Police reveals how illegal mining is fuelling banditry, costing Nigeria $9bn annually

The Nigeria Police Force Wednesday revealed that an estimated $9 billion (N13.7 trillion), being proceeds from illegal mining activities, is spent annually on funding banditry and related crimes. FCT Commissioner…

NGO: People with disability to benefit Fundraising

A non-governmental organisation, Kehinde Oshilaja Foundation for People Living with Disability, is set to raise funds for the aged, and organise lectures for the disabled on how to face the…

Isese Festival: Soyinka calls for embrace of traditional medicine

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has urged Nigerians to embrace traditional medicine, describing it as the oldest, most effective health care system that has endured. Soyinka spoke in Abeokuta on…

EKST-RUWASSA HOLDS STAKEHOLDERS ENGAGEMENT IN IKERE ON ODO OJA WATER SCHEME

  …scheme to provide potable water for 28,000 residents* Ekiti State Small Town, Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (EKST-RUWASSA) has held a community stakeholders’ engagement meeting to address issues…

Ekiti First Lady Commissions Ajoni LCDA Secretariat, Borehole as Chairman Empowers Adire Trainees

It was a historic day in Ayedun-Ekiti on Tuesday as the First Lady of Ekiti State, Dr Olayemi Oyebanji, officially commissioned the newly built Ajoni Local Council Development Area (LCDA)…

Chieftaincy: Ooni is busy on Youth Dev. – Aide reacts to Alaafin’s ultimatum

The spokesperson for the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Mr Moses Olafare, has dismissed the 48-hour ultimatum issued by the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade, describing it as…

Bye-election: LP urges Tinubu to warn APC supporters

The Labour Party (LP) has alleged that Saturday’s bye-election witnessed large-scale of rigging, brazen vote-buying and violence, calling on President Bola Tinubu to caution his supporters. The party described the…

Expert laments Paternity crisis, says 1 in 4 Nigerian fathers not biological parents

Smart DNA Nigeria has come out with a report that revealed alarming rate of paternity crisis in Nigeria, stating that one in every four paternity tests conducted in the country…

CABINET DISSOLUTION: OYEBANJI RECALLS INFORMATION COMMISSIONER, OLATUNBOSUN

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji has recalled former Commissioner for Information, Rt. Hon Taiwo Olatunbosun back to the state executive council. The development according to a press release on…

Ibom air : I am not a nuisance, never refused to switch off my phone,” – Comfort Emmanson ,…alleges assault, intimidation at incident

The young lady Miss Comfort Emmanson, involved in the recent Ibom Air controversy, has shared her side of the story, alleging assault and humiliation by a flight attendant. In a…