A media professionals group, The Idoma Editors, has thumbed down what it described as the “nauseatingly historical killings in Benue communities by suspected terrorists also known as killer herders.” According to them, the killings of innocent indigenes had “assumed a monumental proportion during the just concluded Easter celebration with Umogidi village, Guma and Agan IDPs…
Federal Government, through the National Startup Act, NSA, Secretariat and Osun State Government will on Saturday hold a stakeholders’ forum on the adoption and domestication of the Nigeria Startup Act. Recall that the Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke while receiving Members of the Osun House of Assembly in his office earlier in year…
The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has described the recent appointments of principal officers for the University of Ilesa as part of the fulfillment of his promise to nurture a sustainable tertiary institution for Ijeshaland. In a statement issued today at Osogbo, Governor Adeleke reaffirmed his commitment to building a sound footed…
● It is Fake News to Mention N14m as Cost of a Borehole In a bid for sustainable water supply to the people of Osun state, Governor Ademola Adeleke has directed a phased rehabilitation of selected water works and water pipeline networks across Osun state. Sahel standard gathered that this new directive is coming as…
Nine years after 276 schoolgirls were abducted in the middle of the night from their dormitory in Chibok, Nigeria, 96 girls remain in captivity, and thousands more children have been subjected to grave violations of their rights. Lamenting what it described as “Devastating Reality”, UNICEF said Thursday in a statement to mark the ninth anniversary…
The United Nations Children’s Fund says over 6,800 children living in the North-East have been subjected to grave violations of their rights. In a press release on Friday, UNICEF representative in Nigeria, Cristian Munduate, lamented the brutal consequences of conflict on children nine years after 276 schoolgirls were abducted in Chibok and 96 girls still…
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has slammed a minimum fine of N2 million as penalty on banks that disobey its new guidelines on the management of dormant accounts, unclaimed balances and other financial assets in financial institutions in the country. CBN defines a dormant account as a bank account that has remained inactive for…
A man resident in Texas, the United States has been sentenced to 70 years in prison for spitting at Lubbock police officers during an arrest last May. The New York Post said the 36-year-old Larry Pearson was picked up by policemen on domestic violence charges after he allegedly hit a woman several times in the…
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday performed Umrah rituals amid tight security, upon his arrival at the Grand Mosque in Makkah in the early hours. A presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, in a statement, said Buhari was received by a number of officials, including a delegation from the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and…
Following the collapse of a seven-storey building under construction on First Avenue, in the Banana Island area of Lagos State, the state government has ordered that all development projects in the highbrow area be placed on hold. The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, in a statement on Thursday, said the process was…
