By Ayomide Otitoju The Oyo State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to the Ibadan Circular Road project, stressing that the initiative is being executed with a clear vision aimed at unlocking significant investment opportunities for the state. In a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information, Prince Dotun Oyelade, the government described the current agitation…
By Ayomide Otitoju The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised alarm over the growing resistance of gonorrhoea to antibiotics, according to new data from its Enhanced Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme (EGASP). The findings, released during World Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Awareness Week, highlight the urgent need for strengthened surveillance, improved diagnostics, and equitable access to new…
By Ayomide Otitoju American rap star Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty, popularly known as Nicki Minaj, has joined growing international voices urging an end to violence by insurgents and bandits in northern Nigeria. Minaj made the call during a keynote address at a United States Mission to the United Nations conference on “Combating Religious Violence and the…
By Ayomide Otitoju Two people were reportedly killed on Tuesday evening during a suspected bandit attack in Eruku, a boundary town in the Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State. The gunmen reportedly stormed the parish of Christ Apostolic Church, Oke Isegun, on the outskirts of the town, leaving residents in panic. Eyewitnesses described the…
By Ayomide Otitoju President Bola Tinubu will on Wednesday depart Abuja for a two-nation trip to South Africa and Angola, where he is scheduled to attend two major international summits. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, announced the trip in a statement issued on Tuesday. Tinubu’s first stop will…
The UN Security Council on Monday adopted a U.S.-drafted resolution backing former U.S. President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, approving the deployment of an international stabilization force and outlining a pathway toward a future Palestinian state. The resolution passed with 13 votes in favor, while Russia and China abstained but did not exercise their veto…
By Ayomide Otitoju The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has ordered troops of Operation FANSAN YANMA to intensify search-and-rescue operations for students abducted from Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School (GGCSS) Maga in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State. The directive, issued during an operational tour of Kebbi State on…
By Ayomide Otitoju Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned the deadly attack on Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School in Maga, Kebbi State, which left the Vice-Principal dead and 25 students abducted. The assault reportedly occurred on Sunday night when gunmen stormed the school in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area. The attackers killed the school’s…
By Ayomide Otitoju Anambra State Governor Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo, CFR, continues to demonstrate political strength and public support, even as former governor Peter Obi faces criticism for attempts to challenge Soludo’s authority, according to the state’s Commissioner for Information, Law Mefor. Mefor described reports portraying Soludo as threatened by Obi as misleading, noting that…
