PDP will replicate Osun strategy to unseat APC in Kogi, says Adeleke

Osun State governor, Ademola Adeleke, on Tuesday, boasted that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will unseat the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the November 11 governorship election in Kogi. Adeleke is the chairman of the PDP Campaign Council for the November 11 gubernatorial election. The incumbent governor of Kogi is Yahaya Bello of the All […]

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Niger: ‘Tinubu may play into hands of Boko Haram’

Nigeria’s representative to the ECOWAS parliament, Senator Emmanuel Yisa Orker-Jev, has cautioned on a military solution to the coup in the Republic of Niger. In an exclusive interview with The Guardian, the immediate past Senate committee Vice Chairman on Judiciary who represented Benue North West rather advised on diplomacy to the Nigerien impasse. Senator Jev […]

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UK police charge former Nigerian minister Diezani Alison-Madueke with bribery

Former OPEC President Diezani Alison-Madueke has been charged with bribery offences relating to her time as Nigeria’s oil minister, the UK National Crime Agency said on Tuesday. Alison-Madueke, 63, has been on bail since first being arrested in London in October 2015. She will appear in court in the British capital on October 2, the […]

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Ondo security agencies begin operation to flush out criminals in forests

The Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN), codenamed Amotekun, says the corps, in conjunction with the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Army, Department of State Service (DSS) and other sister security agencies in Ondo state, has commenced another set of clearance operation across forests in the state to arrest criminals using the forests as a hiding place. […]

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Military intervention in Niger is a declaration of war against the North – El-Rufai

Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has cautioned the Economic Community of West African States against military intervention in Niger Republic. Categorically, he told the regional bloc that any move in that direction would mean a declaration of war on Nigerians in the North who have relationships with citizens of the embattled country. Dialogue, he […]

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NUJ Osun holds intellectual discourse on Wednesday

Nigeria Union of Journalists, Osun State Council will on Wednesday hold its 2nd Quarterly Intellectual Discourse at the NUJ Press Centre, Iwo/Ibadan Road, Osogbo by 10 am. A statement by the Chairman of the Union, Comrade Wasiu Ajadosu and Secretary, Comrade Adeyemi Aboderin indicates that the Rector, Osun State College of Technology, Esa Oke, Dr […]

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Suspended OSPOLY Rector alleges denial of fair hearing

Osun State Givernor Ademola Adeleke tatsuspended Rector of Osun State Polythenic Iree, OSPOLY, Dr Tajudeen Odetayo has alleged that he was refused fair hearing by the panel that investigated allegations against him. The investigation panel was set up by the state government to investigate the allegations leveled against Odetayo. Findings revealed that up till the […]

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Anthrax: Oyo, FG train 50 surveillance agents

Oyo State Government in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture over the weekend trained about 50 disease surveillance agents on accurate reporting of animal diseases in the state. This was in a statement by Prince Dotun Oyelade, the state’s Commissioner for Information and Orientation. Declaring the 3-days training open in Ibadan, the Commissioner for […]

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Aregbesola ‘renews’ Awolowo, Bola Ige’s ideals, launches APC Omoluabi caucus

In his quest to reposition the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Osun State, the immediate past Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has launched Omoluabi Caucus of the party. He restated his commitment to progressive ideals and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State even as he stated that political parties are amalgamation of […]

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