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Gov. Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti has tasked the new Commissioner of Police, Ekiti Command, Mr Joseph Eribo, to make the state retain
7 Nov
Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has said that he will deploy all available resources to make the state the hub of technological innov
4 Nov
Ekiti State Government has licensed 14 electricity vendors as part of efforts aimed at ensuring adequate electricity generation
30 Oct
Ekiti State governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has presented before the state House of Assembly a sum of N375.7 billion as the proposed budget for the 2025 fiscal year. Oyebanji who presented the budget estimates at the Assembly complex on Tuesday explained that the appropriation bill when passed would help his administration to consolidate his efforts in…
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Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti quashed rumours regarding the future of star forward Vinicius Junior on Friday, saying the Brazilian is committed to staying with the reigning European and Spanish champions. Spanish media have reported that Vinicius, 24, received a stratospheric offer to join a Saudi Arabian club. "From what I've heard, as someone who…
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The Edo State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal has announced its relocation from Benin City to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The Tribunal will now hold its proceedings at the National Judicial Institute (NJI), Abuja, with no reasons provided for the relocation in the communication to parties. In a notice dated January 24, 2025, and signed…
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Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River, says his administration will take proactive steps towards tightening security around the border areas. Otu who disclosed this on Friday in Calabar while meeting with elders and stakeholders of the state, said the move was critical to security and economic growth of the state. It would be recalled that…
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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has appealed to Gov. Dikko Radda of Katsina State to fulfil his pledge to install solar-powered lights across the orientation camp in the state. The state NYSC’s Coordinator, Alhaji Ibrahim Sa’idu, made the appeal in Katsina on Friday, during the swearing-in of the 2024 Batch ‘C’ stream ll Corps…
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Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State on Friday crowned Oba Olatunji Fayemi as the first Onitedo of Mahintedo. Oba Fayemi became king following the recommendations of the Justice C.E.T Ajama Commission of Inquiry on Chieftaincy Matters and the subsequent approval of the Onitedo Kingship stool by the Ondo State Government on December 9, 2024. Performing…
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US President Donald Trump made his first trip Friday since returning to power, heading to fire-scorched California and hurricane-hit North Carolina as a row blazed over disaster funding. The visit came as the White House said that deportation flights on military aircraft had begun, launching Trump's promised operation to expel "millions" of undocumented migrants. On…
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The Vice-Chancellor, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Prof. Simeon Bamire, has charged new students in the institution to be diligent in their studies and shun cultism and other social vices. Bamire gave the charge during the Matriculation Ceremony for new students for 2023/2024 academic at the OAU Amphitheatre, on Friday, in Ile-Ife. He said that…
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The Lagos Bus Services Ltd. (LBSL) has transported about 60 million people in its five years of operation. The Managing Director/ of LBSL, Mr Idowu Oguntona, disclosed this at a capacity building workshop for bus captains in Lagos on Friday. Oguntona said that in spite of challenges in 2024, the company exceeded its target of…
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European authorities on Friday said they had seized more than six million euros in cash and arrested 25 suspects in Spain after dismantling a Barcelona-based international cocaine smuggling network. EU law enforcement agency Europol said the investigation that began in 2022 unearthed a scheme in which Bulgarian, Colombian and Spanish citizens colluded to smuggle the…
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The DR Congo army and M23 fighters clashed outside Goma on Friday as the UK, US and France urged citizens to leave the main city in the country's volatile east, warning the situation could deteriorate rapidly. Since peace talks failed, the militia group backed by Rwandan troops has gained swathes of territory in mineral-rich eastern…