A Magistrates Court in Lagos State has ordered that a DNA paternity test be conducted on the daughter of a Yoruba actress, Ronke Odusanya following her separation from her estranged partner, Olanrewaju Saheed. The Magistrate M.O. Tanimola gave the order when the case was brought Continue Reading
The US Senate has fallen short of the two-thirds majority needed to convict former President Donald Trump on a charge of incitement to insurrection over the Capitol riot on 6 January. A majority of senators – 57 to 43, including seven Republicans – voted to convict Mr Trump, 10 votes short of the 67 required […]Continue Reading
The correspondents’ chapel of Sokoto State council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has declared a boycott of all government activities with immediate effect. A statement signed by the Chapel’s Secretary, Mr. Ankeli Emmanuel said members have also been barred from using press releases emanating from the Government House, groups or individuals related to the […]Continue Reading
Lawmaker representing Iseyin/Kajola/Itesiwaju/Iwajowa Federal Constituency, Mr Shina Peller has described the ongoing membership registration and revalidation exercise of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as an avenue to further strengthen internal democracy in the party. Mr Peller stated this in an interview with newsmen in Iseyin, shortly after revalidating his Continue Reading
1,143 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-319FCT-157Kwara-90Oyo-74Enugu-72Nasarawa-69Imo-58Osun-51Gombe-49Kaduna-31Edo-23Katsina-23Kebbi-23Ogun-22Kano-19Rivers-19Ebonyi-18Plateau-14Delta-7Ekiti-5 145,664 confirmed120,399 discharged1,747 deaths Source: NCDCContinue Reading
Properties worth millions of naira were destroyed in the clash that occurred between the Yoruba and Hausa communities at Sasa in Akinyele Local Government, Moniya Ibadan, Oyo state. Radio Nigeria Correspondent, who visited Sasa market, reports that many shops, residential buildings, shops, vehicles and motorcycles as well as industrial equipment were destroyed. The crisis Continue Reading
As Valentine’s Day is being commemorated all over the world today, Nigerians have been advised to comply with protocols against Covid-19 to prevent further spread of the disease. A medical expert, who spoke with Radio Nigeria in Akure, the Ondo state capital is of the opinion that people should not throw caution to the wind […]Continue Reading
A cleric, Pastor Folashade Ajibade wants Nigerians to always use every opportunity they come across for rendering service unto God. Pastor Ajibade made the call in Ibadan at the 60th birthday and retirement party of Deputy Director Internal Audit of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN headquarters, Pastor Zacchaeus Oloruntola. She said people needed […]Continue Reading
Nigerians have been urged to allow their love for the country to outweigh all other considerations and work together to surmount the challenges confronting the nation in the true spirit of Valentine’s celebration. Those who spoke with staff reporter, Abimbola Bamgbose at Ota, Ogun State maintained that the country would be more peaceful when the […]Continue Reading
Ojo ketala ninu osu keji lodoodun ni gbogbo agbaye ma n se ayajo ojo Radio. Ajo UNESCO lo kede ojo na,lati le tubo ma seto itaniji fun awon araalu ati awon ileese iroyin lori pataki radio lawujo. Ninu akanse iroyin yi, Afolasade Osigwe, to pin pin awon ipenija to n koju ileese radio ati awon osise […]Continue Reading
The Federal Government has called on Nigerians to avoid the temptation of giving ethnic coloration to criminal activities in the country. Minister of the Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola gave the advice on Friday in Abuja when he received a delegation from the Executive Intelligence Management Course (EIMC) 14, of the National Institute for Security Studies […]Continue Reading
Oyo State Government has ordered the immediate closure of the Sasa market indefinitely following skirmishes reported at the market in Akinyele Local Government Area of Ibadan. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, indicates that the governor gave the order to forestall breakdown of law and order in the […]Continue Reading
Two personnel of Amotekun have been allegedly detained and another one shot by the divisional police officer in Ile Igbon, Surulere Local Government Area of Oyo State. According to the information gathered, the Amotekun officers Olatunji Mayowa and Jenyo Isiaka had arrested an herdsman that was alleged to have set a farmland ablaze. The report also Continue Reading
Armed policemen have arrested some protesters on Saturday at the Lekki Tollgate in Lagos. Police authority called on the organizers of the protest to shelve it and stay away from the tollgate. The planned protest is in reaction to the decision of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution to return control of the Lekki […]Continue Reading
An expert in the petroleum industry, Dr Israel Aye, says the two proposed commissions for regulation of the upstream and downstream activities in the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, will allow transparency and boost nation’s economic growth. The two commissions in the Bill are the Nigerian Upstream Regulatory Commission and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Regulatory Continue Reading
The newly appointed Chief of Defence Intelligence, CDI, Major General Samuel Adebayo, has taken over the leadership of the Defence Intelligence Agency, DIA. The former CDI, Air Vice Marshal Muhammed Usman, had on Monday handed over the leadership of the agency to his Deputy, Major General Gbolahan Oyefesobi, following his retirement from service. General Oyefesobi […]Continue Reading
The Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF has reached a consensus on the need for the country to switch into modern systems of animal husbandry that will replace open, night and underage grazing in the country. Chairman of the forum and Governor of Ekiti State Dr Kayode Fayemi stated this at the 25th teleconference meeting with his […]Continue Reading
Opponents of Myanmar’s military coup sustained mass protests for an eighth straight day on Saturday as continuing arrests of junta critics added to anger over the detention of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Thousands assembled in the business hub, Yangon, while protesters took to the streets of the capital Naypyitaw, the second city Mandalay […]Continue Reading
In an expletive-laced phone call with House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy while the Capitol was under attack, then-President Donald Trump said the rioters cared more about the election results than McCarthy did. “Well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are,” Trump said, according to lawmakers who were briefed […]Continue Reading
As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark Radio Day, relevant authorities in the fight against Covid-19 pandemic have been urged to take advantage of the wide coverage of Radio to curb the rising tide of the new variant of the virus This is contained in a statement issued by the National President […]Continue Reading
The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, wants people in leadership positions to prevail on the youths to refrain from smuggling and other cross border crimes to further enhance the safety of lives and property at the border areas. The advice is coming on the heels of incessant attacks and violent encounters between suspected smugglers and Customs […]Continue Reading
The deputy governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP in 2018 election in Ekiti State, Mrs. Adetayo Yemisi (Nee Adefolalu Yemisi) is dead. Children of the renowned accountant, business woman and politician announced the death of their mother in a statement in Ado Ekiti. Late Adetayo Yemisi was born on the 24th of December 1966 in […]Continue Reading
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has approved the appointment of members of the Governing Council of Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere Ekiti. A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Yinka Oyebode says, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN) is the Chancellor of the university while Chief Afolabi Ojuawo is the Pro […]Continue Reading
Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) has commenced training of language teachers and non-formal education centres facilitators across the State. This, the government revealed is in partial fulfilment of the execution of Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA) in the State. The Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr. Nureni Continue Reading
Oyo State Police Command says there is relative peace in Shasha Community after the fracas that ensued between Hausa’s and Yorubas. The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Olugbenga Fadeyi stated this in Ibadan while speaking with Radio Nigeria in a telephone interview. The Police spoke persons who frowned at the incident said the command as […]Continue Reading