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The Oyo State chapter of Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) has described the N1 billion security vote given to Governor Seyi Makinde monthly as meaningless. SPN alleged that the rising insecurity in the state in the last few weeks has exposed the inadequacies of the Makinde led administration in the area of security. Our correspondent reports that Oyo State has witnessed a series of unrest, kidnapping, attacks on citizens and killing in major towns and cities in the state due to poor security network in the state. The SPN claimed it was unfortunate that Makinde failed to curb the spate of inse...

Daily Post Nigeria Published The management of Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igbo-Ora, has declared Friday January 22, as a lecture/ work free day for both staff and students of the institution. The institution said that it declared tomorrow, Friday as work/lecture free day in view of the prevailing security situation in Ibarapa geo-political zone of the state. DAILY POST learnt that Igbo-Ora is one of the towns in Ibarapa geo-political zone in Oyo state. DAILY POST recalls that Ibarapa geo-political zone which consists of three local government areas in Oyo South District;...

Punch Newspapers Sections Gbenga Odogun and Adeyinka Adedipe Thirty-two persons have lost their lives in road accidents that occurred in Kogi and Edo states between Thursday and Friday. In Edo State, the accidents occurred at two locations; Arue-Uromi and Agbede. The Arue-Uromi accident reportedly killed six children; four girls and two boys, said to be from the same family. An account said the children were crossing the road, while another stated that they were playing football when a Mercedes Benz car in an attempt to avoid a pothole, swerved and killed them. It was learnt that the inciden...

ADVERTISEMENT No fewer than 15 persons on Friday lost their lives in two separate road accidents in Edo State, officials have said. One of the accidents involved a Mercedes Benz which rammed into six children who were playing football in a compound in Arue, Uromi in Esan North-East Local Government Area, while trying to dodge a pothole. The other accident, which claimed nine lives, involved four vehicles in the Agbede axis of the Benin-Auchi Road. Henry Benamaisia, Edo State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), said the accident which claimed nine lives happened at about...

What It Was Like to Serve in the Peace Corps, According to 6 Generations of Women Ashlea Halpern © Peace Corps If you’ve ever known someone who served in the Peace Corps, you’ve probably heard the phrase, “When I was in the Peace Corps…” That’s how universally impactful the experience is.  Established by President John F. Kennedy in 1961, the agency has sent more than 240,000 volunteers to 141 nations around the world. Six decades on, its mission remains largely the same—to work with local communities to develop sustainable solutions for challenges in the hea...