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By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan The management of Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Ekiti State, has dismissed as false a report circulating on social media alleging that the institution’s Vice-Chancellor (VC), Professor Abayomi Sunday Fasina, was involved in the arrest of one Dr. Agbeleoba Samuel Opeyemi by the Department of State Services (DSS). Dr. Opeyemi, identified as the younger brother of Mrs. Folasade Adebayo, a FUOYE staff member who had accused Fasina of sexual harassment, was reportedly arrested under unclear circumstances. Social media reports had claimed that the VC orchestrated the arrest to suppress alleged audio recordings that purportedly implicated him in…

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Oyo State governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, has inaugurated two bodies, a Steering Committee and a Technical Working Committee, on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in the state. The committees were raised on Wednesday, February 12, during the commemoration of the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation held at the Local Government Service Commission Staff Training Centre, Secretariat, Ibadan, capital of the South-West Nigerian state. Inaugurating the committees, Gov. Makinde, represented by the state's Head of Service (HoS), Mrs. Olubunmi Oni, stated that the bodies were saddled with the mandate of developing and implementing programmes and…

By Okerafor Athanasius, Jalingo A youth vanguard group of the opposition All Progressive Congress (APC) in Taraba State, North-East Nigeria, has called on the State Governor, Dr. Agbu Kefas, to give account of his frequent foreign trips to the people of the state. This was contained in a signed press statement issued to journalists by the Publicity Secretary, APC Youth Vanguard in the state, Ambassador Rikwense Muri, on Wednesday, February 12. Gov. Kefas and his officials have often defended the journeys as necessary to attract foreign investors to the state so as to facilitate development and ensure a higher quality…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu European Union (EU) and Enugu State Government have committed to exploring potential partnership areas across the power and infrastructure sectors to drive economic growth and development in the state. This was disclosed by Head of Cooperation at the EU Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Mr. Massimo De Luca, when he paid a working visit to the governor of Enugu State, Dr Peter Mbah, at Government House, Enugu. Mr. De Luca, who underscored the strategic place of the state to the EU, added that the state had since emerged as a key partner in several areas, particularly…

By Okerafor Athanasius, Jalingo Janet Audu Nyajon, Taraba State Correspondent of Daily Independent newspapers, has emerged Chairperson of the state chapter of Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ). Declaring the results before delegates after a keenly-contested election held on Tuesday , February 11, at the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Press Centre in Jalingo, capital of the North-Eastern state, Chairperson of the electoral committee, Mrs. Elizabeth Usen Smith of Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), Jalingo, said prior to the polls, four seats were vacant. Of them, the position of Chairperson was contested for while the other three had candidates who were…

By Felix Durumbah "The opposition’s work is to criticise the sitting government and hold them accountable. My views changed after I met the President, and he saw a need to appoint me." With these words, former spokesman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) for the 2023 election, Daniel Bwala, sought to justify his 'cross over' to becoming a spokesman of President Bola Tinubu. Tinubu, elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023 and inaugurated on May 29,2023,suffered some of the most virulent attacks on him ahead and immediately after the…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Bigger responsibilities came for over 55 persons as Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) inducted them as Special Marshals. The agency also decorated two personalities with the investiture of Honorary Special Marshals in Enugu State. The FRSC Corps Marshal, Shehu Mohammed, who addressed the inductees in Enugu, South-East Nigeria, urged them to always be good ambassadors of the Corps and discharge their duties impartially to humanity and the nation. Mohammed, represented by the Zonal Commanding Officer, FRSC Zone 9, Assistant Corps Marshal Anthony Oko, urged the new Special Marshals to ensure that the standard of dedication and…

By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna University teachers in Kaduna State University (KASU) have expressed gratitude to the State Governor, Uba Sani, for approving land for their Academia Mass Housing Estate project. They took the position under their umbrella Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). A statement issued by Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Governor, Malam Ibraheem Musa, disclosed that ASUU, in a letter dated January 23, 2025, said that the project will ‘’enhance staff welfare and provide civil servants with an opportunity to own homes through a rent-to-own/mortgage financing scheme.’’ The letter, signed by the president of KASU-ASUU Multipurpose Cooperative…

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Commissioner for Information in Ekiti State, South-West Nigeria, Taiwo Olatunbosun, has described calls by many Ekiti indigenes for Governor Biodun Oyebanji to seek re-election in 2026 as "a reflection of the confidence that Ekiti people have in his leadership." Speaking in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, on a radio programme tagged 'People's Platform', the Commissioner noted that the people of Ekiti State on different political, social and religious platforms, had been calling on Oyebanji to seek re-election following what the Commissioner described as his sterling performances in the last two years of his administration. Olatunbosun, who stated…