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NIWA boss denies meeting with police to destabilise Osun

12 June 2025

Oyebamiji, one of the leading guber aspirants within the All Progressives Congress(APC), denied allegedly meeting with one ACP Adekunle Ige of MOPOL 39 Commander and described the allegation as outright falsehood to smear him. According to a statement by his campaign coordinator, Adebayo Adedeji, Oyebamiji was not planning to heat up the polity of Osun […]

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June 12: Osun civil societies embark on peaceful protest

12 June 2025

The protest, according to the organizers, is held to mark the 32nd year since the fateful June 12, 1993, presidential election, which they adjudged was won by the Social Democratic Party presidential candidate, Bashorun MKO Abiola. Speaking with the newsmen, one of the organizers of the protest and Osun State Chairman for the Committee for […]

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Lagos Police assigns troops at strategic locations over protests

12 June 2025

The police also ensured that residents would respect the constitutional rights to peaceful assembly of citizens, urging those seeking to protest to ensure it was within the ambit of the law. The deployments which were done as early as 4am, saw the movement of troops and logistics to Agege; Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park, Abiola Gardens, […]

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138m children in child labour, 54m in dangerous work – UN

11 June 2025

This is according to a report released on Wednesday by the International Labour Organisation and the United Nations Children’s Fund, ahead of World Day Against Child Labour, as the world mark the International Day of Play. The World Day Against Child Labour is marked every year on June 12, and the International Day of Play […]

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June 12: FG cancels Democracy Day parade

11 June 2025

The details of activities marking Democracy Day were released by the Inter-Ministerial Committee on the Democracy Day celebration, indicating that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would deliver a nationwide address at 7 a.m. on Thursday. President Tinubu would engage in a special joint session of the National Assembly at 12 noon on Thursday. According to the […]

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2027: Anti-Tinubu’s coalition will fail – Wike

11 June 2025

Wike made this statement during the inauguration of Arterial Road N16, Arterial Road N20, and other significant roads in the Katampe District of Abuja. According to him, the President’s performance has effectively dismantled any serious opposition alliance. “Your good work has killed the coalition. I was thinking that, truly, there would be a coalition. The […]

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Fallen Tanker Explodes On Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

11 June 2025

The Ogun State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps confirmed this to newsmen. The FRSC said that the incident occurred at the NASFAT U-Turn axis of the highway. The Education Officer of the sector command, Florence Okpe, said that a rescue team from the FRSC and the fire service were on the ground, […]

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Rivers 2025 budget plans for Fubara’s return – Ibas

11 June 2025

Ibas made this known in Abuja while defending the budget before the House of Representatives Ad-Hoc Committee on Rivers State Oversight. According to him, the proposed budget aligns with the strategic objectives of the River State Development Plan 2017-2027. He also noted that the proposal presents a strategic and integrated framework designed to raise revenues […]

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Court Strikes Out Akpabio’s Appeal Against Natasha, Awards ₦100,000 Against Him

11 June 2025

A three-member panel of the appellate court, presided over by Justice Hamman Barka, struck out the motions following the request for withdrawal of the appeal by him. The motions listed Akpabio as the appellant. The respondents were Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the Clerk of the National Assembly, the Senate, and the Chairman of the Senate Committee […]

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D’banj confirms joint tour with 2Face, Timaya

11 June 2025

He disclosed this in a recent interview with Adesope Live in London, United Kingdom. The ‘Oliver Twist’ hitmaker relished how Afrobeats has progressed from a rising West African genre in the 200Os to 2010s when he and his contemporaries held sway, to a global sound. D’banj noted that noted that Afrobeats meteoric rise was not […]

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