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Owo massacre: Akeredolu disagrees with CDS over arrest of suspected killer, Idris Ojo

Owo massacre: Akeredolu disagrees with CDS over arrest of suspected killer, Idris Ojo

•Says he’s Kuje Prison escapee By Dayo Johnson, Akure GOVERNOR Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, yesterday, disagreed with the Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Lucky Irabor, over the arrest of one of the suspected killers of worshippers at St Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Idris Ojo, insisting that the suspect was one of the […]

Don’t tamper with electoral documents, APC warns INEC, PDP

Don’t tamper with electoral documents, APC warns INEC, PDP

•Your allegations mere propaganda — PDP By Shina Abubakar, OSOGBO THE All Progressives Congress, APC, in Osun State, yesterday, warned the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, not to allow some of its officials tamper with documents used for the conduct of the July 16 governorship election. The party, in a statement by its Chairman, Mr […]

Nigeria not what it should be — Obasanjo

Nigeria not what it should be — Obasanjo

By Providence Ayanfeoluwa FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday lamented that Nigeria is not what it should be. He said this at the Wilson Badejo Foundation, WBF 15th Annual Lecture with the theme: ‘Overcoming the Twin Challenge of Poverty and Insecurity in Nigeria: Way Forward’. Obasanjo, who said that insecurity feeds on poverty and poverty feeds […]

Be sensitive, this season ‘ll determine your future, Oyedepo tells youths

Be sensitive, this season ‘ll determine your future, Oyedepo tells youths

By Gabriel Olawale FOUNDER of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo has urged Nigerian youths to be sensitive in making decisions during this period, saying that any step taken will have an impact on their future. Speaking during the International Youth Alive Convention 2022 tagged ‘Destined for Dominion’, Oyedepo warned youths to beware […]

Why nobody died of COVID-9 in my village – Adeboye

Why nobody died of COVID-9 in my village – Adeboye

By Gabriel Olawale THE General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, yesterday, disclosed that during the COVID-19 period, none of his village people in Ifewara, Osun State died of the virus despite their failure to wear a face mask. Pastor Adeboye, who spoke during the ongoing 70th Annual Convention […]

Rice, maize farmers get high yield inputs in C’River, Ebonyi

Rice, maize farmers get high yield inputs in C’River, Ebonyi

By Emma Una FOUR thousand maize  and three thousand rice farmers have been profiled  and supplied high yield  farm inputs in the two states  of Cross River and Ebonyi to  boost annual harvests for the two staple crops. The farmers are selected through the Sustainable Agriculture Programme for Rural Livelihood, SUPRAL, are given training, sensitisation, […]

Drug war: NDLEA seeks stronger private sector participation

Drug war: NDLEA seeks stronger private sector participation

By Chioma Obinna THE Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (retd), yesterday, called for more private sector participation in the fight against drug abuse in Nigeria. Speaking during his working visit to the Christ Against Drug Abuse Ministry, CADAM, at the Enoch and Folu Adeboye Rehabilitation Centre, Araga, […]

Lagos govt, PSPs mull review of waste tariff by 50 per cent

Lagos govt, PSPs mull review of waste tariff by 50 per cent

By Olasunkanmi Akoni FOLLOWING the rising cost of operations, the Lagos State Government and Private Sector Participant, PSP, operators, may approve an upward tariff review projected for about 50 per cent in waste bills, effective from October 1, 2023. Meanwhile, 83 persons have been convicted and jailed, over 1,200 penalised to sweep and over 3,000 […]