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The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has decried the invasion of the South Western Nigeria by terrorists in recent times. It then challenged governments and security agencies to do more in rescuing the area from bandits. A press release by Afenifere National Publicity Secretary, Jare Ajayi, expressed the Yoruba people’s concern over the almost daily occurrences […]

Mr. Peter Obi during the flag off of ADC registration and mobilisation in Awka on Saturday. Credit: Ikenna Obianeri The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has formally registered as a member of the African Democratic Congress in the party’s ongoing membership registration and mobilisation exercise, which commenced across the 21 local […]

The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has suspended the National Legal Adviser, Kamaldeen Ajibade (SAN); National Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu; Deputy Legal Adviser, Okechukwu Osuoha; and National Organising Secretary, Umaru Bature, for one month following a court ruling that halted the party’s planned national convention. Disclosing this while addressing journalists, the PDP […]

By John Dike, Osogbo Arole Oduduwa and Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has congratulated newly appointed Nigerian ambassadors and diplomatic representatives announced by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, particularly commending Yoruba sons among the appointees. The monarch, who is also the Permanent Chairman of the Southern Nigeria Traditional Rulers Council (SNTRC) and Co-Chairman of […]

By John Dike, Osogbo A Tiv community leader at Egbe in Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State, has been kidnapped by suspected armed bandits, thus heightening tension in the area. He was reportedly kidnapped on Thursday, while working on his farm at the Aru farm settlement in the area. Sources within the community […]

President Bola Tinubu has approved the postings of 31 career and 34 non-career ambassadors to various countries and the United Nations. The Senate confirmed the ambassadors-designate last December. The postings were contained in a statement on Friday by the President’s spokesman, Mr Bayo Onanuga. Names, and missions of the non-career ambassadors/high commissioners are: SENATOR GRACE […]

Onowu and Regent of Abagana, and former Presidential aspirant, Dr Nwachukwu Anakwenze has described the establishment of state police as the best way to tackle the escalating insecurity rocking Nigeria, a solution he has been agitating for long. He praised the newly appointed Inspector General of Police, Mr Tunji Disu for inaugurating the steering committee […]

The Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex, OAUTHC, Ile Ife, has called on surgeons nationwide to refer to it “patients with resectable liver, pancreatic, and biliary cancers in good performance” for complex liver surgeries scheduled to be performed between April 7 and 11 this year. According to the facility in a statement titled ‘Call for […]

says: ‘Integrity is the Ultimate Currency of a University’ The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilesa, Osun State, Prof Taiwo Olufemi Asaolu, has declared that integrity remains the ultimate currency of any university, warning that without ethical standards, the credibility and sustainability of higher institutions would be severely undermined. He made the assertion while delivering […]

The Federal University of Agriculture (FUTA) Teaching Hospital, Akure, Ondo State, will soon establish a special support fund to assist indigent patients. It is designed especially to support vulnerable patients, particularly those requiring expensive care such as cancer treatment, dialysis and other specialised medical services. The hospital’s chief medical director, Prof. Olusegun Ojo, disclosed this […]