The Federal Government has declared Friday 7 and Monday 10, April 2023 as public holidays to mark this year’s Easter celebration. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration in Abuja. Aregbesola, in a statement signed by the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Shuaib Begore, on Wednesday, urged Christians to emulate the virtues of sacrifice, togetherness,…
By Sarafa Ibrahim My attention has been drawn to a reckless and immature attempt to drag the Spokesperson of Governor Ademola Ademola, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, into an innocent questions posed to the media aide of former Governor Gboyega Oyetola, Mr. Ismail Omipidan, by a civil group, Osun Democrats for Democratic (ODD). I can understand the…
The Plateau state police command has sealed the house of assembly complex. This is as a result of the ongoing speakership crisis. A team of anti-riot pilice men arrived at the assembly complex by 5am and barricaded the main entrance. Though the police command is yet to issue an official statement on the action, Daily…
In order to make life easier for his people, the Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke has approved free train ride for osun indigenes in Lagos and other South West States willing to celebrate Easter festival with their families in Osun state. In a release signed by the Spokesperson to the Governor,…
After a lull in the activities of bandits, the hoodlums have again launched attacks in parts of the country. Residents of Awon in Kaduna State, in this report by SOLOMON ODENIYI and GODWIN ISENYO, explain how eight students of the Government Secondary School Awon in the Kachia Local Government Area were abducted on Monday. The…
The former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Muhammed Sanusi, has said Nigeria has never been this divided since the Civil War of 1967 to 1970. He said the country, because of the elections, was now “dangerously divided along ethnic and religious lines”, adding that it had put the integrity of public institutions in…
The House of Representatives has called for increased security at Nigerian airports to ensure peace and security. The call followed a motion on matters of urgent public importance made by Jimoh Olajide at plenary on Tuesday. Presenting the motion, Olajide recalled the commotion caused by a passenger on Friday aboard an Ibom Air plane. The…
No fewer than six persons have lost their lives in a ghastly auto crash that occurred at Iwaraja junction (Igbelajewa) area, Ipetu- Ijesha route of Osun State. The Superintendent Route Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) who is also the Federal Sector Public Education Officer of the the Corps, Mrs. Agnes Ogungbemi, made…
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has granted bail to popular Instagram ‘relationship expert’ Blessing Okoro for alleged cyber-bullying. The Instagram influencer, according to the Lagos State PPRO, Benjamin Hundeyin, was arrested by operatives of the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID). Rotshang Dimka, the prosecution counsel, had told the court that Blessing used her…
The Defence Headquarters has reacted to some social media video clips been circulated arising from the presence of some United Nations Peacekeeping fighting vehicles and equipment sighted recently in Benin, Edo state. This has resulted to insinuations which are inimical to public peace and may even cause panic. According to a press statement released on…
