Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has directed the immediate recall of Dr Niyi Oginni, the Executive Secretary of the Osun Health Insurance Scheme (OHIS). The recall became inevitable to save the state health insurance scheme from imminent collapse. Dr. Oginni was suspended early in the year on the recommendation of the Review Committee set … Read more
Ogun State’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of preventing the press from speaking out in an effort to silence the opposition. The PDP claimed that the government of the APC and its leadership had continued to prevent unbiased media coverage of its activities out of fear of being … Read more
According to reports, three people were killed following a violent battle between competing cult groups during the Osun Osogbo festival. Fighting broke out during the grand finale of the renowned worldwide traditional festival, resulting in 12 additional people suffering injuries of varied severity. Although the cause of the altercation and the identities of the deceased … Read more
Residents of Apa, Benue State, have taken to the streets in protest against the recent wanton killings in the area by suspected herdsmen militia. Scores of youths trooped to the Oweto-Loko/Abuja road on Friday morning. The protesters mounted roadblocks on the expressway. Commuters were stranded for over five hours. Some of the protesters, who spoke … Read more
Following the attacks on Saturday that left 37 people dead in the state’s northern region, Governor of Sokoto State Ahmed Aliyu called an urgent security meeting on Monday. On Saturday, the state’s bandits raided three communities in the Tangaza Local Government Area and two others in the Gwadabawa Local Government. The bandits assaulted the communities … Read more
The national Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, or UTME, the universal cut-off mark is not chosen by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), according to their statement. Cut-off marks, according to JAMB, are decided at a policy meeting that is attended by all institution heads and led by the honorable minister of education. The Head … Read more
President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been urged to pay extra attention to the challenges in Nigeria’s rural electricity sector. This was the position of the Association of Rural Electrification Contractors of Nigeria, ARECON. In a statement made available to xandertech by ARECON on Wednesday, they opined that since 2020, the Rural Electrification Agency, REA, led … Read more
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, has called on chairmen and leadership of Local Government and Council Development Areas in the state to ensure the security of lives and property in their communities. Governor Oyebanji made the call on Sunday while receiving the chairmen and leadership of Ekiti West Local Government and Ekameta Local Council … Read more
The Federal Government has said it is “treason” for the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi to incite people to violence over the outcome of the February 25 presidential elections. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said this in Washington DC during his official engagements with international media organisations. NAN … Read more
Following President Muhammadu Buhari’s nationwide address where he claimed to have left Nigeria in a better condition than he met it in 2015, former federal lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has listed the failures of the outgoing president. Sani, who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the 8th National Assembly, said Buhari would not want Tinubu to … Read more