House of Ga’a, a period film about the life of the infamous Bashorun Ga’a, will stream on Netflix before the end of 2024. The announcement was made at an International Women’s Day event on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, organised by the streaming giant to celebrate leading female film producers, directors, actors and members of the…
Resident doctors under the aegis of the Association of Resident Doctors, University College Hospital, Ibadan in Oyo State, on Thursday, began a three-day strike over alleged assault on one of their members by relatives of a patient in the hospital. The ARD President, John Oladapo, told newsmen in Ibadan, the state capital, that the doctors…
Osun State Executive Council presided over by the State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has approved the appointment of Prince Muritala Oyelakin from Oyekun ruling house of Iree as the new Aare of Iree in Boripe North Local Council Development Area of Osun State. The approval came to the fore today,6th day of March,2024, at the end…
●More Investors on the Way – Governor Adeleke Two separate investing conglomerates on Tuesday evening committed close to eighty million dollars to investment in Osun state infrastructures within the framework of Public Private Partnership. Hosted by Governor Adeleke and members of his cabinet, the investors include Allegiance CNG Limited focussing on comprehensive sustainable energy solutions…
A socio-political group, Osun Democrats for Democracy has called on the state assembly to ignore a petition against the extension of tenure of two exceptional public officers, describing the group as “interlopers” and “hired mercenaries” questioning the constitutional authority of the State Governor. In a release in response to the petition by a moribund group…
A tragedy struck Government Science Secondary School in the Maitama area of the Federal Capital Territory when a 16-year-old boy identified as Meshack Agaba died of electrocution inside the school premises. PUNCH Metro exclusively gathered that the incident happened last Wednesday. One of the parents who was privy to the incident but spoke on condition…
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, on Tuesday commiserated with the family of the 49th Ooni of Ife, the late Oba Adesoji Aderemi, on the death of the last surviving wife of the royal father, Olori Dorcas Aderemi. Adeleke, in a statement by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, described the passage of Olori Dorcas as a huge…
The Director General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS, Dr Gambo Aliyu, said six out of 10 persons living with HIV in Nigeria are females. Aliyu also said young Nigerian women are three times more likely to be living with HIV than men of the same age group. Aliyu, who made this…
The Federal High Court in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Tuesday, convicted and sentenced three persons to various jail terms for engaging in naira racketeering by selling the currency to make gains. The convicts, Asmau Wuraola, Owoduni Abdullahi Isa, and Shuaibu Rukayat, were jailed by Justice Evelyn Anyadike. They were arraigned by the Economic and Financial…
A total of 888 candidates failed the final bar examination conducted in November 2023 by the Nigerian Bar Association. This was as 4,412 candidates were successful out of a total of 5,300 who sat for the examination. Among the successful candidates, 251 had first class. The Director-General of the Nigerian Law School, Prof. Isa Hayatu…
