archiveJanuary 6, 2022

At least 27 people have died from the COVID-19 pandemic in five days, according to the latest epidemiological data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The report revealss that between January 1 to 5, 2022, the death toll increased from 3,031 to 3,058, bringing the total death tally...

A little baby, Jayce Osteen, has become an orphan at just one-month-old after his parents who were two Florida sheriff's deputies committed suicide within days of each other. The St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office confirmed that Jayce's father, Clayton Osteen and his mother, and Victoria Pacheco both committed suicide in...

Nigeria has been ranked eighth among 162 countries suffering from mass killings by the Early Warning Project. Other countries above Nigeria in the ranking obtained on Thursday, are Pakistan, India, Yemen, Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, and Ethiopia. The Early Warning Project is a joint initiative of the Simon-Skjodt...

The Osi Olubadan of Ibadan, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, has said the Otun Olubadan, Senator Lekan Balogun, is the next in line to ascend the throne of Olubadan. The stool became vacant due to the death of Oba Saliu Adetunji on Sunday. Ladoja, who is a former Oyo State Governor, said...

  Background: Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834 - 1892), the Calvinist Baptist, highly influential English Preacher and Reverend Daniel Sunday Akinyemi Akingbelure are generations apart; but they share many things in common. Both embraced Christianity at a young age, started preaching to congregations as teenagers, exhibited profound intellectual capabilities, and they...

    Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) is pleased to announce the listing by introduction of BUA Foods Plc on the Main Board of The Exchange on Wednesday, 5 January 2022. A total of 18 billion ordinary shares of BUA Foods were listed at N40.00 per share under the Consumer Goods...

A special meeting of ECOWAS is to hold in Ghana on Sunday to deliberate on the political situation in Mali. This was the subject of a parley at State House, Abuja on Thursday between the Head of the ECOWAS Mediation Team, former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, and President Muhammadu Buhari....

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said it has not begun selling the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry forms. It warned candidates to be wary of fraud. In a statement, the board noted that the sale of forms would be well publicised when the...

  as state donates N3m to launch Armed Forces Remembrance emblem Oyo State Governor, 'Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, promised that his administration will continue to attend to the needs of all fallen heroes and heroines in the state, while taking care of the maimed soldiers, children, widows and their dependants....

  From left, Representative of Oyo State Governor and deputy governor, Engr Rauf Olaniyan; Former President Olusegun Obasanjo; Secretary to the Oyo State Government, Mrs Olubamiwo Adeosun and former Secretary to the Oyo State Government, Chief Olayiwola Olakojo during Obasanjo condolences visit to Governor's Office, Secretariat, Ibadan over the death...