Category: News

By Odeh Henry   The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, has warmly welcomed the establishment of a new Global Media Defense Fund at the initiative of the United Kingdom and Canada and their respective pledges of £3 million ($3.8m) over five years and of 1 million Canadian Dollars ($765,000) to the Fund.The purpose of the […]

  President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the promotion of the Nigerian Army Chief of Training and Operations, Maj Gen Lamidi Adeosun, to the rank of a Lieutenant General, the same rank as the Chief of the Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai.   The Nigerian Army confirmed this promotion in a release on Tuesday.   […]

Oyo State House of Assembly Okays Dissolution of LGs     The Oyo State House of Assembly on Tuesday approved the dissolution of the of local government councils and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state.Governor Seyi Makinde had a few hours after his inauguration, ordered the dissolution of the councils. The ex-chairmen have […]

  Embattled Sen. Ishiaku Abbo (PDP-Adamawa) on Tuesday told members of the Senate investigative panel hearing his alleged case of assault of a nursing mother not to threaten him with suspension. The senator spoke when he appeared before the six-man panel set up by the Senate to investigate him. TheNews Agency of Nigeriareports that President […]

By Odeh Henry   Speaker of the Oyo House of Assembly, Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin, has clearly revealed that state laws that will finally end operations of killer herdsmen are underway. He noted that lawmakers in the Oyo state House og Assembly are already working on laws that will tackle activities of killer herdsmen in the […]

  In another intervention in the scandal rocking the embattled general overseer of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has urged the two major parties, Fatoyinbo and Mrs Busola Dakolo, and their supporters, to stop the media war in the interest of the church.CAN, in a statement […]

    Oyo State governor, Mr. Seyi Makinde, has said that he would conduct local government elections next year, dismissing insinuations that caretaker committee chairmen would be appointed to replace sacked council heads.   He also said Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission, OYSIEC, would be reformed to have a generally accepted exercise.   Makinde, who […]

    Aquila Records/Club Quilox boss-turned-lawmaker, Honorable Shina Abiola Peller, may be new in the arena of lawmaking but he surely has a clear vission on what he set out to achieve when he decided to venture into politics.   Shina Pella while speaking with Showtime on how he plans to make meaningful impacts in […]

By Odeh Henry         In 2009, Ese Walter found herself in the spotlight after she came forward to accuse Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo, the global senior pastor of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) of trying to manipulate her into having a sexual affair with him. In wake of the recent rape allegation against […]

Director- General, Ekiti state council for Arts and Culture Amb Wale Ojo lanre has said that the state governor Dr Kayode Fayemi’ vision  is to make the state the arts and cultural hub of  Nigeria        Ojo lanre disclosed this while recieving   The Governor of Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Producers Association […]