archiveDecember 8, 2020

The late presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Peoples Party (APP) and Agbaoye of Ibadanland, Chief Harry Akande, has been described as a true democrat and one of the key promoters of democratisation in the country. A former Alliance for Democracy (AD) Whip in the House of Representatives...

  advocates stiffer penalty for rapists President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan on Tuesday pledged to give more support for women participation in governance, politics, business and other spheres of life. Lawan made the pledge in a speech after he was presented with an award of HeForShe by a group...

as Makinde receives world championship belt says state is committed to sports development The Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday, reiterated the commitment of his administration to sports development, declaring that the government will provide an enabling environment for sporting activities to thrive in the state. The governor,...

considers bill to boost infrastructural devt. in rural areas The Senate has began the process of amending the Medical and Dental Practitioners Act which was last amended 28 years ago, with the introduction of the Medical and Dental Practitioners Bill 2020, presently before the Upper Chamber. The piece of legislation...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibadan zonal office on Monday, December 7, 2020 secured 11 convictions before Justice Mohammed Abubakar, Justice Ibrahim Watilat  and Justice W.O Akanbi of the Federal High Court 1 and 2 Abeokuta as well as Oyo State High Court 2 Osogbo, Osun State respectively....

Justice Rosemary Dugbo Oghoghorie of the Federal High Court, Enugu, Enugu State, on Tuesday, December 8, 2020, convicted and sentenced one Okoro Tochukwu Joseph to eight months imprisonment for impersonation and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of $15,000 (Fifteen Thousand US Dollars). Joseph, a final year student of...

The Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, December 7, 2020, re-arraigned Nkereuwem Akpan Etok, before Justice Justice A.A.Okeke  of the Federal High Court, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The defendant, a former director, Akwa Ibom State Agency for the Control of AIDS was re-arraigned...

The Federal Government has reduced the pump price of premium motor spirit otherwise known as petrol from N168 per litre to N162.44 per litre effective from December 14, 2020. Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige told reporters at the end of a meeting with labour leaders which began at...

  Oluwo expresses disappointment     Pandemonium broke out in Yemoja Area in Iwo, Osun State on Monday evening as police uncovered a ritualist den allegedly operated by two siblings identified as Tajudeen Monsuru and Tajudeen Lawal. The Nation newspaper reported. According to the medium, a woman identified as Mutiat...

  The Trump administration rejected an offer from the Pfizer company to purchase additional doses of COVID-19 vaccine in the second three-month period of 2012, Pfizer Board Member Scott Gottleib said on Tuesday. “Pfizer did offer up an additional allotment coming out of that plant, basically the second-quarter allotment, to...