The Zamfara House of Assembly has commenced process to impeach the state’s deputy governor, Mahdi Aliyu. The Director General, Press Affairs and Public Relations to the legislature, Malam Mustafa Jafaru-Kaura,…
Year: 2022
Katsina: Bandits Kill Village Head, 5 Others In A Fresh Attack
Bandits attacked Daddarar village in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State in the early hours of Thursday, killing the village head, five others while abducting another five residents of the community….
10m People Died Of Cancer In 2021— WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has disclosed that 10 million people died of cancer in 2021. This was contained in a statement issued by the health organisation to commemorate the World…
Osun 2022 Guber: Ex-SSG Adeoti Obtains APC Nomination Form
Former Secretary to the State Government of Osun, Alhaji Moshood Adeoti, has obtained the governorship nomination form of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Adeoti, according to some of his aides, obtained the…
NCP approves 42 transactions for execution in 2022— BPE
The National Council on Privatisation (NCP) has approved 42 transactions to be executed by the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) in 2022. The council is chaired by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. …
Delay in Ondo seaport project, Akeredolu blames FG
Ondo Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has blamed Federal Government’s bureaucratic bottlenecks for the delay in the take off of the construction of a seaport in the State known as ‘Port Ondo’. …
Court remands man for attempted kidnapping in Oyo
Yaganku Magistrates ‘Court sitting in Ibadan on Friday ordered the remand of a 22-year-old, Muezz Abiola, at Abolongo Correctional Centre for attempted kidnapping. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports…
Hijab protest turns bloody, one killed, 4 others injured in Kwara
One person was feared killed and four others sustained varying degrees of injuries, after a protest by Christian and Muslim parents of students of the Oyun Baptist High School over the use…
Alleged attack on Oranmiyan House: who is really culpable? By Lanre Akeji
On Thursday evening, Osun was greeted with the news of attack on Oranmiyan House, Osogbo, where former Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s loyalists operate from. According to the report, the building was attacked after…
Hijab crisis: Kwara shuts Baptist High School
The kwara state government has shut Baptist High School, Ijagbo in the Oyun local government area of the state amid the crisis over wearing of hijab by Muslim schoolgirls. The state commissioner…