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PDP senator removed, Tunde Bakare, others in as APC updates campaign council

October 20, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (left) and All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, discussing on the sidelines of the Ministerial Retreat for Ministers, Permanent Secretaries and top government functionaries in State House, Abuja… yesterday The All Progressives Congress (APC) has released an updated presidential campaign council list for the 2023 election. President Muhammadu Buhari […]

#EndSARS procession: We’ll arrest participants if… – Police

October 20, 2022October 20, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

To mark the second anniversary of the #EndSARS memorial of October 20, 2020, a memorial procession was announced by Nigerian rapper, Folarin Falana, also known as Falz. According to the flier shared, the procession cars will pass through the toll gate, waving the Nigerian flags and chanting #EndSARS. A police officer who wouldn’t like his […]

The flooding tragedy

October 20, 2022October 20, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

By Abdu Rafiu When Permanent Secretary Nasir Sani Gwarzo issued his statement last Friday, alerting the nation to flood crisis that had engulfed several communities in the land, account had not been taken of the devastation in Anambra and Bayelsa states. Governor Douye Diri was paddled in a canoe through streets overtaken by floods to […]

Ekiti Speaker Afuye dies

October 19, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Funminiyi Afuye has passed on at 66. Afuye, who represents Ikere constituency 1, reportedly died on Wednesday evening at Ekiti State Teaching Hospital where he was receiving treatment after suffering cardiac arrest. He appeared at the inauguration of Governor Biodun Oyebanji on Sunday and was said […]

Brain Drain: Over 5,000 Nigerian doctors move to UK in eight years

October 19, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

Participants at One Day National Symposium on Nigeria’s Recent Health Sector Brain Drain and Its Implications for Sustainable Child and Family Health Service Delivery While Nigeria suffers from insufficient doctors and has a doctor-patient ratio over five times worse than the WHO recommendation, the country still loses hundreds of doctors annually to brain drain, a […]

Hoodlums attack Ondo hospital, steal equipment

October 19, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

Ondo State police boss, CP Oyeyemi Oyediran Ondo State Police Command on Wednesday said it had commenced investigation into the alleged attack on a hospital in Ondo Town, Ondo State by some hoodlums. The hoodlums were said to have attacked Ileri Oluwa House of Hope Hospital and carted away equipment worth millions of naira in […]

Second Niger Bridge completed – FG

October 19, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

The construction of the second Niger Bridge has been completed, the Federal Government said on Wednesday. Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, stated this in Abuja as part of the scorecard of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari 2015-2023. The former Lagos Governor also said that the bridge will soon be opened to the […]

NCC reverses 10 percent tariff increase on voice, data services

October 19, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reversed the unilateral increase of voice and data services by some Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), saying it was without the final approval of the Board of the Commission. The Commission, in a statement in Abuja by its Director of Public Affairs, Reuben Muoka, acknowledged the operating environment, which precipitated […]

‘Elesin Oba’ premiers October 28

October 19, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

A Nigerian movie, ‘Elesin Oba (The King’s Horsemen), will have a limited cinema run from October 28 to November 4, 2022. According to a statement by EbonyLife Films, the film producers, the movie which is based on real-life events in Nigeria in 1943, will feature in various cinemas including EbonyLife, Filmhouse, Genesis, and VIVA in […]

Tinubu begins campaign, unveils manifesto Friday

October 19, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

The All Progressives Congress has concluded arrangements to kick off its campaign and unveil the policy document of its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Friday. A source close to the State House told our correspondent that President Muhammadu Buhari has been given the honour of launching the manifesto and inaugurating the Presidential Campaign […]