Sport

Sport is a goldmine waiting to be tapped – Ogbomoso FC Chairman

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The need to invest more in sports to discover talents that will make the nation proud in the nearest future has been stressed  The chairman of Ogbomoso United Football Club, Akinwale Akinwole, stated this while presenting kits to the players of the club.  Akinwole said with heavy Continue Reading

Lifestyle News

Shina Peller for Jet Age Nation Builders Exhibition in Ethiopia

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A member of the House of Representatives from Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa federal constituency, Oyo State, Shina Peller, has been penciled as one of the special guests from Nigeria to speak at the Jet Age Nation Builders Exhibition coming up between 8th and 10th March 2021 in Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia. The event themed “Continental Advancement” which is being Continue Reading

Foreign

Senegal Protests after Opposition Leader Ousmane Sonko Arrested

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Violent protests have hit Senegal for a third day as demonstrators burnt cars and clashed with police after the arrest of an opposition leader on Wednesday. Four people have died in the rare unrest, the interior minister said. Ousmane Sonko appeared in court on Friday accused of disrupting public order. He also faces a rape […]Continue Reading

Foreign

Pope Francis, Shia Cleric Ali Al-Sistani Discuss Safety of Iraqi Christians

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Pope Francis has held a symbolic meeting with one of the most powerful figures in Shia Islam on the second day of his landmark trip to Iraq. The office of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, spiritual leader of millions of Shia Muslims, said the talks had emphasised peace. The ayatollah received his guest at his home […]Continue Reading

Transportation

Senate is committed to development of the aviation sector – Smart Adeyemi

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Chairman Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Smart Adeyemi has promised that the Upper Chamber will continue to use its legislative powers and functions to enhance development in the aviation sector. Senator Adeyemi stated this in Abeokuta when the Senate Committee on Aviation paid a courtesy call on the Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun. Senator Adeyemi, Continue Reading

Crime

Osun kidnapped victims rescued

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All the seven persons kidnapped along Ibokun-Osogbo road by unknown gunmen on Tuesday have been released. The Nigeria Police, Osun State Command gave the information in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Mrs Yemisi Opalola. Mrs Opalola explained that the rescued was achieved through frantic efforts of the police and all the collaborating security outfits. […]Continue Reading

Health

Obasanjo Calls for Collective Efforts in Tackling Coronavirus

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Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has called for collective efforts to tackle Coronavirus. The former president disclosed this in Abeokuta while speaking at a colloquium to celebrate his eighty fourth birthday at Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta. Chief Obasanjo, who shared his Covid-19 positive experience, urged African leaders to pool their Continue Reading

Health

I won’t take Covid vaccine, Kogi people are not guinea pigs –Yahaya Bello

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As Nigeria commenced its vaccination against the lethal coronavirus infection on Friday , Kogi State Governor , Yahaya Bello , has said he won ’t receive the vaccine even as his colleagues are expected to receive shots of the AstraZeneca / Oxford COVID – 19 vaccines in the coming days . Bello spoke on Channels […]Continue Reading

Health

NHIS Seeks Mandatory Health Insurance for Nigerians

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National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to assent the bill seeking to amend the law establishing the scheme. The amendment seeks to make the Health scheme compulsory for all in order to achieve Universal Health coverage. The Executive Secretary NHIS, Dr Mohammed Sambo made this known at an informal engagement […]Continue Reading

Security

In Pictures: President Buhari Decorates New Service Chiefs

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Foreign

Pope Francis on Iraq Visit Calls for End to Violence, Extremism

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Pope Francis has called for an end to violence and extremism, on the first ever papal visit to Iraq. The pontiff is making his first international trip since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Covid and security fears have made this his riskiest visit yet, but the 84-year-old insisted he was “duty bound”. He also […]Continue Reading

Sport

Football Championship: Army Urges Nigerians to Support Peace Promoting Initiatives

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The Brigade Commander, 35 Artillery Brigade, Nigerian Army, Alamala, Abeokuta, Brigadier General Ehimwenman Amadasun wants stakeholders to support initiatives that will promote peaceful co existence among Nigerians irrespective of tribes, religion and ethnic backgrounds. Brigadier General Amadasun made the call while kicking off the 2021 edition of Egba Youth Football Continue Reading

News Analysis

International Women Day: A Challenged World is an Alert World

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Every 8th of March each year marks International Women’s Day. This year marks the 110th International Women’s Day, after the first official event which was held in 1911 Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland.  It was technically first celebrated in 1908 when 15,000 women marched through New York City as part of a protest over poor working […]Continue Reading

Yoruba

Ijoba Apapo Pin Eroja Iranwo Fawon to Kudie Kato Fun Lawujo

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Awon obinrin nigberiko, to fimo awon to fara kasha ninu rogbodiyan oja Shasha to waye laipe yi ni won yo gba nkan iranwo lati inu eto wyi ti Aare Muhammadu Buhari gbe kale lati mu ki agbega de ba okoowo ati eto igbayegbadun. Eto naa ti won bere ni gbongan Western to wa ni Secretariat […]Continue Reading

Yoruba

Ipinle Ogun N Bere Atileyin Ajo NBC for idagbasoke Ere Kusu Tongeji Nibiti Epo Roobi wa.

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Gomina Ipinle Ogun, Omo Oba Dapo Abiodun n bere fun atileyin ijoba apapo lati se iranwo fun awon olugbe ere kusu Tongeji nibi ti epo roobi wa. O soro yi nilu Abeokuta, lasiko iside apero olojo mejii eyi ti ileese to mojuto alaa ile nile yi ati lekun gusu iwoorun seto re. Gomina Abiodun tokasi […]Continue Reading

Education

Ogun Govt. Inaugurates 250 Capacity ICT Laboratory

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A two hundred and fifty capacity Information Communication Technology, ICT, laboratory has been inaugurated at the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta to aid teaching and learning of the students of the institution. Inaugurating the TETFUND support project, the Ogun State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Professor Abayomi Arigbabu said the initiative Continue Reading

Lifestyle

Women Day: Stakeholders Renew Call for Greater Role in Society

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 There is the need for governments and other employers of labour to promote relevant policies to ensure flexible work schedule and conducive working environment for women to rise to their full status in the society.  A cross section of people in Abeokuta made the submission as Nigerian women join the rest of the world to […]Continue Reading

Crime

Police Nab Members of Same Family for Kidnapping

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Men of the Nigeria Police, Ogun State Command have arrested a kidnap syndicate, made up of members of the same family, terrorizing Shagamu and its environs.  In a statement in Abeokuta, the Police spokesperson, Mr. Abimbola Oyeyemi said the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Edward Ajogun had directed the Area Commander and all the DPO in […]Continue Reading

Politics

Primary Election: Aggrieved PDP Members Storm State Secretariat

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Some aggrieved members of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo East Local Government Area of Oyo have staged a protest to the state secretariat to demand for primary election than selection of candidates being insinuated in some quarters for the forthcoming council poll in the state.  The protesters, who barricaded the governor’s office carrying placard […]Continue Reading

Health

Presidential Task Force Flags off Covid-19 Vaccination

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Dr. Cyprian Nyong, of the National Hospital, Abuja, has made history as the first front-line health worker to receive the COVID-19 vaccine today (Friday) in Nigeria, when he took the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccination was flagged off by the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the […]Continue Reading

Sport

Gov. Makinde Presents 10million Naira Cheque to ‘Scorpion’

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Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has presented a ten million naira cheque to International Featherweight Champion, Ridwan Oyekola, ‘Scorpion’. Scorpion had last December defeated his Argentine counterpart, Lucas Montesino to emerge winner of the Featherweight belt. Presenting the cheque on behalf of the Governor, the State’s Commissioner for Continue Reading

Security

Buhari Orders Security Beef up around Nigeria’s Borders

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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday in Abuja, directed the Nigeria Immigration Service to improve surveillance and control around the nation’s borders. He directed the service to ensure that criminals did not find Nigeria as a safe haven to hide and perpetrate their criminality. According to a statement by his Special Adviser […]Continue Reading

Foreign

Senegal Suspends Two TV Stations over Opposition Broadcasts

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The Senegalese authorities have suspended the signal of two private television stations after accusing them of focusing too much on protests triggered by the arrest of an opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko. The two stations affected by the decision by the National Audiovisual Regulatory Council (CNRA) are Sen TV and Walf TV channels The stations were […]Continue Reading

Foreign

China Approves Sale of Traditional Medicine Products to Treat Covid-19

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China has approved three traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) products for sale to help treat Covid-19, the government’s National Medical Products Administration announced on Wednesday. The agency used a special approval procedure to green-light the three products, which “provide more options for Covid-19 treatment,” it said in a statement. The herbal Continue Reading

Health

PMB, VP Osinbajo to be Vaccinated on Saturday, Govs Next Week

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President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo will receive the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine publicly on Saturday, Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Faisal Shuaib, said at a media briefing at the State House on Thursday. He said they would be inoculated after health workers from the National Hospital Abuja are Continue Reading