Rtd Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar A Former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.), said the hours surrounding the death of Gen. Sani Abacha on June 8, 1998, left him with a lingering sense that “something was fishy.” He disclosed that he and the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi, were mysteriously locked inside […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the police and other security agencies to conduct stop-and-search operations on vehicles branded in the colours of the Accord Party, saying the move would help expose those behind alleged criminal activities in the state. The opposition party made the […]
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By John Dikee, Osogbo The Ooni of Ife, His Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, has paid glowing tribute to veteran Nollywood actor, theatre scholar and cultural icon, , describing him as a pride of Yorubaland whose immense contributions to culture, education and the performing arts will remain evergreen. Pa Oyewo passed away on Friday, June 12, 2026, […]
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By Olubunmi Adebayo *As far as the stories and events of the Old Testament were concerned, Jethro was a minor character, but with great and major lessons for humanity to learn from.* *The background information we have about Jethro are as follows :* *1) He was the father-in-law of Moses, by the reason of Moses’ […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo National Assembly and Osun State House of Assembly members elected on the platform of Accord Party have called for the immediate redeployment of the Osun State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Gotan, over alleged partisanship and what they described as his failure to effectively address the growing wave of political violence […]
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Many of the terrorists dislodged from Zamfara and Sokoto states have been relocating to the South-East and South-South regions, security and intelligence sources have revealed to Saturday PUNCH. The insurgents, according to the sources, are utilising interconnected forest corridors and riverine routes stretching through Niger, Kogi, and Anambra states to escape military pressure in the […]
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Ex-Director of Defence Information, Brigadier-General Rabe Abubakar Katsina State Government has confirmed the death of retired Major General Rabe Abubakar, who died while in the custody of bandits, describing the incident as a tragic loss to the state and the nation. The announcement was contained in a statement issued on Saturday by the Commissioner for […]
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On Thursday, the house of representatives passed the constitutional amendment bill seeking to establish state police. The bill, which intends to amend several sections of the 1999 constitution, provides a framework for the creation, funding, regulation and operation of state police services while retaining the federal police as a national institution. Among other provisions, the […]
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National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof. Joash Amupitan, has disclosed that registered voters who lose, damage or misplace their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) will no longer be automatically disenfranchised under the provisions of the Electoral Act 2026. He said the new electoral law introduces a simplified process that allows eligible voters […]
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Mr Peter Obi. Photo: X / Peter Obi IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Peter Obi, has reiterated his call for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, saying there is no justification for the continued detention of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra. Obi stated this during an […]
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