Protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate, Victoria Island, Lagos, to commemorate the one year #ENDSARS anniversary in Lagos…on Wednesday. Photo: Olukayode Jaiyeola States, including Akwa Ibom, Oyo, Ogun, Enugu, Benue, Osun and Gombe, have yet to pay victims of police brutality a year after they set up panels on human rights violations. Officials of Akwa […]
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By Abdu Rafiu In view of the controversy surrounding the status of a foetus it becomes imperative to determine when life of a baby begins. Is foetus yet life or it is simply a sack of tissues which are disposable at a whim of a young girl or the caprice of a tired expectant mother? […]
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OYOSUBEB Chairman, Dr Nureni Adeniran, right, presenting promotion letter to a teacher Oyo State Government on Wednesday released the promotion of over 16,500 public primary school teachers across the 33 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state. The Executive Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Dr. Nureni Adeniran, disclosed this during a […]
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Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Wednesday hailed the police and the Nigerian Army for the role they played in the #EndSARS protests last year, even as he maintained that the incident at the Lekki toll plaza last year was a “phantom massacre with no bodies”. He said this during a press conference […]
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The maiden Matriculation Ceremony of the newly admitted ND I Part-Time Students of Akure Outreach Centre of the Federal Polytechnic, Ile-Oluji, Ondo State for the 2020/2021 academic session will hold on Thursday, October 21, 2021 at the Polytechnic’s Twin Auditorium at the Permanent Site by 10:00 a.m. prompt. A statement by the institution’s Head, Information, […]
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#EndSARS protest on October 20, 2020. Photo: Femi Adebesin-Kuti Today marks the first anniversary of the demonstration of rare courage and people power that shook Nigeria like never before. And whatever those sporadic shootings at unarmed protesters in Lekki meant on that October 20, 2020 night of horror, or did not mean in official denials […]
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The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora, Hon. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe has charged Nigerians to pray for the peace and prosperity of the nation. In a statement issued by her Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Olamilekan Olusada, the Oluyole Federal Constituency representative joined millions of Muslims to celebrate this year’s Eid-el Maulud in […]
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Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde As Governor’s Wife pledges intervention for orphans, less privileged Oyo State Government and the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), Akure Field Office have finalized plans on the implementation of Oyo State Social Protection and Implementation Plan. Speaking during a four-day stakeholders’ meeting held in Oyo town, the Commissioner […]
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The Executive Chairman of Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr. Nureni Adeniran has congratulated the newly elected party Chairman of the ruling People’s Democratic Party in the State, Hon. Dayo Ogungbenro, on his overwhelming victory at the State Congress. In a statement signed by the Chairman today, he said the success was a sign […]
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Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has warned his supporters not to harass, accuse or threaten his lawyers as his trial resumes on October 21 in Abuja. He said anyone, who engages in such is definitely working against him and such person or persons would not be forgiven and shall be […]
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