June 25, 2024
ICYMI: Seyi Makinde reshuffles Oyo cabinet
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has effected a minor cabinet reshuffle. This is contained in a statement issued by Special Adviser to the Governor on Media, Mr Sulaimon Olanrewaju, on Tuesday in Ibadan. According to the statement, Mr Segun Olayiwola, Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, has been moved to the Ministry of […]
Oyo Opens Job Portal To Recruit 7,000 Primary School Teachers, 100 Caregivers
The Oyo State Government has announced that the job portal for public primary school teachers will be open from 6 p.m. on Tuesday, 25 June 2024. The Chairman of the Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Dr Nureni Aderemi Adeniran, made this known during a briefing at the Board’s headquarters in Ibadan. Adeniran stated […]
BREAKING: FEC steps down memo on new national minimum wage
The meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday stepped down deliberation on the minimum wage memorandum brought before it. This, according to the minister of information and national orientation, Mohammed Idris, is to enable the president to consult with the 36 state governors on the matter. Briefing […]
NLC storms LP office, demands Abure’s resignation
Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress national transition committee, on Tuesday, stormed the headquarters of the Labour Party in Abuja, demanding the immediate resignation of the National Chairman, Julius Abure. The acting Chairman of the transition committee, Aduwaheed Omar, led members of the labour union to the secretariat, chanting solidarity songs and calling for the […]
Danfodiyo varsity mourns deputy VC killed by bandits
The management of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto has mourned the death of its Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research, Innovation and Development, Professor Yusuf Saidu, who was killed by bandits on Monday. According to a statement signed by the University’s Public Relations Officer, Ismaila Muhammad Yauri, on behalf of the management and made available to newsmen in […]
UNIZIK graduate escaping prankster’s tricycle robbery dies, friend hospitalised
A fresh graduate of the Department of Quantity Surveying, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Ifunanya Miracle, aka Bliss, has lost her life during an attempt to escape a yet-to-be-identified prankster’s robbery on the premises of the school in the Awka area of Anambra State. Ifunanya’s friend, identified simply as Peace, a student in the Department of Pure […]
WikiLeaks founder Assange to walk free after US plea deal
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is to be a “free man”, his wife said Tuesday, once a judge signs off on a plea deal with US authorities to bring his years-long legal drama to a close. Assange was released Monday from a high-security British prison where he had been held for five years while he fought […]
Cleaner bags life jail for sexually assaulting baby in church
The Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Monday sentenced a 27-year-old cleaner, Saviour Udoh, to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting a five-year-old girl on a church premises. Justice Ramon Oshodi held that the prosecution was able to prove the offence of defilement against the convict without reasonable doubt, stating that the defendant’s action […]
No Plan To Dethrone Sultan Abubakar – Sokoto Government Knocks Islamic Group, MURIC
The Sokoto State Government has denied allegations made by the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) suggesting plans to dethrone his eminence, Sultan Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, the Sultan of Sokoto. In a release, through the Press Secretary to Sokoto State Governor, Abubakar Bawa, the state government said MURIC should have cared to find out if there […]
North West insecurity affecting other zones, Tinubu laments
President Bola Tinubu on Monday lamented that the insecurity in the North-West region was affecting other parts of the country. Tinubu stated this in Katsina, at a two-day summit themed, ‘Regional Cooperation for Securing Lives and Livelihoods in North West Nigeria,’ organised by the North-West Governor’s Forum in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme. […]