President Bola Tinubu on Monday expressed readiness to end the perennial farmers, herders crisis in the country. Tinubu vowed to draw up programmes that would end the crisis within two to three weeks. He spoke during the inauguration of the mechanised agricultural project in Minna, Niger State. The President, however, noted that state governors should…
A new Owa of Igbajo, Dr Ademola Makinde, has been approved by the Osun State Government. The approval of Dr Makinde was announced by the Osun State Executive Council on Monday morning. The appointment was contained in a statement by Kolapo Alimi, the Osun State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment. The statement also revealed…
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Ali Pate, has said successful Nigerian doctors, nurses and health workers overseas are considering returning to the country. He said the health workers are willing to come back if the enabling infrastructure is provided for them to do their job. Pate said this in an interview….
The Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has urged Nigerians in Diaspora to showcase the value of the country in their respective country of residence. Dabiri-Erewa reiterated that a successfully developed Nigeria needs the strong and dynamic collaboration of its government, as well as Nigerians, home and in the Diaspora. Dabiri-Erewa stated this…
By Adebayo Yusuf Two women advocates, Alhaja Airat Ogungbenro and Dr Christiana Omidiji have urged government to sensitise people on the danger of gender based violence, GBV. Alhaja Ogungbenro and Dr Omidiji made this known while speaking on this year’s International Women’s Day on Pensioners’ FM Current Affairs programme, “Voice of Liberation”. According to them,…
Worried by the current food crisis in the country, the Comptroller General of Nigeria Custom Service, Bashir Adeniyi, has warned dealers at the Dawanau International grains market against exportation of grains such as maize, beans, sorghum and rice. This was as he said it is set to fully implement the export prohibition act forbidding exportation…
The remains of former Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings, Dr. Herbert Wigwe; his wife, Doreen Chizoba and first son, Chizzy, have been buried in a private tomb inside the Wigwe University which he built in Isiokpo, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. The bodies were moved from the Redeemed Christian Church of God,…
President Bola Tinubu is set to launch an Agro Processing Zone and the Minna Airport in Niger State on Monday. This announcement was made by Governor Mohammed Bago in Minna, the capital of Niger State, during a ceremony where he was honoured as the Grand Patron of the Niger State Council of the Nigeria Union…
The disengaged staff of the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, on Friday, protested at the hospital premises following the failure of the management to reverse the decision to lay them off. More than 1,500 workers of the hospital were laid off by the Federal Government following alleged irregularities in their recruitment process. They were…
By Sahadat Abdulazeez The body of Retired Sergeant, Pa Akintunde Akinola Oderinde, has been committed to mother earth in Ibadan, Oyo State. At the well-attended funeral service held at Pensioners event center, Agbarigo, Onireke Ibadan, family, friends, well-wishers, various security agencies were present to pay their last respect to late Pa Akintunde Akinola Oderinde, who…