The National Population Commission, NPC, has decried Osun residents’ lack of cooperation during the conduct of the 2023/2024 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey, NDHS. The Team Lead, Olusola Karim, while addressing a press conference in Osogbo on Tuesday, said the data collected from the exercise would enable the government to put appropriate plans in place,…
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has directed an investigation into the allegations of financial mismanagement rocking the State College of Education, Ila-Orangun. It was alleged that a sum of N200 million had been mismanaged under the current Governing Council of the College led by Dr Peter Babalola, about five months after assumption of office. In…
The Management of the National Youth Service Corps has denied reports on blogs and social media that a corps member, Mamudo Obaje, was killed by bandits on his way from Kaduna to Katsina for the monthly biometric clearance. NYSC’s Director of Press and Public Relations, Eddy Megwa, in a statement on Tuesday, described the report…
By Babatunde Tiamiyu Amidst the celebrations of the New year and reactions to the recently passed and approved appropriation bills, the 2024 Budget, the Senator representing Oyo Central Senatorial District at the Senate, Dr Yunus Akintunde has assured Nigerians to remain calm and optimistic, expressing confidence towards the 2024 budget implementation. “The challenge most times…
By Adebayo Yusuf A theatre practitioner, Mr Fatai Adiyeloja has advised upcoming actors in the movie industry not to prioritise money over their career. Mr Adiyeloja stated this while featuring on Pensioners’ FM weekly programme, The Grey Hair, which profiles the past lives of the elderly. According to him, youths of these days are obsessed…
Farmers and traders passing through Bagudu in Bagudu Local Government Area of Kebbi State expressed their frustration on Sunday over what they describe as constant extortion by security operatives at various checkpoints along the road connecting Nigeria with the Benin Republic. At Tsamiya Market, a grain supplier loading a truck with 600 bags of maize…
The National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA, on Sunday confirmed that about eight persons died while 38 others were rescued in a boat mishap that occurred in Anambra State. Although the Anambra State Police Command said five persons died while 30 were rescued, the NIWA General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Alhaji Jibril Darda’u, in a statement issued…
Governor Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang of Plateau State says the Court of Appeal was unfair to him in nullifying his election. Mutfwang stated this while presenting to the Supreme Court the eight points, he also sent to the Court of Appeal to prove the validity of his election, of which only one was determined. He also…
Swiftship, a military manufacturing company based in the United States of America, has donated two hi-tech unmanned water vessels to the Nigerian government. The equipment is S2 and S3 Swift Sea Stalkers. The company donated during a recent visit by the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle. According to a statement on Friday by…
The Minister of Steel Development, Prince Shuaibu Audu has sent his condolences to the paramount ruler of the Igala kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Alaji Mathew Opaluwa over the death of his sister, Mallama Meimunat Opaluwa-Sani and her granddaughter. Newsmen had reported that the late Mallama Meimunat Opaluwa-Sani, aged 75, her daughter, Hajarat Usman Sani and…