Author: Yetunde Ogunmola

    The Kaduna State government has denied report in a section of the media that it has engaged a private negotiator to negotiate and facilitate the release of the 287 kidnapped pupils of Lea Primary School and students of Government Secondary School, Kuriga in Chikun Local Government Area of the state.   A statement…

    The Nigerian government says citizens in the Diaspora can now apply for the issuance of their international passports seamlessly online.   The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, disclosed this in a statement on his official X handle on Saturday.   According to the Minister, Nigerians in the Diaspora can now apply for their…

  By Miracle Ogunde The federal government has placed a ban on leave absence for heath professionals relocating abroad. The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Tunji Alausa, announced the ban on Saturday, stressing that the era of health workers exiting to other countries in search of better offers after applying for a leave of…

    Bandits have reportedly kidnapped an unspecified number of Tsangaya students at Gidan Bakuso in Gada local government area of Sokoto state.   According to Daily Trust, the students were abducted from their school around 1am on Saturday.   The proprietor of the school, Liman Abubakar, said 15 students were unaccounted for so far…

    Shyngle Wigwe, the biological father of billionaire business mogul and late former Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings, Dr Herbert Wigwe on Saturday slumped and was rushed to a nearby hospital for immediate treatment.   This was made known by a popular influencer on X(formerly Twitter), Tony Ogbuagu who denied the purported death…

    The daughter of the president and the Iyaloja-General, Chief Mrs. Folasade Tinubu-Ojo has re-emphasized the calls for more participation of women in the quest to develop the nation.   Tinubu-Ojo who was speaking as special guest at this year’s International Women’s Day celebration in Akure the Ondo State capital maintained that a peaceful…

    Dr Olayide Adelami, Ondo state deputy governor, has said the Lucky Aiyedatiwa-led government will not tolerate any act of restiveness and violence between communities or groups.   This is in reaction to a boundary dispute between Ode-Irele in Irele local government and Igbobini in Ese-Odo local government, both in the southern senatorial district…