The Olugbo of Ugbo Kingdom in the Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, Oba Fredrick Akinruntan, has congratulated the Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on his victory in the governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress. The PUNCH reports that Aiyedatiwa won the shadow election after polling 48,569 votes to defeat 15 contestants in…
The Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners in the South-West zone has voiced its growing concerns about the deteriorating state of roads and escalating insecurity, appealing to governors and the Federal Controller of Works for immediate intervention. The association also lamented multiple taxations by government agencies. During the inauguration of newly elected members, the NARTO…
In a desperate move to inculcate in public primary school pupils the passion for agriculture and stem the alarming inflation of food prices, the Akwa Ibom State government, through the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, has commenced the distribution of agricultural inputs to public primary schools across the three senatorial districts in the state….
An international non-profit organisation, ‘Ashoka Africa,’ said it is collaborating with young stakeholders in diverse sectors to co-design innovative and sustainable solutions to environmental challenges in Niger Delta communities. The organisation said the move aims at achieving environmental sustainability and climate justice, not only in the region but in Nigeria and beyond. Pan-African Co-Lead of…
The Itsekiri National Youths Council has queried the Ogbe-Ijoh community over its land ownership claim in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, submitting that “Ogbe-Ijoh has no claim in Warri South!” This was contained in a statement by INYC, Warri South chapter, signed jointly by its Secretary and Public Relations Officer, Comrades Ajemijeroma…
Stakeholders in the environment have called on states Houses of Assembly, especially in the Niger Delta region, to develop policies that would allow individuals to generate electricity using methane, and possibly sell to the national grid. This was contained in a communiqué issued on Wednesday by the Environmental Centre for Oil Spills and Gas Flaring,…
Edo State government has called for expedited completion and commissioning of the Monee International Market in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of the state in a bid to bolster economic growth and infrastructure development. The call was made during a crucial meeting of the market stakeholders on Wednesday, at the One-Stop-Shop, Block B, Secretariat in…
THE Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Joseph Johnson, says the two commissioners who resigned from the cabinet of Governor Siminalayi Fubara were lucky that the governor is a tolerant person. He described the reasons adduced by the two commissioners for resigning as an afterthought, saying they ought not to have waited until their…
BOLA BAMIGBOLA, in this report, recounts the harrowing experiences of travellers and drivers navigating the neglected Ibadan-Ife-Ilesa Expressway, bringing their tales of hardship and near-death encounters on the road FORTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD Tayo Obalorun, a civil engineer, returning to Ile Ife, Osun State, for the first time since graduating from Obafemi Awolowo University in 2005, that fateful…
Delta State Ministry of Health has begun refund on moneys extorted from students in authorized study fees in the state’s Colleges of Nursing Asaba and Sapele. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Joseph Onojaeme, who monitored the refund exercise on Wednesday at the state College of Nursing, Asaba, disclosed that the extortion involved the schools’…
The Ikeja Dynamic Lions Club, District 404B2, has carried out renovation works at the Agidingbi Primary School in Ikeja, Lagos State. The club also donated about 50 pairs of corrective glasses to some residents on Wednesday. The donation, in partnership with the Lions Club International Foundation, was part of the club’s initiatives to complement the…
The Senate panel probing the N30tn Ways and Means loans secured from the Godwin Emefiele-led Central Bank of Nigeria by the Federal Government has said it will seek an extension of the time allotted for the investigation. At the inauguration of the panel on March 11, 2024, Senate President GodsWill Akpabio gave the panel a…
