Shina Abubakar – Osogbo The Osun State House of Assembly on Friday passed the 2021 Budget estimate presented to it by Governor Adegboyega Oyetola. The N109.8billion budget estimate was passed 38 days after it was laid before the lawmakers without addition or subtraction. The estimate tagged as Budget of Providence was made up of N50,620,238 […]

By Nwafor Sunday Hours after they arrived Katsina, Yahaya Salauwa, Vice Principal of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, confirmed that the abducted schoolboys are complete. After kidnapping them on 11 of December (a week to today), they were taken to Tsafe, Zamfara State. The pupils regained freedom yesterday and were currently being treated in Katsina […]

By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The National Agricultural Seeds Council, NASC, on Friday, expressed optimism over a policy document on seeds production and management to serve as a reference point in identifying varieties. This was expressed in an address by the Director-General, NASC, Dr Philip Ojo, at a one-day ‘Stakeholders’ Review and Validation Workshop on […]

By Nwafor Sunday One of the Kankara schoolboys kidnapped by Boko-Haram, today gave account of how they spent days in the bush with the terrorist group without good food. The boy whose name we cannot disclose for security purposes, said they were given only groundnut cake, also known as Kuli-Kuli, and sweet potatoes. He equally […]

By Emma Amaize AFTER 27 years of political dominance, some Itsekiri political leaders in Warri North Area, Delta State, have conceded the 2023 chairmanship of the local government area to the Egbema-Ijaw for peace to reign. However, controversy has erupted over the political horse-trading, as an Itsekiri group in the area has rejected the deal. […]