THE  Royal Ambassador of Oyo Kingdom, Aare Ayandotun Ayanlakin, tells EMMANUEL OJO about his childhood, family and career What are your roles as a royal ambassador to the Oyo kingdom? I have gained a lot in that position. Knowing the (late) Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, was a great thing …

Medical doctors at the Ondo state Mother and Child Hospital, Trauma Center, in Ondo town, Ondo state, are battling to save the life of a nine-month-old pregnant woman, operated upon by a quack doctor, Rabiu Olalekan, at a private hospital in Orita Ojo, in Odigbo council area of Ondo state. …

The Kano State High Court presided over by Justice Sanusi Ado Ma’aji has summoned some Medical personnel attached to the state government-owned facility, Murtala Muhammad Specialist hospital who were purported signatories to a medical report tendered before the court in the ongoing trial of the Chinese national, Geng Quanrong who …

The Rivers State government has shut the campaign office of Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.   It was learnt that the Rivers State government sealed off the campaign office based on Executive Orders 21 and 22.   The office was said to have been …

The Chairman of Epe Local Government, Mrs. Surah Animashaun, has said all-night street carnivals would not be allowed across the council area as a result of lingering security challenges.   Animashaun told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Friday that all events regarding street carnivals should end by …

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has approved the appointment of five new permanent secretaries in the state civil service.   This is contained in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Kunle Somorin, on Friday in Abeokuta.   Somorin said the new appointees would fill the …

A former presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, Adamu Garba, has told the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, to step down for the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, ahead of the forthcoming 2023 presidential election.   Garba said this in a tweet on Thursday night, following …

THE leadership of Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF has tabled the demand for federalism before the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi. PANDEF made the demand at an interactive meeting held on Friday in Yenagoa when Obi visited Bayelsa State in continuation of his presidential campaign. The …

Alhaji Yusha’u Kebbe, a key stalwart of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto State on Friday defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Kebbe announced his defection at a press briefing in Sokoto, citing alleged poor leadership style, lack of  people- oriented projects from the PDP-led administration in the …

The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has instituted fresh suit to compel the Department of State Service, DSS, to grant him unhindered access to his medical doctors. Kanu, in the suit he filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja, said he would need …