Oyo State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde, alongside his Enugu state counterpart, Peter Mba, have officially commissioned a 12.5km Challenge-Odo Ona-Elewe-Elebu-Apata dualized road project under Ido Local Government, Ibadan, the state capital. The road project which initially started under former governor, Late Adebayo Alao Akala in 2008, was subsequently abandoned by successive government until Governor Seyi…
…says all Local Governments in the State were considered… Kingsley Omoyeni The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works and Infrastructure, Engr. Bashir Bello has disclosed that the Ademola Adeleke administration has constructed about 75km of roads in just one year in office. Engr. Bello added that the roads were carefully selected across the three Senatorial districts…
One person has died and 21 people were wounded in a shooting in Missouri at the end of the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade. Officials said they treated eight victims who were in immediately life-threatening condition and seven others who had suffered injuries that could prove life-threatening. Nine children were among the wounded…
A herbalist, Kasali Yinusa has pleaded with a Mapo Grade ‘A’ Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve his nine-year-old union to his estranged wife, Abosede because her adulterous lifestyle was having negative effects on their daughter. Yunusa accused Abosede of being short-tempered, fighting every now and then with people in the neighbourhood. “I’m most unhappy…
The police in Lagos on Friday arraigned a 56-year-old man, Toyin Adekunle, before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly beating up his neighbour and damaging her phone. The defendant, a driver, who resides at 3, Abore St., Baruwa, Lagos, is being tried for assault, grievous harm and damages. The prosecutor, ASP Raji Akeem, told…
Two herbalists identified as Moses Abidemi and Oluwo Samuel, with two alleged priests of Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Prophet Peter Oluwalolese and Prophet Jamiu Yusuf, have been nabbed over the killing of one Sulaimon Adijat. The clerics were said to have killed Adijat for money ritual purposes. Following their arrests, Ogun State Commissioner of Police,…
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died Friday at the Arctic prison colony where he was serving a 19-year-term, Russia’s federal penitentiary service said. Navalny lost consciousness after going for a walk and could not be revived by medics, the prison service said. “Navalny felt bad after a walk, almost immediately losing consciousness. Medical staff arrived…
The Osun State House of Assembly has approved the extension of tenure and reappointment of the 69 LCDA Caretaker Chairmen, Vice Chairmen, Scribes and their members from February to August 2024. This followed a letter sent to the House through the Speaker by the State Governor, Sen. Dr. Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke, and read on…
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun disbursed over ₦588.10 million to 19,720 beneficiaries of the Imole Osun Cash Grant Scheme on Thursday in Osogbo. Adeleke was represented at the event by the State Head of Service, Ayanleye Aina. The governor said the beneficiaries were from the State Social Register for Poor and Vulnerable Households that were…
Osun State Government on Thursday announced the Portal link for the immediate recruitment of teachers into Public Primary and Secondary Schools in the state. According to a statement by the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Education, Muritala Jimoh, intending applicants are to visit https://jobportal.osunstate.gov.ng. The statement noted that the application form is available online at the…
