Hepatitis vaccinatIon The Shafa Foundation has disclosed that 125 people tested positive for hepatitis, while 1,096 others were vaccinated during a recent outreach in Bauchi State. The figures emerged from a screening exercise involving 1,283 residents of Kirfi, Shafa, and Tudu communities. The three-day free hepatitis screening, counselling, and vaccination programme was organised by the […]
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A former Ogun State Governor, and Senator representing Ogun East, Gbenga Daniel, has cried out that the incumbent Governor Dapo Abiodun administration wants to demolish his private residence in Sagamu, The Asoludero Court, andConference Hotels Limited, among others because of politics. In a statement on Saturday, he described the plan as a blatant disregard for […]
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Akure Chief Imam, Alhaji AbdulHakeem Yayi-Akorede, has urged Nigerians to properly understand gender roles from the Islamic perspective, stressing that there is no basis for rivalry between men and women as God has clearly defined the responsibilities of both genders. He spoke in an exclusive interview on Friday during the formal opening of the 34th […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo To boost safety awareness and improve emergency preparedness, Osun State Government has started fire safety and disaster management training for public and private secondary schools statewide. The programme, jointly organised by the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Education, kicked off at Osogbo Grammar School. It was flagged off […]
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Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has constituted a five-mwmber Ondo State Football Agency Management Committee to revitalise state-owned football clubs, It comprises individuals with diverse expertise in sports management and will operate directly under the Governor’s office. A statement by his spokesman, Ebenezer Adeniyan, listed the committee members as: Divine Ogbonnaya – General Manager; Segun […]
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A former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Chief Audu Ogbeh, has died. The ex-Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development in the departed President Muhammadu Buhari administration, died on Saturday at 78. His family said in a statement on Saturday that the elder statesman died peacefully on Saturday. According to the statement, “It […]
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reaffirms Tinubu’s 2027 Victory in Osun By John Dike, Osogbo The Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Olanipekun Larooye II, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu over the continued withholding of Osun State’s local government allocations. He said that traditional rulers across the state may personally take their fatherly appeal directly to the President in Abuja […]
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By John Dike Osogbo The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will advance voting right to inmates in correctional facilities natiomwide in future elections. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, gave this assurance on Friday during a courtesy visit by the Controller General of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Sylvester Ndidi Nwakuche, at the Commission’s headquarters in […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, on Monday, flagged off the dualisation of Ila Township Road as part of his administration’s sweeping infrastructure agenda. This landmark collaboration he said reaffirms his commitment to delivering impactful projects across the state. Speaking at the flag-off ceremony in Ila-Orangun, Adeleke said the first phase of […]
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as Ijesa-North APC ieaders declare support for AMBO By John Dike, Osogbo Amid swirling rumour of a possible defection by Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), leading APC gubernatorial hopeful and Managing Director of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji […]
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