Idowu Bankole

…..Calls for Yoruba Global Cultural Reorganisation and Leadership Model By Demola Akinyemi, Ilorin A non-governmental organisation, Foundation for Peace Professionals (PeacePro) has called on Yoruba elders, statesmen, and cultural custodians to rise above partisan or parochial leanings and intervene decisively in the current row between the Ooni of Ife and Alaafin of Oyo. In a

The Federal Government says piracy is destroying the creative economy in the country. The Director-General of the Nigerian Copyright Commission, Dr John Asein, said this during a sensitisation programme on the Copyright Act for teachers in Osun on Tuesday in Osogbo. Asein, represented by the State Coordinator of the commission in Ibadan, Mrs Oluropo Oke,

The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Abubakar Kyari, says Nigeria spends $10 billion annually on agro-imports, including wheat and fish. Kyari disclosed this at the First Bank of Nigeria Ltd., 2025 Agric and Export Expo, on Tuesday in Lagos. The minister who decried the rising rate of agro-imports emphasised the need for increased financing of

   

By Davies Iheamnachor PORT HARCOURT— A man simply identified as ‘Doctor’ has allegedly stabbed his lover, nicknamed Ima to death in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The development caused pandemonium on Okereke Street, Mile 1 Diobu, Port Harcourt City Local Government Area of the state, where the incident happened Sunday night. It was gathered that the

   

By Innocent Anaba The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of three internet fraudsters, who were arrested at a hotel located within the premises of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, OOPL, complex in Abeokuta. Justice Dehinde Dipeolu, who is sitting as a vacation judge in Federal High Court, Lagos, handed down

By Ndahi Marama Maiduguri—An Improvised Explosive Device, IED, mistaken for scrap metal, exploded in Konduga, Borno State, leaving two children dead and four others injured. Konduga, located about 40 kilometres from Maiduguri, is the headquarters of Konduga Local Government Area. According to sources, the victims, on Sunday, picked the object at an excavation site where

•25 rescued, search ongoing for 25 missing in Goronyo boat tragedy By Musa Ubandawaki SOKOTO—Two loal government areas in Sokoto State have again been ravaged by flood, which destroyed homes, and submerged farmlands and a major local market in communities in Bodinga and Shagari LGAs. This came as no fewer than 25 people have been

By Elizabeth Adegbesan The Naira yesterday appreciated to N1,550 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,560 per dollar last weekend. But the Naira depreciated to N1,534.8 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM). Data published by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, showed that the exchange rate for the naira rose to