The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, still loves his queen, Prophetess Naomi Silekunola, the palace said on Thursday evening. It said he was packaging a special gift for her, noting that separation is a two-way affair. Palace spokesman, Chief Moses Olafare, said: “Separation is a two-way affair. “It is not something that is announced […]
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Ondo State Commisioner of Police, Mr Oyeyemi Oyediran Nine suspects including a cleric were paraded by Ondo state police command for various offences on Thursday in Akure. Briefing journalists, the commissioner of Police, Mr Oyeyemi Oyediran, explained that “we received an information that a self acclaimed cleric, …, a suspected ritualist was about to receive […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari taking the booster jab The Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 (PSC) has hinted that it might introduce restrictions on gatherings as well as curfews should the surge in infections persist. Chairman of the PSC and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, in a statement, urged Nigerians to […]
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Policemen have arrested a cleric with a fresh human head in Ondo. The cleric was arrested at Ajagbale Area of Oka, Ondo City shortly after he received the human head. He was said to have wanted to use it to “change his condition”. Ondo Police Commissioner, Oyeyemi Oyeridan, paraded the suspect. Other suspects were also […]
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By Atedo Peterside There was an outbreak of COVID in my house as last weekend approached and so I told myself that I must do the correct thing. I immediately went into self isolation (because I had been exposed) and started canceling all physical engagements that I had committed to attend over the course of […]
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Photo/facebook/TopeBrown/NigerianSenate • Adjourns plenary till January 18 • National Assembly to deliberate on constitutional amendment early 2022, says Lawan Senate, yesterday, passed N17.126 trillion as of the budget for the 2022 fiscal year, raising the figure by N800 billion. It followed consideration of a report by the Committee on Appropriations. House of Representatives had also […]
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Following President Muhammadu Buhari’s rejection of the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2021, former Senate President Bukola Saraki has urged the National Assembly to act fast in Nigerians’ interest by ensuring that the whole piece of legislation is not thrown out on account of one or two clauses. In a statement, yesterday, by his media aide, […]
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Incidentally, Nigeria clocked 61 as an independent country this year. As though fated to be so, this 61st edition of our editorial advocacy to return the country to a federal state structure concludes the remarkable serial on ‘Federalism is the answer, after all.’ Last year, we began with the knowledge that Nigeria was suffering from […]
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L-R: Board Member, HEFAMAA, Mr. Hamzat Abiodun; Executive Secretary, HEFAMAA, Dr. Abiola Idowu; Board Chairman, Dr. Yemisi Solanke-Koya and Medical Officer of Health, Ikeja Local Government, Dr. Oladapo Asiyanbi at a Town hall Meeting/Sensitization Campaign held in Ikeja local government The Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency (HEFAMAA) has disclosed that it is set to […]
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The Director-General, Voice of Nigeria (VON), Mr Osita Okechukwu, has urged Nigerians to view President Muhammadu Buhari’s endorsement of electronic transmission of results, better known as Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) as a Christmas gift. He said this in his Christmas message on Thursday in Abuja. His words: “A lot of those disappointed over Mr […]
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