By Shina Abubakar Following the increase in pump price of petrol and electricity tariff, civil society in Osogbo, Osun State have embarked on another peaceful protest in the state capital. The organisation under the aegis of Joint Action Front, (JAF)Osun State Chapter, rejected the over 100% increment in electricity tariff and the N160/per litre petroleum pump …

Amotekun is a child of necessity, Oyetola tells Yoruba unity forum Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun has directed the police to investigate the alleged killing of a youth by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Osogbo. Oyetola who said this in a statement by the state’s Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs Funke Egbemode on …

A businessman, Mr Iga Bale, on Wednesday pleaded with a Customary Court in Nyanya, Abuja, to dissolve his union with his wife, Liza on grounds that she swore to make his life miserable and also turn him to a pauper. Bale made the prayer in a divorce petition filed against his wife before the court. …

Normal activities resumed at the Lagos State University (LASU),Ojo, on Wednesday following the suspension of a two-day protest by the academic staff and non-academic staff unions of the institution. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the two main gates leading into the institution were barricaded by the unions on Monday and Tuesday to …

Senate President Lawan President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said for Nigeria to experience exponential growth in the economy, efforts must be made to strengthen the country’s local capacities particularly against the backdrop of realities that are fallouts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Lawan made this known on Wednesday at the virtual opening of the Nigerian …

William H. Gates II, a lawyer and philanthropist who was the father of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has died at 94. Gates died Monday at his beach home in Washington state from Alzheimer’s disease, his family announced Tuesday, CBS News reports. In an obituary, the family credited the patriarch with a “deep commitment to social …

Kim Kardashian Kim Kardashian West is joining other celebrities to freeze her Facebook and Instagram accounts on Wednesday, in a campaign urging the world’s biggest social media company to curb the spread of hate and propaganda. “Misinformation shared on social media has a serious impact on our elections and undermines our democracy,” Kardashian West wrote in …

Professor Yemi Osinbajo Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has assured Nigerian traders in Ghana that the Federal Government will ensure that they get justice despite the delay in resolving their concerns regarding some stiff business regulations imposed by Ghanaian authorities. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, said the vice president gave the …

The Defence Headquarters says the Air Component of Operation Hadarin Daji has eliminated several armed bandits and destroyed their logistics facilities in massive air strikes conducted in the Kwiambana Forest in Zamfara. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Enenche said the hit was a …

Lai Mohammed The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Wednesday, said while previous administrations talked about modular refineries, only President Muhammadu Buhari’s government ensured their establishment. The minister stated this at the pre-commissioning inspection of the Waltersmith’s 5000 barrels per day (bpd) modular refinery located in Ohaji-Egbema in Imo. Also read: Edo …

GYC President Ebikeme Our livelihood, Water, lands others threatened, GYC President Ebikeme Oporoza  community in  Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta state has rised alarm over carbon residue in form of black soot littered all over the ground in the community after a downpour yesterday. The black substance which is suspected to …

…Destroy their Camps & Logistics Storage Facilities at Kwiambana Forest By Kingsley Omonobi In furtherance of offensive operations to rid the North West of armed banditry, fighter aircraft of Nigerian Airforce on Tuesday bombed several Camps and Logistics storage facilities where two notorious bandit’s leaders were hibernating, killing them with several of their fighters and destroying …

…Destroy their Camps & Logistics Storage Facilities at Kwiambana Forest By Kingsley Omonobi In furtherance of offensive operations to rid the North West of armed banditry, fighter aircraft of Nigerian Airforce on Tuesday bombed several Camps and Logistics storage facilities where two notorious bandit’s leaders were hibernating, killing them with several of their fighters and destroying …

GYC President Ebikeme Our livelihood, Water, lands others threatened, GYC President Ebikeme Oporoza  community in  Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta state has rised alarm over carbon residue in form of black soot littered all over the ground in the community after a downpour yesterday. The black substance which is suspected to …

…Calls for review of judgement By Joseph Erunke THE United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has condemned the sentencing of a 13-year old boy identified as Omar Farouq to ten years imprisonment over alleged blasphemy by a Sharia court in Kano. Farouq was sentenced with menial labour by the Kano State Sharia Court at Feli Hockey, Kano …

NIMC Mr Aliyu Aziz, the Director-General, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), says the commission has so far registered 42 million Nigerians on the national identity database. The director-general was speaking during an interactive session with members of the media to commemorate the 2020 National Identity Day on Wednesday in Abuja. Also read: In pictures: Nigerians …

Tukur Yusuf Buratai ADDRESS OF LT. GENERAL ALANI AKINRINADE ON THE VISIT OF GENERAL TY BURATAI COAS TO OSUN STATE TO COMMISSION PROJECTS AT KUTA AND ASAMU ON MONDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER, 2020 Please allow me to join my Governor and the good people of Osun State to welcome you to our State, the State of ‘Omoluabi’. …

Oil rose for a second day on Wednesday, gaining more than two per cent, as a hurricane closed U.S. offshore production and an industry report showed U.S. crude inventories unexpectedly decreased. More than a quarter of U.S. offshore output was shut on Tuesday due to Hurricane Sally. The American Petroleum Institute on Tuesday said crude …

By Emma Amaize Rotary Club, Sapele Urban in Didtrict 9141 has renovated  Amukpe.Health Centre and.Children Correctional Center at Gana-Sapele, Sapele Local Government Area in Delta.State . Chairman, Sapele local government area, Mr Eugene Unoaghoan and Permanent Secretary,  Ministry of Women Affairs, Community and Social Development, Asaba,  Mrs Oghenekevwe Agas,  received the renovated building projects on behalf  …

Reno Omokri Former aide to Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, pastor Reno Omokri and over 5000 people have signed a petition for the United Kingdom and the European Union to place a travel ban on Nigerians found culpable for promoting or aiding election violence in Nigeria. It will be recalled that the United States Secretary of State, Mike …