A group, Yoruba Appraisal Forum, YAF, has advised all those fomenting troubles under the guise of fighting for the freedom of the South-West to desist from such activity to stop risking the lives of innocent citizens. Speaking against the backdrop of the recent violence in Ibarapa LGA of Oyo...
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ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi- The Northern Youth Consultative Initiative (NYCI), has condemned the crisis at the Shasha area of Ibadan, Oyo State, calling on Governor, Seyi Makinde, to urgently fish out and bring to book all those involved in the crisis. The Convener of the group, Amb. Bappare Mohammed who...
The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Kogi State, Onogwu Muhammed Isah AKA Galacticus has revalidated his membership of the All Progressive Congress, in his Okoyi Polling Unit 1 Ajonoja Abocho, Dekina LGA Kogi state amidst hundreds of Party faithfuls and Community leaders. Speaking to the press after...
The National Chairman, Action Alliance (AA) Hon Rufai Adekunle Omoaje said the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC) and the main opposition, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lack ideas to propel Nigeria to prosperity, urging Nigerians to embrace AA for good governance. He added the AA is the only alternative...
Argentina’s former president Carlos Menem died in a Buenos Aires clinic on Sunday at the age of 90, the Telam news agency and other media outlets reported. Menem had been hospitalised several times in recent months for pneumonia. President from 1989-99, Menem pursued an aggressive privatization policy. He identified...
A gang of unidentified gunmen said to be terrorising Ughelli and environs in the past few weeks struck again yesterday at a church in the town killing a police inspector and taking away his rifle. The incident happened at the premises of a popular pentecostal church located along Oviri-Ogor...
The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu has asked Ibadan residents not to take laws into their hands, following the violence that erupted in Shasha area of Oyo State. Governor Akeredolu in a statement he personally signed Saturday night said the south-west governors “note with deep concern, the most unfortunate...
The National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) has commended members of corps medical personnel in the scheme for their commitment to the fight against COVID-19 pandemic. The Coordinator of NYSC, Mr Kehinde Aremu, Coordinator of NYSC gave the commendation at the NYSC Orientation Camp, Umuawulu, at a get together organised...
No fewer than four persons were burnt to death on Sunday in a lone accident involving a 14-passenger commercial bus at Atoyo, inbound Ogbere on Ijebu Ode -Benin expressway. The Public Relations Officer, Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, who confirmed the incident to newsmen...
A Chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State, Friday Michael has urged youths to take advantage of membership registration/ revalidation of the party by registering, in other to advance good governance and democracy in the country. Mr Michael who stated this in a statement on Sunday in...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi- The Emir of Bauchi, Alhaji Rilwanu Adamu on Saturday stated that only divine intervention can save the country from an impending danger following the tension being brewing across the country as a result of the herders’ crisis. Alhaji Adamu stated this while receiving the Yoruba Community...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – An outbreak of Ebola has been reported in the sub-precture of Gourcke, N’zerekore, Guinea, according to a government statement. The authorities of the Ministry of Health were informed by the N’Zérékoré Prefectural Health Directorate of the detection of suspected cases of Ebola on Sunday....
A great tragedy has befallen the Nigerian Press. Two big irokos, Tony Momoh – erudite scholar, essayist, newspaper administrator and politician; and Lateef Kayode Jakande, journalists’ journalist, newspaper administrator and politician, all fell in quick succession – in the month of February, 2021. Tony Momoh died on February 1,...
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court, Abuja to sop President Muhammadu Buhari -led Government from using the provisions of provisions of the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA), 2020 against certain activists in Nigeria. In...
Former Manchester United striker Odion Ighalo scored his first goal for Al Shabab in Saturday’s 4-0 defeat of Al Nassr. Having failed to score on his debut versus Al Raed, the 31-year-old made his presence count as the White Lions extended their winning streak to four at the King...
Everton and Fulham sit at opposite ends in the Premier League table, however, Sunday night’s meeting between the pair won’t be as straightforward as many believe it will before kick-off. It seems a strange claim because the visitors are winless in the top flight since beating Leicester City 2-1...
Hundredss of Lagos party goers were sent out as they revelled on Saturday, The Lagos State Police Command have said. The Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, and scores of operatives stormed FM Mogame Event Center at Joel Ogunnaike Street, Ikeja. CSP Muyiwa Adejobi, Public Relations Officer of the Lagos...
Nigerian security forces have discovered an arms store at Effium in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. An intelligence source told PRNigeria on Saturday that a combined team of agents stormed the location of the arsenal. The sting operation was carried out by the Department of State Services...
A member of Osun House of Assembly, Mr Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has advised Nigerians to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration in tackling the challenges facing the country. Mr. Oyintiloye, who is the Chairman, Committee on Information and Strategy in the assembly, gave the advice in an interview with the News...
Troops of the 271 Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has foiled an ambush by a group of armed bandits at Ungwan Laya near Birnin Gwari in Kaduna State, killing many of them. In a statement on Saturday in Abuja, The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Vice Marshal...