Ex-Presidential aspirant Anakwenze says state police best solution to Nigeria’s insecurity, commends new IGP Disu for setting up steering committee

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 […]

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OAU Teaching Hospital invites patients for complex liver surgeries

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 […]

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Osun Governor describes brother, Deji at 69 as blessing to humanity

Dr Deji Adeleke By John Dike, Osogbo Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has described his elder brother, renowned businessman and philanthropist, Adedeji Tajudeen Adeleke, as a blessing to humanity. He spoke while celebrating his elder brother on his 69th birthday. In a statement issued on Friday in Osogbo by his spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, the […]

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Don recommends Governance Integrity Index to NUC for ranking universities

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 […]

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FUTA Teaching Hospital to set up fund for indigent patients

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 […]

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US-Iran conflict: Dangote, marketers trade words over petrol price

Amid the escalating tensions in the Middle East, data from the Major Energies Marketers Association of Nigeria has shown that a litre of imported petrol is about N64 cheaper than the one produced by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery. However, the refinery debunked the report, challenging importers to defy the ongoing airstrikes in the Middle East […]

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IPAC Threatens 2027 Election Boycott Over Electoral Act 2026

By John Dike, Osogbo The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has warned that political parties under its umbrella may boycott the 2027 Nigerian General Elections if the National Assembly fails to urgently amend contentious provisions in the Electoral Act 2026. In a communiqué issued after its General Assembly meeting at the council’s national secretariat in Abuja, […]

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