{"id":1279,"date":"2025-10-01T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=1279"},"modified":"2025-10-01T00:54:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T00:54:56","slug":"fg-cancels-independence-day-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=1279","title":{"rendered":"FG cancels Independence Day parade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Federal Government has announced the cancellation of the parade earlier scheduled to celebrate the country\u2019s 65th independence anniversary on October 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was announced in a statement on Monday by the Director of Information and Public Relations in the Office of the Secretary of the Federation (OSGF), Segun Imohiosen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Olamide, Wizkid - Kai! 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This was announced in a statement on Monday by the Director of Information and Public Relations in the Office of the Secretary of the Federation (OSGF), Segun Imohiosen. 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