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Twitter has rolled out an update that allows its users to post longer tweets since it has stopped counting media files such as photos and videos and others that previously ate up a significant amount of text space. All media attachments such as photos, videos, GIF images, polls, quoted and…
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Academic staff at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso, under the aegis of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, yesterday declared a total and indefinite strike. The declaration which was made at a well-attended congress of the union held at the main campus of the institution was also attended…
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The Chairman, Committee on Information and Strategy at Osun State House of Assembly, Hon Olatunbosun Oyintiloye has begged Nigerians to be patient with All Progressive Congress (APC) led governments at federal and state levels, over the current economic challenges ravaging the nation. Speaking with newsmen in Osogbo, Osun State capital…
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The General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye has charged men to go back to farms and stop waiting for elusive government or white collar jobs. He spoke at a special prayer and thanksgiving service for men at the National Headquarters RCCG Throne of Grace,…
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In the wake of the flood disaster that ravaged some communities in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State on Tuesday, the state government has commenced the dredging of major waterways in the state capital. According to the consultant to the state government on urban planning, environment and sanitation, Bola Ilori,…
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The National Amir Hajj of the 2016 hajj operations, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, who is also the Etsu Nupe, has commended Nigeria’s pilgrims to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for being good ambassadors of Nigeria. The Amir hajj said Nigeria was grateful to the pilgrims for not conducting themselves in…
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Osun State government has appealed to the federal government to quicken the release of ecological funds to states to curb environmental disaster across the country. The Osun state consultants on Urban Planning, Environment and Sanitation Hon. Bola Ilori made the call during his monitoring visit to Rasco bridge in Osogbo…
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By Mustapha Aleem In the face of massive water sweeping major parts of Osogbo in Osun state, the state consultant on environmental issues, Hon Bola Ilori, has blamed the water released from Asa dam in Kwara state, which later spread to the dams in Osun State just before the rain…
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Whilst it is true that the economic recession afflicting the nation has forced state governments to devise ingenious strategies and policies to keep themselves afloat, the intervention of the Federal Government to halt the ongoing reduction of workers’ salaries and truncation of work hours, carried out by some state governments…
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By Mustapha Aleem A regional group head of the United Bank for Africa, UBA, Mr Babajide Bewaji, has called on government to dedicate more funds to the health sector in order to improve the productivity of the sector. He made this known in an interview with our correspondent on the…
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