In a massive push for youth employment and engagement, Governor Ademola Adeleke has inaugurated and inducted 10, 000 youth into the Imole Youth Corps. At a grand ceremony held at the Freedom Park, Osogbo, the State Governor said the occasion is “a major highlight of his administration’s push to address youth joblessness alongside other indirect…
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations has raised concerns over the high rate of malnutrition in North Eastern Nigeria, revealing that 3.7 million children in the region are stunted, wasted, or anaemic. This is according to a statement shared via email with our correspondent by FAO’s Communication Specialist, David Tsokar, on Thursday….
The House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Review on Thursday proposed the creation of 31 new states in the country. If the proposal scales through, the Nigerian state will be made up of 67 sub-national governments. The proposal for new states was contained in a letter read during Thursday’s plenary session by the Deputy Speaker,…
President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, dissolved the entire governing council of the Yakubu Gowon University (formerly UniAbuja), and relieved Professor Aisha Maikudi of her duties as its Vice-Chancellor with immediate effect. “To succeed Maikudi, President Tinubu appointed Professor Patricia Manko as Acting Vice Chancellor at the Yakubu Gowon University for a six-month term,” Tinubu’s Special…
The Osun state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state of employing falsehood to misled the Police authorities into doing its bidding as a part of a calculated attempt to subvert democratic process in the state. The PDP in a statement signed by its Chairman,…
In Nigerian today, there’s a particular individual eking out a living through appearances on national television. Literally prancing and prattling from one TV station to another, branching the moniker, expert or public affairs analyst, ventilating on any issue ranging from the political to the economic. Professing knowledge in these areas, he pontificates magisterially on topical…
Indigenes of Osun State resident in Cote D’ivour under the umbrella of Yoruba Community in Cote D’ivour have passed a vote of confidence on Governor Ademola Adeleke for the unprecedented development that he brought to Osun State in just two years of his administration. The diaspora group led by their president, Chief Timothy Adegboyega paid…
Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has restated his commitment to pursuing initiatives that will promote cultural heritage and development in Osun State. The Governor stated this while hosting leadership of Traditional Religious Worshipers Association (TWARSO) during a courtesy visit they paid on the Governor in his office. Senator Adeleke who described the visit as…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT) is currently locked in a meeting at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja on Wednesday afternoon. This meeting comes barely five days after its chaotic meeting at the party’s national secretariat, where a scuffle ensued over the tussle for the office of the party’s national secretary…
The Federal Government on Tuesday revealed that Nigeria is steadily being positioned as a growing hub for quality healthcare and it is now attracting patients not just from the West African subregion but also from countries as far as the United States and the United Kingdom. This is according to the Coordinating Minister of Health…
