Poisonous gas leak hits Ibadan Poly Hostel, 10 Students rushed to govt. hospital
10 students of the Polytechnic Ibadan are now receiving treatment in government hospitals after they inhaled poisonous gas and collapsed on Tuesday. The Oyo State Government swiftly responded to the emergency situation at the tertiary institution after receiving a distress call. Upon receiving reports of the incident, the Honourable Commissioner Continue Reading
Oyo PDP carpets APC for playing politics on UCH-IBEDC face-off
It is unfortunate that the APC is so shameless that it is thumping its chest on the issue of UCH-IBEDC imbroglio instead of covering its face in shame. But we are not surprised because APC will play politics with anything, even the agony and pains of the people they were Continue Reading
Isiaka Ibrahim emerges as new deputy Chief Whip
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has appointed Isiaka Ibrahim, a lawmaker from Ogun State, as the new deputy chief whip. Abbas announced the appointment during Tuesday’s plenary session in Abuja, stating that the decision followed consultations with relevant stakeholders and the All Progressives Congress (APC) South-West caucus. Continue Reading
Unresolved crisis: PDP suffers another defection as House of Reps member joins APC
Rep. Amos Magaji (Jaba/Zango Kataf Federal Constituency, Kaduna) of the Federal House of Representatives, has defected from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) swelling the number of defectors. The Kaduna State-born politician premised his defection on the crisis rocking the major opposition party in the Continue Reading
Mother of late Bamise accuses Lagos govt of being complicit, laments delay in BRT driver’s trial
The mother of Oluwabamise Ayanwola, a 22-year-old woman who went missing after boarding a Bus Rapid Transit vehicle (BRT) in Lagos, has accused the Lagos State government of being complicit in her daughter’s death. Bamise went missing after she boarded a BRT vehicle from Chevron Bus Stop, Ajah to Oshodi Continue Reading
Bisi Akande, poverty and Ige’s death|Festus Adedayo
In her biography of Ayo Rosiji, one of the key politicians of Nigeria’s first republic, entitled Man With Vision, Australia-born historian, Nina Mba, citing a Holmes, called biographers “People who knead people.” In other words, biographers knead their subjects from raw flour into edible form. You then wonder what the Continue Reading
MURIC, Saki branch condemns fake miracles and deliverance in christian school
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), Saki Branch, strongly condemns the disturbing video footage of Muslim students undergoing fake miracles and deliverance in a Christian school in Saki, Oyo State. This incident is a blatant disregard for the religious rights and sensitivities of Muslim students. The school’s actions are a clear Continue Reading
Atiku, Tambuwal, Imoke in Closed-Door Meeting With Obasanjo
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar met with ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday in a closed-door meeting at Obasanjo’s hilltop residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Atiku was accompanied by former Governor of Cross River State, Liyel Imoke, and Senator Aminu Tambuwal, a former governor of Sokoto State. While the details of Continue Reading
PDP Crisis: Call Atiku, Wike to order or we lose all in 2027 -Bode George
Bode George spoke in an interview with NAN on Sunday on Lagos. He was reacting to the leadership crisis in the party and how some old members are leaving the party, citing internal wranglings. George said the present problems in the PDP would be resolved and that the party would Continue Reading
4% Import levy sparks outrage among Nigerian Manufacturers
The imposition of a four per cent increase in charges on all consignments imported into the country by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), last week, drew disapproval from manufacturers, economists and other stakeholders at the weekend. The stakeholders said the hike could plunge Nigerians into deeper financial crisis. Experts also Continue Reading