By Saka Laaro, Ilorin. Controversy over the use of Hijab turned bloody yesterday in Ilorin as violence marred the reopening of 10 schools, originally owned by Christians and Missions, shut by the Kwara state government over the use of Hijab as…
…Lagos holds day of tributes for first Civilian Governor Lagos State will set up a Leadership and Fellowship academy to immortalize the late Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, the state’s first civilian governor who died on February 11. He was 91.…
Akinlabi Afolabi, Ibadan Oyo State Governor, Egnr Seyi Makinde has urged leaders of various socio-Yoruba groups to apply knowledge in their approach for freedom of Yoruba race. Governor Makinde who made the call at the Pan-Yoruba Congress held yesterday at…
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Wednesday, March 17, 2021 rejected the records of service of George Turnah, former Special Adviser to Mr. Dan Abia, erstwhile Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, while serving as an…
The Kano State Task Force on Fake, Counterfeit Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods has impounded some banned products being sold at the Muhammadu Abubakar Rimi Market, in the metropolis. Task force chairman, Dr Ghali Sule, made the disclosure in a…
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has sealed11 filling stations in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for under-dispensing and over pricing of petrol. The Zonal Operations Controller, DPR, Abuja, Mr Abubakar Buba, disclosed this at the monitoring exercise in Abuja…
… Direct FG to stop use of explosives by oil service firms The House of Representatives has urged the Ministry of Power to work towards completing the installation of 333KVA Line in Onne, Rivers and Bayelsa. This was sequel to the…
The Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi ( FIIRO), says it has trained no fewer than 27 people on fish smoking technology in Ondo State. The Acting Director General of the institute, Dr Yemisi Asagbara disclosed this on Wednesday at…
There was rowdiness in the Senate over a bill seeking to establish a commission for the armed forces. The bill was sponsored by the Senate minority leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe According to him, the commission is to ensure that the composition/appointment…
Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde on Wednesday inaugurated the construction of a fly-over bridge at General Gas on Idi Ape-Akobo road, Ibadan. Speaking at a brief ceremony held at IDC Primary School, Basorun, Makinde said that the flyover bridge, which…
