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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has swept all the 17 chairmanship seats so far announced as counting of votes of Saturday’s local government elections in Ogun continues. The results were announced on Sunday morning by Mr Babatunde Osibodu, the Chairman of the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGISIEC) at the commission’s head office in Abeokuta. Osibodu said that pending results ...
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July, 2021
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26 July
Bethel Baptist High School students freed with N50m ransom . 87 not yet released
Twenty-eight of the abducted students of Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi, Kaduna, have regained freedom after 20 days in captivity. Those who regained their freedom were among the 121 students, who were abducted when bandits invaded the school on July 5. Joseph Hayab, Kaduna state chairman of the Christian Association of Nigerian (CAN), confirmed their release on Sunday. A total ...
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26 July
Naira exchanges for 503/$ at parallel market
The naira exchanged to the dollar at 503 at the parallel market on Friday according to the Bureau de Change operators. Figures obtained from naijbdcs.com, the official website for the licensed BDCs by the Central Bank of Nigeria showed that the naira was bought and sold for 502 and 503.5. The naira had earlier traded at 504/$ early in July. ...
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26 July
Beans, tomatoes, rice record 253%, 123%, 51% price hike
The cost of food items in Nigeria has been recording significant increases in the past one year. Farmers attributed the hike in food prices to insecurity, climate change and lack of access to inputs, among others, but made particular emphasis on the widespread level of insecurity nationwide. A survey carried out in markets across Lagos, Ogun and Federal Capital Territory ...
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26 July
NURTW Chairman Arrested For Drug Trafficking In Ondo
Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), in Ijero Local Government Area of Ekiti State, Babatunde Babade, has been arrested for trafficking illicit drugs. A statement issued on Sunday by the Director, Media & Advocacy NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Femi Babafemi, said the transport union leader was arrested along with two others – Ilesanmi Shola and Babajide Johnson. ...
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25 July
Army Major, wife, daughter die in car accident !
In Home State, Major Auwal Danbabu Mohammed, his wife, Fadila Auwalu Shehu Brema and only daughter, Aisha lost their lives in a ghastly motor accident. The State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya who received the sad news with great shock described it as most unfortunate and a great loss to the state and its people. The accident was said to have ...
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25 July
Again, FG extends NIN-SIM verification deadline to October 31
The Federal government has approved the extension of the deadline for NIN-SIM data verification to October31, 2021. The government took the decision to extend the deadline following a request by stakeholders to accommodate registration in hard-to-reach remote areas, foreigners and diplomatic missions, diaspora and address low enrolments in schools and hospitals, adding it was proved by enrolment statistics. Part of ...
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25 July
Expectedly, APC sweeps Lagos council polls
YOU NEWS roving reporters said the popular opinion is that APC would emerge victorious in all the polling booths. And there are indications that the summation is reliable! the All Progressives Congress (APC), may win all the slots of the Saturday, Local Government elections to elect Chairmanship and vice-chairmanship, as well as councillorship officers into 20 Local Government Areas, LGAs ...
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24 July
Lagos NURTW generates N123bn annually – Report
The Lagos chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, locally called agberos, generates about N123.08bn annually, which could service the annual budget of Nasarawa, Niger, and Yobe states put together, a statistical report by the International Centre for Investigative Report has shown. The data, which was released on Thursday, showed that the money was realised through levies on ...
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24 July
COVID-19 testing stops in 13 states, Delta variant looms
13 states had stopped testing for COVID-19 despite the impending third wave of the disease propelled by the highly infectious Delta strain. Epidemiological data obtained from the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control showed that since the first case of the Delta variant was reported on July 8, 2021, only about 23 states and the Federal Capital Territory had been sending ...
