The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has warns Governor Ademola Adeleke over his plan to pay severance allowance to PDP political office holders reportedly sacked in between 2018 to 2010 by Supreme Court.The party said it is illegal for the government to pay severance allowances to the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) members who were unlawful occupiers …

This week, I honored an invitation sent to me in November 2022. I was invited to make a keynote address at the 48th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Society for Plant Protection, tagged “Kano -NSPP 2023” with the title “Plant Health, Crop Improvement, and Sustainable Food Security in Nigeria”. I was hesitant about accepting the invitation but the caliber and …

The two Ekpeye Ethnic Nations, Ekpeye Oil and Gas Pipeline Host Families Association (EOG) and Ekpeye Liberation Movement (ELM), have added their voices in support for former Minister of Niger Delta, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, as the Senate President of the 10th National Assembly.The groups, in their separate press releases dated, Friday, May 12th 2023 and made available to newsmen, described …

The Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC) Ekiti State Chapter,Com’d Pharm Kolapo Olatunde has urged Teaches in the Country to remain Patient and Dedicated to duties as better days are Coming ahead as their is always a light at the end of the tunnel,he said.Com’d Pharm Kolapo disclosed this While delivering his Goodwill message at the 2023 Conference of …

This writing was first published on 6 July 2020. With changes of leadership soon at the federal and state levels, I see it as relevant. The first part in particular. However, do we forget the lessons in the second part?The world is changed by your example not by your opinion – Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Lyricist and author of The Alchemist.Allah (SWT) said …

The Director-General of the Bayelsa State Governor’s Football Tournament aka Prosperity Cup, Ono Akpe has formally presented Governor Diri with his official jersey of the Prosperity Cup. The presentation was made at the governor’s home town Sampou in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on Thursday, two days after the burial of Pa Abraham Joseph Michael Diri, the father …

The Generation Next Collective (GNC), a coalition of pragmatic youth and women groups with core interest in development strategies and democratic accountability, has said that shutting out the Chairman of the House Committee on Navy, Hon. Yusuf Gagdi and others from the speakership race is akin to the All Progressives Congress (APC) shooting itself in the foot.The coalition warned that …

Less than 24 hours after the news filtered out about the death of a popular Nollywood actor, Saint Obi, another popular actor of Yoruba movies, Murphy Afolabi, has died on Sunday.No details yet about the circumstances surrounding Afolabi’s death, however, a colleague of the deceased in the Yoruba subsector of the Nollywood, Tunde Ola-Yusuf, has confirmed the sad news.Ola-Yusuf, a …

10th NASS: Wase Declares For Speakership Seat, Promises An independent legislature, Truly People’s Parliament…As G7 Pledges to Endorse Amongst themselves To Run Against APC Preferred Choice, Abass.The deputy speaker of the House of Representatives and member-elect, Hon. Idris Wase has said that his intention to run for the speakership of the incoming 10th assembly was to evolve a virile and …

The Osun State Police Command has arrested a notorious cultist, identified as Saheed Wasiu also known as K-Federal.In a statement  by the Command’s spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola, said Wasiu was earlier declared wanted by the police for murder and cult-related activities.It was revealed in the statement that the suspect is a known member of the Rasheed Hammed-led gangster also known as …