a lot of Nigerians are being held in secret detention facilities across the country without being tried before any court of law. It…
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Group, Friends, Extol DSP Sheyi Peters On His Birthday
Good loving Nigerians, friends and associates, including the Ondo State Chapter of the Council of Concerned Youth of Nigeria (COCYON), have taken to social media to wish the Police Unit commander, Benin metro, DSP Sheyi Peters, a happy birthday. In a statement issued and signed by Ayilola Oluwagbenga, the state president of COCYON in Ondo…
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Tribunal: Fayemi Panicking For Hiring 35 Lawyers To Defend Victory –Group
The newly formed sociopolitical group in Ekiti State, Bring Back Our Mandate,(BBOM) has reacted to the news of APC latest response to the petition filed by Professor Kolapo Olusola Eleka of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenging the victory of Dr Kayode Fayemi in the just concluded July 14, 2018, governorship election at the Ekiti State…
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Theresa May Meets Dangote, Otedola, Elumelu, Others In Lagos
British Prime Minister, Theresa May, has arrived at FMDQ Security Exchange building, Victoria Island, Lagos, for a meeting with the Nigerian business community. The prime minister, accompanied by members of her trade delegation, arrived the venue at 6.30 p.m. on Wednesday. He was also welcomed to Lagos by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State. Aliko…
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Tribunal: Fayemi hires 35 Lawyers To Defend Victory Over Eleka’s Petition
The Governor-Elect of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has filed his defence to the petition by the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and outgoing Deputy Governor of Ekiti State in the July governorship election in Ekiti State, Professor Kolapo Olusola Eleka. In the 2,558-page defence with over 3,000 documents attached as exhibits, Fayemi…
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NUJ To Embark On National Protest Over Impunity Against Journalists
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has declared Thursday, 30th August as a national day of protest against what it called “impunity against the Nigerian journalist.” The National Secretary, Shuaibu Leman, had through a memo, directed all the state and FCT Councils of the union to mobilise their members for the protest. Leman directed the…
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Heavy Security At Omotosho Power Plant Against Expected Protesters
–No amount of militaristic deployment of heavy Security operatives to Omotosho can stop our peaceful protest -BBOL –The group said they have changed date of protest to increase number of protesters from 1,000 to 2,000 – We shall visit the power plant at a new date without notice, the group hinted Reports from Omotosho community,…
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BEDC Has Failed Our People, FG Must Not Renew Its Licence -Ondo Council of Obas
The Ondo state Council of Obas has passed a vote of no confidence on the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) for poor service delivery and failure to distribute pre-paid metres to residents of the state. The traditional rulers said years of inefficiency and erratic power supply by BEDC to the people of Ondo north and…
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GT Bank MD, Arrested For Assault
–He was arrested for throwing calculator at one of the bank employees in Liberia The Daily Observer has reported that officers of the Liberia National Police (LNP) are holding Ayodeji Bejide, managing director (MD) of Guaranty Trust Bank (GT Bank) Liberia, in custody on the charge of physical assault against an employee of the bank. Due…
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Nigerians Lampoon Femi Adesina For Saying Forgery Is Not Corruption
Nigerians on social media have lampoon presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, for claiming that the alleged forgery of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate by the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun is not a corruption matter. DAILY POST had reported that the chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, PACAC, Itse Sagay had said that…