Frustrated GoTV subscribers demand refund after channel shutdown

Subscribers, particularly football-loving Nigerians using GoTV, a prepaid satellite cable service, were frustrated on Tuesday night when multiple channels suddenly disappeared. The outage experienced by the subscribers on Tuesday led many customers to demand compensation from Multichoice, GoTV’s parent company, during separate interviews on Wednesday. Several football fans watching on cable TV were eager to […]

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Private sector, opposition split as Tinubu reshuffles cabinet

OPS backs Tinubu as opposition, CSOs, Nigerians demand sacking of more underperforming ministers President fires five, appoints seven, reassigns 10 ministers as FG merges, scraps ministries In a significant cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday, President Bola Tinubu approved the re-assignment of 10 ministers to new portfolios, discharged five, and nominated seven new others for onward transmission […]

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Dangote refinery begins direct petrol sale to marketers

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has started supplying Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, to some oil marketers directly without recourse to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. It was gathered that while more oil marketers were intensifying efforts to buy the product directly from the plant, others were importing the commodity, as hundreds of millions […]

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Governorship: Why Ondo obas endorse Aiyedatiwa – Olowa of Igbara-Oke

Developmental projects will reflect peculiar needs of the people – Governor The Olowa of Igbara-Oke, Oba Adefarakanmi Agbede, has said that traditional rulers in Ondo State endorsed the candidature of Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa for the November 16 governorship election because he is the best hand for the State. The governor’s spokesman, Ebenezer Adeniyan in […]

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Ondo Assembly passes N96bn supplementary budget, OSOPADEC, LG bills

Ondo State House of Assembly on Wednesday passed the 2024 supplementary budget of over N96 billion into law, bringing the total budget for the year to N492.045 billion. The initially approved budget by the House was over N395 billion. The state government had proposed a supplementary budget of over N92 billion, which was revised upwards […]

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Ondo Cares: Aiyedatiwa flags off stipends disbursement to aged, vulnerable citizens

Ondo State Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa has flagged off the disbursement of N1.4 billion to unemployed youths, the elderly, and other vulnerable residents as part of the ONDO-CARES social intervention program. Performing the disbursement at an event on Wednesday at St. James’ Mega Primary School, Iro, Akure, the Governor said it signaled the administration’s commitment […]

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Ondo disburses N1.4bn to youths, elderly, vulnerable citizens

Ondo State Government has disbursed N1.4 billion to unemployed youths, the elderly, and other vulnerable residents as part of the OD-CARES social intervention programme. The official flag-off and disbursement ceremony took place on Wednesday at St. James’ Mega Primary School, Iro, Akure, signalling the administration’s commitment to improving the well-being of citizens through social investments. […]

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Ondo to establish Senior Secondary Education Board

Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa targets schools’ infrastructural development Ondo State Government has expressed readiness to align with the programmes and policies of the National Senior Secondary Education Commission, NSSEC, to build and upgrade infrastructural facilities in senior secondary schools across the state. The State Commissioner for Education, Science, and Technology, Mr Olaolu Akindolire, committed […]

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Journalism book, Media Dynamics, presented to the public

The book Media Dynamics: The Changing Face of Mass Communication was presented to the public at the premier university, the University of Ibadan, during the just concluded 6th Induction and Awards ceremony of the Certified Institute of Cooperatives and Social Enterprise Management, CICOSEMA. The book Media Dynamics: The Changing Face of Mass Communication, authored by […]

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