The National Coordinator/CEO of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA), Badamasi Lawal, on Wednesday unveiled plans for the launch of various Social Investment schemes, namely: the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP), N-Power, Grant for Vulnerable Groups (GVG), and the National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP). This was disclosed in a statement issued by…
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso during a recent meeting with maritime journalist highlighted the gains of the Nigeria-China Currency Swap Deal. represented by his Special Adviser; Mr. Anthony Ogufere, the CBN Governor reeled out challenges that have inhibited the deal. TOLA ADENUBI reports. Can you explain the importance of today’s…
Anambra road accident, Police rescue gunshot victim, Anambra community laments food shortage , Anambra agency rescues The State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement in Awka on Thursday. He said the unfortunate incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, 6th May, 2025, at Ogidi community in Idemili North…
Living in Lagos is an adventure in itself. That’s why they say Lagos is not for the weak. As the largest city in Nigeria and one of the fastest-growing cities in the world, according to the National Population Commission (NPC) and global reports like the World Population Review, Lagos can easily feel overwhelming. Contents If…
By Tomi Lala In his effort to revive Osun State Fire Service emergency response infrastructure in Osun state, Governor Ademola Adeleke has commissioned three new fire trucks for the Osun State Fire Service. During the commissioning ceremony at the Fire Service Headquarters on Wednesday in Abeere, Governor Adeleke described it as an important milestone in…
By Tomi Lala The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, on Wednesday bade farewell to thousands of intending pilgrims heading to the Holy Lands of Makkah and Medinah from Osun state. While speaking during the farewell ceremony organised by the Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Adeleke described the…
●Subsidise Osun Hajj In Six Ways-Board Chairman Governor Ademola Adeleke has fulfilled another of his promises as the first Hajj Camp for Osun state which the governor laid its foundation last year has reached 70 percent completion. Governor Adeleke had last year expressed shock and surprise to hear that only Osun state has no Hajj…
Let us pause here and consider the logic behind this outrage. A citizen walks into a bank to make a complaint, a right guaranteed by his status as a customer. He is attended to and then exits the premises. Sometime after that, he is arrested by officers of the Nigeria Police Force. Yet somehow, without…
It has seemingly become a pastime for Hon. Wole Oke to amuse his followers with comic relief, especially after presiding over a failing political congress. However, his recent claim that members of the PDP in Ife North will defect to join him is not only false but also deliberately misleading. We wish to make it…
The University of Ilesa, Osun State, has secured 100% full accreditation for all the 23 academic programmes presented following a recent assessment by the National Universities Commission. The accreditation, contained in the results of the NUC’s October/November 2024 exercise released to the University on Tuesday, 6th of May, 2025, affirms that the institution has met…
