February 11, 2023

[GIST] 15 injured as hoodlums attack Osun Rep’s supporters

[GIST] 15 injured as hoodlums attack Osun Rep’s supporters

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The member representing Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Mr Wole Oke, on Friday, alleged that suspected political thugs attacked his supporters at the Government Reserve Area of Osogbo, Osun State. Oke, in a statement he personally signed, obtained in Osogbo, said the attack took place shortly after some northerners living within his


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[GIST] UPDATED: Buhari, Tinubu in closed-door meeting at Villa

[GIST] UPDATED: Buhari, Tinubu in closed-door meeting at Villa

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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is in a closed-door meeting with the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, at his official residence at the State House. Tinubu, who abandoned the ‘Meet the mentor’ dinner held in his honour by the APC Progressives Sisters Network at the International Conference Centre in


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February 10, 2023

[GIST] Tinubu hails Fayemi at 58

[GIST] Tinubu hails Fayemi at 58

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The presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has congratulated former governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on his 58th birthday. In a statement by his media aide, Tunde Rahman, the APC candidate commended the former governor for his patriotism, including his leading role in the entrenchment of democracy and good governance in


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[GIST] Turkey-Syria earthquake deaths cross 20,000

[GIST] Turkey-Syria earthquake deaths cross 20,000

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Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency agency has said the death toll from the earthquake has now risen above 20,000. State media in Syria said the death toll in government-held areas had risen to 1,347, up from 1,262. Earlier, the White Helmets civil defence group said 1,930 people had been reported dead in rebel-held areas


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[GIST] Father remanded for defiling 11-year-old daughter in Oyo

[GIST] Father remanded for defiling 11-year-old daughter in Oyo

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A Family Court in Iyaganku, Ibadan, Oyo State, on Thursday ordered that a 32-year-old man, Kareem Sarafa, be remanded in a correction centre for allegedly defiling his 11-year-old daughter at their residence at Idi-Osun, Papa, in the Ibadan area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence


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[GIST] Buhari orders setting up transition panel on Valentines Day

[GIST] Buhari orders setting up transition panel on Valentines Day

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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has approved the establishment of a Presidential Transition Council to oversee the 2023 transition programme. Also, Buhari signed Executive Order No.14 of 2023 on the Facilitation and Management of Presidential Transitions. The PUNCH report that a key feature of the order is the institutionalisation of a legal framework


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[GIST] Former Man Utd star Evra fined for homophobic PSG slur

[GIST] Former Man Utd star Evra fined for homophobic PSG slur

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Former France captain and Manchester United defender Patrice Evra was fined 1,000 euros by a Paris court on Thursday over “homophobic insults” aimed at Paris Saint-Germain in 2019. His outburst came in the aftermath of PSG losing to Manchester United in the Champions League, and a clip of the incident posted by a third party


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