President Bola Tinubu has reiterated why it is necessary Nigerians should endure the economic hardships brought by the removal of fuel subsidy. According to the President, he wished today’s difficulties did not exist, adding that Nigerians must endure ”if we are to reach the good side of our future”. Tinubu made the statement on Sunday…
By Adebayo Yusuf The Prime Rose Academy Schools, Ibadan has won the Inter-Schools Spelling Bee competition organised by the Help Initiative for Social Justice and Humanitarian Development. Prime Rose Academy, with 16 points, defeated Tekhols School, Ibadan, who had 14 points. The competition which was held in Ibadan was to commemorate Nigeria’s 63rd Independence anniversary…
The Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service on Saturday said that it had intercepted 105 wild birds being smuggled through Seme-Badagry Expressway. The Controller of the Command, Comptroller Timi Bomodi, in a statement, said that the Duty Paid Value (DPV) of the birds was worth N24,912,928 Bomodi said officers of the command ,while…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria has restored bulk power supply to Birnin Kebbi and its environs in Kebbi State. The General Manager, of Public Affairs, TCN, Mr Ndidi Mbah, said this in a statement on Friday in Birnin Kebbi. The statement reads, “Power supply was restored today September 29 at around 9:20 am. Our team…
Three miners were killed and 18 feared buried after a shaft in an informal Zimbabwean gold mine collapsed, state television said Saturday. According to report, the accident occurred on Friday in Chegutu, about 120 kilometres (75 miles) west of the capital Harare. “Three bodies have been retrieved from the collapsed Bay Horse Mine in Chegutu,”…
Mr Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)has advised Nigerians to explore the path of dialogue in resolving the country’s numerous challenges. Wike said this at a Public Lecture/Special Jummu’a Prayer, held in Abuja, as part of activities to commemorate Nigeria’s 63rd Independence. The Minister, represented by Mr Danlami Ihayyo, the Mandate…
The Nigeria Union of Allied Health Professionals, NUAHP, has called on its members to cooperate with the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, on the proposed October 3 industrial action. NUAHP called on pharmacists, physiotherapists, medical laboratory scientists, imaging scientists/radiographers, medical social workers, optometrists, clinical phycologists, orthotics/prosthetics, speech therapists, medical physicists,…
No fewer than 25 choir members of the Christ Apostolic Church, CAC, Oke Igan, Akure, the state capital, have been abducted. Reports had it that they were abducted around 3pm on Friday while traveling to Ifon in Ose council area of the state for a burial ceremony. A church member, who spoke with newsmen said…
By Michael Adeyemo A Cleric from Christ Apostolic Church, Oke Iyanu Ajanla, Oke-Ado Ibadan, Pastor Samuel Okuewu, has admonished Christians to live a Godly life, to enable them reap profits here on earth and in heaven. Pastor Okuewu made this known during his sermon at the funeral service of Late Babatunde Olaniyi popularly known as…
By Adebayo Yusuf The Southwest zone pensioners under the aegis of Nigeria Union of Pensioners Contributory Pension Scheme, NUPCPS have staged a peaceful protest in Ibadan. NUPCPS said the protest was on the withholding of their shortfall entitlements worth over 8 billion naira by the former Director of National Salary and Wages Commission, Alhaji Ibrahim…