One hundred students drawn from Owo and neighboring communities benefited from the annual Hon. Oluwole Ogunmolasuyi Free Jamb Scholarship. The Annual Scholarship which was the fifth edition of the project took place at the Oke-Mapo Town Hall on the 4th of April 2021 was bore out from the desire and commitment of the lawmaker representing […]
Continue ReadingThe Coalition of Yoruba Interest Groups (CYIG) under the joint effort of Yoruba Nation Global Directorate has described the death of Comrade Yinka Odumakin as shocking and a big loss to the Yoruba Nation. A statement issued by the group through its spokesman, Otunba Demola Edward in Akure yesterday said late Odumakin was a fearless […]
Continue ReadingThe Senator representing Ogun West Senatorial District, Sen. Tolu Odebiyi congratulates the former Governor of Ogun State, His Excellency, Otunba Justus Olugbenga Daniel on the joyous occasion of his 65th birthday today, Tuesday, 6th April, 2021. While describing the two-time Governor of Ogun State as a man of courage at 65, Sen. Odebiyi in a […]
Continue ReadingGbenga Odogun The Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Ayuba Edeh, has confirmed the arrest of two persons for embarking on a smear campaign against the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in Lokoja. Speaking with our correspondent on Monday in Lokoja, the CP said around 2.30am on Monday, personnel of the command arrested two young […]
Continue ReadingPeter Dada, Akure Tragedy struck in Ifira Akoko community in the Akoko South East Local Government Area of Ondo State on Easter Sunday as the lifeless body of a man, Fredrick Aramuwa, was found beside the road.It was gathered that Aramuwa, who was a pastor in Lagos State, was earlier abducted by hoodlums on the […]
Continue ReadingEniola Akinkuotu, Ada Wodu, Tukur Muntari, Tunde Oyekola, James Abraham and Patrick Odey The National Association of Resident Doctors has ordered doctors at the COVID-19 isolation centres to join the nationwide strike it began on April 1.The NARD has also threatened to impose a fine of N5m on any of its branches which fails to […]
Continue ReadingEverest Amaefule The debts of four states exceeded their net revenues by more than 400 per cent, the Fiscal Responsibility Commission has said. The states are Lagos, Osun, Cross River and Ogun. The FRC in its report ‘Debt sustainability analysis of state governments’ for 2019 also showed that the debts of all the 36 states […]
Continue ReadingOlalekan Adetayo, Adelani Adepegba, Chidiebube Okeoma, Gibson Achonu, Raphael Ede and Sunday Nwakanma Gunmen in the early hours of Monday attacked the Nigeria Correctional Service, Owerri, the Imo State capital and the state police command headquarters.Also on Monday, gunmen killed two persons and burnt operational vehicles of the Nigerian Army when they attacked a military […]
Continue ReadingDennis Naku, Port Harcourt The All Progressives Congress in Ahoada Local Government Area of Rivers State has given the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi; and Senator Magnus Abe three months to settle their differences or face sanctions. Rising from an extra-ordinary meeting of the party held in Ahoada East Local Government Area of the state, […]
Continue ReadingLeke Baiyewu, Abuja The Director-General of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, Salihu Lukman, has said the Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Convention Committee of the All Progressives Congress chaired by Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, is repeating the mistakes made by the immediate past national leadership of the ruling party. Lukman said the Adams Oshiomhole-led leadership […]
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