Oyo State government has assured of its readiness to support the 2019 Ijala festival initiated by Ona-Ara Development Council in Ibadan, the State capital. Ijala rendition is an African oral poetry that is chanted by the Yoruba people to celebrate and commiserate and foremost among the major Ijala chanters was Late Chief Ogundare Foyanmu. The…
A 35-year man identified as Idorenyin Essien has been arrested by the police in Akwa Ibom for allegedly burning his son to death for stealing N500 in Eket local government area of the state. According to the state police spokesperson, Odiko Mac-Don Achibe, the incident occurred last Friday at Afia Nsit community in Eket. Achibe…
Oyo State Government has directed that the 10,000 metric tonnes of silo project at Aawe in Oyo township be completed by the Contractor, Rahvet International Limited. The contract had been a subject of litigation when the last administration revoked the contract which the contractor claimed was at 68% completion stage and the contractor headed for…
The President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday expressed “deep concern,” over the attacks on Nigerian citizens and property in South Africa since August 29, 2019. Following reports of the attack, Buhari despatched special envoy to his South African counterpart, President Cyril Ramaphosa. This was contained in a statement by Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity,…
Angry mob has set one of the MTN offices on fire in Apapa, Lagos, has been set on fire. The angry Nigerians were protesting the recent xenophobic attacks and launched the attack as retaliation of attack on Nigerians in South Africa. MTN is a telecommunications company owned by South Africans. Twitter user @milksha64693019, shared the…
“Three people were killed while another person is receiving treatment for inhaling the smoke.”, Sahara Reporters reported Over 50 shops belonging to foreign nationals including Nigerians in South Africa were set ablaze in an overnight attack on foreigners by xenophobes in the country. The attack, which occurred late on Sunday, saw a group of violent…
The internet went agog few minutes ago after Davido announced that he is finally getting married to his long time girlfriend, Chef Chioma, Pearlsnews reported. Today, Monday, September 2, their families met and from all indications they met for their first introduction – getting familiar with each family member. The excited baby daddy shared the…
Following his disrupt birthday drama by police, a car dealer base in Lagos has retrieved the car he sold to Bobrisky over an alleged unpaid balance. The car dealer in his post on social media claimed Bob bought the car on credit to celebrate his birthday, making just a part payment on the car and…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State led government on Monday announced that it has deployed 100 traffic managers to the Lagos-Ibadan expressway to direct and ease traffic. The decision was also to make the road less congested for users following a disclosure by contractors handling the reconstruction of the road that parts of the road…
In continuation of its 10th year anniversary, an advocacy organization focuses on addressing carnage on the roads and safety consciousness among road users in the country, the Road Accident Information & Rescue Organization (RAIRO) has set to bring top government and private recue organizations and major stakeholders to Ibadan to attend National Rescue Summit. The…
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