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A cholera outbreak has been reported at Kirikiri Medium Security Prison in Lagos, with 25 cases confirmed, according to the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi. This development contradicts the Nigerian Correctional Service's earlier claim that custodial…
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has raised a Disciplinary Team to look into the case of two errant officers of the Commission who allegedly assaulted a female staff of Regional Hotel, Ojo, Lagos. The officers…
About 20 travellers have been reportedly kidnapped along the Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode Expressway by gunmen on Sunday at about 9. pm The gunmen were said to have ambushed the travellers between Sagamu Area Command of the Nigeria Police and Ilisan township. Ilisan Development Council…
A popular media personality, Betty Irabor has debunked the news flying around that a renowned ailing Nollywood actor, Olu Jacob is dead. She made the disclosure via her Twitter handled shortly after the rumour of Olu Jacob’s death spread on social media platform. Details later.
An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ogbomoso has barred the Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye and the kingmakers led by Chief Sobalaje Otolorin from removing the Chief Imam of the town, Sheik Teliat Yunus Ayilara. It could be recalled that both the Soun and the Chief…
Osun Masterminds is very weak on research and still laced with partisanship in its assessment of the performance of Osun State government, the Spokesperson to the Osun State Governor, Mallam Olawale Rasheed has disclosed. Responding to the press conference by the group, the…
The Ogun State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps says 17 persons died in 16 road crashes during the Eid-el-Kabir celebration in the state. Sector Commander of FRSC, Mr Anthony Uga, gave the figure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Ota, Ogun.…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has affirmed the five-year jail term sentence of Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, popularly known as Baba Ijesha, for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old minor. Recall that Ijesha was sentenced to five years in prison on July 14, 2022 by…
……Calls For Calm over Religious Tension in Iseyin The International Council for Ifa Religion (ICIR), has called on the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrashed Akanbi, to desist from denigrating the traditional religion and Yoruba tradition and culture, saying the Osun State government,…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared that Nigerian workers will not be treated as beggars in the country, stressing that state governors cannot unilaterally decide the minimum wage of workers. In a statement by its Head of Information and Public Affairs, Benson…
The Oyo State Government has approved the recruitment of 7,500 teachers, and 3,000 non-teaching staff into the state teaching service, as part of its efforts to improve the Post-Primary education sector. The Chairman, Oyo State Post-Primary Teaching Service Commission,…
The Chief Imam of Ogbomoso, Sheikh Teliat Yinus Avilara, has fired back at the Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye, over a query issued to him for performing the Hajj pilgrimage without informing the monarch. In a letter addressed to the Soun, the Chief Imam stated…
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has ordered the arrest of two officers of the Commission allegedly involved in the manhandling of a female staff of Regional Hotel, Ojo, Lagos. The officers were sighted in a viral…
Governors from the southern part of Nigeria under the aegis of the Southern Governors' Forum, have called for the consideration of the cost of living and ability of each state to pay the new minimum wage just as they advocated that each State be allowed to negotiate the new…
The Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon Adebo Ogundoyin has dismissed rumors of plans by the State Legislature to suspend some members. The Speaker who stated this on Thursday while addressing the House at plenary noted that suspending any member would only create a…
In a bid to tackle the escalating security challenges in the country, the Southern Governors' Forum has unanimously agreed to support state and community policing. This decision was announced by Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, the newly appointed Chairman of the Forum.…
Governor Seyi Makinde has announced that President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the upgrade of Ibadan Airport to an international airport. This was contained in a statement made available via his official Twitter handle as read in part: “This afternoon, we received…
The first batch of Oyo pilgrims has returned to Nigeria from Saudi Arabia where they performed the holy pilgrimage to Islamic holy sites in Madinah and Makkah. The pilgrims, which left Jeddah Airport at early morning in Saudi Arabian landed safely at the Murtala Muhammed…
