By Adebayo Yusuf Two Public Affairs Analysts, Honourable Kunle Olatunji and Mr Kayode Adejumo-Bello have urged the federal government to use the country’s foreign loans for socio-economic development. Honourable Olatunji and Mr Adejumo-Bello made this known while featuring on Pensioners’ FM Current Affairs programme, Voice of Liberation. According to the analysts, many African leaders connive…
An old student and National President of Muslim Grammar School, Osogbo Old Students Association, Chief Tunde Busari, has lamented the rising moral decadence in public schools in Osun State. He observed that morality has been thrown to the wind in most of the public schools, especially secondary schools, as the pupils engaged in all sorts…
As part of measures put in place to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy on Nigerians, the Ogun State Government has received 3,000 bags of rice from the Federal Government. The Secretary to the Government of Ogun State, Tokunbo Talabi, confirmed the receipt of the bags of rice in fulfilment of the Federal Government’s plan…
Russian paramilitary fighters will have to swear an oath to the Russian flag, a presidential decree signed Friday stipulates, two days after the presumed death of mercenary chief, Yevgeny Prigozhin. The measure is aimed at “forming the spiritual and moral foundations for the defence of the Russian Federation” and applies to members of volunteer formations…
Medical doctors in Benue state have embarked on an indefinite strike due to the abduction of their collegue, Dr Asema Msuega. This was made known in a statement signed by Dr Ushakuma Anenga and Dr Godwin Ameh, Chairman and Secretary respectively of NMA in Benue State at the end of an emergency general meeting on…
A group has urged the University of Ibadan to reverse the increment in accommodation fees. The management of the institution stated in a circular that newly admitted students will pay N60,000 while returning students will pay N45,000. New students and occupants of Alexander Brown Hall at the University College Hospital (UCH) are directed to pay…
The military is currently conducting a mass burial for personnel who died during an ambush and air crash in Niger state. Bandits had ambushed the troops in Niger state on August 14, 2023, killing 14 soldiers while seven were injured. The incident necessitated the deployment of the Air Force evacuation aircraft. The aircraft, however, was…
The Ondo State Government has overruled the Deji of Akure, Oba Aladetoyinbo Ogunlade Aladelusi, regarding the closure of markets in the state capital for the community’s annual traditional “Aheregbe” festival. According to the government, the closure of markets violated the decision of the State Executive Council and infringed upon the freedom and rights of the…
Nollywood actress, Kate Henshaw, has weighed in the level of insecurity in the country, saying it is unsafe to deploy graduates to danger zones. She urged the federal government to scrap the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme given the insecurity bedeviling the country. Reacting via Twitter on Wednesday, the fitness enthusiast said since the…
Kenneth Law, from Toronto, has been charged over two deaths in Canada but police believe there may be more victims. Dozens of people in the UK died after buying a poisonous substance from a seller in Canada, who is accused of helping people to take their own lives. The National Crime Agency (NCA) could not…