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Politics
Oyo LG Poll: Deliver PDP Candidates In All LGs -Makinde, Arapaja...
Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have been urged to work assiduously to ensure victory for all the party chairmanship and councilorship candidates...
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Metro
Oyo Gives Okada, Tricycle Operators Ultimatum On Residents’ Registration Scheme
Okada (commercial motorcycle) and tricycle operators have been given an ultimatum to enrol for the Oyo State Residents' Registration Scheme before 31 December, 2023.
The...
Makinde Kicks Off Distribution Of Food Relief Packages
Oyo State governor, 'Seyi Makinde, has kicked off the distribution of the food relief component of the Sustainable Actions for Economic Recovery (SAfER).
The action...
VIDEO: Wike Spits Fire, Says Illegal Buildings In Abuja Must Go
Chief Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), was spitting fire as he assumed office on Monday.
The newly-sworn in minister declared that...
Entertainment
Apple Music Announces Qing Madi Up Next Artist In Nigeria
Apple Music, on Wednesday, announced Afrobeats singer-songwriter, Qing Madi (real name Chimamanda Pearl Chukwuma), as the latest featured artist in its Up Next Artist...
My Parents Abandoned Me At Young Age -Actor Charles Inojie
Nigerian actor and director, Charles Inojie, has disclosed that his parents abandoned him at a young age, but added that he has reconnected with...
BON Awards: Shanty Town, Herdsmen, Underbelly Top Nomination List
Best of Nollywood (BON) Awards has officially released nominations lists and categories for the 2023 Nollywood award ceremony.
Styled as BON Awards, the annual film...
Interviews
Farouk Sanni, 60-Yr-Old Best Graduating Student Of Sociology: I Lied To My Boss To...
Alhaji Farouk Sanni is a 1985 graduate of Accounting, University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile-Ife. He got into the employment of United...
Alaafin Stool: Oyo People Are At The Mercy Of Makinde -Prince Sina Afolabi
Prince Afolabi Ademola Adesina of the Adeitan Ruling House, is the spokesperson of the Àtìbà 9. In this interview with Newscoven.ng, he states efforts...
10th National Assembly Leadership: Why PDP May Not Make Input -Agboworin
Honourable Abass Adigun (Agboworin) has disclosed that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may not make any input in the emergence of the leadership of...
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Sports
India, South Africa, Kenya, Others For Valuejet ITTF Lagos Para Open
India, Kenya, Uganda, Benin Republic, Togo, South Africa and host, Nigeria, are among the teams that will compete at this year’s Valuejet ITTF Lagos...
Diamond League Victory: Glo Celebrates Ambassador, Tobi Amusan
Digital and telecommunication services provider, Glo, has congratulated its brand ambassador, Tobi Amusan, on her feat at the Diamond League Championship in Oregon, United...
Tobi Amusan Vows To Defend Title In Budapest
Women Hurdles World Record Holder, Tobi Amusan, has declared her readiness to defend her title at the World Athletics Championship, holding in Budapest, Hungary.
This...
Discourse
The Role Of Christian Journalists In Ensuring Peaceful National Coexistence
I am highly elated to speak to you gentlemen of the press on the topic, "The Role of Christian Journalists In Ensuring Peaceful National...
Coups: Stemming The Rising Waves In Africa
Reminiscent of the 1960s, up to the late 1980s when military coups were the fad in Africa, there has been increasing incursions of men...
Isese Day: Thanks Makinde, Sanwo-Olu, Abiodun, Adeleke
The iconic and historic Isese Festival is being celebrated across many parts of Yorubaland today, 20 August, 2023.
Coincidentally, and more significantly, this year's Isese...
Editorial
Governor Bala Mohammed And His Killer Herdsmen
In probably the most provocative, ethnically insensitive statement ever uttered by a governor since the return to civil rule in 1999, Bauchi State governor,...
Technology
COP28: NASENI EVC To Speak On Homegrown Technologies For Rural Electrification
Executive Vice Chairman/CEO, National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Mr. Khalil Halilu, will speak on the agency’s plans and strategies for rural...
Maida Urges Nokia To Invest In Nigeria
Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Aminu Maida, has urged Nokia Networks to increase its investments in Research and Development...
Quality Service In Telecom Industry Non-Negotiable -Maida
Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Aminu Maida, has said quality of service in the telecom sector is non-negotiable.
This was...
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Awwalu Update: Poor Keke Rider Gifted House, Money, 4 Women
Awwalu Salisu, the poor Keke Marwa rider who returned N15 million forgotten in his keke last week, has been gifted a house, money and...
Awwalu, Poor Nigerian Who Returned N15m Forgotten In His Keke Cab To Owners
The story of Awwalu Salisu. Bad news, they say, travels fast. So, it should be assumed that good news travels in the opposite direction...
NCC Partners BPSR On Digitisation Of Govt Processes
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR) have entered into partnership to work for acceleration of digitisation of government reform...
Health
Professor Anuma Honoured For Building Diabetes Centre
Professor Felicia Anuma has been honoured and celebrated by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Medical Women Association of Nigeria (MWAN FCT).
The honour was in...
UCH @66: CMD Laments Decaying Infrastructure, Insecurity
Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the University Teaching Hospital (UCH), Professor Jesse Otegbayo, has lamented the decaying infrastructure and increasing spate of insecurity in...
Oyo Begins Sensitisation On Lassa Fever, Diphtheria, Others
Oyo State government has kick-started a sensitisation campaign against five priority diseases, including Lassa Fever, COVID-19, Diphtheria, Cholera and Anthrax.
It flagged off the community...
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Education
15th Convocation: Ajayi Crowther University Produces 36 First Class, Awards 1598 Degrees
Ajayi Crowther University (ACU), Oyo has produced 36 First Class graduates and awarded a total of 1598 degrees during the 2022/2023 Academic Session.
The Best...
UI Don To Tinubu: Don’t Put Public Universities To Further Jeopardy
A don at the University of Ibadan, Dr Busari Dauda, has called on President Bola Tinubu not to put public universities in further jeopardy.
This...
UI Alumni Holds 2023 Annual Lecture Today
The University of Ibadan (UI) Alumni Association, Oyo State Branch, hold its 2023 Annual Alumni Lecture, today.
This was contained in a press release issued...
Environment
Hurricane Lee, Category 5 Storm, Threatens the Caribbean
Hurricane Lee strengthened to a Category 5 Storm late Thursday night, forecasters said, and could present potentially dangerous beach conditions on the US East...
Climate Change Impacts: Children In 98% African Countries Most At Risk -UNICEF
Children in 98 per cent countries in Africa are among the most or at the extremely high risk of the impacts of climate change.
But...
Flooding: Babayemi Urges Support From FG
Omooba Dotun Babayemi has urged the Federal Government to urgently put in place mechanisms that would help to stem the menace of flooding currently...
Crime
National Security: Senate Ready To Partner Military -Akpabio
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has said the 10th Senate under his leadership is ready to support the Nigerian military to achieve its...
Drug War: Marwa Warns Against Sabotage
Chairman/CEO of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd), has warned that there will be no room for...
Land Grabbing: Olubadan Urges Collaboration Among Security Agencies
Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Sen. Lekan Balogun, CFR, Alli Okunmade II, called for collaboration among security agencies in the state to tackle the menace...
