Entries by Oluwafisayo Adefe

Federal Government Warns of Possible Flooding in 32 Locations Across 11 States

The Federal Government has warned that thirty-two locations across eleven States may experience heavy rainfall that may lead to flooding between fourteenth and eighteenth September, two thousand and twenty-five. The flood prediction, issued by the Federal Ministry of Environment’s National Flood Early Warning Centre, was signed by the Director, Erosion, Flood and Coastal Zone Management […]

Failure Is a Stepping Stone to Success, Says Dominion Broadcast CEO Femi Adefila.

Failure has been described as a necessary ingredient to success and an experience gathered on the path to full accomplishment. The Chief Executive Officer of Dominion Broadcast, Doctor Femi Adefila stated this on the station program “The Big Conversation” emphasizing that success is not ready made but such that requires patience and constant pursuance until […]

Nepal Protests Turn Deadly as Police Crackdown Kills 21 Demonstrators.

Nepali Police have disclosed that least fifty-one people were killed during violent anti-corruption protests in Nepal this week, as the full scale of chaos that toppled the government emerges. Talks continue between the president, protest representatives, key potential figures who may lead an interim administration and the army; which has imposed a curfew and taken […]

Former President Bolsonaro Convicted and Sentenced Over 2022 Election Coup Attempt.

Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court has sentenced former president Jair Bolsonaro to twenty-seven years and three months in prison after convicting him of orchestrating a coup attempt to remain in power following his two thousand and twenty-two election loss to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Prosecutors argued that Bolsonaro and his allies devised a scheme to […]

South Sudan’s Riek Machar Faces Treason, Terrorism, and Crimes Against Humanity Charges.

South Sudan First Vice President Riek Machar is facing charges of treason and other serious crimes. Machar has been under house arrest since March after the transitional government accused him of subversive activities against President Salva Kiir. In addition to treason, Machar and seven others face charges of murder, conspiracy, terrorism, destruction of public property […]

ASUU FUOYE Declares Indefinite Strike Over Unpaid Salaries.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Federal University Oye-Ekiti, FUOYE, chapter, has embarked on an indefinite strike over unpaid salaries. The development was formally communicated in a letter addressed to the institution’s Acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olubunmi Shittu. The letter, jointly signed by the branch Chairman, Doctor Fagbuagun, and the Financial Secretary, Ngwu Benitho, stated […]

INEC Reviews Party Registration Bids, Approves 14, Rejects 157 Applications.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that fourteen political associations have scaled the first hurdle in their bid for registration as political parties, while a hundred and fifty-seven others failed to meet the requirements. The decision was taken at the commission’s regular meeting during which it also reviewed preparations for the upcoming off-cycle […]