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 …

U.S. President Donald Trump wears a mask while visiting Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S., July 11, 2020. PHOTO: Reuters US President Donald Trump, who is ill with the novel coronavirus and being treated at a military hospital, is seeing his condition improve, his physician said on Saturday. The president no longer …

Garba Shehu The Presidency has continued to defend the recent hike in petrol prices, as spokesman Garba Shehu on Friday questioned how many Nigerians benefit from low fuel charges. The Buhari administration earlier this year put in motion plans to cut out fuel subsidy and deregulate the petroleum downstream sector. Since then, prices of petrol …

The Federal Government has increased available seats on the flights of international airlines to 200 passengers per aircraft operating into the two designated airports, Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Capt. Musa Nuhu, the Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) disclosed this in a statement in Lagos …

The President of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), Mr Babagana Mohammed, on Saturday, challenged engineers to resolve the intractable traffic gridlock at Apapa to ensure speedy industrialisation of the country. Mohammed, who made the remarks during the inauguration of Mr Christian Ufot as the 9th Chairman of the Apapa Branch of NSE in Lagos, …

Some monarchs, top political appointees, agents swindle political appointment seekers I’m ashamed to be APC member – Hon Daunemigha, former APC guber aspirant  By Emma Amaize A presidential aspirant of All Progressives Congress, APC in 2019 general elections, Alhaji Mumakai Unagha, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration is more corrupt than the former President Shehu …

General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye At the 60th Independence Day Celebration Symposium co-organised by the Redeemed Christian Church of God and the Nehemiah Leadership Institute themed ‘Where will Nigeria be in 2060?, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye has advised the Federal …

Prof. Mitchell S. McKinney says the more debates organsied for U.S. presidential candidates, the more opportunities the electorate get to make informed decisions at the polls. McKinney, a Professor of Communications at the University of Missouri, said this while briefing some newsmen from across the globe selected by the U.S. Department of State – Bureau of Global …

There seem to be divided views amongst Nigerians on Twitter following an opinion by a journalist, Julius Oweh published on Vanguard’s website on October 3. In the opinion titled “Is Nigeria a mistake?” Oweh argues that the country is a mistake, reason being that after sixty years of independence, despite the abundant human and material …

By Gabriel Olawale The Chief Executive Officer of Wits Tshimologong Digital Innovation, Johannesburg, Lesley Williams, has charged Africans to consider the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity to identify and showcase indigeneous solutions to the multifaceted challenges confronting the continent. Speaking at the 2-day maiden virtual Annual Breakfast Dialogue of fourth edition of the Aspire Coronation Trust …

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has deployed 1,500 personnel to cover the forthcoming Ondo gubernatorial elections billed to hold on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020. The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), ACM Bisi Kazeem, disclosed this in a statement made available to the Newsmen on Saturday in Abuja. Kazeem emphasised that the Corps Marshal, Dr Boboye …