COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF A TWO-DAY CAPACITY BUILDING FOR JOURNALISTS AND CSOs IN THE SOUTH-WEST ON CONFLICT SENSITIVE REPORTING, COUNTERING FAKE NEWS IN THE 2023 GENERAL ELECTION HELD ON NOVEMBER 14 – 15, 2022 IN LAGOS STATE. OVERVIEW:In view of the recent proliferation of fake news, insensitive reportage and its attendant dangers for…
….Commences Inter-Border Patrol in Ondo, Osun, others to follow In a bid to address criminal activities during Yuletide season, Western Nigerian Security Network (WNSN) code named Amotekun on Friday, embarked on inter border patrol. It would be recalled that the security agency last year commenced inter-border patrol with huge success recorded. The exercise is between…
PRESS RELEASE lSSUED BY THE PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO CHIEF REUBEN F. FASONRANTI, LEADER OF AFENIFERE ON MISREPRESENTATION IN THE MEDIA It has come to Papa R.F. Fasonranti’s knowledge that some sections of the media, especially the social media, have been ascribing to him false statements designed to cause confusion and polarize Afenifere. I have Papa’s…
IN YORUBALAND, A KING IS NOT BURIED ALIVE DARE BABARINSA THE GUARDIAN 03 November 2022 Afenifere is in the news again for its own sake. What has triggered the latest soul-searching for the pan-Yoruba political and cultural organisation was the public visit of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the ruling All…
Osun State Government, has announced the appointment of Prince Yinusa Olalekan Akadiri of Oba-Ara Ruling House as the new Akinrun of Ikirun, in Ifelodun Local Government Area of the State. His emergence followed majority votes in his favour in a meeting of Ikirun kingmakers on November 19, 2021, where Akadiri polled six out of seven…
It was an agony for parents, when an ex-convict, Mercy Orija, has reportedly raped a 12-year-old pupil, Janet Fakeye, to death in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The suspect reportedly went into hiding shortly after he committed the offence at Fehintoluwa Community Development Association in Idiya, Abeokuta-North Local Government Area of the state. Our correspondent gathered that…
A truck coming from Offa, Kwara State to Osun State on Friday reportedly killed three people in Ikirun. The accident which occurred around Emiloju Area, Ikirun, when the truck driver allegedly lost control and hit two persons on a motorcycle and a passerby sparked a protest. The truck driver was said to have fled immediately…
ONDO STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY EXPRESSES SHOCK OVER THE DEATH OF EKITI SPEAKER Ondo State House of Assembly has expressed rude shock over the sudden death of the Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Rt .Hon. Funminiyi Afuye, which occurred on Wednesday, 19th October, 2020 at the Ekiti State Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH), Ado Ekiti…
…..Governor Oyebanji makes first appointment The Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji has appointed Mr Yinka Oyebode as his Chief Press Secretary. The State Head of Service, Mr Bamidele Agbede announced this in a statement in Ado Ekiti. According to the statement, Oyebode”s appointment is with immediate effect. Mr Yinka Oyebode was the Chief Press…
….We’ll target tourism to expand Oyo’s economy, Makinde PRESS RELEASE …says Ibarapa’ll be fully integrated into state’s economic devt. …Makinde is first gov to associate with Twins Festival in Igbo-Ora- Organisers Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has stated the readiness of his administration to add tourism as a major plank of its economic expansion agenda….
