A commercial motorcyclist, Wednesday, killed himself by jumping into Osun river in Osogbo, Osun state capital. The incident happened around 4:15pm at Gbodofon bridge, old governor’s office, along Ibadan road, Osogbo. It was gathered that the motorcyclist came down on his motorcycle and jumped into the river. Eyewitness account revealed that he was receiving call immediately he parked his motorcycle Read More
Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr has called up a total of 30 players for next month’s opening rounds of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualifying campaign, in which Nigeria will host Liberia in Lagos on Friday, 3rd September (Day 1) and tackle Cape Verde in Mindelo on Tuesday, 7th September (Day 2). Franco-German Rohr has stuck largely with Read More
The last military administrator in Osun state, Col. Theophilus Bamigboye, Tuesday disclosed that he settled Ife/Modakeke crisis with prayer. He described Osun as a complex society that is not easy to govern because of the level of exposure of people of the state. Speaking on a private radio station “Rave fm” in Osogbo, in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of Read More
The Commissioner of Police, Osun State Command, CP Olawale Olokode, and community leaders in Modakeke and Ile-ife have appealed to residents of the two towns to avoid any action that may lead to renewed war. The advice came on the heels of killing of five farmers by unknown assailants at Alape via Modakeke, Friday morning. The CP in a statement Read More
A voluntary think-tank group of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) on the platform of Legacy Awareness and Campaign (APC-LAC), said the tide has turned against the dreaded Boko Haram and Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) responsible for the insecurity in Nigeria. The APC group also revealed that “the increased pressure being brought to bear on the insurgents Read More
Barcelona president Joan Laporta has opened up on the club’s “very worrying” financial situation, revealing the Catalan club are £1.15 billion in debt. Laporta blamed his predecessor Josep Bartomeu for a “terrible inheritance” which he says sees club salaries representing 103 per cent of income at the Nou Camp. Speaking at a live press conference Laporta said: “Our salaries represent Read More
A caucus of the All Progreasives Congress (APC) in Osun state, ‘The Osun Progressives’ (TOP), Sunday alleged that suspected thugs who wore Oyetola’s inscribed cap disrupted the Saturday hearing of ward congress appeal. A statement by Chairman of TOP, Elder Lowo Adebiyi, made available to newsmen in Osogbo, alleged that the thugs that stormed the APC secretariat, venue of the Read More
Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, has pledged five million monthly to the Federal Fire Service (FFS) for the maintenance of firefighting trucks in the state. He made the promise during the commissioning of one modern firefighting truck, Basic Life Support Ambulance (BLS) and one water tanker in Port Harcourt. In a statement released Friday in Abuja and signed by the Read More
Residents of Okene local government area of Kogi state have appealed to the federal government and Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) to as a matter of urgency attend to the deplorable condition of Okene- Auchi road to ease the plight of commuters plying the road. Speaking on the bad nature of the road , the chairman of Okene local government, Read More
As states across the country struggle to curb the spread of COVID-19 Delta variant, the nation is now averaging more than 700 new cases, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has revealed. The NCDC, which disclosed this known via its verified website on Thursday morning, added that the country registered 790 additional infections on Wednesday, a sharp increase from Read More
Ahead of 2023 governorship election in Ebonyi state, indigenes of the state under the aiges of Association of Ebonyi State Indigenes in Diaspora (AESID) have rejected zoning agreement, saying competence, capability and credibility should be the standard for anyone to succeed governor Dave Umahi. The group said: “Ebonyi people truly deserve nothing but the best, most credible and competent hand Read More
Newly appointed Registrar of the Institute of Security and Strategic Studies (ISSS), Abuja, Dr. Idakwoji Sunday, has called for greater collaboration among security agencies in Nigeria to ensure effective fight against insecurity bedeviling the country. The new ISSS boss, who made the call in an interview with Blueprint, Monday, said this became necessary following escalating security situation in the country, lamenting Read More
There was palpable tension at the national secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) early hours of Monday, as policemen, loaded in over five Hillux Patrol Vans took over the recently named Buhari House. The police team numbering over 30 had strategically positioned themselves within the secretariat along Blantyre street, without harassing passersby and the motorists using the street. Blueprint Read More
Director General of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) Salihu Moh Lukman, has slammed Nigerian Ministers of Labour and Employment Chris Ngige and Festus Keyamo over their inability to prevent the ongoing indefinite strike by the the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD). On August 2, 2021, NARD began indefinite nationwide strike over demands for improved conditions, payment of salaries ranging Read More
The Nigerian Army on Saturday said Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists now resort to video propaganda in order to seek relevance and replenish their depleting fighting force as a result of the sustained military bombardments from both land and air components of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK). A statement by Director Army Public Relations Brig Gen Onyema Nwachukwu, said troops sustained Read More
The dust is yet to settle on the controversial Ward Congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state of Osun. A group within the party, the Progressive Coalition Against Injustice (PCAI), Friday, called on the Chairman of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) Mai Mala Buni, to avert a dangerous and self implosive trend within the party. The Read More
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti state, has asked Nigerians to cooperate with officials of the State and Federal Fire Services (FFS) to improve response time to fire incidents. The governor, however commended Controller General of the Federal Fire Service, Dr. Ibrahim Liman, for the provision of operation truck by his agency to the state. Speaking Friday during the commissioning of Read More
The Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 (PSC) said Nigeria is officially in the third wave of the pandemic with 32 confirmed cases of Delta Variant of the disease now in the country. Director-General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chike Ihekweazu, said this at a national media briefing by members of the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19. He Read More
A group of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom, known as Akwa Ibom Progressives Liberation Movement (AIPLM) has commended majority of party stakeholders in the state for adopting consensus arrangement in electing the ward executives in the just concluded nationwide congress of the party. The APC group led by Rt. Hon. Emmanuel Ukoete, in a statement released Sunday in Read More
Kogi state governor Yahaya Bello, said the agitations by the Southern governors to produce the next president “is unconstitutional.” Yahaya Bello said both Nigeria law book and the constitution of all political parties does not in any way give credence to such agitation. Speaking Friday in Abuja at a two-day workshop for the crime reporters and political reporters, governor Bello Read More
A traditional ruler in Ayedire local government of Osun state, Oba Hameed Oyelude Makama, has faulted the call for secession, describing the agitators as unpatriotic separatists. This is just as the monarch advised the leader of Yoruba Nation’s agitators, Chief Sunday Adeyemo popularly called Sunday Igboho, to surrender himself rather than being chased around by security operatives. Speaking with newsmen Read More
Two persons have been killed during an early morning attack on the residence of Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, in the Soka area of Ibadan, Oyo State, his spokesman, Olayomi Koiki, has said. “The situation now is very bad. Two Yoruba sons have been killed in the house of Chief Sunday Igboho. The two dead Read More
The tactical team of the Imo Police Command and other forces, Friday, arrested one of the commanders of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra(IPOB)/ Eastern Security Network (names witheld) and destoyed their camps in Izombe, Atta and another community in Oguta, Ikeduru and Ideato North local government areas respectively of Imo state. According to CSP Mike Abattam, media aide to the Commissioner of Read More
National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari on his recent visits to Lagos and Maiduguri and the media interviews he granted within the last one week, saying such move gives credence to his administration and shows him as a courageous leader who is tackling the nation’s problems headlong. The President during the media chat assured Read More
Unemployment and poverty are two of the major issues currently affecting Nigeria’s economy and its society. According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the population of the unemployed in Nigeria during the last quarter of 2020 (Q4 2020) stood at 33.3 percent – an increase of 6.2 percent points compared with the 27.1 percent of quarter Read More
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