World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus planned to visit the Syrian city of Aleppo on Friday. The visit would be in the wake of this week’s earthquakes, according to his cabinet chief in Geneva. Aleppo, in the northwest of the country, is controlled by the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. WHO could not initially […]
The Council of State meeting convened by President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, at the Presidential Villa declared support for the Federal Government’s naira redesign policy. The meeting which had the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, former President Goodluck Jonathan, former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar and General Yakubu Gowon in attendance physically, however, advised Buhari […]
Osun State Government has warned against diversion of PMS (Petrol) by some Oil marketers, warning that anyone caught to be hoarding fuel allocated to the state will face the wrath of the law. The Chairman of the Petroleum Monitoring Committee of the state, Hon Kazeem Akinleye in a statement noted that findings from the relevant […]
— Accuses Gov AbdulRazaq, Mustapha of Plan to Swap Offices in 2027 A socio-political group, Kwara Vanguard for Democracy (KVD) has warned the people of the five local government areas in the Kwara North Senatorial District to be wary of a post-2023 grand plan already put in place by incumbent Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq to use […]
As Nigerians countdown to February 25, 2023 for the Presidential and National Assembly elections, European Union (EU) Long Term Observers met with the leadership of Conscientious Youth Empowerment Foundation, CYEF, in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The essence of the meeting was to brainstorm on how to record a hitch-free 2023 general elections in Nigeria […]
The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the government’s removal and destruction of the campaign posters and billboards of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign along some roads in Osogbo. It would be recalled that the campaign train of Tinubu/Shettima Presidential ambition berthed in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, on Thursday. It […]
The Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde has revealed his plan to deploy ”Omituntun” buses to major areas in the state to relieve Oyo residents on the current hardship over fuel scarcity and new naira notes challenges. Recalls that angry youths in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, on Friday staged a protest and blocked roads […]
… Lambasts Corps’ Spokesperson The Association of Kwara Online Media Practitioners (ASKOMP) has condemned the harassment, intimidation and arrest of their Chairman, Salihu Shola Taofeek, Eyitanwa Lawal of Sobi FM and Ayatullahi Salihu of Informant247 by Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). ASKOMP Secretary, Oyewale Oyelola flanked by the association’s Financial Secretary, Nafiu Toyin […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) request for the extension of the deadline for swapping of old Naira notes to the redesigned ones. A seven-day grace period, beginning on February 10 to February 17,2023, has also been approved to enable Nigerians to deposit their old notes at the CBN after […]
The Chairman of the Association of Kwara Online Media Practitioner, Salihu Shola Taofeek who doubles as the Publisher of Informant247 online Newspaper was yesterday afternoon mercilessly beaten and locked up in cell by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for hours. Beaten and detained with him were Salihu Ayatullah (Editor, Informant247) and Eyitanwa […]
