Month: July 2025

The Olubadan-designate, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, has said he will not delay the filling of any vacant position in the Olubadan chieftaincy line. He made this commitment while receiving the Asipa Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Abiodun Kola-Daisi, at his Lagos residence. “There would be no delay in filling every pending vacancy in the Olubadan chieftaincy line,” he said, according to a statement by his spokesman, Adeola Oloko, in Ibadan, the Oyo […]

The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives has given the Federal Government a seven-day notice, urging improved welfare, fair allowances, and better working conditions for nurses. The notice, signed by National Secretary Enya Osinachi and released by the association's President, Morakinyo-Olajide Rilwan, was formally issued in Abuja on Monday The decision followed an emergency National Executive Council meeting held on July 10 in Abuja. The association explained that the […]

Scores of residents of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, have kicked against elongation of already marked lands meant for construction of Circular Road. The residents kicked against the development during a peaceful protest at the entrance of Oyo State Government Secretariat on Monday. Report says that between 2003 and 2007, the Oyo State government then led by Rasidi Ladoja marked some lands for the construction of a Circular Road in […]

Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has been expelled from the Social Democratic Party (SDP), with the party also imposing a 30-year ban on him. SDP’s National Working Committee, NWC, said the action was in line with the party’s constitution, ideology, manifesto, principles, and practices, as well as in consonance with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Electoral Act pertaining to the exclusive right of a […]

The Olubadan-designate, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, is reportedly expected  in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, any moment from now. This follows the expiration of 21 days of mourning for the 43rd Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin. Oba Olakulehin, who celebrated his 90th birthday on Saturday, June 5, 2025, joined his ancestors on Monday, June 7, 2025. He was expected to mark his first coronation anniversary on Saturday, June 12, before […]

The Lagos State Government has appealed to medical doctors to postpone their three-day warning strike, scheduled to begin today, stating that negotiations and engagements with the Medical Guild are ongoing. This is contained in a statement issued by Tunbosun Ogunbanwo, the Director, public Affairs in the Lagos State Ministry of Health. The government assured that all grievances of the doctors were being looked into with utmost sincerity and urgency. The […]