The Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, has constituted a 20-member National Selection Committee to oversee the screening and selection of aspirants seeking the party’s governorship and National Assembly tickets ahead of the 2026 elections. The development was disclosed in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja by the party’s National Secretary, Ikenna Enekweizu. Enekweizu said the […]
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By Olusola Adeyegbe When is the right time? It is the question every courting heart eventually faces, and almost everyone answers it too quickly. Not by the calendar. Not by how long two people have known each other. Not by social status or the silent pressure of what others seem to be doing. These are […]
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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 Olubunmi Adebayo *You may be having your burdens to face.* *You may be having your own load to carry.* *It may be tough for you going forward, but you must learn to seek the good of others.* *I am sure Joseph was greatly burdened by his prevailing status of being a prisoner. This was […]
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The Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Ondo State Council, Prince Leke Adegbite, has been honoured with a Leadership Award by the Social Sciences Students’ Association (SOSSA) of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA) He received the award on Thursday 21st May, 2026 during a public lecture and leadership award series organised by the students’ […]
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By Tunde Odesola Except for its motto and morality, there is hardly anything wrong with the Nigeria Police Force. If burnished in the furnace of grammar, the statement, “Police is your friend,” which is the motto of the Nigeria Police, is wrong because ‘police’ is a plural noun, and so, cannot legally coexist with ‘is’, […]
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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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