Sunshine Queens arrive Benin City for FA Cup clash against Green Foot FC

By Femi Atolagbe | Sunshine Queens Football Club of Akure have arrived Benin City to honour their Women President Federation Cup against Green Foot FC of Enugu. The based side had earlier defeated Onimarg FC 1-0 at the state level to qualify for the national competition. This will be first outing for the Akure Landladies […]

Adeleke flags off N14.9bn flyover in Osun

…OOni lauds project By Michael Ofulue, Osogbo Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has flagged off the construction of Lagere iconic Flyover in Ile-Ife. This is one of the first ever flyover projects at Ile-Ife in the history of Osun state. Adeleke who noted the deep level of infrastructural deficit across the five local Governments in […]

We’ll tackle unemployment, create jobs —Aiyedatiwa

By Adedotun Ajayi | The Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa has said his administration will strive to tackle the menace of unemployment by implementing policies that will create jobs and empower young people in the State. The Governor stated this while declaring open a two-week induction programme for the newly recruited staff of the […]

Ondo set to combat flood – Commissioner

Preventing impending flooding in the state, the Ondo State Ministry of Environment has unveiled a comprehensive strategy aimed at mitigating the potential devastation across the state. In a meeting held with the ministry heads and Agencies, the state Commissioner for Environment, Oyeniyi Oseni said with the climate change, intensifying weather patterns, the threat of flooding […]

Don warns against using serving judges for elections matters

Form Victor Akinkuolie, Ado-Ekiti | A don, Prof. Tunde Yebisi has warned against further use of serving judges to preside over election matters if Nigeria must progress democratically. He equally advocated that the remuneration of judges, including those at lower courts must be adequate and progressively increased to always be at par with those of […]

Regular ejaculation during sex prevents prostate cancer –Expert

By Tola Gbadamosi | Officer in charge of Advocacy, Communication and Community Mobilisation, Oyo State, Mr Olarinde Olaoye Samuel, has revealed that consistent ejaculations during sexual intercourse will prevent men from contracting prostate cancer. Samuel, a health educator, made this known during an advocacy meeting with members of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, South […]

Residents’ security our priority– Aiyedatiwa

By Boluwatife Akinola | The Governor of Ondo State, Lucky  Aiyedatiwa has asserted that the priority of his administration is to ensure adequate security of all  citizens and residents living in the state. The governor made the assertion in his remarks at the closing ceremony for 2024 Batch ‘A’ (Stream II) corps members deployed to […]

Nigeria: Anxiety of a divided nation

By Ayodele Fagbohun | “The breaking up of Nigeria as a federation into a number of sovereign states would not only do permanent and incalculable damage to the reputation of contemporary Nigerian leaders but would usher in terrible and agonizing disasters which would bedevil us and many generations to come” That was the canon of […]

Why FG’s credit scheme may not fly

By Babatunde Ayedoju | Amid the economic hardship that followed the fuel subsidy removal, the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration, last month, approved the first phase of the Consumer Credit Scheme, to be managed by the Nigerian Consumer Credit Corporation (CREDICORP). The CrediCorp is a company owned by the Federal Government of Nigeria. According to […]

Bishop Alonge’s 50th Episcopal Anniversary

RETIRED Catholic Bishop of Ondo Diocese, Most Reverend Francis Folorunsho Alonge, has put in decades of unblemished service to God and humanity. Having been ordained a priest in 1963, he rose to become the substantive Bishop of the Ondo Diocese, the first indigenous priest to occupy such a position in the Diocese. On this, the […]