Author: Alex Enemanna
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After primary election victory, Akeredolu begs aggrieved members for forgiveness
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has called on all members of the All Progressives Congress to work for the success of the APC in the governorship election. Akeredolu, who emerged the candidate of the party in the last primary after defeating nine other aspirants, specifically appealed to the aggrieved members to sheathe their swords and get united…
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CBN to unify exchange rates, pegs naira at 379/$
The Central Bank of Nigeria on Saturday officially changed the exchange rate of the naira to the dollar from N361 to N379 on its website. The apex bank had earlier expressed its decision to unify the exchange rates in the country as forex scarcity persisted. It was however yet to announce if this would be…
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Pastor impregnates two siblings during spiritual cleansing in Ogun
The founder and General Overseer of the Church of the Lord, Olomore, Abeokuta, Prophet Ebenezer Ajigbotoluwa, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly defiling and impregnating two underage female siblings in his church. The suspect was reported to have procured abortions for the victims (aged 16 and 13) who…
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PDP crisis: Olujimi accuses Fayose of taking advantage of her gender
National Assembly member, Senator Biodun Olujimi, on Sunday alleged that the camp of former Governor Ayodele Fayose was trying to take advantage of her gender to sideline her from the management team of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State. Olujimi, who said leadership could only be earned and not served a la carte, dismissed…
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Newborn baby rescued from soakaway in Ogun
An abandoned newborn was rescued on Saturday after he was dumped in a soakaway on Oyo Avenue, Olorin community in Adiyan, Ogun State. It was learnt that the baby was passed through a hollow space in-between the iron bars on the soakaway cover. Sunday PUNCH learnt children playing around the soakaway around 3.30pm heard the…
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Kashamu laid to rest in Ijebu-Igbo
The remains of the late former senator, Buruju Kashamu, have been buried. He was buried at about 12:55 pm on Sunday at his Ijebu-Igbo home. Earlier, the Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, was at the Ijebu-Igbo home of the deceased politician. Also, a crowd of sympathisers and loyalists of the late Senator, who represented…
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North East Governors elect Zulum pioneer chairman
Governors in the North-East have elected Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, as the pioneer chairman of their forum, for a period of two years. This was contained in a communique issued at the end of the forum’s second meeting, which held in Maiduguri on Saturday. The communique was signed by the Forum’s Chairman and…
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Your end’ll also come, Fayose replies Obasanjo
Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has condemned ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s official statement on the death of ex-Senator Buruji Kashamu. Kashamu, a governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 election in Ogun State, died of COVID-19 complications on Saturday at the age of 62. Kashamu, who also represented Ogun East Senatorial District…
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At 46 Chief Onoja has brought honour to Kogi, youth community – Omoluabi
The Senior Special Assistant to Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State on Political Matters, Hon. Omoluabi Olabode Adeyemi has congratulated the State deputy governor, Chief Edward Onoja as he marks 46. Describing Chief Onoja as a rare breed, Omoluabi in a congratulatory message he personally endorsed in Lokoja on Sunday stated that the deputy governor…
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FG committed to creation of 5m jobs — Osinbajo
In line with the job creation agenda of the Federal Government, the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osibanjo has reaffirmed government’s commitment towards creation of five million jobs. Osibanjo who disclosed this over the weekend during the Virtual Presidential Policy Dialogue Session organised by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), said that the administration…