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Bisi Fayemi, the wife of the Ekiti State governor, at the weekend urged the police and other security agencies in the state to apprehend the killers of Taiwo Oluwole, the wife of the minister-in-charge and founder of Mount Zion Baptist Church, Igede-Ekiti. Mrs. Oluwole, 56, was killed two Saturdays ago at a farm in Igede-Ekiti by alleged ritualists. Mrs. Fayemi…

Amassoama,the host community of the Bayelsa state-owned Niger Delta University, has been cut off following the collapse of a bridge linking it with Yenagoa, the state capital.The bridge located between Edepie roundabout and Tombia in Southern-Ijaw local government area, was constructed by Shell Petroleum Development Company in the 60s. Though no life was lost, an eyewitness explained that the steel…

It has been three months of endless auditions, selections and screening. The organizers have combed the nooks and crannies of Nigeria in search of the first ever Nigerian Idol, and last Saturday, they unveiled the 13 final contestants who will go on to compete for the prize. Like Timi Dakolo, Omawumi, Ruben Studdard, Kelly Clarkson and other Idol finalists, the…

The Association of Republic of Niger residents in Taraba State has warned its members against participating in the ongoing voter registration. Its chairman, Mohammed Warsu, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Jalingo on Thursday that he has told his people that the exercise was meant for only Nigerians. “I have also told them that participation of foreigners in the…

The Ondo state government has declared Friday, February 4, a work-free day to enable full participation of the civil servants in the registration exercise. Clement Faboyede, Commissioner for Cooperative and Community Development, told journalists that this is to offer the final opportunity to those who have not been able to register. Mr.Faboyede revealed that, access to social services like education,…

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has challenged the Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE) to intervene in the ownership crisis between Osun and Oyo States over the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso. Receiving members of the YCE, led by its national chairman, Adeyinka Adebayo, a retired major general, on a courtesy visit in his office in Osogbo yesterday,…