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In a bid to revitalize the Aba-Nla community in Oluyole Local Government, Professor Sabit Ariyo Olagoke JP, founder and spiritual head of Shafaudeen-in-Islam Worldwide, has appealed to prominent indigenes both home and abroad to actively contribute to the town’s growth and development. The Islamic cleric who is a native of the town and one of the four surviving children out of 44 children of his late father, made the appeal during a visit to his family compound at Aba-Nla recently. Olagoke who vowed to set the pace in the uplift of the community, immediately put necessary machinery in place for…

By: Gbenga A. Adekola. “PFN our room, CAN our house” was the closing statement of Dr. Bolaji O. Akinyemi at the State of Our State (Lagos); a special All Pentecostal Stakeholders meeting which he convened through his signature forum named ‘Apostolic Round Table’ and hosted by The Senior Pastor of A Torch From Heaven Ministry, Bishop Joe Ighalo. Ighalo has warned the Chairman of the Lagos State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Bishop Steven Adegbite to steer clear of the internal affairs of the state’s chapter of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN). Bishop Ighalo stated this during…

  Australian motorists have been encouraged to fill up their cars this week as petrol prices continue to fall nationally. All of the capitals except Canberra have reported a price fall in the lead-up to the Easter break, according to the NRMA. However, the price reprieve may be short-lived, with prices expected to rise next week.   Petrol prices in Sydney have fallen to 190.5 cents per litre for regular unleaded. Diesel prices have also dropped to 200.2 cents per litre. NRMA spokesperson Peter Khoury said petrol prices were nearing the bottom of the cycle and were expected to rise again next week.…

When romance is often mentioned, many think it is all about sex. But romance is actually anything you do to your partner that communicate and show that him/her is special to you. Here are a few examples. 1. Calling your partner a special name that you wouldn’t call any other person such “Honey”, “Sweetheart” 2. Cooking together. This activity actually gives you two a chance to bond closer 3. Going out on dates to intimate places (not clubs) where you can look into each other’s eyes and have heart to heart conversations 4. Pulling up her seat or holding her…

Not less than 19 top officials in the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) have been retired in a move by the Dr Olayemi Cardoso-led apex bank at reorganisation with at least five directors shown the door. Reports state that the affected officials had received their discharge letters last weekend. The CBN had late last year transferred some directors from various departments to the FSS 2020 division and also had relocated no less than 150 employees from the Banking Supervision Department (BSD), one of its 29 departments, to Lagos. Although details and reasons for the sack of these top officials still appear…

The Federal Government has declared Friday, March 29 and Monday, April 1, 2024, as public holidays to mark the celebrations of 2024 Good Friday and Easter Monday respectively. The declaration was made by the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, on behalf of the federal government in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Aishetu Ndayako, on Wednesday. According to the Minister, Easter, beyond religious significance, promotes values of love, forgiveness and compassion which are essential for social cohesion and harmony. He called on Christians to imbibe these virtues as they are capable of impacting positively on the…

The University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Oyo State workers have threatened to stay away from work over continued power outage in the hospital. The workers made this known on Wednesday during a congress organised by their umbrella body in the hospital, Joint Action Committee (JAC). The congress, which was held in the premises of the hospital, had members of Non-academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU); National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM); Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP) and Senior Staff Association of Universities, Teaching Hospitals Research Institutions and Associated Institutions (SSAUTHRIAN), in attendance. Speaking…

Traditional Religion Worshippers’ Association have appealed to the Federal and State Governments to include traditional religious knowledge (TRK) as one of the subjects to be taught in schools. The Secretary of the Oyo State branch of the association, Fayemi Fakayode, made this call on Wednesday, March 27, in Ibadan. He called on the government to include traditional religious knowledge as a subject in the primary and secondary school curricula like Islamic Religious Knowledge and Christian Religious Knowledge. According to him, this is to impart the younger generation with the Yoruba culture and tradition. Fakayode, in a statement personally signed,…

THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY’S JERKING OF THE 2024 BUDGET BY N1. 2 TRILLION The session at the Senate over alleged padding of the 2024 Budget has clearly shown that the greatest impediment to the growth and the development of this country are our National parliamentarians. What is the justification of the National Assembly for the N1. 2 trillion jerking of the budget? The “topped up” sum has been clandestinely brought up under the various constituency projects for the lawmakers. Truth be told constituency projects are the euphemism for the ways and manners the parliamentarians got their own “fair share” or loot…

Troops of the Nigerian Army on Monday morning invaded Igbomotoru community in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, razing houses and allegedly killing about 11 people. The soldiers in five gunboats invaded the community, razing three houses suspected to be the hideout of a militant leader allegedly involved in the killing of the military men on rescue mission in Delta State. He said, “I am calling on all security chiefs in Nigeria to please kindly intervene to save lives and property in Igbomotoru 2 community which started about 8am this morning, information reaching me as the CTC…