Nigeria at 60: Oyo First Lady hosts orphans, others
As a way of letting the joy of the celebration of the country’s 60th Independence anniversary spread around, the wife of the Oyo State governor, Mrs Tamunominini Makinde last week … Read More
Category: Politics
Ondo Poll: Time to change the taste
The recently concluded poll in Edo State passed a very strong but critical message in Nigeria political landscape, Nigerians are now becoming more politically sauvy as the known landlords are … Read More
Oyo: Local government election will not hold in 2020 — OYSIEC Chairman
The Chairman of Oyo State Independent Elelctoral Commission (OYSIEC) Barrister Abiola Isiaka Olagunju has disclosed that the much anticipated local government election earlier promised the good citizen of Oyo State … Read More
Oyo APC crisis deepens as leaders reject Akala’s Council of Elders
THE Unity Forum, a group in the Oyo State All Progressives Congress (APC), has dismissed the statement by the Akin Oke-led State Executive Council ratifying the Akala-led Council of Elders. … Read More
Buhari: No going back on petrol subsidy removal
Petrol price will continue to be dictated by market forces because the government will not go back on subsidy removal, President Muhammadu Buhari indicated on Thursday. In his broadcast to … Read More
BREAKING: We must take tough decisions ‘together’ for Nigeria — Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has emphasised the needs for government and all Nigerians to take tough decisions for Nigeria to survive. The President gave the charge in his Independence Day during … Read More
INDEPENDENCE DAY: Nigeria need a leader like Makinde— Ogbomoso South Chair
Caretaker Chairman, Ogbomoso South local government area, Hon Oyedokun Oyeniyi Timothy has said that if Nigeria was governed by leaders like Makinde in the past, the country would have been … Read More
BREAKING: Presidency reverses self on Buhari’s Independence address
President Muhammadu Buhari will address the nation by 7am on October 1 as part of activities lined up to commemorate the 60th Independence Anniversary. Though the State House had announced … Read More
UPDATED: FEC approves N13.08tr budget for 2021
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has projected a N13.08 trillion budget for 2021. Disclosing this to State House Correspondents after the weekly virtual FEC meeting presided over by President Muhammadu … Read More
Just In: Makinde reinstates 41 LAUTECH staff sacked by Ajimobi
Oyo State Government has directed that the last batch of staff of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, (LAUTECH) Ogbomoso, sacked by the last administration, be reinstated and their five months … Read More
Fuel Hike: Stop misinforming people— PDP warns Oyo APC
The Oyo state chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described a statement credited to the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that it would have been a … Read More
Ondo 2020: Heavy tension in ZLP as Obasanjo meet Mimiko ahead of election
With less than two weeks to the Ondo governorship election, the battle to secure the governorship seat ticket is getting heated. The governorship’s ambition of Agboola Ajayi may suffer heavy … Read More
Confusion as thugs disrupts Eyitayo’s rally ahead of governorship election
There was chaos and palpable tension at the rally of Jegede Eyitayo in Ondo on Tuesday, September 29 when some thugs opened fire at a crowd addressed by the PDP … Read More
Setback for 774,000 Public Works jobs take off date
THE Special Public Works (SPW) programme of the Federal Government won’t take-off tomorrow as planned. It was learnt that the Ministry of Labour and Employment has written to President Muhammadu … Read More
774,000 jobs: FG updates applicants
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo said that the ministry gave out letters of engagements to six commercial banks. Mouthpiece NGR reports that Keyamo made this … Read More
Humanitarian ministry dissociates self from diverted school feeding funds
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has dissociated itself from reports that N2.67bn meant … Read More
NLC, TUC leaders under attack for suspending strike
Labour leaders were chided on Monday for shelving the proposed strike. They suspended the industrial action in the early hours of on Monday after a marathon meeting at the Presidential … Read More
INEC begins migration to electronic voting
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced replacing manual voting with automated voting system. INEC National Chairman, Yakubu Mahmood, disclosed this on Monday. He assured Commission has taken another … Read More
Labour suspends planned strike as FG reverses electricity tariff hike
The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress have suspended the strike scheduled to commence today (Monday). This followed an agreement reached with the Federal Government at a meeting … Read More
NANS to join TUC, NLC nationwide protest
The National Asociation of Nigerian Students (NANS) has declared it will join the nationwide strike and protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday. NLC and Trade Union Congress … Read More