Author: Saint Augustine

The Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board (OYOSUBEB) has been honored as the Outstanding Oyo Agency of the Year 2021 by Silverstones Communication, organizers of the Miss Oyo Beauty pageant. According to the organizers, the award was in recognition of the agency’s immense contribution to the education sector infrastructure in Oyo State for the year 2021. The Award was presented to the Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr. Nureni Aderemi Adeniran today in Ibadan. Receiving the award on behalf of the Board, Dr. Adeniran thanked the organizers for honoring excellence, hard-work, diligence, loyalty, commitment and dedication to…

The Governor of Gombe State, Alhaji Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya, the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele and the Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh are among the dignitaries who have confirmed their attendance at the maiden edition of the Global Newspaper Media Merit Awards. According to a member of Organising Committee for the Awards, Mr. Christian Ahuchaogu, the event scheduled to hold at the prestigious Airport Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos on Thursday, December 16, 2021 by 6pm will be preceded by a lecture as part of its contribution to the…

…As professional videographers solicit for government’s patronage The Oyo State Government has revealed that it is set to focus on the enforcement of copyright laws in the State adding that with support from Nigeria Copyright Commission (NCC), it would no longer be business as usual for pirates. Hon. Wasiu Olatunbosun, the Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism said this yesterday while receiving in audience the Zonal Manager, Nigerian Copyright Commission, Mrs. Bisi Ogundiran in his office. Olatunbosun, while receiving the NCC Zonal team said the State will be glad to deploy different strategies that would be used both online and…

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Lucius Nwosu, SAN, has been fingered in an alleged energy theft. The theft resulted from the nefarious activities of one Oxygen Holiday Resort located at Akpajo by Eleme junction, Port Harcourt, Rivers state, Nigeria. According to information at our disposal, the resort owned and managed by Lucius E. Nwosu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria had bypassed its prepaid meter to connect directly to the power source, thereby consuming energy at no cost; a practice often believed to be common only amongst the very low classed in the society. The energy theft, we gathered, came to…

…As former President, Obasanjo salutes Ooni for honouring the Sangingas The Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, last weekend conferred the title of Aare Afurugbin-Ola of the Source (Lead Sower of Wealth and Prosperity of the House of Oduduwa) on the Director General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr. Nteranya Sanginga. The conferment which took place at Ile Oodua, Ooni’s palace in Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria was in recognition of Dr. Sanginga’s achievements as one of the illustrious sons of Africa who has contributed immensely to the development and promotion of…

The Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has ordered Commissioners of Police in the thirty-six (36) States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), their supervisory Assistant Inspectors General of Police and other Heads of Police formations to strengthen their leadership capacity and operational strategies in dealing with crimes associated with the end of the year in their Areas of Responsibilities (AoRs). The IGP gave the charge to the Strategic Police Managers, today during the December edition of his monthly meeting with Senior Police Officers from the rank of CP and above at the Force Headquarters,…

A Ghanaian and two Nigerians have been arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and Akanu Ibiam international Airport, Enugu respectively for trafficking a total of 9.953 kilograms of Cocaine and Methamphetamine. This was the disclosure on Sunday by Femi Babafemi, Director, Media and Advocacy in a statement made available to NAOSRE. According to the statement, one of the suspects, Uzoh Ndubuisi Johnson was arrested on Wednesday 8th December 2021 at about 5.30pm during an inward screening of Ethiopian Airlines passengers at the Arrival Hall of the airport. Uzoh who arrived from Brazil via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia was controlled…

… It’s a major onslaught on human traffickers, says NAPTIP DG The Federal Government of Nigeria has recorded another feat in its renewed determination to tackle issues of human trafficking with the active involvement of neighboring countries, as it signs a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of Burkina Faso to prevent, suppress and punish trafficking in persons especially women and children. The legal instrument designed to unleash intense heat on human traffickers and their cohort operating within the corridors of the two countries was signed in Abuja at the climax of the 3rd Nigeria/Burkina Faso Joint Commission held at…

The Journalists International Forum For Migration (JIFORM) has commended the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP) and the Fundación Internacionaly Para Iberoamérica de Administración yPolíticas Públicas (FIIAPP) a French agency otherwise known as International and Latin American Foundation of Administration and Public Policies for facilitating a three-day training and capacity development aimed at enhancing the standard of reporting template for members of the trafficking in persons media corps which ended on Friday at Keffi, Nasarawa State. JIFORM, a media foundation comprising over 300 journalists covering migration matters across the continents with headquarters in Lagos noted the training…

Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has warned the Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II against open endorsement of political office seekers. Obasanjo who spoke at the palace of Ooni in Ile-Ife where he joined dignitaries that include, ex Oyo State governor, Rasidi Ladoja to witness the installation of the Director General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Dr. Nteranya Sanginga and his wife, Charlotte Kurara as Aare and Yeye Afurugbin Ola of the source said his role should end in offering prayers for whoever visit him to discuss politics. The…