The Deputy Head of Mission of the British High Commission, Simon Field, has visited world heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Joshua, in hospital following a fatal road accident along the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway. According to a statement by the Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to Ogun State Governor, Kayode Akinmade, on Monday, Field met with Joshua […]
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Former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) at the Federal High Court in Abuja. Photo: NTA The Federal High Court In Abuja on Tuesday ordered the remand of the Former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), at the Kuje Correctional Centre pending the hearing and […]
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President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday said the implementation of the new tax laws, including those enacted on June 26, 2025, and the remaining acts scheduled to commence on January 1, 2026, will take effect as planned. In a statement he personally signed, Tinubu said the reforms represent “a once-in-a-generation opportunity to build a fair, competitive, […]
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The Dangote Group has announced a 10-day credit facility backed by a bank guarantee for petrol station owners and dealers, alongside free direct delivery and other incentives, as part of a new supply arrangement. The company disclosed this in a statement posted on its official X handle on Tuesday, inviting petrol station operators across the […]
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The Turaki-led Peoples Democratic Party National Working Committee has accused FCT Minister Nyesom Wike of deliberately causing division within the party to serve his personal political interests. In a Monday statement, the PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, said Wike has consistently acted as a political agitator, creating conflicts to conceal self-serving motives. The statement […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Nyesom Wike is jittery over his declining political influence in Rivers State, where he was governor for two terms (2015 to 2023). In a statement on Monday, PDP’s factional spokesperson, Mr. Ini Ememobong said that comments made by […]
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Allocutus delivered by Chief Obafemi Awolowo on 11th September, 1963, when Justice Sowemimo declared him guilty on charges of treasonable felony MAY It Please Your Lordship Though this is a point which will be taken up at a Higher ‘Tribunal, yet I must say, with respect, that I disagree with your verdict as well as […]
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John Dike, Osogbo The Management of the Osun State Primary Health Care Development Board (OSPHCDB) has dismissed as misleading a report titled “Health Crisis Looms in Osun State as 73% of PHCs Operate Without Adequate Staff,” published on December 28, 2025, by Business News Nigeria. In a statement signed by the Executive Secretary of the […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo The Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON), Osun State Chapter, has formally alerted security agencies in the state to hold the President of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Osun State Chapter, Comrade Kehinde Nathaniel Ogungbangbe, responsible should there be any breach of peace or breakdown of law […]
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The Regent of Abagana and a former Presidential Aspirant, Dr Nwachukwu Anakwenze has called for the sustenance of the US-Nigeria strikes on terrorists until they are flushed out of the Country. While commending the Christmas Day strikes on the criminals by the armed forces of the United States in conjunction with their Nigerian counterparts, Anakwenze […]
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