Babatunde Akinbiyi
24 Oct
A driver was killed yesterday on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway when a white Mazda bus loaded with potatoes crashed into a moving truck near the Lotto area of the road.
18 Sep
About 18 passengers lost their lives in a fatal auto crash in the Ogbere area of the Ijebu East Local Council of Ogun State. The victims were passengers of an 18-seater Toyota Hiace passenger bus with registration number XA 690AKU.
24 Aug
A reckless truck driver has crushed six people to death and left several others with injuries in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital. The fatal accident occurred around 10pm at Enugada corridor of Lafenwa with the victims
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Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has disclosed that his administration is grounded in the body of Christ and will not fail in its duty to serve the people. Aiyedatiwa stated this during an interface with Christian leaders in the state at St. David’s Anglican Cathedral, Ijomu, Akure, the state capital. The governor, who expressed…
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Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu, has sworn-in the 18 local government chairmen and vice chairmen who emerged victorious at the November 2 local government elections. The 18 elected chairmen and their vices all emerged under the flagship of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The APC recorded a clean sweep in the elections,…
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A recipient of The Danny Williams and Arden Williams Public History Award, Titilope Rosemary Falola, has urged the Federal Government and the managements of private tertiary institutions to incorporate public history and museum studies into the tertiary institutions’ curricula. She maintained that a critical step in preparing for the future is the incorporation of public…
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