By Lanre Omotoso Activities such as burning of forest, animal grazing and deforestation are inimical to forest sustainability hence people should desist from those acts. Head, Department of Environmental Management and Toxicology, Federal University Oye-Ekiti. Dr. Deji Adejumo, gave the advice Continue Reading
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By Olufisoye Adenitan Victims of rainstorm in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State have received relief materials from the State government. At the ceremony in Owo, the Deputy Governor, Lucky Ayedatiwa said the distribution of the materials was to bring relief and succour to the people. Ayedatiwa said the government would continue to do […]Continue Reading
By Folake Oye Property worth millions of naira has been destroyed following a rainstorm at Iwoye-Ijesa in Oriade local government area of Osun state. Radio Nigeria correspondent who was at the scene of the incident reports that more than sixty houses including blocks of classrooms, churches and market stalls were blown away by the heavy […]Continue Reading
Oluwakayode Banjo Oyo State Government will on Friday resume another round of commissioning and flag-off of three strategic projects, as Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State is expected in the State. According to the Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr Wasiu Olatubosun, the projects billed for commissioning are the Dr. Omololu Olunloyo Airport road Continue Reading
By Rotimi Famakin The need to preserve pangolin from total extinction in the ecosystem formed the basis of a day lecture organized by the Pangolin Conservation Guild, PCG, Nigeria. The lecture which attracted hunters, the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency, NESREA, security agencies, students and pangolin conservation guild members provided Continue Reading
Osun State Fire Service has confirmed the death of three persons that got trapped in a well. They died in a well at a construction site located in the Owode Area of Ede, Osun State. Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of Osun State Fire Service, Ibrahim Adekunle said the three men were brought out of […]Continue Reading
By Funmi Adekoya Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State says he will complete all ongoing projects of the previous administration in the state. Governor Adeleke stated this when he received members of the Osun State House of Assembly who paid a courtesy visit at the Executive lounge of the Governor’s Office, Abere. He said his […]Continue Reading
By Olabiyi Fadahunsi Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NIMET wants Nigerians, especially, travellers and farmers to be conversant with the weather forecast to guide them in their daily activities. An Official Of NIMET, Mr James Adamu gave the advice in Ibadan at a workshop organized by the Agency on The Seasonal Climate Prediction, SCP in Collaboration with […]Continue Reading
Bolanle Adesida Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has inaugurated a fire service and safety station in Ifo Local Government area of the state. Inaugurating the fire service and safety station during his campaign tour of the local government, Governor Abiodun said, the provision of two brand new fire trucks and ambulances would aid 24 […]Continue Reading
By Iyabo Adebisi Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Architect Olamilekan Adegbite has frowned at illegal mining in the country urging those who engage in the act to desist or face the full wrath of the law. He stated this in Ibadan while speaking with newsmen at the end of a 3-day retreat with the […]Continue Reading
By Adenitan Akinola A fierce rainstorm on Friday, 27th January, 2023, destroyed property worth millions of naira in many parts of Osun State, as hundreds of residents were displaced. In Eripa, Boluwaduro Local Government Area of the state, no fewer than six houses were affected by the rainstorm. Other affected towns according to the information […]Continue Reading
Another fire incident has gutted a building at the popular Balogun Market in the Lagos Island area of Lagos State. The fire started in one of the popular market buildings on Thursday. The cause of the inferno which could not be ascertained as of press time has started spreading to other apartments. Operatives of the […]Continue Reading
Ibadan, the Oyo state capital today recorded its first rain of the year. Our Correspondent reports that the rain, which fell heavily in Podo, Odo Ona-Kekere and the environs started at about three o’clock in the afternoon. A cross-section of residents in the area expressed joy over the rain, which they described as a relief […]Continue Reading
Ekiti State on Saturday has recorded the first rain in the year 2023. Among the areas where it was recorded were, Adebayo, Olorunsogo, Olorunda, Okeila, Fajuyi all in Ado Ekiti, while it drizzled at some places in the state. It also rained heavily in Ido Ekiti, Oye, Ikogosi and Ilawe. The rain which started at […]Continue Reading
One person has been confirmed dead after a storey building collapsed in the Aromire area of Ikeja, Lagos State. The Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, in a statement on Thursday, said the building formerly occupied by a Mart, was being worked on by unskilled labourers resulting in a partial […]Continue Reading
Some traders at Araromi Spare Parts Market, Agodi, Ibadan are counting their losses after their shops got razed and property worth more than thirty million got destroyed. According to eyewitnesses, the fire started at about 2 am Saturday morning, burning down the shops before the arrival of Fire service men. Speaking with Radio Nigeria, two […]Continue Reading
Araromi spare parts market in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital was in the early hours of Saturday gutted by fire. The market is one of the major markets in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. It was gathered that the fire incident, which started around 2 a.m, affected about forty-five shops. General Manager of Oyo State […]Continue Reading
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has inaugurated 2.1 kilometres Esure road in Ijebu-Mushin, Ijebu East Local Government area of the state. Speaking at the ceremony which was part of his campaign tour to the local government, Governor Abiodun called on the people of the area to take ownership of the project. Governor Abiodun said that, […]Continue Reading
Ogun state government has solicited the assistance of the federal government in its flood mitigation programme especially in providing concrete lining on all its secondary erosion trunks. Governor Dapo Abiodun made the call when he received the Presidential Technical Committee on Flood who are on a fact finding mission to the state in Abeokuta. Governor […]Continue Reading
The lawmaker representing Oluyole Federal Constituency, Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, (APC) has urged the Federal Government to urgently construct pedestrian bridges along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway within the metropolis of Ibadan, Oyo State. Akande-Sadipe, said this after she laid a copy of a petition from Concerned Youth for Welfarism before the house at plenary. She noted Continue Reading
Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has directed the immediate suspension of Ilesa Water Project consultant, Mrs Tawa Williams over questionable handling of a 106 million dollar loan for the project. The Governor in a statement by His Spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed also ordered the probe of the entire project and disbursed loans noting that […]Continue Reading
The Oyo State Waste Management Task Force has affirmed its readiness to meet the waste management needs of residents during the festive season. Speaking in Ibadan, the Task-Force Chairperson, Mrs. Aderonke Adedayo said the committee would consolidate Mottainai Recycling Ltd’s year-round vision of establishing a cleaner and healthier Oyo State. She added that bearing Continue Reading
The Oyo State Government has provided further insight regarding the recently awarded Phase 2 junction improvements in the state capital. A statement by the Honourable Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr Wasiu Olatubosun, on Friday indicated that the project affects three junctions: Agodi Gate, Idi Ape Civic Centre, and University of Ibadan Continue Reading
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has promised that his administration would install solar light in rural areas that are not connected to the national grid. Governor Abiodun made this known while inagurating 4.5 kilometres Molusi College Road Ijebu-Igbo, in Ijebu-North Local Government Area of the state. The Governor also said that electric transformers would be Continue Reading
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has sympathised with traders whose property were lost in Thursday’s tanker fire disaster in the Apata area of Ibadan. Makinde spoke through his deputy, Chief Adebayo Lawal, who, on Friday evening, visited the scene of the fire disaster to assess the level of damage. The governor assured victims of […]Continue Reading