About seven inmates have escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Ilesa, Osun State, following the collapse of part of the custodial centre wall. The incident, which occurred on Tuesday, created an opportunity for the prisoners to flee the premises undetected. Confirming the incident, the Controller-General of Corrections, CGC, Sylvester Nwakuche, speaking through the…
By Anuoluwapo Fasoyin Oyo State House of Assembly has called on the Oyo State Commissioner of Police to ensure that the officer allegedly responsible for the killing of a Secondary School boy by a stray bullet is identified and prosecuted according to the law. The call followed a matter of urgent public importance brought by…
When dyslexia forced Richard Branson out of school, he decided to become an entrepreneur. In 1966, he started the Student Magazine, which he had hoped would become his generation’s voice. Despite the general acceptance of the magazine, it didn’t make as much money as he had envisaged. Consequently, the budding entrepreneur ran into liquidity problem…
Workers of the National Assembly Service Commission have called for their re-enrolment into the Contributory Pension Scheme, two years after a law removed them from the scheme. Their demand was made known on Tuesday at a stakeholder engagement session on the review of the Pension Reform Act 2014, organised by the House of Representatives Committee…
Vice President Kashim Shettima has lauded Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, for hosting what he described as a “masterpiece” opening ceremony of the 22nd National Sports Festival, tagged Gateway Games. Speaking with journalists at the Gateway International Airport in Iperu on his return to Abuja, Shettima, who represented President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the event,…
The Lagos State Government has said it will begin the full enforcement of the ban on single-use plastics on July 1. The Commissioner for Environment, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this in a statement on X on Monday. He explained that the state government had been intentional and strategic with 18 months of dialogue, engagement and transition….
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NiDCOM has received another set of 13 trafficked Nigerians from Ghana and Mali. Director of Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit NiDCOM, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, in a statement on Sunday, said the victims, 12 girls and a five-year-old boy were received by NiDCOM Chairman, Abike Dabiri-Erewa. The girls were said to…
Allegations of misrepresentation have emerged in Osun State over reports that Armoured Personnel Carriers, APCs, are being repainted from red to black, to be re-presented as newly acquired assets. Ismail Omipidan, former Chief Press Secretary to ex-governor Adegboyega Oyetola, levelled the allegation against the Governor Ademola Adeleke administration on Monday. In a statement posted on…
President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerians at home and in the diaspora to use the country’s diversity for stability and rapid development. This was contained in a statement by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Sunday. According to the statement, Tinubu spoke in Rome when he received members of the Catholic…
The spectacular opening ceremony of the 22nd National Sports Festival, NSF, tagged Gateway Games, witnessed an exciting display of energy, culture and colours through demonstrations and performances by groups and individuals to the admiration of the heterogeneous spectators. The newly overhauled 10,000-capacity MKO Abiola Sports Arena was agog with the display of the People’s rich cultural…