Nigerian News
By Ayodele Lawal
Kennery music creator and popular highlife musician, Oladipupo Owomoyela, a.k.a. Dr. Orlando Owoh, was, today, buried at his Agege, Lagos, home, as he directed before his death.
The late highlife maestro, whose burial attracted thousands of dignitaries, had directed his family to ensure that he must be buried in Lagos instead of Owo, his hometown, …
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By Kazeem Ugbodaga
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos state, has earmarked N19.5 billion for urgent upgrading of infrastructure in the 20 local governments and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state.
The N19.5 billion is termed local government intervention fund and will be spent in reviving decaying infrastructure at the grassroots this year. The governor …
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By Emma Una /Calabar
The year 2009 began on a bad note for Andem Bassey, the bearded chairman of Calabar South Local Government Council of Cross River state, after aggrieved councillors and their thugs manhandled him.
The councillors stormed his home at the State Housing Estate, Calabar, and forced their way through the gate and had …
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By Bayo Adetu
Human rights lawyer and activist, Femi Falana, has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mike Okiro, over what he called illegal sales of arms and ammunition to criminal gangs, by the Ekiti State Police Command.
In his petition, dated 2 January, 2009, Falana said he had intimated the Commissioner of Police in Ekiti State, …
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By Olatunji Saliu & Mary Enejo
A fresh crisis is brewing among two factions of the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN), as both have disagreed over the burial of African Kennery king, Stephen Oladipupo Owomoyela, a.k.a Dr. Orlando Owoh, who was laid to rest today.
In different interviews with P.M.News during the lying-in-state of the deceased yesterday, …
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