Month: January 2025
Page: 6
A 54 -year old Prophet and leader of the Ogun State local security outfit, SO SAFE CORPS, identified as Yomi Adetula has been shot dead by gunmen during Sunday service at his church in Idiroko area of the state. The gunmen numbering six had reportedly attacked and killed him while preaching on the pulpit. The […]
It was a time of celebration and showering of encomiums as the Christ Apostolic Church, CAC, Prayer Mountain of Mercy, (Ori Oke Aanu), Ojoo, Ibadan, organised a befitting 80th Birthday and 58 Years Anniversary of Walking With the Lord of a foremost Preacher and Teacher of God’s Word, Pastor(Dr) Johnson Olunlade. The milestone was marked […]
In a devastating incident, seventy-seven lives were lost in a tanker explosion at Dikko Junction, Niger State. The tragic event, which occurred on Saturday, has plunged the community into mourning and raised concerns about safety measures in the area. The Director General of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), Abdullahi Baba-Arah, confirmed the death […]
Digital driving licences are to be introduced in the UK as the government looks to use technology to “transform public services”. They will be accessed on a new government smartphone app and could be accepted as a form of ID when buying alcohol, voting, or boarding domestic flights. Physical licences will still be issued, but […]
10 suspected members of the Boko Haram sect/ISWAP have been arrested by the Department of State Services, DSS, in Osun State. Following the arrest, the State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke commended the personnel of the DSS on the successful operation. Governor Adeleke, in a statement by his Spokesperson, Mallam Rasheed Olawale lauded the alertness of […]
Oyo State Government has announced that private health facilities caught operating with unqualified personnel in the State will be shut down with immediate effect. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Oluwaserimi Ajetunmobi stated this in a separate meeting with the Executives of Clinics and Maternity Proprietors and Proprietress Association of Nigeria (CAMPPAN), Oyo State branch and […]
Oyo State Government has distributed cheques of twenty million naira to the victims of fire incidences in four markets in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital to bring succour to the affected traders and as part of poverty alleviation programme The markets are Gbaremu, Sango, Oke-Itunu and Oranyan markets. Presenting the symbolic cheques to the leadership […]
Friday, 17th of January, 2025 has been declared as Work-Free Day by Ondo State Government, for Public Servants in the State to enable them travel to their various communities to exercise their civic responsibilities in Saturday’s Local Government poll. This is contained in a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the State Governor, […]
Oyo South Senatorial District Representative at the National Assembly, Senator Sharafadeen Alli has felicitated with Chief Bisi Akande, a former Governor of Osun State and first National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on the occasion of his 86th birthday. This is contained in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Akeem […]
Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has ordered that a curfew be imposed on Ifon and Ilobu Communities with immediate effect following the breakdown of law and order in both communities. The State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr. Kolapo Alimi disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen, in Osogbo. Mr. Alimi […]
