Stakeholders call for priority attention, collective responsibility for shaping future of children
By Adeyinka Adeniran Stakeholders including parents, teachers, mentors, career coaches, peer educators, youth advocates among others have said the only way to secure the future of the children is for every persons to take it as a collective responsibility and give them priority attention, instead of seeing it as that of a particular set of individuals alone. The past them to...
Oyo partners stakeholders to leverage tech to end GBV, FGM, presents draft action plan
By Adeyinka Adeniran The Oyo state government has said it is partnering with key stakeholders to deploy technology as a strategic tool in the fight against gender-based violence (GBV) across the state. This is as the government also presented the Oyo State FGM Action Plan aimed at putting an end to the practice before year 2030. The Action Plan was developed...
Oyo Assembly congratulates Akeem Abas on emergence as Oyo NUJ Chairman
By Adeyinka Adeniran A congratulatory message has been extended to the newly elected Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Oyo State Council, Comrade Akeem Abas, by the Oyo State House of Assembly through the Chairman, House Committee on Information, Media, ICT and Public Affairs, Hon. Waheed Akintayo, popularly known as Ilumoka Presenter. In a statement personally signed and released...
PEBEC rating: Choose Oyo as your number one investment destination Awakan, woos investors
By Adeyinka Adeniran Following the rating of Oyo State as the third on the list of Top 10 Performing States in the Subnational Ease of Doing Business Report 2025 by the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC), the Chairman of the Oyo State Internal Revenue Service, Mr Femi Awakan, has tasked investors to choose the state as their next investment...
Don backs Tinubu’s Benin Republic intervention
By Adeyinka Adeniran A former federal lawmaker and political scholar, Prof. Mojeed Alabi, has defended President Bola Tinubu’s decision to deploy Nigerian military assets to the Benin Republic, saying the action falls within the provisions of the 1999 Constitution. He also warned that the rising wave of military takeovers in West Africa is a symptom of deep public frustration and unrealistic...
Blood: Experts warn of avoidable deaths unless government, citizens act
By Adeyinka Adeniran Health stakeholders and advocates have sounded the alarm on Nigeria's worsening blood shortage crisis, warning that the country will continue to record avoidable deaths unless urgent action is taken to address the systemic failures undermining the nation's blood supply. According to a blood advocate and clinical researcher, Sijibomi Oladeji, Nigeria needs at least 1.8 million units of blood...
The lost art of llstening: Why great leaders keep their ears open
The lost art of llstening: Why great leaders keep their ears open By Oluwole Dada Leaders must be attentive to the yearnings of their team members. They must be good listeners. They must listen to their team members if they want to succeed. This is not a soft skill or a nice-to-have leadership quality. It is fundamental to the survival of...
Christian leaders call for calm, urge govt to take decisive action against persecution
By Adeyinka Adeniran The General Director of Scripture Union Nigeria, Uwem Udoh, has called on all Christians in the country to be calm saying the ongoing persecution will soon be over. Noting that the bible which foretold persecution also teaches love and patience, Udoh said the devil is at work to truncate the beautiful future God has for Nigeria. He spoke while...
Calls for Nigerians to bear arms is an invitation to chaos – Security expert
By Adeyinka Adeniran A retired military officer and security analyst, Siyaka Nasiru, has warned that allowing Nigerians to carry firearms for self-defence would worsen the country’s insecurity rather than solve it. Rejecting the call, he described the moved as an invitation to chaos, if granted. He gave the warning while featuring on a programme on an Ibadan based radio station, Adamimogo 105.1...
Oyo College debunks rumour of attack
By Adeyinka Adeniran Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology (OYSCATECH), Igboora called on members of the public to disregards what it described as false and malicious news of an attack on the institution. Noting that the College is not under any siege, the management of the institution said the purported picture circulating on the social media is Artificial Intelligence (AI)...
