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Oyo state Government today, kick started Operation Zero potholes initiative, as the State Road Maintenance Agency has begun rehabilitation of Roads and distilling of drainage across Ibadan metropolis and its environs. The Chairman Oyo State Road Maintenance Agency, Ogunlade Busoye Soladoye who visited roads earmarked for rehabilitation revealed that the agency will live up to […]

The Federal High Court Abuja has fixed September 7, for the hearing of a legal suit seeking the disqualification of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), from contesting the 2023 elections for allegedly presenting the forged certificate. Justice Ahmed Mohammed fixed the hearing, just as it granted an ex-parte order […]

The 14th Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has lamented the current state of the nation, saying Nigeria will not be where it is if public office holders take their job seriously. Sanusi, who spoke in Lagos on Sunday at a stage play titled “Emir Sanusi: Truth in Time”, charged politicians to be accountable to […]

Amid biting inflation and rising hunger in the country, some personnel of the Nigerian Army, Navy, and Air Force, on Tuesday night, complained about the delay by the federal government in paying their July salaries. The Abuja-based soldiers who spoke on the condition of anonymity said they and their colleagues are unhappy with the Major […]

The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) has suspended the train services on the Lagos, Abuja, and Ajaokuta routes over safety concerns. The Managing Director of the NRC Fidet Okhiria confirmed this to newsmen today. He said this followed a report of an attempted kidnapping of passengers that left the Ajaokuta Station by road on their way […]

The Federal Government of Nigeria on Monday said it has not removed subsidies on the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol. Timipre Sylva, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, stated this while speaking with newsmen in Abuja. Sylva spoke on the sidelines of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) […]

A US drone strike in Afghanistan has killed Osama bin Laden’s successor, Ayman al-Zawahiri, who became the leader of al-Qaeda following the killing of Osama Bin Laden in May 2011. Confirming the report, President Joe Biden of the US described the death of al-Zawahiri, Osama Bin Laden’s deputy, as a huge blow to the Al […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has again extended the ongoing strike by four weeks. President of the union, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, who disclosed this in a statement yesterday, said the decision was to give the government enough time to resolve all outstanding issues with the lecturers. Noting that the body conveyed an emergency […]

The lawmaker representing Bauchi North Senatorial District, Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa, has disclosed that the majority of members of the Senate are in support of the move to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari, over the failure of his administration to address the growing insecurity in Nigeria. Bulkachuwa, a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, the party […]

Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, inspected the ongoing Oyo State Local Government Service Commission and Local Government Staff Pension Board, secretariat complex, within the State Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan. He expressed dissatisfaction with the low pace of work being done by the contractors and issued a three-month ultimatum to the contractor to deliver the project. The […]