…charges him to be good ambassador of State Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has congratulated the newly-appointed Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr. Sunday Dare, charging him to bring his wealth of experience to bear in transforming and repositioning the ministry. Governor Makinde urged the Ogbomoso-born minister to be a good ambassador of Oyo…
The Pro National Conference Organisations (PRONACO) and followers of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the national leader of All Progressive Congress (APC) on Thursday opposed the choice of Prof. Adebanji Akintoye as the new Yoruba leader. Akintoye have been adopted as the fourth Yoruba leader coming after late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Pa Adekunle Ajasin and Senator…
Federal University Oye-Ekiti, (FUOYE), is rewarding selfless service to humanity by honouring exemplary personalities who have genuinely dedicated their lives in service to the nation. This, the university is doing by honouring three outstanding personalities including 86-year old Imam Abubakar Abdullahi who had saved 262 Christians that would have been killed by insurgents in northern…
A former House of Representatives member, Hon. Dada Awoleye has described how the immediate-past Governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi pulled him out of All Progressives Congress (APC) party adding that Ajimobi was not a true democrat who doesn’t believed in internal democracy, LiveTimesng reports. He made this known on Wednesday in Ibadan, while speaking…
The 21 kings installed by former Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi’s administration two years ago amid controversies may lose their crowns soon, it was learnt on Wednesday, The Nation report. Ajimobi, in a well-attended ceremony, handed the instruments of office to the kings in August 27, 2017 at the historic Mapo Hall, Ibadan. It followed…
The new Minister of Youth Development and Sports, Mr. Sunday Dare, on Wednesday said his office will design programmes that would ensure the development of youth beyond sports. Dare stated this when he officially resumed at the ministry shortly after his inauguration by President Muhammadu Buhari. “I am not unaware of the challenges facing the…
The 82 Division of the Nigerian Army has dismissed Lance Cpl. Ajayi Johnson, who allegedly killed a commercial motorcyclist, Mr. Chimaobi Nwaogu, at Umoukereke Ngwa in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State. The Deputy Director, Public Relations of the Division, Col. Aliyu Yusuf, announced this in a statement issued in Enugu on Wednesday. Yusuf…
The Plateau High Court on Wednesday ordered that a 37-year-old woman, Adeyola Afonja, who allegedly beat her eight-year-old daughter to death for stealing N350, be remanded in prison custody. The Police charged Afonja, who resides in Etobaba Village, Jos North, with culpable homicide, an offence punishable with death if convicted. Justice S.P. Gang gave the…
The Federal Government through the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has increased the tariff payable by power consumers across the country. Findings from various documents obtained from the NERC on Wednesday in Abuja showed that beginning from next year, power consumers will have to pay an additional sum of between N8 and N14 for every kilowatt-hour…
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