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Kamil Opeyemi The Lagos state police on Saturday expressed its desire to welcome those with useful information that could lead to unraveling the mystery behind the death of popular singer, Ilerioluwa Promise Aloba, also called Mohbad. This was just as the police revealed the setting up of a special panel to probe the death of the singer and bring forth the truth about the insinuations and allegations surrounding it. Benjamin Hundeyin, command spokesman was quoted in media in Lagos said on Saturday that the command was poised to get to the root of the matter. “Hundeyin said, “To this end,…
By Halimah Olamide A group of elders from Yoruba land under the aegis of Council of Yoruba Elders on Saturday asked former President Olusegun Obasanjo to tender apology to obas in Yoruba land over his alleged insults on them. Obasanjo had at a function on Friday, ordered all the Obas present to rise up and then immediately ordered them to sit down. The video of the scene, which had gone viral attracted attention from far and near with many condemning the former president for alleged desecration of the royal institution. Describing the action of Obasanjo as sacrilegious, the council in…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba AbdulRasheed Adewale Akanbi, on Saturday said the former President Olusegun Obasanjo would not order him around the way he allegedly did to some traditional rulers in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on Friday. NPO Reports that Obasanjo had commanded the traditional rulers present at a ceremony to stand up for him and sit down immediately. The video of the scene, who has gone viral, has caused controversies, with many condemning Obasanjo for allegedly desecrating the Yoruba tradition and dragging monarchs on the floor. Reacting, Oba Akanbi, in a statement signed by his…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Chicago State University has told the CBS, an American news organisation, that President Bola Tinubu graduated from the institution in 1979. The institution said the NIgerian president graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Business and Administration. The news search followed intense insinuations that Tinubu did not attend the institution. The Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate in the general election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, had filed a suit in the US compelling the CSU officials to release Tinubu’s academic documents. The statement from the Chicago State University on Tinubu published by CBS on Thursday reads, “As an educational…
By Kamil Opeyemi United States President Joe Biden, on Sunday patted Nigeria’s president, Bola Tinubu on his back for what he called his resolve to reform the Nigerian economy. Tinubu also earned Biden’s commendation on what he called his leadership role in the Niger crisis and other crisis in the continent of Africa. Biden made his feelings known to Tinubu on the sidelines of the G-20 summit holding in India. In a statement released by the United States Embassy in Nigeria on Sunday, the consular office said President Biden met with Nigerian President Bola Tinubu today on the sidelines of…
By Ibrahim Former Governor of Ogun state, Gbenga Daniel on Sunday described as an act of executive lawlessness the destruction of his wife’s plaza in Ijebu Ode Ogun state. NPO Reported earlier that the state government said the building contravened regulations and did not have approved plans. The building, a five storey structure had come under destruction in the wee hours of sunday. It was not clear why the pulling down of a section of the building took place in the midnight. Daniel’s lawyer, Adeyinka M. Kotoye (SAN), in a statement on Sunday, described the demolition of the plaza as…
By Halimah Olamide The government of Ogun state on Sunday said former Governor Gbenga Daniel’s multi-storey complex in Ijebu Ode, contravened state’s building regulations hence the decision to partially pull down the building in the wee hours of Sunday. The Government said DATKEM Plaza, located on Folagbade Street, is an illegal structure which has no approved plan. The state government also added that the building contravened the state’s physical planning laws. Governor Dapo Abiodun’s government’s reaction was contained in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, Engr. Olayiwola Abiodun. He said numerous defects…
By Ibrahim Olatunji The multi-million Naira belonging to the wife of the former Ogun state Governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, Yeye Olufunke Daniel has been sealed up after the edifice was vandalised by unknown persons in the wee hours of Sunday. NPO Reported earlier that an Engineer said to be the Developer, Lawal had claimed that the state government claimed that the building did not comply with building regulations. A visit by the NPO Reports correspondent on Sunday showed that some parts of the plaza had been badly vandalised. Our correspondent who visited the building reports that many people had visited…
By Kamil Opeyemi The government of Ogun state, has been accused of demolishing a multi-billion plaza said to be owned by the wife of former Governor of Ogun state, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, Mrs. Olufunke Daniel. A message circulating on the matter which NPO Reports obtained said a part of the plaza, located on Folagbade Street, Ijebu Ode, Ogun state, was demolished at about 1am in the wee hours of Sunday. But attempts to speak with the government has not produced any result as the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Lekan Sani, promised to get back to the NPO…
The death toll from a powerful earthquake in Morocco has soared to more than 2,000, with a similar number of injured. BBC reports that the interior ministry has said that more than 1,400 people have serious injuries, and the heaviest casualties are in provinces just south of Marrakesh. Fearing aftershocks, many Moroccans have opted to stay outdoors for a second night, sleeping on the streets. The epicentre was in the High Atlas Mountains where there are reports of entire villages flattened in remote areas, though information continues to emerge. BBC correspondent Nick Beake reports that in one remote community, an…