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The Oyo State Police Command has warned members of the public against the use of fireworks and holding of unauthorised street carnivals during the Yuletide. The state Commissioner of Police, Shina Olukolu, gave the warning on Friday while addressing newsmen on the efforts being put together by the command to combat crime, particularly during the […]

The Edo State Government has rejected the composition of the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan-led All Progressives Congress (APC)’s National Reconciliation Committee, noting that the committee was populated by persons with vested interests in the crisis rocking the ruling party. In a statement, Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Hon Paul Ohonbamu, and Special Adviser to the […]

FORMER Deputy Governor of Delta State, Chief Benjamin Elue and veteran politician, Senator Patrick Osakwe deconstructed the 2023 governorship race in the state with an unequivocal verdict, in October. The issue, they vowed, was not whether Delta North (Anioma) and South (Ijaw, Isoko and Itsekiri) senatorial districts will support the unwritten rotation agreement of political leaders for Delta Central Senatorial district (Urhobo) to take over power in 2023, but if Urhobo will put its house in order.

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Sabo Nanono, has pledged to revitalise existing agricultural policies toward realising the goal of diversifying Nigeria’s economy, using agriculture as a driving force. Nanono, in a statement by the Director Information, Mr Theodore Ogaziechi, said that the value chain approach to repositioning the sector through implementing policy […]

Tipper drivers blocked Onitsha Enugu expressway in protest against exorbitant levies. Senator Ifeanyi Uba who was trapped in the blockade alighted to address and plead with the tipper drivers but without success. Details soon… Vanguard

Rangers cut Celtic’s lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership to two points on Friday with a commanding 3-0 win over 10-man Hibernian. Steven Gerrard’s side struck twice inside the first 10 minutes at Easter Road as Ryan Kent pounced on a goalkeeping error before Joe Aribo added a classy second goal. Rangers were […]

Fazle Hasan Abed, the founder of the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC), one of the world’s largest NGOs, has died in Dhaka aged 83, the charity said. Abed passed away while undergoing treatment for a brain tumour, according to a BRAC statement released Friday. “We will honour his legacy with the same resilience, dignity and […]

HAVING emerged as governor in what was ultimately a popular manner, indeed in all its most consequential ramifications, legendary unionist and impactful man of the people, former Edo State governor and current chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomole, had nevertheless somehow managed to diminish in ethos whose antithesis his emergence had hitherto so succinctly represented

Gov. David Umahi says the state government will give N100,000 each to organised widows in the state to enable them to go into farming next year. Umahi said this on Friday in Abakaliki during a Christmas party organised by state government for elders and widows. He hoped that mobilising the 4,300 organised widows across the […]

Gov. Emeka Ihedioha of Imo and former Gov. Ikedi Ohakim on Friday paid special tributes to late Imo monarch, Eze Desmond Ogugua. The remains of the foremost traditional ruler in the state were laid to rest in his country home in Eziudo,  Ezinihitte Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo. Speaking at church service in honour […]

Stories by Lawani Mikairu The Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, NCAT, Zaria is a foremost aviation training institution in the West African sub region and ICAO Regional Training Centre of Excellence. The current Rector of the college, Captain Abdulsalami Muhammed since assuming office in January, 2017 has been making conscious efforts to keep the college […]

CHRISTMAS is only two days away. And, unless you are one of the tiny    minority of Nigerians who can look forward with confidence to a merry Christmas day, then you must be among the silent majority of Nigerians for whom Christmas has become a painful experience.

The Oyo State House of Assembly on Friday confirmed the nomination of four members of the Judiciary Service Commission sent to it by Gov. Seyi Makinde. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the four confirmed members of the commission are Mr Kehinde Akinwunmi, Mr Ogunrinde Yusuf, Mr Lateef Adedigba and Mr Wahab Adedigba. […]

Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has disclosed that he is not in any form of disagreement with the incumbent governor of Osun State, Adegboyega Oyetola. He said his (Oyetola) absence at his turbaning as Amirul Waziril-Muminina of the state was due to his avoidable journey to the Holy Land of […]