Crime

Islamic Teacher Jailed for Defiling Minors

Web News 25 January 2023 91 0

Justice Abiola Soladoye of an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court, Lagos State, on Tuesday, sentenced an Islamic teacher, Adam Farouk, to life imprisonment for defiling eight pupils in his class. Farouk defiled the pupils, who were between the ages of 6 and 11, between November Continue Reading

Foreign

Battlefield: US, Germany, Set to Send Tanks to Ukraine

Web News 25 January 2023 100 0

After months of reluctance, the US and Germany reportedly plan to send tanks to Ukraine, in what Kyiv hopes will be a game-changer on the battlefield. The report says, US President Joe Biden’s administration is expected to announce plans to send at least 30 M1 Abrams tanks. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has also reportedly decided […]Continue Reading

Politics

2023 Election: Residents Allege Extortion at PVC Collection Centre

Web News 24 January 2023 154 0

By Olaitan Oye-Adeitan Collection of Permanent Voter Cards in the past used to be a herculean task as the electorate had to queue and make repeated visits to INEC local governments before they can access it. It was in a bid to address the problem that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had to decentralize […]Continue Reading

Security

Osun FRSC Gets New Sector Commander

Web News 24 January 2023 143 0

By Mojisola Oladele The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has appointed Corps Commander Henry Benamaisia as the New Sector Commander of Osun State Command to replace Commander John Paul Okpe.  The Sector Public Education Officer, Route Commander Agnes Ogungbemi stated this in a statement made available to newsmen.  The Statement indicates that Commander Continue Reading

Economy

Don’t reject old naira notes before deadline – CBN warns

Web News 24 January 2023 148 0

By Dayo Adu The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has cautioned supermarkets and commercial outlets to desist from the indiscriminate rejection of old naira notes before the January 31st deadline. The Branch Controller, CBN, Ibadan Zone, Mrs Olufolake Ogundero gave the caution in an interview with a Radio Nigeria correspondent. Mrs Ogundero who frowned at […]Continue Reading

Politics

Oyetola vs Adeleke: Tribunal to Deliver Judgement Jan 27

Web News 24 January 2023 109 0

By Adenitan Akinola  Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Osogbo, the State capital will on Friday, January 27, 2023, deliver its judgement in the petition of former Governor Adegboyega Oyetola challenging the election of the incumbent, Senator Ademola Adeleke. This is contained in a notice dated Tuesday, January 24, 2023, issued by Secretary […]Continue Reading

Crime

Gunmen Invade Osun Community, Abduct Three Residents

Web News 24 January 2023 127 0

By Adenitan Akinola  No fewer than three residents of a village located in Iwo, Iwo Local Government Area of Osun state, have been kidnapped by some unknown gunmen. The gun-wielding men were said to have invaded the Iwo community and whisked away three habitats. Radio Nigeria gathered that the three abductees were herders who resided […]Continue Reading

Economy

Banks to pay 1m per day for refusing new naira notes – CBN

Web News 24 January 2023 92 0

By Adenitan Akinola The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, is to impose a one million naira fine on commercial banks per day for each box of new naira notes they refused to pick and disburse to their customers ahead of Tuesday next week’s deadline.  The CBN Deputy Director in charge of Research, Mr Adeleke Adelokun […]Continue Reading

Politics

Use your PVCs as a weapon – Titi Abubakar

Web News 24 January 2023 249 0

By Iyabo Adebisi The wife of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mrs Titi Abubakar has solicited support for the party’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Governor Seyi Makinde in the February 25th and March 11th elections. Mrs Abubakar made the plea at the Women Campaign Council meeting with Southwest women […]Continue Reading

Judiciary

Court of Appeal Sets Aside Judgment Baring ADC Candidates

Web News 23 January 2023 210 0

By Jeffery Ahonmisi Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State has set aside judgment annulling the gubernatorial candidacy of Biyi Otegbeye and the twenty-six House of Assembly candidates of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in Ogun State. The Labour Party in the state had dragged the ADC candidates to court over alleged non-compliance to […]Continue Reading

Economy

Establish Fire Service Stations in all LGs – Market Leaders tell Govt

Web News 23 January 2023 95 0

By Jeffery Ahonmisi The Babaloja of Umulukuro market, Amuloko, Ona Ara local government area of Oyo State, Alhaji Dauda Opakunle has called on the state government to establish fire stations in all the local government areas of the state. Alhaji Opakunle stated this after goods worth millions of naira were razed by fire at the […]Continue Reading

Religion

Don’t elect religious bigots – Shafaudeen

Web News 23 January 2023 144 0

By Nafiu Busari Nigerians need to elect leaders that are Godly and not religious bigots for good governance, unity and development of the country. This was the submission of the Founder and Spiritual leader of Shafaudeen in Islam Worldwide, Professor Sabit Olagoke during the activities marking the 40th Annual Shafaudeen International Convention ‘Ishrat 2023’ Theme: Shaping Continue Reading

Crime

NSCDC Arrests Father for Defiling Daughter

Web News 23 January 2023 165 0

By Rasheedah Makinde A man, Tunde Kareem who allegedly defiled his eleven-year-old daughter has been paraded by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC Oyo state command. He was paraded alongside another suspected paedophile, Amos Michael who also allegedly defiled a ten-year-old girl, at the NSCDC Headquarters at Agodi-gate Ibadan by the command Public […]Continue Reading

Economy

Naira Notes: Report banks whose ATMs dispense old notes – CBN

Web News 23 January 2023 173 0

By Oluwatoyin Adegoke Ahead of the deadline announced by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, for the mopping up of old naira notes, mixed reactions have continued to trail the process. A number of people who spoke with Radio Nigeria in Ogun State expressed concern about the time-frame as the an end of old notes […]Continue Reading

Lifestyle

Tailoring: Essential Tips You Should Know

Web News 23 January 2023 445 0

By Anjola Agboola Tailoring is a very intellectual, interesting and renowned skill. Some tailors sew fabrics as a hobby(in their leisure time) while some take it as a source of their income. In designing, one thing is cutting the fabric, another thing is sewing, while another thing is perfection. There are basic things you should […]Continue Reading

News

Illegal Employees Remain Disengaged – Osun State Government

Web News 23 January 2023 117 0

By Funmi Adekoya Osun State Government says workers illegally employed by former Governor Gboyega Oyetola are no longer in the employment of the state government. The State Government, in a statement by the Special Assistant, Community Communications to Governor Adeleke, Mr Tunde Busari, notes that the former Governor padded the state payroll with APC members […]Continue Reading

Politics

All About Ballot, not Bullets,Trading

Web News 23 January 2023 105 0

By Olaitan Oye-Adeitan Ọmọ ọlọ́mọ là ń rán nísẹ́ de tòrutòru, goes a Yoruba saying, which literarily means, those who use other people’s children to perpetrate evil will never use any of theirs. A word, they say, is enough for the wise. Subscribe to our Telegram and YouTube Channels also join our Whatsapp Update GroupContinue Reading

Foreign

Flags Lowered for California Shooting Victims

Web News 23 January 2023 94 0

President Joe Biden on Sunday ordered all US flags at public buildings to be flown at half-staff to honour the victims of the mass shooting in Monterey Park, California. Biden directed that flags be lowered until sunset on January 26 “as a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on […]Continue Reading

Telecommunication

Passengers Groan as Aviation Workers Down Tools

Web News 23 January 2023 135 0

International flights at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport on Monday morning were grounded as workers of the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc embarked on strike. According to NAHCO, the strike is due to salary increments. An affected passenger and aviation expert, Alex Nuba, said that NAHCO staff in the early hours of Monday walked out […]Continue Reading

Politics

Legal Aid, Copy Right Commission DGs Retain Seat

Web News 23 January 2023 95 0

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the renewal of tenures of Aliyu Bagudu Abubakar and John Ohireime Asein as Directors General of the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria and the Nigerian Copyright Commission respectively. The Director of Press and Public Relations in the Federal Ministry of Justice, Modupe Ogundoro, made the announcement in a statement issued […]Continue Reading

Economy

Banks Fight New Naira Shortage Ahead Deadline

Web News 23 January 2023 110 0

Eight days to the January 31 deadline set by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to stop the old N1,000, N500, and N200 notes from being legal tender, banks’  Automated Teller Machines in Ibadan and its environment are still dispensing the old notes, findings by Radio Nigeria have revealed. Despite the apex bank and depositing […]Continue Reading

Foreign

US Suspected Attacker Found Dead

Web News 23 January 2023 137 0

California police have identified the gunman suspected of killing 10 people in a ballroom dance studio near Los Angeles as Huu Can Tran, 72, who was later found dead in a white van. He had a self-inflicted gunshot wound and was declared dead at the scene, LA County Sheriff Robert Luna said. Celebrations for Lunar […]Continue Reading

Politics

Ekiti State PDP Gets New Executive Members

Web News 23 January 2023 470 0

The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP has, on behalf of the National Executive Committee approved the composition of the Ekiti State PDP Caretaker Committee to run the affairs of the Party for a period of months. The Members of the Ekiti State PDP Caretaker Committee are Mr Sadiq Obanoyen, Chairman, Hon. […]Continue Reading

Environment

Relief as Ibadan Witnesses First Rain

Web News 22 January 2023 334 0

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

Sport

Peaceful Polls: NGO Organises Novelty Football Match for Youths

Web News 22 January 2023 195 0

Youths have been enjoined to perform their civic responsibilities, with the aim of developing the country. Director, Youths Mobilization and Voluntary Organisation at Oyo State Agency for Youths Development, Mr Olaolu Afolabi stated this during a novelty football match on “Vote Not Fight” Campaign, held at Olubadan stadium, Ibadan. The novelty match between Continue Reading