Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, on Friday maintained that they will not cede any inch of Yoruba land to creditors of the Federal Government should there be whatsoever reasons for them to make such claims. This was in reaction to widespread reports that the Federal Government had agreed with the Chinese government, to waive its immunity
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The Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Rauf Olaniyan, and two commissioners in the state have been prevented from attending the 8 days Fidau prayer (prayer for deceased) for the immediate past Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi. The DAILY VENDOR reported that Ajimobi, who died at First Consultants and Cardiology Hospital in Lagos,
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Governor Akeredolu had on Tuesday, personally disclosed that he had tested positive for COVID-19 but allayed the fears of the people of the state, especially his supporters that he was fit to work from self isolation. Following this development, some supporters of the deputy governor commenced a social media pressure on Governor Akeredolu to hand
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The Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi has warned that no person convicted for any sex offence, especially rape in the state would enjoy his powers of prerogative of mercy anymore. The governor gave the warning while signing into law the Sexual Violence Against Children ‘Compulsory treatment and care for child victims of sexual violence’, which
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The Lagos State Government has announced its readiness to restart economic and religious activities in the state with the introduction of a reopening process tagged Register-to-Open Initiative. The Director-General, Lagos State Safety Commission, Mr. Lanre Mojola, disclosed this during a press conference on the government’s plan towards the gradual reopening of the economy. The DG
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Ekiti State Government on Saturday announced a reduction in its 2020 budget from N124.5 billion to N91.128 billion in accordance with the current economic realities due to coronavirus pandemic. The state Commissioner for Information and Values Orientation, Mr Muyiwa Olumilua, made this known in a statement in Ado Ekiti. Olumilua said the government took the
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The Oyo State Commissioner for Environment, Kehinde Ayoola, has been reported dead. According to information available to THE DAILY VENDOR, Ayoola, who was a onetime Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, had been sick for some time before he died on Thursday. The late Ayoola, a graduate of Animal Science and Environmental Management and Control,
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A report making the rounds on social media has it that policemen beat a senior officer of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Roland Fuludu, to a pulp. The incident was reported to have happened in the Apapa area of Lagos State on Monday. According to the report, the LASTMA official was beaten by
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Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, has appointed Retired Col. Oladipo Ajibola, as the Director-General of the Operation Burst, the state-owned security outfit. Makinde made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Ibadan by Mr Moses Alao, Special Assistant (Print Media), to the governor. The governor said Oladipo holds a Diploma in Education from
Read moreThe Ekiti government has directed that salaries of Gov. Kayode Fayemi, his deputy and all political appointees in the state be slashed by 50 per cent with immediate effect. Chief Muyiwa Olumilua, the state’s Commissioner for Information and Values Orientation, disclosed in a statement in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday that Gov. Fayemi gave the salary
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…The fact that there were weevils in some of the bags of rice did not mean that the whole bags of rice were not good for consumption – Customs The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Oyo/Osun Area Command of the Nigerian Customs Services, on Saturday described as untrue the claim by the Oyo State
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