APC’s claim that Atiku is not Nigerian reckless, diversionary – PDP

says its candidate will retrieve mandate in court Opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described as “reckless and groundless” claims by the All Progressives Congress, APC, that its Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, is a Cameroonian. It described the argument is a calculated attempt by the ruling party to trivialise and divert attention from the compelling […]

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Ondo NUJ mourns ace broadcaster, Nike Thompson

The Ondo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), on Sunday expressed rude shock and deep sorrow over the passage of ace broadcaster, Adenike Thompson. The deceased, a former Director, News and Current Affairs at the Ondo State Radiovision Corporation (OSRC) died on Saturday afternoon at a private hospital in Akure during a […]

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Queues return as labour, energy experts differ on subsidy

Federal Government’s tacit endorsement of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) advice on fuel subsidy removal has already triggered far-reaching consequences, with most petroleum marketers hoarding or rationing Premium Motor Spirit (PMS). Expectedly, this has led to fuel queues appearing across the country. The planned subsidy removal notwithstanding, the inability of the Federal Government and depot […]

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Oluwatunmise Idowu, 14-year-old Maths whiz kid eyes victory

Oluwatunmise Idowu is a 14-year-old student of Scholars Universal Secondary School, Ota, Ogun State. She became famous in 2016, when she broke the record in the Cowbellpedia Mathematics Television. In 2015, Ayodeji Akinkuowo of Adeyemi Demonstration College, Ondo State had set the record by answering 15 questions in 60 seconds. Idowu, the daughter of a […]

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APC cannot redefine who qualifies as a Nigerian – Atiku

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, on Saturday, said he has been vindicated in his submission that he has verifiable and incontrovertible evidence to show that the last presidential elections were fraudulent, not credible and did not reflect the will of the Nigerian people. He said the […]

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Kudirat, executed by Saudi Arabia, might be innocent

Some Nigerians on death row in Saudi Arabia innocent – Envoy On Monday, April 1, 2019, the Saudi Arabian government executed Kudirat Adesola Afolabi, a mother of two, after finding her guilty of drug trafficking. It was an execution that sparked outrage and drew mixed emotions back in her homeland of Nigeria.  Reacting to the execution, […]

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Kudirat Afolabi’s execution by Saudi Arabia: We are not to blame – Nigeria

Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has refuted report that it ignored the call to intervene in Saudi Arabia’s execution of Mrs Kudirat Adesola Afolabi, a Nigerian woman caught for drug trafficking. The Spokesperson of the ministry, Sarah Sanda, said in Abuja that the report was a complete falsehood. “The attention of the Ministry of Foreign […]

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Ajibefun stresses significance of microbial elements

The need to take advantage of interaction of micro and macro elements for the benefit of the environment has been brought to the fore at the maiden edition of a one-day National Symposium and inauguration of the Nigerian Society for Microbial Ecology, NSME, held at Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State. The Society is […]

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AAUA boosts farmers

Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, has demonstrated its responsiveness to meeting societal needs and contributing to the social and economic needs of its community as the Institution’s teaching and research farms have become a source of food security and meeting the agro-allied needs of farmers and people in its locality. The University’s demonstration farms, which […]

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