Ooni pleads support for Tinubu
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has pleaded with Nigerians to persevere with President Bola Tinubu’s administration in view of the current economic situation. The royal father made the appeal during the visitation to his family compound as grand-finale of Olojo Annual Festival at Oketase area, Ile-Ife on Monday. He […]
23 feared dead as boat capsizes in Kebbi
The Kebbi State Government has condoled with members of immediate families, Yauri Emirate Council, and the Local Government over a boat which capsized involving 30 traders. In the ugly accident, 23 people were feared dead. Alhaji Ahmed Idris, Chief Press Secretary to the governor disclosed this in a statement to the News Agency of […]
Motorists groan over bad state of Mowo-Ikoga Road in Badagry
Motorists plying Mowo – Ikoga Road in Badagry Local Government Area of Lagos State have expressed serious concern over the bad state of the road. In separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Badagry, some of the motorists said the deplorable state of the road linking the town to […]
NECA lauds govt, organised labour over suspended strike
Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA) has lauded the Federal Government and the Organised Labour for the resolution reached to avert the indefinite strike in the country. Mr Smatt Oyerinde, Director-General of NECA gave the commendation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. The organised labour had threatened […]
Nigeria’s Independence: NGO Tasks Children on Healthy Competition, Academic excellence
A Nigeria-based NGO, Help Initiative for Social Justice and Humanitarian Development held a Spelling Bee competition and career orientation workshop for children across 8 schools in Ibadan, Nigeria. The event, held on September 30, 2023 at the American corner Jericho Ibadan as a commemoration of Nigeria’s 63rd anniversary had about sixty five participants in attendance, including […]
Going nostalgic with Fabowale
By Olayinka Oyegbile A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness ~Robert Frost (A review of Lola Fabowale’s Nostalgia and Tears F’orile, Kraftgriots, Ibadan, 2023) Lola Fabowale’s Nostalgia and Tears F’orile, a debut collection of poems makes for easy reading because it treats common issues […]
Court remands doctor for allegedly N6m fraud
A Grade I Area Court in Kubwa, Abuja on Friday ordered that a 34-year-old doctor, Kelvin Royce be remanded in a correction centre for allegedly defrauding his friend of N6 million. The Judge, Ibrahim Rufai, adjourned the matter untill Oct.2 for ruling in the defendant’s bail application made by the defence counsel, Enabosi […]
World Heart Day: FG unveils cardiac emergency response devices
The Federal Government on Friday unveiled the Cardiac Emergency Response Box otherwise known as Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) to respond to heart emergencies such as cardiac arrest. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate, inaugurated the three devices in Abuja in commemoration of the 2023 World Heart Day. […]
PDP rejects Kaduna tribunal’s judgment
The Kaduna State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the judgment of the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal affirming the election of Gov. Uba Sani of All Progressives Congress (APC), saying it will seek redress at the Court of Appeal. Mr Alberah Catoh, the Publicity Secretary of PDP in the state, disclosed […]
FG to reconstruct collapsed Enugu/Port Harcourt expressway bridge, Umahi pledges
The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, said the Federal Government would begin immediate reconstruction of the collapsed Enugu/Port Harcourt expressway. He said this when he and Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu State visited the scene of the collapsed bridge for an on-the-spot assessment as part of his working visit to the state. He […]
