The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed that two individuals were fatally injured and some others arrested during an attack by motorcycle riders on its Ipaja Division on Monday. Panic ensued in a section of Lagos State when more than 100 hoodlums stormed the Ipaja Police Station. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, revealed in…
No fewer than three people were burnt to death when their vehicle collided with a truck in the Iyana-Isolo area of Lagos State on Sunday night. The Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed the incident in a statement on Monday. Oke-Osanyintolu disclosed that the accident happened at about 11…
An 18-year-old pupil was detained in western France on Monday after stabbing his schoolteacher in the face and fleeing, authorities said. The teacher from the town of Chemille-en-Anjou in western France “suffered a facial injury that is not life-threatening”, said a joint statement from the authorities including the prefect and public prosecutor. After the attack…
The International Children’s Day, marked every year on the 27th of May in Nigeria, is a day sanctioned by UNICEF, to celebrate and appreciate the needs of children and address them. It’s an international holiday that was first established in Nigeria in 1964. The day is specifically to celebrate children, raise awareness on issues that…
By Olugbenga Akanfe The People’s Governor of Osun State, His Excellency, Asiwaju Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke, is unarguably achieving the unimaginable with the infrastructural plan of his administration. The extensive infra-projects underway in key cities like Osogbo, Ede, Ilesha, Ile-Ife, Otan Ayegbaju, and Iwo stand as testaments to his commitment to transforming Osun State. When…
‘ …Congratulates Adeyemi Olabode on 3-in-1 Big Event… Governor Ademola Adeleke has described ‘Igbimo Ajoro’ radio program by Adeyemi Olabode as a commendable Public Enlightenment program to the people, and which contributes to growth and development of the state. The governor also congratulated the On Air Personality, OAP Adeyemi Olabode for the 3-in-1 Big Event…
The immediate past Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has disclosed that embracing genuine progressive ideology is the only way Nigeria can achieve mass prosperity for its people. The former Osun Governor also added that his Omoluabi progressive caucus has started the struggle to Osun’s prosperity and that of the country as a whole. Speaking…
Another pilgrim from Kebbi has passed away after a brief illness in Mecca, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The deceased, Alhaji Muhammad Suleman, from Argungu Local Government Area, died on Sunday after a brief illness. Alhaji Faruku Aliyu-Enabo, Executive Chairman, Kebbi Pilgrims Welfare Board, disclosed this in a statement issued to journalists in Mecca on Sunday….
Kamil Aransi, the Special Adviser on Special Needs, announced that Governor Ademola Adeleke has directed that all Osun citizens with disabilities must be duly registered without a fee. This was made known via a statement personally signed and released to newsmen on Friday, May 24, by the special adviser. Aransi disclosed that the ten-day registration exercise would…
…FG, other states should emulate Edo – NLC chairman The Edo State Government on Sunday said it has paid N70,000 new minimum wage to workers in the State, in fulfillment of the promise to increase the minimum wage from the month of May, 2024. Recall that Obaseeki had during the commissioning of the Labour House…
