Adeleke Settles UNILESA Staff with ₦3bn, Converts 300 Workers to Permanent Status

UNILESA Vice-Chancellor, Prof  Taiwo Olufemi Asaolu, during a press conference at the university’s premises in Ilesa on Wednesday as University records rapid transformation, expands academic frontiers three years after take-off — VC By John Dike, Osogbo Osun State Government has approved the payment of over ₦3 billion in outstanding allowances and the conversion of no […]

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Daniel ignores APC consensus move, picks senate nomination form

Senator Gbenga Daniel displaying his nomination form Former Ogun State Governor and serving senator, Gbenga Daniel, has picked up his nomination and expression of interest forms to seek re-election into the Nigerian Senate, under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, ahead of the 2027 general elections. Daniel announced the development in a post on […]

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Ogun governor joins senatorial race to displace Daniel

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Tuesday said he was instrumental to the emergence of Otunba Gbenga Daniel as governor of the state in 2003, as well as to his election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress in 2023 as the senator representing Ogun East. Governor Abiodun, according […]

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Delta police spokesman says officer who killed suspect will face murder trial

Delta State Police PPRO, SP Bright Edafe The spokesperson of the Delta State Police Command, Bright Edafe, says the police officer who shot and killed a suspect in Effurun, as seen in a viral video, will be prosecuted for murder. Edafe spoke on Wednesday during an interview on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief, while reacting […]

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Presidency counters N’West neglect claims, lists ongoing projects

The Presidency on Monday pushed back against what it described as false narratives that President Bola Tinubu has neglected the North West, stating that the administration has made significant investments in infrastructure, health, and transportation across the region. The rebuttal was made on Monday at a pre-tour media briefing in Abuja, convened by the Renewed […]

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Gunmen kill pastor, abduct worshippers in Ekiti church attack

Ekiti State Police commissioner, Mr Michael Falade Gunmen on Tuesday night attacked a Christ Apostolic Church in Eda Oniyo Ekiti, Ilejemeje Local Government Area of Ekiti State, killing a pastor and abducting an unspecified number of worshippers. The attack, which occurred around 8.30 pm during a church programme, has thrown the community into panic, with […]

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NUJ hails Adeleke over UNIOSUNTH Workers’ regularisation, seeks action on OSBC staff

By John Dike, Osogbo The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Osun State Council, has commended Governor Ademola Adeleke for approving the regularisation of casual workers at the Osun State University Teaching Hospital (UNIOSUNTH), describing the move as a humane intervention aimed at improving workers’ welfare. In a statement jointly signed by its Chairman, Comrade Adeyemi […]

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Extrajudicial killing: No explanation, spirituality not far from it – Delta police PRO

The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, Bright Edafe, has reacted to the viral video showing the killing of a suspect by a police officer in Delta State, saying the command has no clear explanation for the incident and that “spirituality may not be far from it.” Edafe made the comment during a live interview […]

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Court restrains INEC from recognising ADC congresses

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission from recognising or participating in any congress organised by a disputed caretaker leadership of the African Democratic Congress. The court, in a judgment delivered by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, also barred former Senate President, David Mark, and other prominent figures in the […]

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Payment of N70,000 national minimum wage, suspension of union activities, leaders stalling resumption at RUGIPO

By Banji Ayoola Investigations by The Radiance have shown that the payment of the N70,000 new national minimum wage, and suspension of union activities with their leaders by the Ondo State Government, are the main stumbling blocks to the resolution of the lingering crisis grounding the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, RUGIPO, and resumption of normal […]

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