archiveJuly 2020

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Oyo State says its attention has been drawn to a viral video of a female ex-corps member arrested by security operatives at the resident of a suspected armed robber/kidnapper in Ibadan. The state NYSC Coordinator, Mrs Grace Ogbuogebe, said in a statement on...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says there is a 23 per cent increase in the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Africa in the past week. WHO disclosed this in a weekly COVID-19 Situation update for WHO Africa Region, External Situation Report 21, posted on its Twitter account. According...

Seyitan Babatayo, a lady, who accused Nigerian musician, Oladapo Oyebanjo widely known as D’Banj, of rape has written a letter to the police withdrawing her petition. It will be recalled that Seyitan had in June accused D’banj of raping her in a hotel on December 30, 2018. In a letter...

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari over alleged cases of corruption in federal agencies. National chairman of the opposition party, Prince Uche Secondus, made the call in a media parley in Abuja on Friday. He cited ongoing corruption investigations of the NDDC, MIC, NEDC,...

By Kayode Oladeji The contraption called Nigeria is a nation that has become popularized by its matchless feat in corruption. It's a nation that daily shimmers and glitters in mired prisms of controversies. Kilishi, on the other hand, is an Hausa delicacy made from meat often thinned and desiccated. Its...

Arotile's remains were buried at a military cemetery in Abuja on Thursday The Nigerian Air Force says no autopsy was carried out on Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile because the circumstances surrounding her death were clear. The Spokesman for the NAF, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, further stated that the family of...

The Google News Initiative (GNI) Journalism Emergency Relief Fund (JERF) has announced it was supporting 16 Nigerian publications in financial distress with funding. Ludovic Blecher, Head of Google News Initiative Innovation, said in a statement that JERF has provided 39.5m US dollars in funding to publishers in 115 countries in...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Gombe zonal office, has secured the conviction of Samuel Bulus Adamu before Justice N. I . Afolabi of Federal High Court Gombe. Adamu, a former Chairman of Shongom Local Government Area of Gombe State, was arraigned on March 9, 2015 on a seven-...

Dr Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu, Kebbi State First Lady is the Guest Speaker at Media Women Forum Webinar taking place on Saturday July 25 at 6pm via zoom. She will be speaking on Covid 19 Implications: Mitigating the Effects on Gender Based Violence. The Webinar will also examine the rising cases of...

• as he launches IITA-backed STEP programme • pledges to replicate scheme in all zones of Oyo The Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, declared that his administration has set up the state for a massive turnaround in agribusiness, adding that the state was ready to absorb anyone...