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Retired Brigadier General Samuel Ogbemudia two-time ex-governor of defunct Midwest and Bendel States is dead. The revered leader of the both states which were later split into Edo and Delta States, died at the age of 84 in a private hospital in Lagos shortly before midnight on Thursday. The statesman was rushed to the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, UBTH, in November 2016 where he was later transferred to Lagos for treatment. It was reliably learnt that the deceased had battled diabetes and High blood Pressure since 1970. These, eventually…

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A grandmother, Omolara Morayo Odeyemi has been arrested by the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Saturday. The 57-year-old grandmother was arrested with cocaine at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos on her way to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. NDLEA said the suspect, a textile merchant at the Balogun Market in Lagos, who claimed to be going on a pilgrimage had all the paraphernalia of a pilgrim “save for the narcotic content in her luggage.” The Head, Public Affairs, NDLEA, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju, in a statement on Saturday, quoted the agency’s…

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Dr. Emmanuel Ogah, who allegedly stabbed his biological mother to death has been arrested by the Ogun State police. In a statement issued in Abeokuta Saturday by its Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the command said the arrest was sequel to a complaint by the elder brother of the suspect, Cletus Ogah. It said the elder brother reported at Itele Ota Divisional headquarters that his younger brother had stabbed his 62 year-old mother, one Janet Ogah, to death. The command said that following the complaint, the DPO of the…

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At the Vanguard Economic Discourse in Lagos on Friday, former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Charles Soludo, and the immediate past Governor of Edo State, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, made allegations and counter-allegations. The development, which generated grumblings among the audience, occurred during a discussion session moderated by the founding Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Guaranty Trust Bank, Mr. Fola Adeola. Soludo, who delivered the keynote speech on the topic, ‘The hard facts to rescue the Nigerian economy’, had earlier highlighted some of the failures of the President…

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The Campaign for Democracy, CD has given the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN) up till 30 days from now to revive the ailing power sector or resign his appointment as a minister of the federal republic due to the lingering epileptic power supply in the country, particularly in the South East zone . National Publicity Secretary of CD, Dede Uzor A. Uzor who gave the ultimatum in a press statement issued in Onitsha, Anambra state, yesterday, said Fashola has failed woefully to increase the megawatt from…

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Akinwunmi Ambode, Lagos State Governor yesterday said his administration’s plan to carry out a total reconstruction of the International Airport Road from Oshodi was being frustrated by the Federal Ministry of Works. Governor Ambode, who spoke to Government House Correspondents at the Lagos House, shortly after carrying out an extensive inspection of some critical projects in the state, said the present state of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Road was a national disgrace and required immediate attention to salvage the nation’s image He said the State Government presently has a design…

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