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NIDCOM Condemns Killing Of Kidnapped US-Based Nigerian In Edo

The management of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has condemned in strong terms the unfortunate death of Mr. Dennis Abuda who was killed on Saturday by his abductors. Abuda, a Nigerian diasporan based in Atlanta- Georgia was abducted along Benin bypass by unknown gunmen alongside other family members while traveling to Lagos to catch...

IG Adamu Gets 3-month Extension

President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the tenure of Mohammed Adamu as the inspector general of police (IGP) by three months. The Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi disclosed this on Thursday while briefing State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said that the decision of the President to extend...

Igboho Apologizes To Ooni

Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho has tendered a passionate apology to Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, over his outburst against the Monarch concerning the herdsmen crisis on Wednesday. Igboho had lambasted the monarch while speaking during a Town Hall meeting held by Yorubas in Diaspora. He described Ooni, Oyo State...

Insecurity: Let Nigerians Have Access To AK47 – Taraba Gov

Taraba State Governor Darius Ishaku on Wednesday, asked Federal Government of Nigeria to allow all citizens own licensed guns in order to secure themselves, insisting that security has degenerated. The governor stated this when 15 Local Government Chairmen in the state paid him a condolence visit following the demise of one of their colleagues...

50% Salary: Ondo Doctors Begin Strike

Doctors in government hospitals in Ondo state have begun indefinite strike over unpaid salaries and poor condition of service. The doctors include assocation of resident doctors, University of Medical of Sciences Teaching Hospital Ondo, Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria government hospitals and National Assocation of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners

Nigeria Gets 20 New Private Universities

The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved additional 20 private universities to the existing ones. The new private universities are to be given provisional licenses to run for three years while the ministry monitors and evaluates their growth. This brings the total number of private universities in the country to 99.

Achievers University Alumna Bags African Union Scholarship; To Study Governance & Regional Integration In Cameroon

An Alumna of Achievers University Owo (AUO), Miss Ifeanyi Oweazim has been awarded a full-time scholarship by the Pan African University to study Governance and Regional Integration at the Pan African University Institute of Governance, Humanities and Social Sciences in Yaounde, Cameroon. The Precision NG reports that Miss Oweazim, a 2018 first class graduate...

Court Suspends Financial Accounts Of Ondo Assembly, Speaker, Others

File photo: Rt Hon. Iroju Ogundeji (left) with the three lawmakers after resuming to office in December, 2020. The crises rocking the Ondo state House of Assembly is not over. This time around, the deputy speaker, Iroju Ogundeji has approached the court over the failure of the leadership of Assembly to...

World Hijab Day: Ondo FOMWAN Marks Day As Christian Women Support Hijab

Members of the Federation of Muslim Women Association of Nigeria( FOMWAN), Ondo State Chapter on February 1, 2021 joined other Muslim women across the globe to mark this year’s celebration of World Hijab Day. At the event held at the Akure Central Mosque and well attended by Muslim women...

Buhari Commiserates With Abike Dabiri-Erewa On Death Of Mother

President Muhammadu Buhari condoles with Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria Diaspora Commission, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on the loss of her mother, Alhaja Sadiat Abeke Erogbogbo. Alhaja Erogbogbo, a retired teacher and businesswoman, died at age 90. The President equally sends words of comfort to the other children, grandchildren and great grandchildren of...
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