Category: News

Vice President Kashim Shettima has said Nigeria “has no business being poor” given its vast agricultural and natural resources. Shettima stated this on Wednesday while delivering a keynote address at … Read More

The Oyo State Police Command has arrested three suspected members of a railway vandalism syndicate and recovered stolen railway tracks valued at about ₦200 million in an intelligence-led operation. The … Read More

The Executive Chairman of the Oyo State Road Maintenance Agency, OYSROMA, Hon. Busoye Ogunlade, has commended Governor Seyi Makinde for approving the construction of the 4-kilometre Idi-Igba-Akinmorin Road in Ilora, … Read More

A nation rises or falls depending on the knowledge of its leaders. When those entrusted with power lack the understanding of the offices they hold, decisions become guesses, policies become … Read More

Four suspected terrorists who were critically injured during the rescue operation that freed the abducted Orire schoolchildren later died in hospital, while other suspects are being prepared for prosecution. Former … Read More

The Allied Peoples’ Movement, APM, has defended its presidential candidate and Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, over his call for a United Nations-backed investigation into the recent abduction of schoolchildren … Read More

Residents across the five Ibadan local government areas and Ibarapa zone have called on the Senator representing Oyo South Senatorial District, Oba Sarafadeen Alli, to give a detailed account of … Read More

The Federal Government has approved a special production-linked tax credit for Shell Plc’s Bonga Southwest Aparo deepwater oil project in a move aimed at unlocking an estimated $20 billion in … Read More

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday declared that his administration is delivering on its promise to strengthen the rule of law and rebuild confidence in Nigeria’s institutions, as he commissioned … Read More

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has suspended the flight crew involved in the recent Asaba airport incident and barred them from operating in Nigerian airspace. The Authority also grounded … Read More

The Police Service Commission, PSC, has released the names of successful applicants in the ongoing recruitment of 50,000 Police Constables into the Nigeria Police Force. The Commission said the exercise … Read More

Economic reforms and investment-friendly policies introduced by the Oyo State Government under Governor Seyi Makinde have continued to attract investors from the diaspora, with stakeholders describing the state as one … Read More

The Federal Government has launched a nationwide vocational and skills acquisition programme for more than 18,000 artisans and unemployed Nigerians. Training is set to begin on Tuesday at 229 accredited … Read More

Former Vice President and African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has called for an independent investigation into the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council, PFIPC, scandal, alleging attempts by … Read More

Only three political parties were yet to upload the names of their presidential and vice-presidential candidates to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, portal as of the 11:59pm Tuesday deadline … Read More

The Delta State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a 44-year-old popular content creator simply identified as Odogwu Asaba. The suspect was arrested for allegedly raping a 21-year-old girl … Read More

The ancient town of Igboho came alive on Wednesday as the Allied Peoples’ Movement, APM, gubernatorial candidate, Hon. Bimbo Adekanmbi, and his running mate, Engr. Muftau Open-Salawu, continued their Thank … Read More

The Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Justice Husseini Baba-Yusuf, has described the welfare of judicial officers as an institutional necessity rather than a privilege, saying … Read More

The kidnapping of schoolchildren and teachers in Orire, Oyo State, is not merely another security incident to be swallowed by the endless churn of Nigerian bad news. It is a … Read More