Sout-West Governors
11 Jun 2024
The quest to restore the ‘lost glory’ of the South-West, through the establishment of the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN)
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A soothsayer once foretold that former military head of state, Gen Ibrahim Babangida (rtd.), would administer Nigeria. Former Head of State, Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd) stated this at the launch of Babangida's autobiography entitled: "Babangida, a journey in service" held Thursday at the Transcorp Hilton Abuja. Abdulsalami, a classmate of Babangida at the Government College…
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The African Democratic Congress (ADC), in Kebbi, says it will not withdraw its case from Supreme Court against the tenure elongation of its leaders in the country. The Chairman of the party in the state, Alhaji Bala Sufiyanu, stated this at a joint press briefing when he hosted Chairmen of the party from Northern part…
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A Sri Lankan passenger train derailed Thursday after smashing into a family of elephants, with no passengers injured but six animals killed in the island's worst such wildlife accident, police said. The express train was travelling near a wildlife reserve at Habarana, some 180 kilometres (110 miles) east of the capital Colombo, when it hit…
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A popular hip-hop musician, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, was on Thursday before an Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court in Isabo for allegedly assaulting officials of Ogun Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development. The Magistrate, Mr O.L. Oke, however, granted the musician bail in the sum of N2 million, with one surety who must be…
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France returned on Thursday its sole military base in Ivory Coast to the west African nation's authorities, marking an end to decades of French presence at the site. The French and Ivorian defence ministers signed a document to confirm the return, shortly after the Ivorian flag was raised in the base's parade ground. Though the…
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President Bola Tinubu, former Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and Yakubu Gowon, former military ruler Abdulsalami Abubakar, and former Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo were among many other dignitaries at General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida’s book launch in Abuja. Babangida, the former head of state, is launching his memoir titled 'A Journey In Service' at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel…
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Seven civilians, including a woman and a child, were killed Thursday when leftover munitions exploded inside a house in northwest Syria, a war monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported the deadly blast a day after another organisation said two-thirds of Syrians risked being killed or wounded by unexploded ordnance. "Seven civilians, including…
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The Police Command in Anambra has denied any complicity in the escape of two suspects allegedly linked to the murder of Mr. Justice Azuka, lawmaker at the State Assembly. Azuka, Labour Party (LP) lawmaker was representing Onitsha-1 Constituency before his life was cut short by suspected kidnappers. SP Tochukwu Ikenga, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO)…
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A New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Yusuf Galambi, has defected to All Progressives Congress (APC). Reading the defection letter at the plenary on Thursday in Abuja, the Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, quoted the defecting lawmaker as saying that his defection was hinged on the crisis in NNPP. Abbas, while…
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Bangladeshi security forces killed two men Thursday in a crackdown on rising violent crime, a spokesman said, rejecting fears the deaths appeared to mirror previous notorious tactics of extra-judicial killings. Sami-Ud-Dowla Chowdhury, spokesman for the security forces, said two men were killed in the early hours of Thursday morning after they shot at officers trying…