Update on vOndo APC Primary Election The primary election of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Ondo State commenced late in most of the electoral wards in the state. The election is being held in two hundred and three wards across eighteen local government areas. Report monitored on Radio Nigeria positive FM 102.5 Akure says the exercise in Akure, Owo, …

Bobrisky and Emefiele: The Judgment Between.   Tongues have really been wagging since the incarceration of the cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye Olarewaju, popularly known as Bobrisky, after pleading guilty of the offences leveled against him before Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos and the release on bail of Nigeria’s former Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele. Because the …

Interior Minister Test Runs e-Gates At Airport The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, on Friday, led a test run of the newly installed electronic gates (e-gates) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, affirming that the project was almost completed. Tunji-Ojo announced plans to deploy the e-gates for full operation by the following week. Joining him were top officials …

McPherson University Appoints Omotoso, Deputy University Librarian   Dr. Abiola Omotoso has been appointed the Deputy University Librarian of McPherson University, Seriki Sotayo, Ogun State sequel to a successful interview for the position. According to the statement made available by the Deputy Registrar, Information & Public Relations of the institution, Mr. Sanmi Enigbokan, Omotosho’s appointment, which is with effect from …

Bayelsa House of Assembly screens 13 commissioner nominees The Bayelsa State House of Assembly, BYHAS, on Thursday, screened and confirmed thirteen out of the fourteen commissioner nominees sent to it by the State Governor, Senator Douye Diri. Our correspondent gathered that Gov. Diri had last week sent fourteen commissioner nominee list including three former Assembly members, and eight immediate past …

Gov Diri Calls For UNICEF State Office In Bayelsa, As UN Body Donates Six Boat Ambulances Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has appealed to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to establish a field office in the state to coordinate its programmes and strengthen partnership with government to better deliver on its mandate. Governor Diri made the appeal in …

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Osun State Command, has solicited the cooperation of the general public in protecting government assets and properties. To this end, members of the public have been called upon to always cultivate the habit of giving useful information that would help the agency to succeed in its determination to protect critical national assets …

HND/BSc Dichotomy: Poly students rally for equal recognition  The National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) has urged President Bola Tinubu to append his signature to the Bill for an Act to Abolish and Prohibit Dichotomy and Discrimination between Bachelor degree (BSc) and Higher National Diploma (HND). NAPS made the plea during a peaceful protest titled “Save Polytechnic Education Rally” and …

CORRUPTION BIGGEST THREAT TO SECURITY IN NIGERIA – TUNJI-OJO.    The Minister of Interior, Hon (Dr) Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has stressed the urgent need to address corruption as a major threat to security; and has initiated a strategic partnership with the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to tackle corruption head-on. The strategic partnership was initiated on Tuesday, …

OONI UNVEILS A NEW SOFT DRINKS IN LAGOS, SAYS NIGERIA CAN LEAD AFRICA TO CONTEST IN THE GLOBAL MARKET The Arole Oduduwa & Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, CFR, Ojaja II on Tuesday reaffirmed that the capability of Nigeria to lead the continent of Africa to compete healthily in the global market with standard goods particularly when it …