OICL acquires 10% stake in FCMB Pensions
Odu’a conglomerate, the Odu’a Investment Company Limited (OICL) has added another feather to its cap with Tuesday’s announcement of the completion of its acquisition of a 10 per cent minority equity stake in FCMB Pensions Limited, a subsidiary of FCMB Group Plc. Making this announcement at the Corporate Headquarters of the conglomerate, Cocoa House, Ibadan […]
Abba Kyari: Convicts narrate how NDLEA operatives allegedly aided them in cocaine deal
Two convicted drug traffickers; Chibunna Umeibe and Emeka Ezenwanne, on Monday, narrated how the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)’s officers allegedly aided them to beat security checks at Enugu International Airport before their arrest by the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT). The duo, who had since served their two-year jail term, told Justice Emeka […]
Margaret Lawrence University Matriculates 262 Students, Bans Use Of Smartphones
The Margaret Lawrence University (MLU), on Monday, matriculated a total of 262 fresh students into its 2025/2026 academic year. At the event held simultaneously in the University’s Delta State and Abuja campuses, the Vice Chancellor of the institution, Professor Ernest Izevbigie, urged the students to focus on academic excellence. Speaking after formally admitting the new […]
Life’s warfare as Fakolade charges Christians to be on guard
A Lay Preacher in Methodist Church Nigeria (MCN), Diocese of Ibadan, Sister Sola Fakolade on Sunday charged Christians to always be on guard so as not to be caught napping by any of the life’s battles, insisting that life is a warfare whether one takes it or rejects it. She gave this admonition while preaching […]
ADC suspends ward chairman, 2 others over Ireti Kingibe’s purported suspension
The FCT chapter of African Democratic Congress (ADC) on Sunday suspended three executive members from Wuse Ward in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) for allegedly spearheading the controversial suspension of Sen. Ireti Kingibe. Kingibe currently represents FCT at the Senate. The suspended executive members include: the ward Chairman, Kanayo Chukwu as well as Amanda Pam […]
US court not swayed by couple’s collapse, slams $300,000 on blogger as damages.
By Oladele Ogunsola The collapse of a couple in a Baltimore County Court in Maryland, United States each at 24 hours interval failed to sway the court from slamming a damning $300,000.00 as damages on a US- based Nigerian blogger, Olufunke Ashekun in a case filed against her by Mountain of Fire Miracles Ministries (MFM) […]
Ondo AG Celebrates Mother On Her Birthday
Below is the unedited version of his birthday message to his mother. “A Birthday Tribute to My Eternal Mother: Princess Christiana Monisola Ajulo, The Iya Ijo of Christ Anglican Church, Ifira Akoko “Mama mi, “Today the calendar dares to mark another revolution of the sun around your life, yet time itself bows in humble recognition […]
Osun Police Command appeals for information on two wanted suspects
Osun State Police Command has appealed to members of the public to provide useful information that could assist security agencies in locating and arresting two suspected criminals already declared wanted by the Command. This appeal was contained in a public notice issued on Friday and signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Abiodun Ojelabi and […]
PDP’s goal is to win elections; Akinoso, new Oyo Chair tells members
By Oladele Ogunsola The newly elected Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State, Prof. Adulrahman Akinoso has told members of the party that the set goal of the newly elected executive committee in the state is to win elections. Akinoso, a professor in the department of Food Science & Technology, University of […]
Ondo court sentences lecturer to death by hanging
By Oladele Ogunsola An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, the state capital has sentenced a lecturer at the College of Health Technology, Ijero-Ekiti, Ekiti State to death by hanging for armed robbery. The lecturer, Shittu Isiaka was found guilty on a two-count charge of conspiracy and armed robbery by the presiding judge, Justice […]