The maiden edition of the Dr.Ademola Iyanda Ebeloku Inter-State Unity Cup Competition has kicked off at the Federal Polytechnic, Ile-Oluji, FEDPOLEL, Ondo State. A statement by the institution’s spokesman, Mr Sanmi Enigbokan, said the opening ceremony, which held at the Polytechnic Sports Complex on Wednesday, May 20, 2026 attracted a large number of spectators from […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo Accord Party chairman in Osun State, Pastor Victor Akande, has called on the Osun State Commissioner of Police to order the immediate release of Mr. Owoeye Muyiwa, who was allegedly detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on the directive of Senator Francis Fadahunsi through his police orderly. Akande, in […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo An Osun State High Court sitting in Ile-Ife has sentenced a middle-aged labourer, Agboola Taiwo, to death by hanging for the gruesome murder of a 62-year-old woman, Jadesola Olubayo, at a palm oil processing site in Ifetedo area of the state. The trial judge, Justice Dapo Adeniji of Court 3, Ile-Ife […]
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By Abdu Rafiu What a relief! I was alarmed following a video making the rounds that another incursion into the Ogbomoso-Oriire axis by bandits was only minutes away and students began to flee their school. Women in panic headed frantically for the school, Are-Ago High School, Ogbomoso, to fetch their children. It turned out to […]
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By Banji Ayoola Anger tempts the victim it possesses, to destroy, to cause havoc, to harm the other person, and indeed yourself. How do you harm yourself? When you allow yourself to entertain anger, and be possessed by it, a wave of strange power streams into you continuously endlessly from sources you do not understand. […]
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President Bola Tinubu What was once dismissed as a distant Northern crisis is slowly being entrenched into Nigeria’s economic heartland in the South-West. Kidnappings on highways once considered safe, attacks on farming communities, school invasions, violent incursions into forests, routine assaults on traditional rulers, and growing criminal networks exploiting porous interstate borders are evidence of […]
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday concluded senatorial primary elections in several states ahead of the 2027 general election, with serving governors, former governors, and incumbent lawmakers dominating the contests. Seven serving governors emerged as senatorial candidates of the ruling party during the exercise. They are Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa, Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe, […]
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Prof Segun Aina. Photo: State House President Bola Tinubu has appointed 39-year-old Prof Segun Aina as the new Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB. He is succeeding Prof Ishaq Oloyede, whose tenure expires on July 31, 2026. Aina’s appointment was announced in a statement issued on Thursday by the President’s Special Adviser […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo Organised labour movement in Osun State on Thursday declared total support for the re-election bid of Governor Ademola Adeleke ahead of the August 15 governorship election, citing improved workers’ welfare and infrastructural development under his administration. They gave the endorsement during a sensitisation programme jointly organised by the Nigeria Labour Congress, […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo The Deputy Speaker of Osun State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Akinyode Oyewusi, has disclosed that centralisation of funds under the Joint Accounts Committee arrangement weakened the autonomy of Local Governments. He noted particularly that changes introduced during the former Governor Rauf Aregbesola administration adversely affected the financial structure of local […]
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