The Agony Of Monogamy By Tola Adeniyi
The Agony Of Monogamy By TOLA ADENIYI It was at the church service for the 90th birthday of the legendary matriarch of the Awo dynasty Chief Dr Hannah Dideolu Awolowo in Ikenne that the thoughts that prompted this article began. Some well known highly placed gentlemen and their wives were called upon to partake in …
Communiqué – Meeting of the SW Governors, MACBAN and Security Agencies
COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE MEETING OF THE GOVERNORS’ FORUM WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF MIYETTI-ALLAH CATTLE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (MACBAN) AND THE HEADS OF SECURITY AGENCIES ON EMERGING SECURITY CHALLENGES IN THE SOUTH-WEST GEO-POLITICAL ZONE, HELD AT THE INTERNATIONAL CULTURE AND EVENT CENTRE (DOME), AKURE, ONDO STATE ON MONDAY, 25TH JANUARY, 2021. …
AbdulRasheed Bawa : Setting The Pace In Fight Against Corruption | Wole Arisekola
The appointment of 40-year-old Abdulrasheed Bawa by President Muhammadu Buhari as the head of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), no doubt ushers in a new dawn at the anti graft agency that has over the years been riddled with leadership crisis since its establishment many years ago during the second term of Chief …
Herdsmen did not attack Prof Soyinka -Agunloye
PRESS RELEASE The trending story that herdsmen went to attack Prof Wole Soyinka in his house in Abeokuta is not true. Herdsmen did not break into his house. There were no attacks and no attempts to attack the Nobel Laureate. What happened was that herdsmen led their cattle to graze in Prof Soyinka’s unfenced compound …
Full list of countries on the UK’s new quarantine ‘red list’
Full list of countries on the UK’s new quarantine ‘red list’ The UK government has published a full list of countries A new ‘red-list’ of high risk countries has been laid out by Downing Street, in a bid to keep mutant strains of coronavirus at bay. UK nationals and residents returning from these destinations …
Oyo: Makinde orders security re-enforcement around Oke-Ogun, outlines strategies, redeploys 200 Amotekun Corps to Ibarapa
Following the meeting held with representatives of Igangan, Ibarapaland, which was attended by security stakeholders including the recently appointed Commissioner of Police of Oyo State, Mrs. Ngozi Onadeko, Governor Makinde has come up with a security strategy for that zone. He revealed this on his official Facebook timeline on Wednesday. The strategy includes: Deployment of …
VIDEO: How we put out fire at Sunday Igboho’s residence–Oyo Fire Service
The Oyo State Fire and Safety Services has stated that its men were able to timeously arrest the fire incident at the Soka, Ibadan home of Mr. Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho at the early hours of today. A statement signed by the Agency’s Director of Operations, Engr. Adeleke Ismail, indicated that …
On the declaration of Miyeti Allah that Fulanis “own all lands in Nigeria”, reckless -Seun Kolade
The International Alliance for Justice and Peace (IAJP), a group of professionals of Nigerian ethnicities both at home and in diaspora, views with great consternation a statement credited to the National President of Miyeti Allah, Alhaji Bello Abdullahi Bodejo. In an interview published by the Sun newspaper in its 23rd January edition, Bodejo was …
Oyo Inaugurates Committee on Cultural-Tourism Festival to hold during Easter celebrations
Oyo State government has inaugurated a committee that will work toward organizing the the first Cultural-Tourism Festival in the State, tagged ‘Omi-Tuntun Cultural-Tourism Festival’. The Committee members include the State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr. Wasiu Olatubosun, the Special Adviser to Governor Seyi Makinde on Tourism, Hon. Ademola Ige, the Vice Chairman, …
Sunday Igboho’s house set ablaze overnight [images]
One of the houses of Yoruba rights activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a Sunday Igboho in Soka, Ibadan, capital of Oyo State, has been razed by suspected arsonists, according to a breaking news by The Nation. One of the neighbours who pleaded to speak under the condition of anonymity to Naijatoday.com that there were sporadic shootings …
INSECURITY: Journalists Allowing Themselves To Be Used To Cause Ethnic Tension In Oyo – Makinde
Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has accused some members of Press of allowing themselves to be used to stoke ethnic tensions on the issue of security among the good people of Oyo State. He said this while making a statewide Broadcast on Wednesday, adding that some stories in the media are targetted at exaggerating the …
Appeal court sets aside death sentence against singer Sharif Aminu, orders retrial
An Appeal Court hearing the case of a Singer, Yahya Sharif Aminu who allegedly blasphemed against Islam has been set aside the appeal and ordered another trial of the matter. The Presiding judge Justice Nuradeen Sagir who is the State Chief Judge and his Co-panellist, Justice Nasiru Saminu, ruled that the first trial was full …
VIDEO: Joe Biden calls Nigerian family to thank them for support, invites them to White House.
VIDEO: Joe Biden calls Nigerian family to thank them for support, invites them to the White House. U.S President Elect Joe Biden called a Nigerian family to thank them for supporting his election campaign. In the 12-minute long call, he noted that they were randomly selected from a list of campaign donors which included …
SEVERAL GOVERNMENTAL MINISTRIES, DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES OPERATE IN SECRECY AND IN GROSS VIOLATION OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
SEVERAL GOVERNMENTAL MINISTRIES, DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES OPERATE IN SECRECY AND IN GROSS VIOLATION OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT – EGALITARIAN MISSION FOR AFRICA (EMA) In a democratic dispensation, such as Nigeria’s, the citizens have been proclaimed the owners of sovereignty and mandates that place leaders in the saddle of authority as representatives of …
MEMO TO MR PRESIDENT ON THE IMPERATIVE TO REWARD THE LABOURS OF UNSUNG HEROES BY Dr. AJULO
President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Presidential Villa, Abuja. Your Excellency, MEMO TO 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 It fills me with great pleasure to wish you a happy and prosperous 2021 as we, Nigerians and the rest of the world, cross the threshold of the past year into another new …
