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By Olasunkanmi Akoni LAGOS—THE Lagos State Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, yesterday, assured residents that the waste backlog across the state will soon be a thing of the past. LAWMA’s Managing Director, Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin, said this during the commissioning of the rehabilitated Road E and newly constructed disposal platforms at the Olusosun Disposal Facility, Ojota […]

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…Allegations are baseless — Embattled Speaker By Dayo Johnson AKURE— THE crisis rocking the Ondo State House of Assembly has deepened as 21 of 26 lawmakers, yesterday, alleged that only four plenary sessions were held in seven months under the embattled Speaker, Mr Olamide Oladiji. The aggrieved lawmakers have suspended legislative business and asked the […]

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IBADAN— YORUBA Nation activist, Mr Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has narrated how he escaped from operatives of the Department of State Services during the controversial raid on his Ibadan residence in July 2021. Recall, the DSS invaded Igboho’s Soka residence in Ibadan, Oyo State, in the early hours of July 1, 2021, […]

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By Innocent Anaba A Federal High Court in Lagos has set aside a directive by the House of Representatives Committee ordering Seplat Energy Producing Nigeria Unlimited, SEPNU, to pay N72.624 billion as compensation to communities over alleged oil spill incidents, holding that the National Assembly exceeded its constitutional powers. The court held that the directive […]

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The Court of Appeal in Abuja yesterday,  vacated the judgment that directed the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to deregister African Democratic Congress, ADC, and four other political parties…

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By Edwin Philip, Lafia The Nasarawa State Police Command has launched a manhunt for the abductors of three students of the Federal University of Lafia. The students were reportedly kidnapped at their off-campus lodge in the Bukan Kwato area of Lafia, near the university, at about 8:45 p.m. on Saturday. Speaking with our correspondent on […]

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