South-West

In response to the increasing cases of kidnapping and robbery by bandits and suspected Fulani herdsmen in the South-West, traditional rulers from the region have vowed to defend their people and flush the marauders out of the region. The monarchs made the declaration just as governors from the South-West announced …

The Ondo State Police Command, said it had commenced investigation into the alleged assault on worshipers and the pastors of the Redeemed Christian Church of God by a judge of the Court of Appeal, Justice Folayemi Omoleye. The incident happened in Akure on Wednesday. The state Police Public Relations Officer, …

A former Osun State House of Assembly majority leader Timothy Owoeye has emerged the seventh speaker of the Osun state House of Assembly. He was declared winner of the election which took place at the maiden plenary of the new assembly on Thursday in Osogbo, the state capital. In October …

Former Governor Rashidi Ladoja of Oyo State has said that nobody can Islamise Nigeria, saying doing so will be difficult. Ladoja stated this while addressing journalists at his Ondo Street, Bodija, Ibadan home as his Sallah message. He said: “In Nigeria, we should be thanking God because religion is not …

Ekiti State House of Assembly has ordered the 16 suspended council chairmen to refund N3.6 billion to the state’s coffers. The lawmakers said the order was predicated on the report of a panel, which indicted the chairmen of mismanagement. Making the declaration at the valedictory session of the fifth assembly …

Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) has announced that resident doctors and house officers will commence total and indefinite strike on Friday, June 7. In a communiqué issued after an emergency general meeting on Monday, the proposed day for the commencement of the strike, ARD …

The chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State, Chief Gboyega Oguntuwase, has berated the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress and the state governor, Kayode Fayemi, for suspending a former governor of the state, Segun Oni. Oguntuwase, who said the suspension was a fallout of lack of …

A major breakthrough was recorded in open heart surgery by team of medical experts at the Multi system Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti (ABUTH). The feat was achieved over the weekend by the medical experts at ABUATH, in collaboration with their foreign partners This revelation was made during …

The Ogun Assembly, on Friday, passed a bill nullifying all appointments, employments and financial agreements done by former Gov. Ibikunle Amosun between Feb. 9 and May 28. The passage of the bill entitled, “Nullification of Irregularities (Amendment) Law, 2019,”at plenary followed the suspension of the Assembly’s standing orders 45-48 to …

The Oyo State Government has proscribed the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and taken over the control of all motor parks in the state. The Chief of Staff, Government House, Ibadan, Bisi Ilaka, disclosed this on Friday during a news conference at the Executive Chambers of the governor’s …