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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has ordered a manhunt for the terrorists responsible for a deadly attack on communities in Niger State that left more than 40 people dead and many others abducted. In a statement on Sunday personally signed by him, the President said he had directed the Minister of Defence, the […]

FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Ajibola Basiru ‎‎ The National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Ajibola Basiru, has fired back at the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, asking him to resign his ministerial position and focus on what he described as his obsession with Rivers […]

By John Dike, Osogbo The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), under the leadership of Comrade Arikawe S. Ade, has extended New Year greetings to its members while expressing concern over the continued non-payment of outstanding salary arrears by the Ondo State Government. In a New Year message to members, the Union acknowledged the hardship […]

By John Dike, Osogbo The Catholic Diocese of Issele-Uku in Delta State has announced the death of the Parish Priest of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Boji-Boji Agbor, Very Rev. Fr. Dr. Stephen Chukwuma. In a statement issued by the Director of Communications of the Diocese, Very Rev. Fr. Dr. Charles Uganwa, the Diocese […]

By John Dike, Osogbo Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, CFR, Ojaja II, has described Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, as a visionary reformer, declaring that the state possesses the agricultural capacity to feed the entire nation. He made the remark on Friday evening during a private meeting with Governor Zulum at […]

Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko lecturer, Dr Samuel Sedara asks politicians to be accountable A University don, Dr Samuel  Sedara, has called on Nigerian politicians to be transparent and accountable to the people, emphasizing that the country’s wealth belongs to the citizens, not the rulers. Sedara, a Physicist, Science and Human rights activist at the […]

By Mike Dike Osogbo Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, CFR, Ojaja II, is in Maiduguri, Borno State, for the convocation ceremony of Ibrahim Kazim University, where he was recently appointed Chancellor. The revered monarch, who is the Permanent Chairman of the Southern Nigeria Traditional Rulers Council (SNTRC) and Permanent Co-Chairman of the National […]

Mohammed Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, and the Minister of the Federal Capital, Territory, Nyesom Wike, were on Thursday locked in a war of words over allegations of terrorism financing levelled against the Bauchi governor. Appearing on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, Mohammed alleged a political witch-hunt by President Bola Tinubu, adding that Wike was behind […]

Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has freed 77 inmates in exercise of his prerogative of mercy. This action was in line with the recommendation of the State Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy to extend clemency to 77 convicts across correctional facilities in the state. A statement by his spokesman, Ebenezer Adeniyan, said the gesture […]

By John Dike, Osogbo The Permanent Chairman of the Southern Nigeria Traditional Rulers Council (SNTRC), the ancestral and cultural head of the Yoruba nation, Arole Oodua Olofin Adimula and Natural Head of the Yoruba Race worldwide, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, CFR, Ojaja II, has prayed for Nigerians at home and in […]