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Oyo State Governor, Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde on Wednesday announced he was ready to deploy Amotekun corp members to all the state’s 351 wards. He said this while attending the passing-out ceremony of the Amotekun Corps in Oyo Town. Amotekun is a regional security outfit conceived by South-West states. “This afternoon, we held the passing-out ceremony…
Popular Nigerian singer/songwriter, Simi has taken to her social media page to lambaste Nigerian leaders over what she tagged ‘wickedness’ for allowing the ASSU strike linger on. Popular Nigerian singer/songwriter, Simi has taken to her social media page to lambaste Nigerian leaders over what she tagged ‘wickedness’ for allowing the ASSU strike linger on. The…
The Super Eagles settled for respective draws against John Keister’s men, over two legs which delays their qualification for Afcon 2022 Minister of Sports and Youth Development in Nigeria, Sunday Dare is unconvinced by Gernot Rohr’s competence as Super Eagles coach after their goalless draw against Sierra Leone on Tuesday. The three-time African champions failed…
Speaker of Ogun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Olakunle Taiwo Oluomo, has guaranteed members of the State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), led by Comrade Waheed Oloyede, of the Assembly’s Commitment to the welfare of the elderly and the physically challenged, as he is putting together a bill that will create…
Some unknown gunmen on Wednesday murdered Engr. Mufutau Olayemi, a lecturer at D.S Adegbenro ICT Polytechnic, Itori, Ogun State. Olayemi, who is Head, Department of Electrical Engineering at the polytechnic, was shot dead by the suspected assassins on his way home from a conference. He was shot several times while his assailants left without removing…
The Ogun State Government has called on all residents to be at alert for possible diseases of public health concern which are common during dry season In a release by the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker, the likes of Yellow Fever, Measles and particularly Cholera, which is a water and food borne disease, are…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Tuesday, told students and parents to not expect suspension of its ongoing strike anytime soon. The union’s Abuja Zonal Coordinator, Prof. Theophilus Lagi gave the announcement during a press briefing in Abuja and also told lecturers to seek alternative means of survival. Lagi, who accused the federal…
The President of the United States Donald Trump on Tuesday fired the government’s top election security official, Chris Krebs who had rejected the president’s unsubstantiated claims of massive fraud in the 2020 election he lost. Trump announced on Twitter the termination “effective immediately” of Chris Krebs, who leads the agency that jointly declared “the November…
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) yesterday restated its commitment to full conformity with crude oil production curtailment plan agreed to by members in April, following a devastating fall in prices. At the 24th meeting of the Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC), which took place via video conference, the cartel said that it was…
The German tactician failed to correct the disappointment of a capitulation at home, and may pay the ultimate price for his inflexibility Of all the possible outcomes following the eight-goal extravaganza between the two sides last Friday, a goalless draw in the return leg in Freetown was perhaps the least expected. Really though, it should…
