The new Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade, has set up a 97-member local organising coronation committee to oversee activities for the ceremony fixed for April 5, 2025. A statement by the Chief of Staff to the monarch, Rotimi Osuntola, said the committee was inaugurated to ensure a grand and seamless ceremony that will celebrate the rich cultural heritage of the Yoruba people. The committee which is chaired by former […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that candidates below the age of 16 may be considered for admission into tertiary institutions if they achieve an outstanding score of 80% or higher in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The decision follows the recent reversal of the mandatory 18-year admission age policy introduced by former Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman. The current Minister of Education, Olatunji Alausa, has […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has declared four associates of Lagos-based drug kingpin, Alhaji Suleiman Aremu Ganiu, also known as Barryshine or Ejeoto, wanted for their involvement in multiple drug trafficking operations. Director, Media and Advocacy NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Femi Babafemi, made this known in a statement on Monday. According to the statement, Barryshine is already facing criminal charges at a Federal High Court in Lagos. The statement indicated that […]
The Federal High court in Abuja has indefinitely adjourned the trial of the leader of the Indigenous people of Biafra,Nnamdi Kanu. The Court made the decision this morning, following Nnamdi Kanu’s insistence that the presiding Judge, Justice Binta Nyako cannot preside over his case citing her previous recusal. Kanu, had questioned the jurisdiction of his alleged terrorism case when he re-appeared before the Court. The lead counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, […]
The Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria in South-West Zone, has declared an indefinite strike over non-payment of the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure. In a statement jointly signed by the association Chairman, AbdulKareem Salawu and Secretary, Omotola Obajolowo, respectively, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital following the expiration of 21 days ultimatum on the 2nd of February 2025. It said, “The association agreed on the industrial action, having […]
A group of medical students from the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, today stormed the venue of the meeting between the Federal Government and top Management of University College Hospital, Ibadan to protest the over 100 days of total blackout at the premier hospital. The hospital had been disconnected from the grid since October 2024, by IBEDC over an outstanding alleged debt of about N500 million. The protesters demanded an […]
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has proposed the death penalty for drug peddlers. The Director-General of the agency, Mojisola Adeyeye, who spoke during a live television programme this morning, argued that only strict penalties would deter drug peddlers, especially when their actions result in the deaths of children. The NAFDAC boss also called for the cooperation of the judiciary and the National Assembly to […]
The Federal Government has proposed a 12-year basic education model; however refuting reports that it has scrapped the Junior and Senior Secondary School systems. A statement by the Ministry of Education noted that the Minister, Tunji Alausa made the statement at the Extraordinary National Council on Education Meeting held in Abuja where he presented it as a proposal for discussion, but not an immediate policy change. Speaking with newsmen, the […]
Dignitaries, state governors and political associates, religious leaders, traditional rulers and well wishers from within and outside the state today joined the family of the Oyo State Governor as they laid their elder brother, Engr. Sunday Makinde to rest. In his message during the funeral service held at Bishop Akinyele Memorial Anglican Church, Iwo Road, Ibadan, The Most Rev. Dr. Williams Aladekugbe called on Christians not to see death as […]
