…Says country is ‘shaking’ Muritala Ayinla As Muslims across the globe commenced Ramadan fast Tuesday, Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has called on Islamic clerics and other fasting Muslims to pray for peace to reign in the country, saying that the nation is currently shaking with myraids of challenges. Speaking at the 2021 Pre-Ramadan […]
A cross section of members of APC in Akwa Ibom State have commended the Interim Administrator/Chief Executive of NDDC, Mr Efiong Akwa for his high quality of leadership at the Commission. Speaking at a Stakeholders’ meeting in Uyo Monday, they noted that Akwa’s determination to reposition the agency for the benefit of the people […]
The interim administrator of Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) Dixon Dikio (rtd) on Monday said that the programme under his watch was determined to turn ex-agitators into active economic players that will no longer depend on monthly stipends and handouts for survival Speaking in Yenagoa when he struck a patnership deal with the Nigerian Content […]
No fewer than 40 houses were on Sunday night destroyed at Igisogba Area of Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State following the rainstorm that wrecked havoc in the community. Following the incident, residents of the affected houses have been rendered homeless while most of the building were destroyed completely. Many of […]
*Ortom sympathizes with Buhari, military, families over killings The Nigeria military authorities Monday gave mass burial to 12 slain officers killed in Bonta village in Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue State by militia youths. The remains of the 12 military personnel, which included one Captain Adeolu Adedayo, were buried at the […]
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah has challenged Governors of the North to take decisive actions that will permanently solve the lingering religious crisis rocking the region. Bishop Kukah stated that where the Governors meet in Kaduna or in Abuja sharing tea and taking photographs without properly addressing the teething […]
Wale Elegbede The family of the late spokesperson of pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Mr Yinka Odumakin, has announced the order of his funeral rites The funeral rites have been slated for a period of three days, starting from Thursday 22 through Friday 23 and Saturday 24 April, 2021. In a statement issued by the widow […]
Muhammad Kabir, Kano Paucity of gas supply coupled with theft of electricity cables on the Kano Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) network have been blamed for the poor power supply to the state. According to the company’s Spokesperson, Ibrahim Shawai, the thermal stations supplying the grid which feeds KEDCO had not been generating power […]
Muhammad Bashir, Lokoja The Ebira people living in Bolorunduro community in Ado Local Government Area of Ekiti State have cried out to Governor Kayode Fayemi to quickly intervene in the demolition of their houses and farm lands worth millions of naira without them receiving any form of compensation. Addressing a press conference in Lokoja, […]
Adewumi Ademiju, Ado-Ekiti A Pan-Yoruba socio/cultural organisation, the Agbajowo Advocacy for Yoruba People’s Rights (AAYPR) has distanced itself from calls by any group within the region for the disintegration of the county. The AAYPR declared that Yoruba elders had never in any occasion deliberated that the region should break away from the Federal Republic […]