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  • Ekiti Set to Host 2nd Ikogosi 17.5km Marathon, Targets 5,000 Participants

    Ekiti Set to Host 2nd Ikogosi 17.5km Marathon, Targets 5,000 Participants

    The organisers of the 2025 Ikogosi 17.5km Marathon Race have announced that the second edition of the event will take place on November 8 at the famous Ikogosi Warm Spring in Ikogosi-Ekiti, Ekiti State, with…

  • FAAN Begins Lagos Airport Construction

    FAAN Begins Lagos Airport Construction

    The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has begun reconstruction of Terminal One at Lagos’ Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA). In a travel advisory issued Friday, FAAN advised passengers to arrive at the airport early,…

  • The Political Head of Omi-Apata LCDA Felicitates Muslims on Id el-Mawlid

    The Political Head of Omi-Apata LCDA Felicitates Muslims on Id el-Mawlid

    The Political Head and Administrator of Omi-Apata Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Hon. Barr. Olayemi Ajibola Oluwasina, extends warm greetings to the good people of Ido Local Government and beyond on the occasion of this…

  • PDP Ward 7, Chapter of Ido Local Government, Reaffirms Loyalty to Governor Seyi Makinde and the PDP

    PDP Ward 7, Chapter of Ido Local Government, Reaffirms Loyalty to Governor Seyi Makinde and the PDP

    The executives of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Ward 7, Chapter of Ido Local Government, wish to address the recent resignation of the former Ward Chairman, Alhaji Adelakun Adesola Fatai, and his subsequent decision to…

  • FIRE OUTBREAK: Oyo Town Residence Gutted by Early Morning Fire

    FIRE OUTBREAK: Oyo Town Residence Gutted by Early Morning Fire

    A fire erupted early Thursday at Olugbile House in Oyo town’s Iyalamu area, damaging parts of the residential building and destroying several household belongings. According to reports, the blaze began around 5:00 am when a…

  • Hon. Waheed Akintayo Commissions Renovated Classrooms, Empowers Over 120 Beneficiaries in Olunde

    Hon. Waheed Akintayo Commissions Renovated Classrooms, Empowers Over 120 Beneficiaries in Olunde

    In a continued drive to enhance grassroots development and promote quality education, Hon. Waheed Akintayo, member of the Oyo State House of Assembly representing Oluyole Constituency, has commissioned a newly renovated block of classrooms and…

  • Supremacy Battle: Alaafin vs Ooni Of Ife

    Supremacy Battle: Alaafin vs Ooni Of Ife

    The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade, on Wednesday, denied reports of a supremacy battle with the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, or with any other monarch in or outside Yorubaland, explaining that…

  • Security Operatives Sacked Over Corps Member Assault

    Security Operatives Sacked Over Corps Member Assault

    The Anambra State Government on Wednesday, August 21, 2025, dismissed eight operatives of the Agunechemba community security outfit in Anambra State after they were found to have brutally assaulted a female National Youth Service Corps…

  • UPDATED: Ladoja Set for Coronation as 44th Olubadan Of Ibadanland

    UPDATED: Ladoja Set for Coronation as 44th Olubadan Of Ibadanland

    Oba Rashidi Ladoja will be crowned as the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland on Friday, September 26, 2025, at Mapo Hall in Ibadan, following the approval of his nomination by Governor Seyi Makinde and confirmation by…

  • UNIZIK Halts Final Year Celebrations

    UNIZIK Halts Final Year Celebrations

    Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) management in Awka has, effective immediately, banned final-year students from participating in examination orchestration signing off due to ongoing violence, chaos, and disruptions that have endangered campus safety and disrupted academic…