2023: Group takes voter education to Kwara community, charges residents to shun voter apathy

AHEAD of 2023 general elections, a group under the aegis of Literacy Assured Initiative, based in Ilorin, Kwara State has encouraged indigenes and residents of Ile Apa Community, Ilorin East … Read More

Tension as Ex-minister escapes death in Cross River

A former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs and governorship candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party in Cross River narrowly escaped being killed by suspected kidnappers along the Calabar-Ikom highway. The … Read More

PSC suspends promotion of 11 DCPs, 8 CPs

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has suspended the promotion of eight Commissioners of Police to the rank of Assistant Inspectors General and 11 Deputy Commissioners of Police to the next … Read More

No road will be left in poor condition in Oyo state— Makinde

The Chairman, Oyo State Road Maintenance Agency (OYSROMA), Hon. Busoye Ogunlade has assured the good people of Oyo state that no road would be left in poor condition in the … Read More

BREAKING: Winner emerges in Abia PDP governorship primary   

Chief Okey Ahiwe, the immediate past Chief of Staff to Abia State Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, has won the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship primary election in the state. Following the … Read More

Zulum to Banks: Dispense New Notes Or We Revoke Your Land 

Except for those with verifiable constraints such as lacking supplies from the Central Bank of Nigeria, Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has directed that any bank which refuses … Read More

Naira Scarcity: Exercise patience, join the queues, return next day if you couldn’t get— CBN tells Nigerians 

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has told Nigerians to exercise patience and calmly join queues to swap their new naira notes at any commercial … Read More

Prince Amb (Dr) Adedipe Dauda Ewenla presents self as House of Reps hopeful for Alimosho Constituency 

A renowned grassroots politician and philanthropist, Prince Amb (Dr)Adedipe Dauda Ewenla, has presented himself to indigenes and residents of Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State, as the next House … Read More

Naira Saga: Stop shedding crocodile tears, APC must apologize to Nigerians— Oyo PDP tells Folarin 

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo state has berated the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the coming election, Senator Teslim Folarin, over a press release … Read More

Naira/Fuel scarcity: Makinde deploys free buses in Oyo, says govt won’t condone violent protests

Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has announced the deployment of free Omituntun transport buses to ease the pains of the people of the state from the twin crisis of naira … Read More

ICPC arrests bank manager over ‘ATMs loaded with cash prevented from dispensing’

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it has arrested the manager of a bank in Osogbo, the Osun capital, over ATMs loaded with naira notes … Read More

Oyo police warn protesting youths against violence

Following the protest over scarcity of fuel and new naira notes in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Friday, the state police command has warned youths to avoid being used … Read More

New naira scarcity: Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina border residents trade in CFA

Residents of border communities in states including Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina, Adamawa and Kwara have opted for the CFA franc following the scarcity of the new naira notes across the country. … Read More

Tension as man slumps, dies on bank queue

A yet-to-be-identified man has slumped and died at a bank in Agbor, Delta State after standing in a queue for several hours. The incident occurred on Thursday at a bank … Read More

Afenifere Ipinle Oyo endorses Makinde for second term

….urges FG, CBN to end fuel scarcity, unavailability of new Naira notes The Afenifere Ipinle Oyo, the Oyo State chapter of the pan-Yoruba sociopolitical organisation, Afenifere, has declared its support … Read More

Man dies inside Bank after several hours to withdraw cash 

A yet to be identified man allegedly slumped and died at a bank in Agbor, Delta state after waiting for several hours to withdraw cash. The incident happened inside the … Read More

Makinde flags off Omi Adio-Ido road, suspends campaign over hardship faced by Nigerians

….we are all victims of ongoing hardship-Campaign DG Governor of Oyo State and governorship standard-bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the March 11 governorship election, ‘Seyi Makinde, has … Read More

Policeman injured as protesters from Gate storm secretariat, other areas over Naira note scarcity, fuel hardship 

MOUTHPIECE NGR reports that Hundreds of protesters on Friday stormed the Oyo State Secretariat, Agodi Ibadan over naira note scarcity and fuel hardship. The angry protesters who are mainly traders … Read More

BREAKING: Buhari seeks 7 days to decide on currency redesign crisis

Amidst the current crisis trailing the naira redesign and distribution, President Muhammadu Buhari has said he would in one week to take a major decision. A statement by his media … Read More

Omituntun Solidarity Group Welcomes Makinde, Campaign Council To Oluyole Saturday 

A sociopolitical group within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo state, Omituntun Solidarity Group (OSG) has expressed its readiness to receive the state governor, Seyi Makinde, the deputy governor, … Read More