By Aanuoluwapo Fasoyin Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has flagged off the distribution of the Palliatives to cushion the effect of economic hardships on the people of the state as a result of fuel subsidy removal. Governor Makinde who flagged off the distribution at the Oba Lamidi Adeyemi Mini Stadium, Oyo town, emphasised that the…
Paris, daughter of world-famous entertainer, Micheal Jackson, had paid tribute to her late father on his 65th posthumous birthday. The singer, who towed Jackson’s music career path, shared a video via her Instagram stories on Wednesday to wish her father a happy birthday. According to her, the “Thriller” crooner did not like “anybody acknowledging his…
The Zamfara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has raised concerns over bribery allegations of judges at the governorship election petitions tribunal sitting in Sokoto by a supporter of APC in the state. The concern was raised by the acting Chairman of the party, Mouktar Lugga, while briefing journalists in Gusau, the state…
Gabon’s President Ali Bongo has appeared in a video calling for his “friends” to “make noise” after military officers in the oil-rich Central African state staged a coup. “I’m sending a message to all friends that we have all over the world to tell them to make noise for (…) the people here who arrested…
Pa Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi (O.F.R) the man who designed Nigerian Flag is dead His son Akinkunmi Akinwumi Samuel who announced his demise via his Facebook post wrote “Life is indeed transient; i can say boldly you lived a life with a landmark. Continue to rest on, my father! Pa Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi (O.F.R) Great Man…
Eleven airline passengers and crew were hospitalized Tuesday following severe turbulence on a Delta flight from Milan to Atlanta, the US-based airline said. “Delta Care Team members are mobilizing to connect with customers on Delta Flight 175 that experienced severe turbulence before landing safely in Atlanta Tuesday,” a spokesman said. “Our priority is taking care…
Long queues for Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, are beginning to resurface at filling stations in Lagos and Ogun states, and in few other locations in South-Western states. Although newsmen gathered that queues were not seen in Abuja and other states in the North, it was learnt that depots in Lagos were gradually running…
Gabonese army officers under the aegis of the Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions on Wednesday morning announced on national television why they are taking over power from President Ali Bongo in the country. The soldiers highlighted serious institutional, political, economic and social crises as factors responsible for the coup that they tagged,…
Men of the Edo State Police Command have arrested a 24-year-old final-year student of the University of Port Harcourt, Victor Ochonogor, for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend, Success Regha, to death on Monday. Ochonogor, a student of Applied and Industrial Chemistry, reportedly committed the offence at 10, Osahon Street, Ogheghe Quarters, off Sapele Road, Benin City….
By Sulaimon Olanrewaju “Armed robbery appears to be on a good decline with about 45/50% decline,” Oyo State Police Command had said in a 2021 letter to Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde. The letter stated further that “Oyo State actually recorded lower armed robbery cases in 2020, compared to what it was in 2019….