News

Oyo State Governor SEYI MAKINDE has announced the dissolution of the state’s Executive Council.The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, TAIWO ADISA, in a statement said that Governor MAKINDE announced the dissolution of the Executive Council after a meeting which lasted about five hours.Those affected include the Chief of Staff to the Governor and 17 Commissioners, while the Secretary to the State Government, the Head of Service, and the Director-Ge...

South Africa’s former President JACOB ZUMA has been sentenced to 15 months in jail for contempt of court following his refusal to appear before an inquiry.A judge at the Constitutional Court, Justice SISI KHAMPEPE said that the sentencing of the former President would send a clear message that the rule of law and the administration of justice prevails.She also ordered that JACOB ZUMA hand himself over within the space of 5 days.79-ye...

Residents living in flood-prone and wetland areas have been urged to make provision for temporary relocation so as to avoid the severe impact of the flash flooding expected between July 8 and July 15.The special adviser to the Ogun state governor on Environment, OLA ORESANYA in a statement, said a high intensity rainfall is being expected in September 2021 that will result into river flood and a rise in the water level as a result of the likely release of water from Oyan Dam...

The Federal Government has approved the extension of the deadline for NIN-SIM linkage exercise to July 26.This was announced in a statement jointly signed by the spokespersons of the Nigerian Communications Commission and the Nigeria Identity Management Commission.The agencies disclosed that at least 57.3 million Nigerians have enrolled for the NIN, with an average of three to four SIM cards per NIN.A total of 5,410 enrollment systems have...

Chaos broke out yesterday in some parts of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital when Secondary School Students of two public schools engaged in a violent fight over the death of two of their colleagues.The incident, involved students of the Baptist Boys High School who invaded the Ilugun High School, to avenge the death of their colleagues who were allegedly stabbed to death in the previous week.The invasion grounded academic activities in the school, as teache...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced the online continuous voter registration exercise.With the online exercise, new voters can pre-register while those who have registered in the past can access the platform to review their voter registration status.The new voters are required to fill the forms on the portal with their bio data and required documents, after which they are expected to visit an INEC office from July 19 to comple...

The People’s Democratic Party has cautioned the Governor of Zamfara State, BELLO MATAWALLE, members of the State House of Assembly, and those of the National Assembly from the state against defecting to the All Progressives Congress.The National Publicity Secretary of the Party, KOLA OLOGBONDIYAN said that the defection of the governor will amount to a decision to vacate office.He added that no law allows him to cross over to any other party, as his g...

Vice-President YEMI OSINBAJO has cited corruption and lack of transparency, as the factors for poor contract negotiations in Nigeria.The Vice President made this known while addressing a capacity building workshop for negotiators, organized by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission in Abuja.Vice-President OSINBAJO also called for proper negotiation in the ongoing discussion on climate change, and asked for the consideration ...

The president of Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), HABU GUMEL has revealed that fifty-one Nigerian athletes have already qualified for various events at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, which is scheduled to begin next month.HABU GUMEL, who said the NOC and the Ministry of Sports were working together to ensure Nigeria performed better in Tokyo than it did in the last two games, revealed that more athletes were expected to qualify for the games before the end of the qualifying w...

Minister of Works and Housing, BABATUNDE FASHOLA has called on estate surveyors and valuers to explore digital technology innovation to promote professionalism and unlock infrastructure deficit to achieve growth and development in the country.The Minister made the call at the 44th induction for newly registered estate surveyors and valuers, organised by Estate Surveyors and Valuers Registration Board of Nigeria in Abuja.BABATUNDE FASHOLA urged the inductees...