Day: 30 July 2019

Ogun Police burst Lagos/Ibadan expressway kidnap gang, arrest 41

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The Ogun State Police Command has arrested no fewer than 41 suspects, including one strongly believed to have participated in the abduction of three staff of Lafia Hospital Ibadan along the ever-busy Lagos – Ibadan expressway last week Tuesday. A statement issued on Monday by the command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Abimbola Oyeyemi said four other victims were also rescued along with the Lafia hospital staffers last Saturday when high powered security operatives bombarded the scene of the incident and thoroughly combed the adjourning bush. Though he declined to give…

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Defamation: Osoba demands N3bn, public apology from Okurounmu

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A former governor of Ogun State, Olusegun Osoba, has demanded a sum of N3bn from a chieftain of Afenifere , Senator Femi Okuronmu, as damages for an alleged libellous statement published by two national newspapers. In a letter sent to the senator by Osoba’s lawyer, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), the former governor also demanded a public apology to be published on the front pages of seven consecutive editions of both Daily Independent and The Sun newspapers, starting from Monday, July 29, 2019. Osoba, however, gave Okuronmu a 14-day ultimatum to…

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Buhari: Why I won’t name my successor

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President Muhammadu Buhari has given an indication that he is not going to name the person who will succeed him in office in 2023 on completion of his second term. Buhari responded on Tuesday to a request by the Progressive in Academics, who called on him to groom younger Nigerians to succeed him. Receiving members of the group at the State House, Abuja, Buhari noted that dabbling into the issue of succession would only create problems for his administration. The President rather lectured the group, saying that to become a…

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Gov. Abiodun leads Ogun elders into meeting with Buhari

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Ogun State Governor, Prince Dr. Dapo Abiodun on Tuesday led elders and leaders of thought from Ogun State into a meeting with President Mohammadu Buhari. The meeting started around 3.04pm at the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja. Those at the meeting alongside the governor included former state governors, Olusegun Osoba and Gbenga Daniel. Also at the meeting are Segun Awolowo, traditional rulers and members of the National Assembly from the state and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha. The meeting was still in progress…

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Dangote’s world’s largest atmospheric tower leaves China for Nigeria

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China’s leading energy and chemical company, Sinopec, on Monday, said that it had built the world’s largest atmospheric tower for Nigeria’s Dangote Refinery. On its verified Twitter handle, the company shared photos of the tower and revealed that it (tower) had already left its port in China and was travelling to Nigeria. It tweeted, “On July 29, the world’s largest atmospheric tower built by Sinopec slowly left a wharf in Ningbo. Following the Maritime #SilkRoad, it will travel to #Nigeria and be installed at the world’s biggest single-train facility – Nigeria’s Dangote Refinery.”

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Gov. Abiodun begins Amosun’s probe

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The need to put Ogun State back on the path of development and probity under the Prince Dr. Dapo Abiodun administration began has begun with plans by the state government to probe the eight years administration of former Governor Ibikunle Amosun during the week. The Dr. Dapo Abiodun led administration during the week announced the setting up of a committee to probe the contracts and projects innitiated by Amsoun’s administration. According to sources at the Oke Mosan Governors Office, the committee is to among other things, identify all outstanding significant…

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“How kidnappers ambushed us” – Lagos-Ibadan Express kidnap victim

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Suspected herdsmen, on Tuesday, laid an ambush at the Ajebo end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and kidnapped three persons. The Chief Medical Director of the Lafia Hospital, Apata, Ibadan, Oyo State, Dr Oladipupo Sule, confirmed to PUNCH Metro on Wednesday that his son, Kayode and two members of staff of the hospital were abducted by the suspected herdsmen. He gave the names of the abducted hospital employees as Opeyemi Abifarin and Dele Adigun. Narrating his ordeal to PUNCH Metro, the driver of the vehicle that conveyed the victims, Felix Tomori, said they had…

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