A former Deputy Governor of Oyo State Taofeek Arapaja, has been declared as the winner of the Peoples Democratic Party South-West chairman. Arapaja, who was openly backed by Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State had 343 votes while Eddy Olafeso...

Yinka Odumakin The Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, Osun State, Professor Eyitope Ogunbodede, has described the death of Afenifere’s spokesman, Yinka Odumakin, as not only tragic but a monumental loss to the cou...

Kevin Odu, 32, has been in prison since February last year. He was arrested by proxy, arraigned and remanded for a crime allegedly committed by his kinsman who lived with him.  “He stole my neighbour’s laptop and generator and di...

The United States Agency for International Development has launched a COVID-19 Food Security Challenge that will provide $3 million to Nigerians. The agency said on Monday that the funds will come in financial support and technical assistanc...

An anti-corruption group, Human and Environmental Development Agenda, (HEDA Resource Centre) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure the oil giants, Shell and Eni, face prosecution in Nigeria. The group, in a letter addressed to Buhar...

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami, has said criminals across the country are “feeling the heat” of the ongoing linking of National Identification Numbers with Subscriber Identification Modules. He made t...

Former Ekiti Governor Ayo Fayose has declared Oyo Governor, Seyi Makinde as leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-West. Speaking at the Wocdiff Centre, Osogbo, venue of the Zonal Congress of the Peoples Democratic Party, ...

The development of several COVID-19 vaccines has brought the promise of defeating a global pandemic that’s already claimed millions of lives but inequality in access to these medicines is threatening to create a severely unequal recovery.&...

Yorubas are trapped in a vicious cycle of ignorance, poverty, disease, sickness, and death. There seems no way out. No way of escape. Yoruba politicians - governors, senators, reps at state and federal levels - benefactors of the rotten syst...

Communications giant, Twitter, has opened its Africa Operation Headquarters in Ghana, shunning Nigeria, despite over 2.5 million users – which is about third largest in the continent after Egypt and South Africa. The Twitter Chief Executiv...