The Ondo State House of Assembly on Saturday sensitised residents of Ondo South Senatorial District of the state to the need to ensure peaceful conduct of Oct. 10, gubernatorial election. Speaking to newsmen during the sensitisation tour, Mr Bamidele Oloyelogun, the Speaker of the Assembly, said that the residents needed to be reminded of their roles …

Here lies a vain man who dared to despise the judgment of God. By Femi Aribisala Donald Trump, president of the United States, disparaged Joe Biden, his opponent for the American presidency, over the wearing of masks in this era of the coronavirus pandemic. In his typical macho fashion, Trump mocked Biden and castigated him as …

Arewa Pastors, a non-denominational organisation, which comprise 60 clerics across 19 northern states, on Saturday reaffirmed its commitment to praying and fasting monthly for divine intervention to end insecurity. Bishop John Richard, Chairman of the Arewa Pastors, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. He spoke against the …

The Kaduna State Government said on Saturday that it has released N3 billion to contractors as part payment for Urban Renewal projects in Kafanchan. Mr Thomas Gyang, Commissioner, Planning and Budget Commission, made this known while responding to questions from citizens during a virtual 2021 Draft Budget Townhall Meeting, with the theme, “Budget of Recovery”. …

By Moses Nosike With foreign investors now turning their eyes to the Nigerian mining sector do we have the manpower to avoid expatriates dominating top managerial position Nigeria in the past five years has been working hard to prove to foreign investors that it should be the number one mining destination in Africa. The nation has …

The second runner-up of the Big Brother Lockdown reality TV show, Nengi, has revealed why she consistently blocked off her supposed boyfriend, Ozo from dancing with her and never really allowing the fair-skinned dude from getting way up close and personal while she would go all way with the eventual winner of the show, Laycon. …

Nasir el-Rufai The Kaduna State Government is proposing to spend N237 billion in 2021, out of which N157.56 billion is for capital projects and N79.96 billion for recurrent expenditure. The Commissioner for Planning and Budget, Mr Thomas Gyang, made this known at a town hall meeting on Saturday in Kaduna. He said that the estimate …

Khaled El-Enaby, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, right, and Mostafa Waziri, the secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, left, react after opening the sarcophagus is around 2500 years old at the Saqqara archaeological site, 30 kilometers (19 miles) south of Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020. Egypt announced the discovery of a large collection of …

By Tunde Oso Odu’a Investment Company Limited’s ongoing Cassava Cultivation & Processing Project at Imeko, Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State is set to experience a fillip as the Ogun State Government has pledged to support the project. This was made known recently when the Commissioner for Agriculture, Ogun State, Dr Adeola Odedina, along …

Ondo state Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs. Titi Adeyemi, has debunked the allegation made by Allen Sowore, Media Adviser to the Deputy Governor, Agboola Ayayi, that her office transfers the sum of eleven million naira to the First Lady, Mrs. Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, on monthly basis. Recall that Sowore who was reacting to …

Ondo state Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs. Titi Adeyemi, has debunked the allegation made by Allen Sowore, Media Adviser to the Deputy Governor, Agboola Ayayi, that her office transfers the sum of eleven million naira to the First Lady, Mrs. Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, on monthly basis. Recall that Sowore who was reacting to …

Shina Abubakar – Osogbo An officer of the Department of State Security attached to the Osun State Command, identified as Seyi Adebowale was said to have died from wound inflicted on him by a stray bullet. The bullet, it was gathered was shot from the guns of an operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil …

Hon. Jite Brown Serving Councillors in Udu local  Government Area of Delta State has also declared support for the candidacy of the incumbent Chairman of Udu Local Government Council Hon  Jite Brown for a second term ahead of the Delta State Local government elections. The councillors which include Hon C T Kolodi ward 1, …

Shina Abubakar, Osogbo An officer of the Department of State Security attached to the Osun State Command, identified as Seyi Adebowale was said to have died from a wound inflicted on him by a stray bullet. The bullet, it was gathered was shot from the guns of an operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil …

By Henry Umoru – Lokoja The Senate has raised the alarm that the ship of the media is sinking very fast and warned that if something drastic was not done to revive it, it will totally capsize. The Senate has however stressed the need for value re-orientation to be the major concern in the practice …

By Marie-Therese Nanlong The Federal Government’s insistence to build a railway from Nigeria to Niger has again been described as a waste of resources with the intention to aid the influx of foreign herders and potential voters who would come in to vote in Nigeria during general elections. The member representing Riyom/Barkin Ladi Federal Constituency in …

Rotimi Akeredolu The Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,on Saturday, commissioned a radio station built by the state-owned, Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo. The Governor also commissioned a new administrative building comprising the Rector, Registrar and Bursar’s offices. The building, according to the institution’s Acting Rector, Mr. Gani Adebola Ogundahunsi, is worth N1billion. READ ALSOCavani set to …

Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Two persons were on Saturday reported dead in a fatal auto accident that occurred along the Ife-Ilesa road, in Osun State. Osu Junction, Osun State. The accident which occurred a Osu junction along the expressway also left nine other persons with various degrees of injuries. The accident occurred around 9:05 am …

Tuesday 29th September 2020 was a historical day that will continue to remain evergreen in the minds of the people Agbo Lodu community in Bende Local Government of Abia State, as the founder and owner of Le Paris Group of Company, an Investor, PDP National Youths Ambassador and 2019 PDP Candidate Bende Federal Constituency, Dr Chima …

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State. Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi has said that the spate of kidnappings in the state has reduced to the barest minimum. He stated this on Saturday at the Senate Press Corps’ Retreat 2020, held in Lokoja, Kogi with the theme, “Democracy and Development in a Federation: Roles of Media, States …