Abduction: Oyo public schools begin strike comply with NUT directive
Teachers in public primary and secondary schools across Oyo State on Monday began an indefinite strike to protest the kidnapp of teachers and pupils of three schools in Oriire Local Government Area of the state According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), armed men on May 15 attacked Community Grammar School, L.A. Primary […]
Oyo abduction: President approves 1,000 forest guards, deploys special rescue team, considers military base request
A high-powered Federal Government delegation on Sunday, May 31, 2026, visited Esiele and Yawota communities in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State following the abduction of pupils and teachers from Community Grammar School, Baptist Nursery and Primary School, and L.A. Primary School on May 15, 2026. As part of immediate measures to […]
Tinubu celebrates Airtel Nigeria chief Adeniran at 50
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated Prince Femi Adeniran, who is Airtel Nigeria director on his 50th birthday on June 1, 2026. The president lauded his distinguished contributions to public service, private sector leadership, investment promotion and national development and joined family, friends, colleagues and associates in celebrating Prince Adeniran, a respected corporate executive, […]
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WNTD 2026 and ‘World Vape Day’ Scam
By Robert Egbe In 2009, Brazil banned electronic smoking devices (including e-cigarettes, heated tobacco products, and other emerging nicotine delivery systems. However, a loophole in the law left open a pathway for Big Tobacco and their allies to seek approval if they could demonstrate that their products were safe. Nearly two […]
Chief Theophilus Akinyele: The Iroko and His Growing Branches
By Toyin Falola The Late Bobajiro of Ibadanland A kì í gbàgbé igi tí ó dá igbó sílẹ̀, One does not forget the tree that birthed the forest. Theophilus Akinyele, Great son of Ibadan, Ọmọ ọlọ́lá, Born of the hills and crimson soil, Whose footsteps were heard from Mapo All the way […]
CharlyBoy to release tell all memoir in July
Maverick showbiz maestro, Charles Oputa, popularly known as CharlyBoy, has continued to tease his fans and followers across Nigeria and beyond with the dropping of extracts of his historic memoir “999”. The all-time social activist took to social media on Friday to share a teaser clip, reminding his teeming supporters that Lagos was set […]
Ex-presidential aspirant quits PRP, cites gap between ideology, practice
A former presidential aspirant, Patience Key, has resigned from Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), stating that the party’s core values no longer resonated with her. Key made this known in a letter addressed to the PRP National Chairman, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, dated May 27 and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on […]
Sallah boom: Kano henna artists make up to ₦300,000 in one week
Henna artists in Kano have recorded a boom during the Eid-el-Kabir season, with some earning about ₦300,000 in one week, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Henna, popularly known as “kunshi” in Northern Nigeria, is a natural dye made from the leaves of the henna plant, Lawsonia inermis, also called “lalle”. It is […]
Labour Party felicitates Otti on three years in office
The leadership of Labour Party (LP) has congratulated Gov. Alex Otti of Abia on his third anniversary in office, saying that he remains the ‘finest outcome’ of the party’s 2023 electoral outing. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Ken Asogwa, made this known in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja, said that in the […]
Female presidential aspirant resigns from party, demands refund of nomination fee
Mrs Abisayo Busari-Akinnadeju, a 2027 Democratic Leadership Alliance (DLA) presidential aspirant has resigned from the party, demanding a refund of her presidential nomination fee. Busari-Akinnadeju, in her letter to the National Chairman of the party, obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Akure on Friday, said that her exit was premised […]
