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Open Letter To The Leadership Of The APC On The Ibadan South East/Ibadan North East House Of Representatives Primary Election
His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR National Leader of APC, The National Chairman All Progressives Congress (APC), The National Working Committee (NWC), The National Organising Secretary, The National Legal Adviser, And All Relevant Organs of Our Great Party Appeal for Justice, Transparency and Due Process in the Ibadan South East/Ibadan North East House
Ibadan set to welcome X-TOUCH Next-Gen Football Star Quest as Adeyemi FC takes centre stage
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Ibadan will host an influx of young football talent in early January as Adeyemi Football Club prepares to stage the X-TOUCH Next-Gen Football...
Explosion in Ibadan: What We Know So Far
Panic swept through parts of Ibadan, Oyo State, on the evening of Thursday, July 18, after a petrol tanker burst into flames at Celica junction along the New Ife Expressway. The fire, which broke out around 6:27 p.m., was the result of a tragic accident involving a tanker loaded with 33,000 litres of petrol...
Ibadan Funfair Incident: PDP attributes incident to economic hardship
The Southwest chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has extended its condolences to the government and people of Oyo State over the tragic stampede at a children’s Christmas funfair in Ibadan, which resulted in the deaths of several children and left many injured. The incident occurred on Wednesday during an event offering free festivities
JUST IN: Protests break out in Ibadan over cash shortages
Angry bank customers burned tyres and blocked streets in Ibadan on Wednesday in protests over the scarcity of naira cash. News Direct gathered that the protesters first converged on the Eleyele junction, in the Ibadan North West Local Government Area of the state. The protesters blocked the ever-busy Eleyele-Ologuneru-Eruwa road...
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Where there’s smoke, there are Working on Fire heroes
5000 firefighters stationed across South Africa protect lives, property, forests, biodiversity, and commercial, forestry and agriculture from billion-rand losses yearly. For over two decades, Working on Fire (WOF), the government’s expanded public works programme (EPWP) initiative to battle devastating wildfires, has been at the forefront of using specially trained firefighters and aircraft to protect lives
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Taylor Farms says it’s not responsible for Cyclospora outbreak
In 2013 U.S. health authorities linked a Cyclospora outbreak to Taylor Farms, tracing it back to the same central Mexico facility implicated in this year’s outbreak. Published: August 07, 2026, 12:06 am Last updated: August 07, 2026, 12:03 pm As patient counts continue to rise in an outbreak of infections from the Cyclospora parasite, the
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UK train delays LIVE: Friday commuters set for more railway chaos after major outage
Delays are set to have a major knock-on effect into Friday after yesterday's travel chaos...
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The Meaning Behind Every Song on Karol G’s Most Personal Album, In Her Own Words
It’s Tuesday afternoon, and Karol G just landed in Las Vegas, where she’s getting ready for a massive show at the Allegiant Stadium. She’s on a Zoom call from her hotel room, bubbly, ebullient, and excited as ever. Part of this is because a ton is happening: She’s in the middle of her Viajando Por
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Gentari Australia reaches mechanical completion at 243MWp solar-plus-storage project
The project integrates 243MWp of solar generation capacity with a 172MW/409MWh lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery energy storage system (BESS) in a DC-coupled configuration, meaning the solar array connects directly to the battery at the DC level before conversion to AC for grid export. This configuration offers several advantages over traditional AC-coupled systems, including improved efficiency