Author: Festus Adeloye

The Oyo State government has absolved itself from the rumoured plan to stop or scuttle the ambition of anyone to become the next Olubadan. A statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Dotun Oyelade, said that the government believed that it was not only premature but also unfair and preemptive for anyone to start discussions on the next Olubadan when a new Olubadan has just been successfully installed. The commissioner said, “It is embarrassing that a few days after the coronation and presentation of Staff of Office to the new Olubadan, HIM Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, Ige Olakulehin I,…

Leaders of the organised Labour consisting of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria have arrived at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa for the second leg of talks on the national minimum wage. A white State House-registered Coaster bus conveying the NLC President, Joe Ajaero, and the TUC President, Festus Osifo, and other leaders arrived at the forecourt of the Villa at 02:14 pm local time. Per the President’s programme for the day, the 30-minute meeting was scheduled for 02:00 pm but was delayed as the visitors were still undergoing covid-19 tests and security checks. Thursday’s…

The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, has said Nigeria is not merit-driven, adding that the Nigerian system must find a way to celebrate and promote merit. “I believe there must be a way to drive and balance this. We need to create a space where everyone can thrive which promotes merit,” the governor said on Thursday while delivering a lecture on patriotism and citizenship at the Yoruba Tennis Club event in Lagos State. The governor also explained why Nigeria is battling declining patriotism among her citizens, saying the stakeholders must right the wrongs to elicit the spirit of patriotism among…

Singer Rudeboy has addressed his recent arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), asserting that his wealth is solely derived from his music career and not from any illicit activities. The artist, who was released after questioning, took to social media to declare his innocence and clarify that his success in the music industry is the only source of his income. “Eagle eyes, all cleared. I no thief ohh. Na just good music de pay, Now let’s get back to the music next week!! New music!! Vitamin D.” he wrote on Instagram, sharing the EFCC’s eagle logo.

Como have signed former Spain goalkeeper Pepe Reina on a one-year deal, the newly-promoted Serie A club announced on Thursday. “Como 1907 is pleased to announce the signing of Pepe Reina until June 2025,” said the club in a statement. The 41-year-old, who has played for some of Europe’s biggest clubs including Barcelona, Liverpool and Bayern Munich, will be a back-up ‘keeper for Pau Lopez who is set to arrive from Marseille. Reina returns to Italy after being released by La Liga outfit Villarreal. He won the 2014 Italian Cup in the first of two spells at Napoli and also…

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, affirmed the re-election of Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State. In a unanimous decision by a three-man panel of Justices, the appellate court, dismissed an appeal that was brought before it by the All Progressives Congress, APC, and its candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva. It held that the appeal was incompetent and constituted an abuse of court process. The court said it found no reason to dislodge the earlier judgement of the Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which declined to nullify the outcome of the gubernatorial poll that held in the…

The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, said on Thursday a new curriculum would be introduced for secondary schools nationwide by September 2024. Tahir made this known at the ongoing 2024 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board policy meeting in Abuja. “We are working hard to ensure that a new curriculum is introduced for secondary schools by September,” Mamman said. Mamman noted that the exercise has been on for the past year and a stakeholders meeting will be held on August 6,2024. “It is our plan that by September, this programme will be implemented in all schools, public and private,” the…

The Coordinator of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Ogun State, Mrs Olayinka Nasamu, on Wednesday, said that the agency knows nothing over a hit-and-run driver who crushed to death a student of Gateway ICT Polytechnic, Saapade, Aiyepe Annexe, Pelumi David Idowu, in front of NYSC Orientation Camp along Sagamu-Ikenne road last week Monday. The fleeing driver had reportedly hit the motorcyclist carrying Idowu from the back killing both the student and the motorcyclist on the spot. Students in Ogun state, under the auspices of National Association of Nigerian Students and National Association of Ogun State Students had on Tuesday, protested…

The Police Command in Lagos State says it has arrested two suspected hoodlums over the death of a vigilante member in the Epe area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday. Hundeyin said that the Epe Police Division got a report on Monday at about 4.30 p.m. that an Ibile Vigilante member, simply identified as Oluwafemi, 45, was attacked on Friday at about 2.00 p.m. by suspected hoodlums. He said the hoodlums reportedly attacked the vigilante member at a refuse dump site, at Afero Village, Epe, while attempting…

There is outrage in Amassoma, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, following the fatal stabbing of a final-year student from Niger Delta University on Monday. According to community sources, the victim, Francis Palowei, was at the Sand Dump, a popular student relaxation spot, when some local youths stabbed him after he refused to pay them N150. Palowei, from Obrigbene community in the Ekeremor Local Government Area, was set to graduate on July 24, 2024. Police have since arrived in the community, searching for those responsible. Students from the university have also joined in the search, though some have…