Most Nigerian youths have never entered a library – Aregbesola

Aregbesola spoke after inaugurating a library complex built at the Akure Muslim College by children of the first indigenous Chief Imam of the Ondo State capital, the late AbdulSalaam Alake. The former Osun State governor decried the attitude of the younger generation for not making judicious use of the library to enhance knowledge. He said […]

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Bakare berates FG for clamping down on Kanu, Igboho

Dares unnamed govt official to come after him Serving Overseer of Citadel Global Community Church, formerly called The Latter Rain Assembly Lagos, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has dared an unidentified official of the Federal Government to come after him based on his recent public pronouncements.Speaking on Sunday during a sermon in his church, Bakare said: “I […]

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Igboho: Olubadan wades in, sends delegation to Cotonou

Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji, Aje Ogungunniso 1, has sent a delegation to Cotonou, Benin Republic over the court case involving Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Sunday Igboho. A statement by the first-class monarch’s Director of Media and Publicity, Adeola Oloko, did not disclose the identity of members of the delegation. […]

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‘Kanu’s trial not secret’, lawyer asks IPOB, others to attend Monday’s sitting

Aloy Ejimakor, the counsel for the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has asked IPOB members and other supporters of the separatist to attend the agitator’s trial in Abuja on Monday. He said this in a press statement titled, ‘Security agents must not molest those coming to show solidarity with Kanu’, on Sunday. […]

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OAUSTECH holds maiden security summit July 28

The Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa, Ondo State, OAUSTECH, will hold its maiden security summit on July 28. This was contained in a statement by the institution’s Registrar, Mr G. O. Saliu, which was sent to The Radiance. It said that the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Sunday Roberts Ogunduyile, “on behalf of the Senate, Management, […]

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Bandits free 28 kidnapped Kaduna school students

“We are hopeful that more would be released soon and eventually all the students.” At least 28 abducted students of the Bethel Baptist Secondary School in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have been freed by their abductors. The students who regained their freedom in the early hours of Sunday were among the 121 […]

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2023: North will make violent change inevitable if it opposes power shift —Oyebode

Erudite international scholar, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and Professor of International Law and Jurisprudence, Akin Oyebode, speaks to Dare Adekanmbi on the second anniversary of current National Assembly, the power rotation clamour, constitution amendment, among other matters. The National Assembly literally rolled out the drums in celebration of its second anniversary and the leadership […]

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FG replaces controversial RUGA with new scheme, begins camps in six states

Two years after the suspension of the controversial Rural Grazing Area scheme in July 2019, the Federal Government has introduced a replacement scheme called the Livestock Intervention Programme to address the lingering farmer-herder crisis across the country. This comes amid the Federal Government’s intensified efforts to revive colonial-era grazing routes in many states across the […]

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