Four people, including two pilots, were killed in Indonesia Thursday when two military aircraft crashed into a mountainside during training, an air force spokesperson said. Two Embraer Super Tucano planes took off from the East Java city of Malang on Thursday morning before losing contact half an hour later during regular formation training. “All the…
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has lauded lawmaker representing Osun East in the Senate, Francis Fadahunsi, for assisting in ameliorating poverty through different empowerment initiatives for residents of the state. Speaking at an empowerment programme organised by Fadahunsi for 100 people held in Ilesa on Tuesday, representative of governor at the event, Mr. Bayo Ogungbangbe,…
••• pledges collaboration with relevant stakeholders to make it functional The wife of the Governor of Osun State, Mrs Titilola Adeleke, has reiterated her commitment to collaborate with relevant stakeholders with a view to reviving the State Sexual Assault Referral Center soon. She made this known during an inspection visit to the Centre, located within…
Ekiti State Police Command has nabbed the controversial founder of Christ High Commission Church, Araromi-Ugbesi in Omuo-Oke, Ekiti State, Noah Abraham, for allegedly kidnapping over nine persons including minors and also impregnating wife of his choir coordinator. Abraham was arrested by the police in collaboration with the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons,…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched a global strategy to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer by 2030. The year 2023 marked the third year since 194 countries committed to accelerating the elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem. In commemoration of the Cervical Cancer Elimination Day of Action, Merck Sharp and…
The Lagos State Government has disclosed that no fewer than 340 husbands have been reported to have been beaten by their wives in the last one year. The Executive Secretary, of Lagos Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA), Mrs. Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, disclosed this while briefing journalists on the agency’s quarterly reports. She noted that the…
An ugly case of tragedy struck on Thursday morning when a woman said to be in her 80s died during a partial collapse of a two-storey building located at number 34 Oloto Street, Borno Way, off Freeman Street, Oyingbo, Lagos Mainland Local Government Area of the state. The yet-to-be-identified woman died on the spot as…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has asked the Federal Government (FG) to disclose the assets and deficits the President Bola Tinubu government inherited from the past administration of ex-President Muhammadu Buhari. In a series of posts on X (formerly known as Twitter) on Thursday, Obi, a…
Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has directed all public officials, appointed and elected, to start wearing Adire Osun every wednesday to boost the industry and enhance cultural strengths of the state. In a circular issued by the Head of Service, Mr Ayanleye Aina, Governor Adeleke noted that the directive affected all categories of public…
•Strike over Ajaero assault abuse of power, says LCCI, maritime sector loses N20bn •Labour threatens to resume strike, insists on demands, says suspension temporary The national executive councils of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress on Wednesday night suspended their nationwide strike over an alleged assault on the President of the NLC,…
