Month: November 2023

The Spokesperson to Governor Ademola Adeleke has stated that Mr Governor is being blackmailed with the Adedoyin case for refusing to shield and protect the Chief Judge, his town woman, from corruption probe. He also revealed that the blackmail is a falsehood without any foundation in truth. Chief Adedoyin is not and has never, in…

The Delta State Police Command has said it had commenced a manhunt for a carpenter, simply identified as Orunor for allegedly beating his apprentice to death in the Sapele area of the State. It was gathered that the apprentice named Onome was disciplined for arriving late to work and eventually died in the process. According…

Governor Ademola Adeleke and his entire team are open to engagement with civil society organisations for the common good of the state even as the administration cautions against political partisanship using civil society activism as a cover. Responding to a press briefing by a group named Masterminds, the Governor in a statement by his spokesperson,…

The Federal Government has disclosed that it has raised N585million to be used for the payment of fines to secure the release of 4, 068 inmates across the federation. Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, said the money was donated by several organisations as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, to the country. He…

The government of Osun state has denied news reports that Governor Ademola Adeleke has removed the Chief Judge and appointed an acting Chief Judge, clarifying that the Governor had only forwarded the resolution of the House of Assembly and recommendation for an acting appointment to the Chief Justice of the Federation for decision and action….

Nigerian chef, Temitope Adebayo, better known as Tope Maggie has reportedly broken the Guinness World Record for the longest cooking marathon by an individual, surpassing Irish chef, Alan Fisher’s 119-hour and 57-minute record. According to Oyo Affairs on Twitter (X), Chef Maggie completed a 200-hour cook-a-thon which ended in the early hours of Saturday, November…

•Martins Oloja, Yusuf Ali, 12 others inducted as Fellows There was an effusive pumping of hands and writ-large demonstration of camaraderie, on Friday night, in Uyo, the capital of Akwa Ibom State, as the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) inducted thirty-nine new members into its fold. The induction, which held during the grand finale of…

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNUCEF) has said that about 419 million people still defecate in the open, while 3.5 billion residents continue to live without safe toilets globally. According to the Fund, about 2.2 billion persons are also living without safe potable water that cause child-killer diseases, including polio, cholera and diphtheria. UNICEF’s WASH…