The Ekiti Police force, on Monday, arraigned a 32-year-old man, Bello Ismaila, before an Ado Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly receiving stolen cattle. The police prosecutor, Insp Johnson Okunade, told the court that the defendant allegedly received two stolen cattle from one Abdulkadril Buba around 5 pm on May 21 at Ogotun Ekiti. Okunade,…
Barely 24 hours after the inauguration of the new Executive Council members of the Parks Management System in Oyo State, normal activities, on Monday, resumed at the various motor parks in Ibadan, the state capital. Our correspondent who visited some of the parks within the Ibadan metropolis observed that transporters have moved into the multi-billion…
The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Monday, endorsed Debo Ogundoyin as Speaker of the state’s 10th House of Assembly. The PUNCH reports that Ogundoyin was the Speaker of the 9th assembly. He made this endorsement during the commission of electrification and restoration of electricity to Olorunda Ogunsola and environs and Idi Obi, Karen, Jigan…
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Monday, met with top labour leaders in the state, appealing to them that the recent removal of fuel subsidy had been done in good faith to curb further damage to the economy. That comes as the governor approved the immediate reduction of workdays for the workforce in the state…
There was a mild drama on Monday, at the Isabo area of Abeokuta, the venue of the Ogun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, when hoodlums, suspected to be political thugs invaded the area and scared away politicians. The thugs in large numbers stormed the court to support their political parties as the Tribunal began sitting….
The Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has reacted to the removal of fuel subsidy and the negative effect it would pose on the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) business community. At the presidential inauguration on Monday, 29th May 2023, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in his inaugural speech announced the total removal of the…
A local source, speaking on condition of anonymity said the death toll was provisional, and that the search for more bodies was still underway. At least seven Guinean schoolgirls drowned Sunday after a pirogue — a long wooden vessel — they were travelling in capsized, the education minister said. The girls were crossing the Niger…
The Kwara State Government on Monday directed that work days be reduced from five days to three per week for every worker in the state. This according to the government is following the astronomical hike in transport fares. This is contained in a statement in Ilorin, by Murtala Atoyebi, the Chief Press Secretary to Gov….
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has described leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress as mercenaries of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi. Fani-Kayode said this on Monday in a statement he personally signed. He stated, “The leadership of the NLC did not threaten to go on strike during the politically-motivated,…
Mrs Oluremi Tinubu, the wife of President Bola Tinubu, on Monday in Abuja, assumed office as Nigeria’s First Lady. Mrs Tinubu who arrived at the First Lady’s wing was accompanied by her security aides. The first lady on arrival, was received by the Permanent Secretary of the State House, Mr Tijjani Umar and other Heads…
