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The Oluwo of Iwo land, Oba Abdul-Rasheed Alanna has paid a courtesy visit to the ancestral palace of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi II, on monday. The monarchs in their discussion decries the manner in which the Nigerian Police are handling Farmers/Herder crisis in the Southwest. The monarch said some Fulani persons who were arrested for kidnapping and handed over to the police were released in controversial circumstances. Oba Adeyemi said, “Nigeria is under a weak system. The system is no more working. Nigeria’s system of government is failing most especially on security. Security should not be under…
The Federal Government has declared Friday 2nd and Monday 5th April, Public Holidays to mark this year’s Easter Celebration. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola made the declaration on Tuesday. He urged Christians to emulate the attributes of forbearance, forgiveness, kindness, humility, love, peace and patience, which were demonstrated by Jesus Christ. He called on them to use the occasion of this year’s Easter Celebration to pray for the Peace, Unity, and Progress of our country. Aregbesola in a statement signed by the Director of Press in the Ministry, Mohammed Manga, assured that the government would leave no stone unturned…
The Nigeria Football Federation has announced that the Confederation of African Football has cleared Super Eagles forward, Alex Iwobi, to play in Nigeria’s game against Lesotho. NFF disclosed this in a tweet on Tuesday, hours before the African Cup of Nations qualifier which will be played at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos today. The PUNCH had earlier reported that officials of the Super Eagles team questioned Iwobi’s COVID-19 positive test result that forced the Everton FC man to miss Nigeria’s AFCON qualifier against the Benin Republic last Saturday. The 24-year-old was replaced by Galatasaray’s Henry Onyekuru in the game that…
NATIONAL leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Lagos State governor, Senator Bola Tinubu has decried that bandits continue to cash in on huge unemployment in the country to recruit many young Nigerians, as he called for the recruitment of 50 million youths into the Nigerian Army and the police. Speaking on Monday during the 12th Asiwaju Bola Tinubu Colloquium held in Kano, the former Lagos State governor noted that it is expedient for political leaders to create jobs for Nigerian youths if the nation is to experience rest from banditry and other forms of criminality. Pointing to…
The oyo State government through the office of the state human capital development has invited all applicant seeking the government’s scholarship to sit for a CBT test to test their capacity. The government had initially announced that all indigent of the start that are presently in 100l in various universities across the country to apply for a scholarship package sponsored by the state COMPUTER BASED TEST FOR SUCCESSFUL 100 LEVEL SCHOLARSHIP APPLICANTS This is to notify all candidates that successfully applied for the Nigeria-Sao Tome and Principe Joint Development Authority and Oyo State Government scholarship for 100 level students in…
Gunmen on Monday killed a former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Tafa council area of Niger State, Sule Ishaya. The killers also took away his wife. The Nation learnt that the gunmen invaded Ishaya’s house in New Bwari on Sunday night, stabbed him in the stomach with a knife before shooting him. Family sources told The Nation that the assailants gained entrance into the house with a ladder. A PDP chieftain who pleaded anonymity confirmed the incident saying, “He was stabbed in the stomach and shot to make sure that he was dead.” It was an assassination…
Oyo is among six states listed by the African Development Bank (AfDB) for implementation of its Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SPAZs) programme. Oyo State makes up cluster 2 of the SPAZs project alongside Ondo, Lagos, Ekiti, Ogun and Osun states. The project aims at boosting the rapid development of modern agro-processing capacity in the country. This information came to the fore when team lead of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Chucks Ezedinma alongside other delegates of AfDB and those of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), paid a courtesy call on Governor Seyi Makinde, at Oyo governor’s office,…
President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to depart Nigeria for the United Kingdom for a medical check-up, on Tuesday. Femi Adesina, Presidential Spokesman, made this known in a statement on Monday night. According to Adesina, “President Muhammadu Buhari will travel to London, the United Kingdom, Tuesday, March 30, 2021, for a routine medical check-up. “Before Buhari’s departure, he will meet with Security Chiefs first in the morning, then, head to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, for the journey. “The President is due to return in the country during the second week of April, 2021,” the statement added. Since outbreak of…
One of the members of Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) popularly known as Shi’ites was shot dead on Monday during a clash with the police in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The incident, according to an eyewitness, who is also a member of the IMN, Yahaya Soje occurred when hundreds of IMN members gathered for a peaceful protest to commemorate the birth anniversary of their leader Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky. The procession, he said started in front of the Human Rights Commission, in Maitama, when the police opened fire on them, thereby killing one person while several others were injured.…
The oyo state governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde has ordered the refund of fees paid by aspirants whobloosed out in the party’s primary election. According to a statement credited to the part’s secretary, Alh. Wadi Adelle, It is the governor’s way of fostering unity in the party. The statement reads:It reads: “Sequel to the announcement of the successful candidates of our party for the 2021 Local Government elections and in order to promote brotherliness in the party, the Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde in unison with the entire state executives of the party in Oyo State have ordered the…