Day: September 2, 2021

Bandits kidnap couple, two others in Ekiti, demand N10m

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Four residents of Ajebamidele area of Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, on Wednesday, were allegedly kidnapped by gunmen on Tuesday. Angry residents carrying placards trooped out in large numbers as early as 7am and blocked the busy Ado-Ikere Ekiti highway, leaving commuters stranded just as business activities were paralysed. It was learnt that the kidnap occurred in Goshen community in Ajebamidele, Ado Ekiti. The residents decried the level of insecurity in the community and called on both federal and state governments to do something to save them from criminals.…

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Buhari sacks Agriculture, Power ministers

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President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, relieved two ministers of their appointments. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammed Nanono, and his Power counterpart, Saleh Mamman, were sacked in a bid to reinvigorate the cabinet and consolidate legacy achievements, according to the President’s address during the Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja. The two ministers were sworn in August 2019 as part of the over 40 ministers who make up the current Federal Executive Council. Though the President did not reveal the rating of the sacked ministers, many Nigerians have constantly…

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