Resident doctors under the auspices of Association of Resident Doctors, ARD, at the University College Hospital, UCH Ibadan in Oyo State have commenced a three-day strike due to alleged assault on one of their members by relatives of a patient in the hospital. President of the association, Dr. John Oladapo said that the body is demanding a public apology from the people who assaulted their member and inflicted injuries on […]
Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have razed down at least 25 newly constructed buildings meant for returnees in Dikwa Local Government Area of Borno State. At the peak of insurgency, Dikwa residents fled their homes and took cover as Internally Displaced Persons (IDPS). However, days after abducting IDPS who went into the forest to fetch firewood, insurgents stormed a remote village in Gajibo, shooting sporadically and burning more than 25 […]
The Nigeria Customs Service has commenced the sale of seized food items to vulnerable Nigerians to address hunger across the country The Comptroller General of the Service, Adewale Adeniyi, has stated this on the floor of the House of Representatives during the sectoral debate series It will be recalled that President Bola Tinubu has directed that food items produced in Nigeria and seized at the Nigerian land borders, be sold […]
Oyo State Government has given seven days ultimatum to road side Traders to vacate the road sides or face the full wrath of the law. The state Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Abdulmojeed Mogbojuola, gave this ultimatum during a visit to Ojoo community in the Akinyele Local Government Area of the state. Mogbojubola, said street trading has been causing unwarranted obstruction of free flow of traffic, passersby and vehicles […]
The Oyo State Road Traffic Management Authority (OYRTMA) has notified motorists plying Gate to Idi-ape to Iwo-road axis to take alternative route to their destinations. OYRTMA issued this notice on its official X page on Monday following an accident of a fallen gas tanker on the road. According to an eyewitness, the incident occurred around 11:00 a.m. when the tanker heading from Bashorun road fell just as it took a […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission has reiterated its directive to telecom operators to bar telephone subscribers not linked to their National Identification Numbers on or before February 28, 2024. The Executive Vice Chairman, National Communication Commission, Dr Aminu Maida, spoke at the NCC’s Special Day during the ongoing 45th Kaduna International Trade Fair on Wednesday. Maida who was represented by Mr Reuben Mouka, NCC’s Director of Public Affairs, insisted that as […]
President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero today lamented that Nigerians are dying of hunger due to the economic hardship in the country, urging the federal government to urgently address the situation. Ajaero said this at the National Assembly Complex when he led thousands of protesters including civil society organizations in protest against the economic hardship. The NLC President presented a letter containing their grievances to the representative of […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and its affiliates unions have commenced the planned protests and rally over the high cost of living, inflation, insecurity, and hardship in the country. In the Oyo State capital, Ibadan, the protesters gathered at the NLC State Secretariat, Yidi, and then proceded to Agodi Gate area, Total Garden, Mokola and Dugbe axis and other parts of the city. Almond FM correspondents observed that the Federal […]
The National Examinations Council, NECO, has released its November/December 2023 external Senior School Certificate Examinations, SSCE results. The Registrar, Prof Dantani Wushishi, who announced the release of the results in Minna, Niger State on Monday said 50,066 candidates representing 67.35 percent secured five Credits and above, including English Language and Mathematics. He added that about 62,530 candidates representing 84.11 per cent scored five credits and above, irrespective of English Language […]
Pope Francis has expressed concerns over the increasing abductions in Nigeria. The Pope in a message posted on X said he is praying and hoping that efforts would be made to subdue the incidents. The head of the catholic church world wide expresses his closeness in prayer to the Nigerian people, hoping that efforts will be made to contain the spread of these incidents as much as possible. His comment […]
