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Nigerian Pastor TB Joshua has become the first religious leader in Africa to surpass five million followers on the popular social media platform – Facebook. Joshua, who surpassed the milestone on the evening of Monday, December 14, 2020, thanked his followers in a Facebook post commemorating the feat. “Thank you …

ABEOKUTA – The United Nations Positive Livelihood Award Centre (UN-POLAC) Foundation has presented the International Peace Advocate to Barr. Femi Ogunbanwo. the Ogun State Commissioner for Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs. This is just as the Ministry of Information Chapel of Ogun NUJ conferred on him the award of the …

ABEOKUTA – As part of plans to prepare ahead for the local government elections, Ogun state government has charged the staffers of the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC) to develop a high attitude to work and be compliant with Covid-19 prevention guidelines. According to a release e-signed and made …

ABUJA – As the economic sustainability plan proceeds with implementation of a number of its sector specific schemes, the Social Housing element which will build about 300,000 very affordable houses for Nigerians is taking off this week just as about 20 State governments have indicated interest in joining the housing …

  By Raymomd Osho IJEBU-ODE – Ogun State government on Friday, December 11, 2020, sealed 13 illegal gas skids in Ijebu-Ode, for operating without  government approval. The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mr. Olatunji Odunlami disclosed that the skids were sealed during monitoring and enforcement exercise by the …

ABEOKUTA – As Nigerians kicked against the proposed borrowing of N17trillion from the pension funds by the Nigerian Governors, the former President, Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP), Alhaji Waheed Kadiri has said there was nothing wrong if the loan is for investment and paid back with interest. Alhaji Kadiri …

By Ademola Orunbon IWOYW-YEWA – The newly installed Oniwoye of Iwoyeland, in Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State, Oba Buhari Ololade Makinde has assured the present administration of the unalloyed commitment of his people to the progress and overall development of the State. Oba Makinde who gave the …

Opinion: By Elijah Udofia When the Coronavirus hit the world early this year, nobody knew that the aftermath would be what Fela called, “sorrow tears and blood”. The pandemic did not only hold the world by the jugular, it dislocated the socio-economic and governance of so many countries. In Nigeria, …

Opinion: By Ayomide Oriade Technology based businesses received a huge boost in 2020 and businesses without digital footprints were forced to review their operation model, as Covid-19 crippled global economic activities for most part of the year. Most of these tech-inclined shifts will become part of the new normal. Ecommerce …

By Ademola Orunbon ILISHAN-REMO – The Special Adviser to the Governor on Technical Education, Prof. Joseph Odemuyiwa has said that education was the bedrock of change and sustainability of any country that has the interest of its society and inhabitants, describing it as instrument of transmitting one’s culture from a …