16-Year-old OAU Female Student Wins NCDMB Annual National Essay Competition The 9th Award and Prize-giving Ceremony of the NCDMB Annual National Undergraduate Essay Competition came to a close on Friday at the Nigerian Content Tower, Yenagoa, with 16-year-old Miss Josephine Oyinkansola Akande, of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, emerging overall winner. The 200-level medical student, who…
Ilara-Mokin Day: Adu ‘Cubana’ donates N5m, drums support for Tinubu, Aiyedatiwa A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, a philanthropist and frontline aspirant for the Ondo Central Senatorial District, Dr (Barr.) Olumuyiwa Adu, fondly known as “Cubana,” has urged the people of the State to continue rallying behind President Bola Ahmed…
Man 20 Caught Having Sex With 5 yrs old, Inside Church Toilet A 20-year old man, Ayomide Oluyori, has been ordered to be remanded in custody at the correctional center Kirikiri town for allegedly engaging a 5-year old girl in sex inside the toilet of the Redeemed Christian Church during a church service in…
₦50m diversion scandal: 12 Ondo Lawmakers move to remove Speaker over alleged misconduct Twelve members of the Ondo State House of Assembly have passed a vote of no confidence in the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Olamide Oladiji, accusing him of gross misconduct and violations of constitutional and criminal provisions. In a formal resolution dated 13 November…
Kebbi police command loss deputy commissioner By JAMIL GULMA -Kebbi The death of deputy commissioner of Police in charge of operations Kebbi state has been announced. According to the command’s public relations officer SP Nafi’u Abubakar, The senior police officer died in a private hospital in Kano while receiving treatment of undisclosed ailment. The command…
Rep Kelechi Calls for Suspension of WAEC CBT Plans for 2026. Nigerian House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to suspend plans by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to introduce Computer-Based Testing (CBT) for the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), warning that the move could result in widespread failure, depression,…
Gov Diri Presents N998bn 2026 Budget Proposal To State Assembly *Infrastructure Gets N298bn, Education N75bn, Pipe-borne Water N10bn The Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, on Thursday, presented the state’s 2026 appropriation bill of N998,371,313,943.04 to the House of Assembly. Governor Diri said the proposal tagged: “Budget of Assured Prosperity II” would be funded…
WHEN POWER MET PROTOCOL: THE WIKE–YERIMA ENCOUNTER By Olaitan Adesina In Nigeria, public drama is both a coping mechanism and a spectator sport, and power often feels the need to perform. It rarely walks in quietly. It prefers a convoy, a siren, and a camera crew. So when Nyesom Wike, Nigeria’s Minister of the Federal…
WIKE AND YERIMA: BETWEEN EMOTION AND RATIONALITY Things are happening these days at a frenetic pace such that the only constraint a writer may encounter is- which one should I comment on and which should I overlook? To be sure, no issue of importance, at least to societal health, should be glossed over, by well-…
UCC Holds Capacity Building Workshop On Investigative Journalism The United Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Bayelsa State Council made up of Radio, Television and print media organised a two day capacity building workshop with the “Theme: Re-enacting Investigative Journalism: The Role of Correspondents. The capacity building workshop which was held at the…
