Health

COVID-19: FG To Close Erring NYSC Camp

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The Nigerian government has said it will shut National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camps that fail to comply with protocols put in place to limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare, while speaking at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on Continue Reading

Security

Oyo Judicial Panel: NPF Fails to Appear

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Indications have emerged that the Nigeria Police in Oyo State have been refusing hearing notices on some of the petitions filed by aggrieved residents before the State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police brutality. Our Judicial correspondent who was at the inaugural sitting reports that the panel had issues hearing notice on sixty eight petitions. After the Continue Reading

Security

BREAKING: Oyo Amotekun Apprehends Men In Possession of Arms

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Oyo State Amotekun, Ido unit led by Gbenga OLAREWAJU, have arrested a truck with Reg N0 TUR 30 ZY Kebbi with about 25 suspected Hausa men in possession of about 25 dane guns and 10 dogs. They have been handed over to the police for further interrogation. Police in Ido can be contacted for confirmation. […]Continue Reading

Security

S/W Govs., Miyetti Allah Agree on Banning Night, Under-Age Grazing

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The Governors’ Forum has reached a consensus with the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, to ban night and under-aged grazing including illegal occupying of state forest reserves. This was contained in a Communique issued in Akure after a meeting of the Governors’ forum with the leadership of MACBAN and heads of Security Continue Reading

Security

#ENDSARS: Judicial Panel of Inquiry Begins Sitting in Oyo

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Oyo State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police brutality has begun sitting.  The Panel set up last year November to Receive and investigate Complaints of Police brutality and related extra judicial killings and to evaluate evidence surrounding the circumstances is headed by former Chief Judge of Oyo State, Justice Badejoko Adeniji. Addressing the stakeholders at […]Continue Reading

Education

C.A.C Grammar School: Tale Of Grace To Grass

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One of the Notable Secondary Schools in Oka, Ondo Town, C.A.C Grammar School, has become a shadow of itself as the infrastructure in the college has decayed. Our correspondent who visited the school reports that the condition of the teaching-learning environment calls for urgent intervention. The Roofs, doors and wall of Classrooms of the Secondary […]Continue Reading

Security

Oyo Govt. To Ensure Security in Ibarapa – Speaker

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Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly, Mr. Adebo Ogundoyin says every necessary step is being perfected to address Insecurity in Ibarapaland.  The Speaker who said it was time for every son and daughter of the zone to come together for a synergy of plans and activities noted that this became imperative in order to collectively […]Continue Reading

Security

Hunters Rescue Kidnapped Victims in Kogi

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Hunters in Kogi state have arrested ten kidnappers and rescued no fewer than nineteen kidnapped victims at Kabba junction in Adavi Local government area following a tipoff.  The state Chairman of hunters group of Nigeria, Mr. lnusa Bature, made this known while speaking with newsmen in Lokoja Kogi state capital. According to Mr. Bature, the suspects were […]Continue Reading

Crime

Sunday Igboho”s house Set Ablaze

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One of the houses of Sunday Igboho located at Sanyo area of Ibadan has been burnt by some hoodlums. Radio Nigeria gathered that the hoodlums arrived in a Hummer bus and Micra firing sporadically, and set the house ablaze at exactly 3am today. The mini sitting room was burnt in the process while amount of […]Continue Reading

Lifestyle

Peace a necessity for development- Wale Kotilo

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Every Nigerian must work for peace and its sustenance. A human rights activist, Mr. Wale Kotilo who stated this in aninterview with Radio Nigeria noted that development could take placeonly in a peaceful atmosphere. Mr. Kotilo said disagreement was bound to happen in a large entity withdiverse tribes like Nigeria urging people to find means […]Continue Reading

News

Ileese Olopa Ni Ipinle Oyo F’awon Olopa Sowo Silu Ago-Are.

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Alakoso fun ileese olopa nipinle Oyo, Ngozi Onadeko, sope ilese naa yoo fawon olopa sowo lopo sawon enu iloro to wani Ago-Are, ati Tede nijoba ibile Atisbo nipinle Oyo. Alakoso so eyi nibi ipade kan to se pelu awon osise eleto abo min ni agbegbe Ago-Are ati Tede nitori aawon to waye lenu loloyi to […]Continue Reading

News Yoruba

Ijoba Ipinle Eko N Gbero Lati Ra Abere Ajesara Arun Covid-19

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Gomina ipinle Eko, Babajide Sanwo-Olu sope eto isejoba toun nlewaju ti bere sini gbe igbese pelu awon to npese abere ajesara covid-19 lona ati naa. O sope, ijoba ti n gbero lati fun awon olugbe ipinle Eko ida-adota  labere ajasara. Gomina so eyi nibi ipade kan nilu Eko.  O salaye pe awon eka aladani kan […]Continue Reading

Security

Insecurity: S/W Governors, Miyetti Allah Meeting On-going in Akure.

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Meeting between the Southwest Governors and the leadership of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN has commenced in Akure. The venue of the meeting, the Dome was fully occupied by security operatives. Present at the meeting were Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti state, Gboyega Oyetola of Osun, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Abubakar […]Continue Reading

Sport

Chelsea Sack Frank Lampard after 18 Months in Charge

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Chelsea have sacked manager Frank Lampard after 18 months in charge. Former Chelsea midfielder Lampard, 42, leaves with the club ninth in the Premier League table after last week’s defeat at Leicester City, having won once in their past five league matches. His final game in charge was Sunday’s 3-1 FA Cup fourth round win […]Continue Reading

Foreign

China Mine Rescue: Nine Found Dead during Rescue in Shandong Province

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Nine Chinese miners have been found dead a day after 11 of their colleagues were rescued after two weeks trapped in a gold mine in Shandong province. The mayor of Yantai city was quoted by state broadcaster CCTV as confirming the deaths. One miner remains unaccounted for. The miners became trapped in the Hushan mine […]Continue Reading

Culture

Chewa: The Tribe In Malawi That Prepare Meals With Water From A Corpse During Burial

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African societies have a huge number of different traditions associated with death. Often, the difference lies in how the deceased is prepared for and sent on what has been described as the journey into the world of the ancestors. But the bottom line is all African families try to ensure that the death is given […]Continue Reading

Foreign

Sikkim: Chinese and Indian Troops ‘In New Border Clash’

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Chinese and Indian troops have reportedly clashed again in a disputed border area, with injuries on both sides, Indian media say. The incident took place in north Sikkim last Wednesday. India’s army said there had been a “minor” incident that had been “resolved”. Tensions are high along the world’s longest disputed border. Both sides Continue Reading

Crime

Breaking: Report of Robbery at Ogbese-Uso, Ondo

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Multiple reports say there is an ongoing robbery case along Ogbese-USO area of Ondo state. Motorists are enjoined to take alternative routes. Details later. Precisionng.comContinue Reading

Security

Ibarapaland: Stakeholders Sue for Peace

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Stakeholders on security in Oyo state have assured aggrieved parties in Ibarapa land of their readiness to look into all their agitations. The stakeholders including traditional leaders, political office holders, security officers, farmers and community leaders stated this at a town hall meeting held at Igangan in Ibarapa area of Oyo state. They stressed the […]Continue Reading

Agriculture

Monarch Advocates Establishment of More Agric Universities

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A traditional ruler, the Ogiyan of Ejigboland, Oba Oyeyode Oyesosin has advocated the need to create more universities of Agriculture to ensure food security across the country. Oba Oyeyode Oyeyosin made the call while speaking with Radio Nigeria in Ejigbo, Osun state. The monarch, who said agriculture remained the bed rock of any viable economy, […]Continue Reading

News

Edo Immigration Service Spokesperson Kidnapped

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The Public Relations Officer, Edo State Command of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Mrs. Bridget Esene has been reported kidnapped by gunmen yesterday on her way to church. It was gathered that the gunmen trailed her when she was going to church on Sunday morning around the Iqueniro area off Agbor Road and was accosted […]Continue Reading

Health

US Donates Coronavirus Mobile Hospital to Nigeria

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US Africa Command, AFRICOM has donated a 40-bed mobile hospital to the Nigerian government for the treatment of coronavirus. The US Mission in Nigeria said in a Facebook post that the structure has been assembled at the Federal Medical Center Jabi, FCT. It said the negative pressure Alaska Structures Field Hospital was built in the […]Continue Reading

Crime

Bandits Abduct 8 Orphans from Abuja Orphanage 24hrs after JTF Withdrawal

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Barely 24 hours after operatives of the Police-led anti-kidnapping Joint Task Force, JTF, were withdrawn, bandits have struck an orphanage in the Abaji Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, abducting at least eight orphans and three others. The Rachael Orphanage Home opposite UBE Junior Secondary School in Naharati area of the Council was […]Continue Reading

Foreign

Cyclone Eloise Brings Floods to Mozambique’s Second City Beira

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Parts of central Mozambique have been flooded after Cyclone Eloise struck near the port city of Beira with wind speeds of up to 160km/h (100mph). Beira received 250mm (10 inches) of rain in 24 hours, according to Mozambique’s National Institute of Meteorology (INAM). Local officials and aid agencies are assessing the scale of the damage […]Continue Reading

Crime

Police Arrest 3 in Ogun for Allegedly Killing 23 Year-Old Boy over Phone Theft

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Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Police has arrested three men for allegedly beating a 23 year old boy to death over phone theft. The three men, Ugo Obi, Chinonso Jude and Chibuke Samson were arrested after the father of the victim, Mr Gbenga Ajibade reported at Onipanu Divisional Headquarters that his son Samuel Ajibade was […]Continue Reading