Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, yesterday, alerted President Muhammadu Buhari to growing feeling of frustration, disappointment and despondency among Yoruba people caused by nefarious activities of Fulani herdsmen, bandits and kidnappers, which, if not immediately addressed, could lead to other serious national catastrophes and security challenges. The revered monarch, in an open letter to […]
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By Banji Ayoola Fast Track Learning (English), a book written to help nursery and primary school children, secondary school pupils and all learners master the command and correct usage of English language within a short period, is out. Written by an accomplished journalist with many years of experience, Mr Olanrewaju Akinfenwa, the book also offers […]
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By Olanrewaju Akinfenwa There is this analogy of the road to salvation and perdition in the Holy Bible. It speaks of narrow and the broad road. Over the ages people have been warned against taking the broad road because it is filled with distractions. However, we now know the reason for this. The broad road […]
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Farmers accuse govt of lip service to economic diversification FG earmarks 1.73% against 10% Maputo declaration Failure to boost sector spells doom, ex-PAN boss warns Allocations by federal and state governments to agriculture in 2021 have fallen below five per cent, less than half way into the bottom line agreed to at the Maputo and […]
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The Ondo State Council of Obas, on Thursday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to caution his aides who comment on security of the country. The traditional rulers, who reacted over the comments made by some aides of the President on the order of Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu ejecting herdsmen from all the forest reserves […]
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Participants at the Yoruba summit organised by the Yoruba Patriots Movement have called for unity among the people with a demand that forests in the South-West should not be turned into grazing zones in order to ensure improved security in the region. The participants drawn from the six states of the South-West and representatives of […]
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Prominent Nigerians, including the immediate past President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief John Nwodo; a chieftain of Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo and the Chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum, Chief Audu Ogbeh, on Thursday said there is an urgent need to restructure Nigeria for it to attain its full potential. They made the call at the […]
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The Presidency triggered a needless controversy recently with its brash intrusion into the legitimate efforts by the Ondo State Government to secure the lives and property of residents. In an unseemly and swift reaction to an order by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu to cattle herders to vacate the state’s forest reserves that had become hideouts and […]
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Scientists and researchers at the Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, and the ABUAD Multi-system Hospital, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, on Thursday, said they had a breakthrough in understanding why humans were more vulnerable to infections by the new variant of COVID-19, popularly known as N501Y SARS-CoV-2 mutant. The bio-medical scientists and researchers, led by Dr […]
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The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasaheed Akanbi has slammed the Caretaker Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Osun State, Abdulrasaq Salinsile. This followed allegation that three commissioners in the Governor Adegboyege Oyetola administration stalled his chieftaincy installation as Otun of Oluwo. Salinsile, at a news conference in Osogbo, had said the court order […]
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