Ondo declares 3 days of mourning, prayer for departed SSG

Aiyedatiwa pays condolence visit to Oluwatuyi’s family, promises support The departed Secretary to the Government of Ondo State, Hon. Temitayo Oluwatuyi, lived a fulfilled life and made positive impacts on many people, Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa has said. The Governor stated this when he led members of the State Executive Council on a condolence visit […]

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Teachers, pupils prepare for Monday’s school resumption in Lagos, Ogun, Delta, others

Pupils of Government Girls Secondary School, Dutse, return to school after Christmas and New Year holidays in Abuja…on Sunday. Photo: Olukayode Jaiyeola Teachers, pupils and parents are currently upbeat as primary and secondary schools resume in most states on Monday. States where pupils will be resuming for second term after the Christmas and New Year […]

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Ondo declares 3 days of mourning, prayer for departed SSG

– Aiyedatiwa pays condolence visit to Oluwatuyi’s family, promises support The departed Secretary to the Government of Ondo State, Hon. Temitayo Oluwatuyi, lived a fulfilled life and made positive impacts on many people, Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa has said. The Governor stated this when he led members of the State Executive Council on a condolence […]

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Adelami, Tunji-Ojo, Kekemeke bid Ondo SSG farewell

Ondo State Deputy Governor,  Dr Olayide Adelami, Interior Minister, Hon Olubunmi Tunji Ojo and the National Vice Chairman, Southwest of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Hon. Duerimini Isaac Kekemeke have condoled the family, Government and people of Ondo State over the passage of the Secretary to the State Government, Hon Temitayo Oluwatuyi. The politician popularly […]

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Poultry Farmers: Between low sale and high cost of chicken

For many poultry farmers, year 2024 will not be forgotten in a hurry, considering the series of challenges that almost ran the sector aground. Based on reports, while many farms were shut down, others were running skeletal operations, as others moved to other line of businesses, due to their inability to cope with the hardship […]

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2025: Clerics deliver prophecies of hope, warning to Nigerians

Nigerian pastors have delivered prophecies for 2025, with many assuring citizens of hope while others warn of dangers ahead. In his prophecy, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, urged Nigerians to pray against an increase in natural disasters, including violent storms, floods, and fire outbreaks. The General […]

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Cost of revenue collection hit N924.73b in 2024 amid calls for scrapping

The cost of revenue collection by Nigeria’s key revenue-collecting agencies—namely the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), and Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC)—has continued to rise despite improved technology that has made revenue collection easier and more efficient. The NCS receives 7 per cent of customs levies and duties, the FIRS […]

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Bring human traffickers to justice

Human-trafficking The festering rights abuse, killings, exploitation, rape, and horror associated with human trafficking over the years have made it compelling for the government to devise a comprehensive strategy to check this “modern slavery.” According to a report (Al Jazeera), Eniola (not real name), 28, abandoned her domestic work in Nigeria and jumped at the […]

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Opposition faults Tinubu’s N14.3bn budget for 20 MDAs’ computers

Major opposition parties in the country have kicked against the Federal Government’s plan to spend N14.3 billion for the procurement of new computers for 20 of its Ministries, Departments and Agencies as highlighted in the 2025 Appropriation Bill. The criticism comes two weeks after Tinubu presented a N49.7 trillion budget to the joint session of […]

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