South West

Protest broke out in Oyo State, South-West Nigeria, on Monday, over high cost of living, food inflation and the current economic hardship in the country.  Staged in the Mokola area of Ibadan, the state capital, placard-carrying youths in…

The Senate on Wednesday began consideration of a critical bill seeking to curtail illicit importation and trade of small arms and light weapons in Nigeria. The Nigerian National Commission Against the Proliferation of Small Arms and…

Seventeen senators from the South West Geopolitical Zone have decried the destruction of property and infrastructure in the region by hoodlums in the Region In a communique issued at the end of the members' meeting on Thursday, the group…

The six South-West states have signified readiness to reopen schools for pupils to sit for the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination amid the coronavirus pandemic. This was part of the resolutions reached…

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde on Tuesday declared that Oyo State now has no fewer than two hundred and forty-four confirmed cases of coronavirus also known as COVID-19. Makinde made this announcement in a series of tweets on his…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)-led Oil and Gas Sector coalition against COVID-19 Thursday handed over six ambulances and medical consumables to the southwest states in its efforts to support the fight against the…

A crucial meeting of state governors in the South-West, state police commissioners and the Inspector-General of Police on community policing took place on Thursday at Lagos House, Ikeja. The meeting came amid plans by the governors to…

The new 21 obas in Ibadan land appeared to have dropped their crowns in a move seen as surrendering to the Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Saliu Adetunji. They appeared as part of the entourage of the monarch to the ongoing…

Many travellers and vehicles were stranded for hours on Thursday at Seme border post following restriction of movement around the country’s frontier with Benin Republic. A News Agency of Nigeria Correspondent who visited Seme border…