Ondo State Deputy Governor designate, Dr Olayide Adelami, on Friday in Owo, said his nomination was divinely ordered as he never lobbied for the position. Adelami said that he had been pursuing a federal appointment when he was unexpectedly nominated by Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The deputy governor designate...
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The FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike, has mandated the chairmen of the six Area Councils of the FCT to hold mandatory monthly security meetings to improve the security situation in their respective area councils. Wike, who gave the directive during a security town hall at Abuja Municipal Area...
Super Eagles head coach, Jose Peseiro, says the team’s approach against the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon on Saturday is to defend as a unit, while being clinical in front of opposition goal. The gaffer said this on Friday in Abidjan at a pre-match press conference ahead of the...
There was a mild drama at a Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, after Justice James Omotosho adjourned the hearing of a bail application of Prof. Cyril Ndifon, the suspended Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), until Jan. 31. The adjournment followed counsel for the...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on Friday inaugurated Muhammadu Buhari Mother and Child 110-Bed Hospital in Iruvichonomi community in Adavi Local Government Area of the state. At the inauguration, Bello said that his administration’s persistent investment in the health sector had yielded positive outcomes, evident in the enhanced...
Mr Aku Bakari a public servant on Friday dragged his wife, Mary, before a Customary Court in Nyanya, for allegedly getting too involved in church activities. The petitioner, who resides in Nyanya Abuja, in his divorce petition accused his wife of abandoning her duties as a wife and...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has taken responsibility for the Jan. 23, 2023 airstrike in Rukubi Community, Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, which claimed 37 lives. Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, while meeting to condole with the families of the victims...
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has put smiles on faces of some indigent students in University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) by providing financial assistance to help them in their education ASUU Trustee and Chairman National Visitation Panel of the union, Prof Sule-kano Abdullahi, disclosed this on Friday...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Friday, said that a total of 604 people died in 1196 road crashes in Oyo, Osun and Ondo states between January and December 2023. The FRSC Zonal Commanding Officer for Osun, Oyo and Ondo States, ACM Meshach Jatau, said this in...
An Abeokuta Magistrates Court on Friday, sentenced a teenager, Adeola Saheed, for attempting to rape a 35- year old woman The defendant, 19, who resides at Brewery area in Abeokuta, is facing a three count charge of conspiracy, indecent assault and attempt to rape. The magistrates, Mrs O.O...
Some leaders and members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), in Edo South Senatorial District have again drummed support for Dr Asue Ighodalo to emerge the party’s candidate in the forthcoming primaries. The leaders and members who cut across Uhumwode, Orhionmwon and Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Areas of the...
The Special Military Task Force, called Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) has arrested some suspects in connection with the recent deadly attacks in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State. The Media Officer of the task force, Capt. James Oya, disclosed this in a statement issued in Jos and...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Professor Florence Obi, has said that out of 20,250 Nigerian students who applied for admission into the University for the pursuit of knowledge, only 9,000 candidates have been admitted. Addressing students at the 46...
By OLA MODUPE, Osogbo – Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has approved the appointment of Dr Jimoh Lasisi Ayanda as the acting Provost of the Osun State College of Education, Ila Orangun. Governor Adeleke gave the approval in a statement issued by his media aide, Mallam Olawale Rasheed...
Introductory Remarks Benue State University has definitely achieved a phenomenal growth in its thirty years of existence into an undisputable centre of academic excellence in Nigeria. There is actually so much to celebrate and rejoice about this citadel of learning. Within thirty years of its existence, the university seems...
By MARGARET TIZA, Abuja – Minister of State for Education, Dr. Yusuf Tanko Sunudu, has called on the leadership of President’s School Debate Nigeria to widen the scope of the activities of the body to cover debating on topical issues like security, unity, climate change and promotion of entrepreneurship...
A coalition of civil society organisations, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to recognise Mr Edozie Njoku as the authentic National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in accordance with the Supreme Court ruling. The group under the umbrella Centre for Credible Leadership...
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced a Lagos bishop, Oluwafeyiropo Daniels, to life imprisonment for raping his 23-year-old assistant (name withheld). Justice Rahman Oshodi also sentenced Daniels, the Bishop of I Reign Christian Ministry, Lagos, to three years in prison for sexual assaulting a 19-year-old...
Former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors have endorse Earl Osaro Onaiwu’s bid for the governorship of Edo State. Onaiwu disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday. Onaiwu said the former governors’ endorsement was indicative of the party’s admirable show of support...
The money laundering trial of a former Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, could not proceed on Friday before the Federal High Court in Lagos as the court did not sit. The Judge, Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke, is said to be away on official assignment. At the last adjourned...