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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Osun State Command said on Wednesday it rescued a middle-aged woman who jumped into the Gbodofon (Osun) River in a suicide bid in Osogbo. A statement by the Osun NSCDC Spokesperson, ASC Adeleke Kehinde, said officers of the NSCDC command pulled the woman out of the river…
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Some Lagos State residents have expressed mixed feelings as the cloud showered down the first rain in 2024. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Wednesday gathered that some parts of Surulere, Anthony and Ojuelegba experienced showers of rainfall for about 20 minutes in the morning. Yinka Olufemi, a resident of Surulere, told…
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Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun has read the riot act to his cabinet members on service delivery. Adeleke also set up a monitoring and evaluation unit for quarterly performance reviews of cabinet members. A statement by Mr Kolapo Alimi, the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, on Wednesday in Osogbo, quoted the governor as making…
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The Ogun State Police Command said it is investigating the alleged conspiracy of some of its officers in the murder of a young preacher, Onadipe Oluwatosin, also known as “Peckulia,” who was discovered dead on Ijebu-Ljesha Road. Oluwatosin was allegedly beaten by a former park chairman and taken away by police officers, but was found…
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Nigeria has banned 18 foreign universities within its borders, labeling them “degree mills.” Nigeria’s National Universities Commission (NUC) announced the ban in a statement published on its website on Tuesday, citing an undercover investigation conducted by Umar Audu, who bagged a degree in Mass Communication from ESGT, a Benin university in Cotonou, within six weeks…
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