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6 days ago | 
punchng.com | Solomon Odeniyi |Tunde Oyekola |Faith Awa Maji |Animasahun Salman |Ademola Adegbite
As Christians across the country prepare to celebrate Easter, beginning with Good Friday, security agencies have pledged to ensure safety and peace throughout the festive period. The military high command, state police commands and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps commands assured Nigerians of heightened surveillance, increased personnel deployment, and inter-agency coordination to prevent any breach of law and order during the celebrations.
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1 week ago | 
punchng.com | Solomon Odeniyi |Oluwakemi Abimbola |Ademola Adegbite
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has launched an investigation into the alleged N1.3tn frauds perpetrated through a digital investment platform, CryptoBank Exchange. CBEX, operated by a group of foreign nationals in collaboration with their Nigerian partners, reportedly collapsed on Monday, leaving thousands of investors stranded and unable to access their funds.
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2 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Ademola Adegbite |Bankole Taiwo |Peter Ajayi Dada
The death of the former Governor of Oyo State, Dr Victor Omololu Olunloyo, has sparked an outpouring of grief from eminent Nigerians, including President Bola Tinubu, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, and many others. Olunloyo, a renowned mathematician and technocrat, passed away on Sunday at the age of 89, just days before his 90th birthday on April 14, 2025. He passed on around 1.40 am on Sunday, with his remains deposited at a private mortuary in Ibadan.
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2 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Olufemi Adediran |Ademola Adegbite
Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade I Oyo town came alive on Saturday as dignitaries from across Nigeria converged to witness the coronation of Oba Akeem Owoade as the 46th Alaafin of Oyo. Some of the dignitaries at the event included President Bola Tinubu, who was represented by the Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde; Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon.
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3 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Solomon Odeniyi |Salisu Ismail Kabuga |Ademola Adegbite
FILE PHOTO: Men of the Nigerian Police Force The Nigeria Police Force is set to mark its inaugural National Police Day on April 7, 2025, at Eagle Square, Abuja. The event, which spans from April 2 to April 7, 2025, will feature a range of community-centered activities aimed at strengthening police-community relations, according to Force spokesperson Muyiwa Adejobi. Speaking to journalists on Wednesday, Adejobi described the upcoming celebration as historic.
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4 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Dirisu Yakubu |Ademola Adegbite |Bankole Taiwo
State governments have voiced strong opposition to a bill in the House of Representatives seeking to remove the constitutional immunity shielding governors, deputy governors, and the vice president from prosecution for crimes. The bill, which has passed its second reading, aims to amend Section 308 of the 1999 Constitution, retaining immunity for the President, while stripping it from other top executive officeholders.
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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Stephen Angbulu |Wale Akinselure |Chima Azubuike |Bankole Taiwo |Godwin Isenyo |Animasahun Salman | +3 more
State governors have launched a fresh push against the planned disbursement of federal allocation to the local government councils in a renewed bid to delay the implementation of the Supreme Court verdict on LGA autonomy.
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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Johnson Idowu |Ademola Adegbite
The National Emergency Management Agency has blamed the destruction of more than 500 shops and stalls in the Aleshinloye market in the Ibadan area of Oyo State on water scarcity and non-functional fire-fighting equipment. PUNCH Metro reports that the fire occurred at about 0:15 pm, on Tuesday, and left traders at the market devastated as they continued counting losses as of Wednesday.
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1 month ago | 
theculturenewspaper.com | Wale Akinselure |Ademola Adegbite
Despite litigation challenging the emergence of Akeem Owoade as the 45th Alaafin of Oyo, Governor Seyi Makinde has said the April 5 coronation of Owoade will go on as scheduled. Makinde held that there was no court judgment stopping the state government from the coronation of Owoade as Alaafin. “Is there any ruling that stops the government from going ahead with the coronation? Is there any? “We are going ahead because there is no court judgment that is stopping us from going ahead,” Makinde said.
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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Wale Akinselure |Ademola Adegbite
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde Despite litigation challenging the emergence of Akeem Owoade as the 45th Alaafin of Oyo, Governor Seyi Makinde has said the April 5 coronation of Owoade will go on as scheduled. Speaking with The PUNCH, on Thursday, through his Special Adviser on Media, Sulaimon Olanrewaju, Makinde held that there was no court judgment stopping the state government from the coronation of Owoade as Alaafin.
