FG planning to replace BVN with NIN – Minister

Published February 9, 2021Isa PantamiTemiloluwa O’ Peters and Chima AzubuikeThe Minister of Communications and Digital Economy , Dr Isa Pantami , has said the Federal Government plans to replace Bank Verification Numbers with the National Identity Numbers .The minister said this while briefing newsmen after a facility tour and inspection of the ongoing NIN enrolment […]

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No going back on Yoruba Nation autonomy, OAM fires back at Gumi

A socio-political group devotedly clamouring for Yoruba autonomy, Oodua Action Movement (OAM), Monday condemned the statement credited to an Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, describing the groups agitating for Oduduwa Republic and Biafra as the same with Boko Haram terrorists. The group (OAM) described Gumi statement as reckless saying “there is no going back on […]

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Middle Belt, CNG disagree with Gumi over amnesty, cash for bandits

Published February 8, 2021Sheikh GumiJohn Charles , Tunde Oyekola Ilorin , Sunday Nwakanma and Matthew OcheiThe lingering crisis in the All Progressives Congress in Benue State turned bloody on Sunday as the party ’s caretaker chairman in Gboko South Local Government Area ward , Tersoo Ahu , was killed.The Punch reliably gathered that Ahu was […]

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Northern govs shouldn’t play politics with herdsmen menace – APC elders

Published February 8, 2021 Saheed OlugbonPeter Dada , AkureThe All Progressives Congress Elders Forum in Ondo State has asked the Northern Governors forum to look for why herders were migrating to the South from the North to cause problem and fix the challenge instead of playing politics with it .The forum spoke on Sunday in […]

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LAWMAKER CONDEMNS ATTACK ON HIIS KINSMEN,CAUTIONS SUPARE YOUTHS.

LAWMAKER CONDEMNS ATTACK ON HIIS KINSMEN,CAUTIONS SUPARE YOUTHS. The Lawmaker representing Akoko South West Constituency 1 in the Ondo State House of Assembly Akogun Olugbenga Omole has condemned attacks on Oka Community by youths from Supare Akoko. This followed reported plan by Benin-Owena River Basin Development Authority to execute a project within the Community. It […]

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OUR REGION IS WELL- CAPTURED UNDER THE NDDC 2020 BUDGET – HON. AKINJO

Following the unfounded allegations made against the person of Hon. Olubunmi Tunji Ojo, member representing Akoko North East/ West Federal Constituency claiming his conversion of NDDC projects to his Federal Constituency. The Lawmaker representing Eseodo/Ilaje Federal Constituency, Hon. Kolade V. Akinjo has issued a press statement to address and correct the allegations According to him,”I […]

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Resident Lament Bad State of Roads in Akungba-Akoko

Residents of Akungba Akoko, Ondo State are lamenting over the poor state of their roads. Akungba Akoko is the host Community of the Adekunle Ajasin University;the dilapidated state of the roads has brought disquiet among residents and motorists blaming the governments on their poor state. The bad state of the road, especially the one outside […]

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EFCC describes how Maina’s son fled to US through Niger

Published February 5, 2021 Friday Olokor , AbujaThe son of the embattled former Chairman of the Pension Reformed Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina , Faisal has escaped to the United States after sneaking into the Republic of Niger through one of the Nigeria ’s porous borders , the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said on Thursday […]

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