Category: News
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Issele-uku Monarch, Obi Nduka to Celebrate “Iwaji Umuaka” at Orphanage, Hospital on August 22
By Lateef Taiwo The amiable and result oriented Monarch of Issele-Uku Kingdom, HRM Agbogidi Obi Nduka JP (MNSE) has announced that he would be making the 2023 “Iwaji Umuaka” special by paying a royal visit to the Great Saints Orphanage and St. Theresa’s Maternity and Hospital Issele-Uku, to celebrate with the children in the Home…
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Participants At Peace Summit In Benue Counsels Legitimate Herders To Respect Tradition, Cultural Values Of Indigenes
From Lateef Taiwo Participants at a peace workshop in Benue State has resolved to ensure that all stakeholders work towards an enduring peace in various communities which is the only catalyst of community development. Making a presentation on behalf of traditional rulers during the workshop organised by the Benue State Peace Commission on the topic…
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We Are Supporting You ; PDP Edo North Leaders Tells Obaseki
FROM Lateef Taiwo, BENIN CITY Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) from the six local government areas that make up Edo North district have thrown their weight behind the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki in his faceoff with his deputy, Comrade Philip Shaibu. Addressing journalists inside the Conference Hall of the Edo State Council of…
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DSS and Accusations of Disobedience to Court Orders– Setting the Records Right
By Peter N. Afunanya Recently, the media is awash with various commentaries about DSS disobedience to Court Orders. These accusations, as wrong as they are, have peaked in the Emefiele saga. It may interest the public and indeed the avowed critics of the Service to note the following incidents and timelines to show that it…
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Kwara: Customs boss visits Peace Pharmaceutical Company over fire incident
Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The Customs Area Controller, Kwara Command, Comptroller Kehinde Dehinde Ilesanmi, has paid a sympathy visit to the management of Peace Pharmaceutical Company over the fire incident that gutted the company. It would be recalled that on Tuesday, the Peace Pharmaceutical Company, Ilorin, was gutted by fire which destroyed property worth millions…
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FASHOLA DENIES ALLEGATION OF DRAFTING JUDGMENT FOR PEPT, CALLS FOR ACTION AGAINST PEDDLERS OF FAKE NEWS
From Lateef Taiwo The immediate past Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola SAN, has vehemently denied the baseless and defamatory allegation that he was involved in drafting the judgement for the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) Judges. In a statement signed by Hakeem Bello, special Adviser to Fashola on media, Fashola expressed his…
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OGHORO IDENTIFIES MOBILE PHONE ADDICTION AS FACTOR MILITATING AGAINST READING CULTURE
By Lateef Taiwo The Permanent Secretary (PS) in the Delta State Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, Mr. Augustine Oghoro, has identified technical innovations, especially access to mobile phones by children as one of the factors militating against reading culture among them. Oghoro stated this in Ogume, Ndokwa West Local Government Area of the state,…
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Akume Remains my leader, we’ve no crisis_Alia say those feeding fat on crisis
By Lateef Taiwo Benue State Governor Reverend Father Hyacinth Alia has warned those peddling fake news with the aim of causing crisis among personalities in the state particularly between him and leader of the party in the North Central and secretary to the federal government,SFG senator George Akume to desist or would continue to be…
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Leadership Of National Examination Council (NECO),Pays courtesy Visit To Bauchi Governor
From Lateef Taiwo Bauchi State Governor Bala Abdulkadir has received the leadership of National Examination Council (NECO) at the Government House. The leader of the delegation and registrar of ( NECO) Prof. Ibrahim Dan Tani Wushishi expressed their profound gratitude to the Governor for granting them this great opportunity considering the his tight schedules. He…
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Edo Sets To Roll Out Phase 11 Of ESOPP Programme
FROM Lateef Taiwo The Edo State Government has said that it is finalising plans to roll out phase two of the Edo State Oil Palm Programme (ESOPP), which will expand the development of farm estates in the Ovia axis of the State. The governor said the phase II of the programme will commence…