Amotekun Corps has reassured Osun State residents of its commitment to ensuring the safety of lives and property following the conclusion of the recent local government elections. In a statement issued in Osogbo, the Corps Commander, Dr. Hon. Adekunle Isaac Omoyele, emphasized that there is no cause for panic regarding the security situation in the […]
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Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, on Sunday, inaugurated the newly elected local government chairmen and councilors in the Saturday poll. He urged them to focus on good governance while warning against any attempt to forcibly occupy council secretariats. Also, he expressed gratitude to President Bola Tinubu for resisting attempts by some forces to destabilise […]
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By Banji Ayoola The neutral, principal power of the Almighty Father streams through Creation. This power can be used to accomplish the good or the evil. Notably, only the human being, through his unique ability of intuitive volition, with which he is exclusively endowed among all earthly creatures, can access this neutral, principal power. Thus, […]
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As Osun State residents go to the polls tomorrow to elect council chairmen and councilors, there is a palpable fear of escalation of violence after six people were killed in the state on Monday. One of the casualties reportedly had a gaping hole in the head as he lay in a pool of blood. This […]
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The naira strengthened to 1,494.03/$ at the official window on Thursday according to data from FMDQ Securities Exchange Limited. Similarly, it appreciated at the parallel market to 1,510.00/$, further reducing the spread between the markets to 15.5/$. The gap between the official foreign exchange and the parallel market rates is closing, following the various policies […]
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The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), on Thursday, called on the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, to tell the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission to call off Saturday’s local government election in the state. The AGF, in a statement he signed in Abuja on Thursday, warned that conducting […]
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Former military Head of State, Ibrahim Babangida, on Thursday, expressed regret over the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, acknowledging that the candidate of the Social Democratic Party, MKO Abiola, won the poll. In the concluding section of the 12th chapter of his autobiography launched Thursday in Abuja, titled, ‘A Journey In Service,’ […]
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Former military president, Ibrahim Babangida has finally broken his silence on the June 12, 1993, presidential election annulled by his regime. The election, described as the freest and fairest in the history of the country, was won by Chief MKO Abiola of the Social Democratic Party. In his newly released autobiography, ‘A Journey in Service,’ […]
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Former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida (retd.), has denied involvement in the death of veteran journalist and Editor-in-Chief of Newswatch, Dele Giwa. Giwa, a vocal critic of Babangida’s military government, was assassinated via a parcel bomb in his home in Ikeja, Lagos State on October 19, 1986. Two days before the incident, a senior official […]
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By Abdu Rafiu Systems, practices and cultures of different peoples are observed and documented to form a body of knowledge. So is the behaviour of man under different circumstances and environments, be it in politics, or economic pursuits. Reports of such behavioral studies abound. If we consider that we cannot see far and we cannot […]
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