Jimi Solanke Barely one week after the remains of popular actor and king of Oja Village, Dejumo Lewis, was committed to Mother Earth, the arts community was thrown into another mourning mood on Monday, as it lost the veteran actor, dramatist, folk singer, poet, and playwright, Jimi Solanke, at the age of 81. The artiste […]
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• Children at risk of acute malnutrition as harsh environment cripples poultry industry• Cost of eggs triple in 15 months, farmers abandon business• Soybean growers snub industry, take products to border to earn foreign currencies• 9 out of every 10 children lack access to egg Stakeholders in the poultry business are worried that unless urgent […]
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On Wednesday, the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos ordered the Federal Government to fix the prices of goods and petroleum products within seven days from today. Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa granted the order sequel to an originating motion filed and argued by the applicant, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana. Falana had dragged the Price […]
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By Abdu Rafiu Every action is preceded by thoughts and volition. In volition lies what the thoughts intend to achieve sanctioned by the power of decision. Volition thus springs from the will. Thoughts are fed into the heart which is the hearth, the base and seat of our volition to trigger it. When the thoughts […]
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The National Association of Nigerian Students(NANS) has decried the general rising cost of goods and services in the country, saying the development is not what the students and generality of Nigerians bargained for from President Bola Tinubu-led government. The students’ body said economic hardship in the country is increasingly taking a huge toll on them and their parents and […]
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Oyo State Government has identified three suspects in connection with the recent explosion at Bodija, Ibadan for possible prosecution. The three persons of interest comprise immediate and extended family members of the main person who rented the property but is said to have left Nigeria about three years ago on health grounds. Other persons of interest are […]
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The Alara of Ara in the Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti State, Oba Adebayo Fatoba, has narrated how he managed to escape from gunmen who attacked and killed two of his colleagues last Monday. Fatoba, along with two other monarchs from the state – Onimojo of Imojo Ekiti in Oye LG and the Elesun […]
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The new commissioner for police in Ekiti, Adeniran Akinwale has assured the people of the state that the command under his leadership would review the security architecture for optimum performance. Akinwale, who spoke with newsmen at the command’s headquarters in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital on Wednesday upon his assumption, explained that he would lead the command in […]
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Marketers have expressed fears that there might be a scarcity of petrol if the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited fails to make the product available to depot owners and other dealers. They said the long queues being experienced in filling stations and some parts of Ogun State might eventually spread to other parts of the […]
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Worried by the protracted strike embarked upon by the Osun State chapter of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria JUSUN, Governor Ademola Adeleke has asked all leaders of the Union to resolve all pending issues and resume work. Also, he called for an amicable resolution of the ongoing strike action by the state chapter of […]
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