Mojtaba Khamenei. Photo: AFP Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is injured but “safe and sound”, the son of the president said Wednesday, offering the first official explanation for why the 56-year-old has not been seen since his appointment at the weekend. “I heard news that Mr Mojtaba Khamenei […]
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Italian PM Giorgia Meloni, Italian PM Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned on Wednesday a deadly missile strike on a school in Iran early in the Middle East war, calling for those responsible to be identified. “On behalf of the government, I express my firm condemnation of the massacre of girls at the school in […]
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India and other yet-to-be disclosed countries have declined to accept some of President Bola Tinubu’s recently posted ambassadors-designate due to diplomatic policies that discourage receiving envoys from administrations with less than two years remaining in office, High-ranking officials in the Presidency and the foreign service disclosed on Tuesday that India, where career diplomat Ambassador Muhammad […]
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The Dangote Petroleum Refinery accounted for about 92 per cent of Nigeria’s daily petrol supply in February, as the Federal Government has paused the importation of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol). This came as filling stations on Tuesday retained petrol prices at above N1200 per litre despite a N100 reduction in the gantry price by the […]
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Egbedun praises Adeleke’s impact By John Dike, Osogbo Hundreds of members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Odo-Otin Local Government Area of Osun State have defected to the Accord Party in what observers described as a major political shift in the area. The defectors, led by Hon. Ifasanjo Soladoye, Director-General of the Eniade Campaign […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) on Tuesday visited the Osun State College of Health Technology for oversight activities and an orientation programme for members of the union at the institution. The visit featured a joint congress, headcount of members and an orientation session […]
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By Banji Ayoola What should resonate fully with your being, with all that you strive to live for, and your little efforts in your little corner. Is to be a humble conduit pipe, that selflessly passes off the gifts freely flowing through it, for a purpose, from sources it does not know. Continuously, endlessly, freely […]
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By Olubunmi Adebayo *In your journey of life, do your best to be good to others, including strangers you never knew from anywhere.* *With this attitude, anything can come up for you.* *While getting old, Abraham called his chief servant to come and handle a delicate assignment for him. In fact, Abraham made the servant […]
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The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has paid a glowing tribute to the departed football icon, and former Super Eagles coach Adegboye Onigbinde, describing his death as a painful loss to Yorubaland and the entire Nigerian sporting community. The revered monarch, who is the Permanent Chairman of the Southern Nigeria Traditional Rulers Council […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ife Federal Constituency have urged the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Gboyega Oyetola, to work closely with party stakeholders to ensure unity and victory in the August 2026 governorship election in Osun State. They also advised the state’s APC chairman, Tajudeen Lawal, […]
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