The Oyo State House of Assembly has given the Governor Seyi Makinde’s executive arm of government an approval collect 10 billion naira loan to improve infrastructures in the State. The infrastructural loan which will be obtained from First Bank plc, United Bank Africa and Unity Bank plc, was approved by the State lawmakers during their…
Sounds of gunshots rocked the air as members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) otherwise known as Shi’ites returned to the streets of Abuja on Tuesday. The IMN members, who are demanding the release of Ibrahim Zakzaky, their leader, clashed with the police on Monday. At least 15 people were killed in the violence…
The body of the Channels reporter, Precious Owolabi has been sent to his parents in Zaria, in Kaduna State, The Nation reported. The reporter, a 23 old corp member died after he was hit at the scene of the Shi’ite protest in Abuja by a stray bullet. The Management of the television announced his death…
Mr. Sunday Akin Dare is the Executive Commissioner (Stakeholder Management) of the Nigerian Communications Commission. Until his appointment, he was the Convener of the Social Media Clinic (SMC), a Media/Information Technology (New Media) initiative committed to educating private citizens on IT development and also in the use of telecommunication as an information tool and creating…
Contrary to expectation from People of Oyo State on who wins ministerial slot from the state, the Ogbomoso born, Sunday Dare has been picked as nominee from the state. Before now, speculation was rife that the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bayo Adelabu, who lost out to Governor Seyi Makinde at the 2019 gubernatorial…
The Federal Government is considering the proscription of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN). This resolution was reached at a meeting President Muhammadu Buhari had with security operatives in the country. It would be recalled that President Buhari met with security chiefs at the presidential villa, Abujaon Monday after the group’s attack. At the emergency…
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, on Tuesday said the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government refused to obey Justice Gabriel Kolawole’s order on the release of the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheikh Ibraheem el-Zakzakky, because it appealed the ruling. Adesina said this during an interview on…
The Channels Television reporter who was shot at the scene of the clash between members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), otherwise known as Shiites, and the police is dead. His death was announced during the 10pm news bulletin of the station. He was identified as Precious Owolabi, a member of the National Youth…
A new pan Yoruba socio -cultural organisation, Omoluabi Association, has been launched in the Royal Kingdom of Holland. In a statement issued in Holland and made available to the newsmen on Monday by the Convener, Chief (Mrs) Shola Omolana King, said it is worthy of note that our association is not solely for the Yorubas…
Two middle aged men , working at a quarry site in Ibadan lost their lives on Monday when the quarry suddenly caved in on the workers at Ologuneru, along Eleyele-Eruwa road area of the city. Many others who were said to be working at the site also suffered varying decrees of injuries . The Oyo…
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