Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke By John Dike, Osogbo Osun State Governorr Ademola Adeleke. has commended the state’s performance in the 2026 National Examinations Council (NECO) Senior School Certificate Examination, pledging sustained investment in the education sector. Osun ranked fifth nationally in the 2026 NECO ranking, with 74.31 per cent of candidates obtaining at least […]
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By Ade Oyeyemi The Edo State Special Criminal Court has sentenced four people to death over the abduction of a woman at the Vegetable Market along Airport Road in Benin City. Justice Aigbona Momodu delivered the judgment on Tuesday in the court’s maiden kidnapping case, following an 11-count charge involving kidnapping, conspiracy, armed robbery, cultism […]
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By Ade Oyeyemi President Bola Tinubu has urged the House of Representatives to approve the Niger Delta Development Commission’s 2026 statutory budget, with youth empowerment, electricity, education, healthcare, security and agriculture among its key priorities. Tinubu made the request in a letter dated August 20, 2026, addressed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, […]
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By Ade Oyeyemi President Bola Tinubu has left Paris, France, for Nigeria after concluding his working vacation abroad. Tinubu is expected to arrive at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos later on Tuesday before proceeding with a series of engagements in the state. The President is scheduled to honour the memory of the late Chief […]
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By Ade Oyeyemi Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has claimed that the late former President Muhammadu Buhari found it difficult to manage political relationships with people from the South-West. Lawal said Buhari appeared to rely on his relationship with former President Bola Tinubu and a founding chieftain of the All […]
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By Ade Oyeyemi The Islamic clerics abducted by suspected bandits while travelling to Talata Mafara, Zamfara State, have remained in captivity more than two weeks after they were seized. The clerics were travelling along the Dakko–Damri feeder road in Bakura Local Government Area on September 12 when their vehicle was reportedly intercepted by armed men. […]
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By Ade Oyeyemi The Anambra State Government has commenced moves to prosecute individuals who prevent women and girls from inheriting property on the basis of their gender. The state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Tobechukwu Nweke, SAN, disclosed this in a letter addressed to the Nigeria Police Force, directing the police to investigate complaints involving […]
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Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe Nigeroa’s power crisis has defied privatisation, tariff reforms, market restructuring, presidential committees, recovery programmes and countless promises. What it has not confronted yet is sustained political will to make the entire electricity value chain work as one commercial and technical system. That is why the diagnosis offered by the Minister […]
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Heavy traffic on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Credit: Daniel Ayantoye. Nigeroa’s foremost Trunk ‘A’ highway, the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, stretches 127.6 kilometres across Lagos, Ogun and Oyo states. As part of the Trans-Saharan Highway network, it connects the South-West to other parts of the country and serves as a major artery for commerce, industry and human movement. Yet […]
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Violence remains a talking point in Nigeria. Thus, the persistent killings in Plateau State are another grim reminder of how dangerously accustomed Nigerians have become to violence. The Northern Christian Association condemned the latest attacks, warning that the country must not reach a point where the deaths of innocent citizens are treated as routine occurrences. […]
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