Precautionary measures being taken by the federal government to combat the coronavirus pandemic have been extended to the nation’s correctional centres. In a deft move, the government yesterday directed the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) release all awaiting trial inmates in its custody. They account for 70 per cent of the detainees in the country’s prisons. The step, according to the …
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The remains of the Ooni of Ife, Okunade Sijuwade, has arrived his palace in Ile Ife, knowledgeable and reliable palace sources have told PREMIUM TIMES. This website became aware of the development even as palace authorities and notable Ile-Ife personalities insist the Oba is alive, and is hale and hearty. Reliable palace insiders said on Saturday that the body of …
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Mr. Omisore had in early July accepted the challenge to debate Governor Rauf Aregbesola. But he did not turn up at Saturday’s radio debate. The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] in the August 9 governorship election in Osun state, Iyiola Omisore, on Saturday failed to show up at a radio debate organized for the three leading candidates in the election. …
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Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun state, has expressed confidence in the outcome of the forthcoming governorship elections in the state saying that he was a product of the people of Osun State and that “they will still return me for a second term in office to continue our administration’s good work.” Speaking with newsmen in Osogbo over the weekend, The …
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