Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Yemi Adaramodu. The Senate has described the clash between its President, Godswill Akpabio, and and Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, during a recent executive session, as a normal feature of democracy. Its Committee on Media and Public Affairs chairman, Senator Yemi Adaramodu,in a statement on Sunday debunked the […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo The claim that 15 members of the Osun State House Assembly have been scheduled for a training programme in the United States as a prelude to their defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been faulted. Debunking the claim, the member representing Ayedaade State Constituency in the Osun State House […]
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Oba Olu Ajibise By John Dike, Osogbo The Ogunsua of Modakeke Media team has debunked the allegations against the monarch, Oba Olu Ajibise, as baseless. In a statement on Sunday by Chief Kola Olabisi on behalf of the committee’s chairman, it described as unfounded and malicious the series of allegations against the monarch “by one […]
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An Amotekun Corps operative in Osun State has been killed allegedly by a soldier. A statement by Yusuf Idowu Abass, the Public Relations Officer, Osun Amotekun Corps, said the deceased, Peter Samuel Tope, aged 35, died on Sunday morning following a fatal attack on him by a soldier in Ijeda Ijesa. The statement was titled […]
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Dr.Leon Usigbe President Bola Tinubu has mourned the passing of Tribune newspaper”s Abuja Bureau chief, Dr. Leon Usigbe. The journalist,who was a member of the State House Press Corps, Abuja, died on Friday. The President described Dr. Usigbe as a veteran State House Correspondent and professional whose dedication to truth, balance, and ethical journalism earned […]
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Dr. Leon Usigbe NUJ FCT mourns Abuja Bureau Editor of Tribune newspaper, Dr. Leon Usigbe, has died in a brief illness. He died on Friday, according to information made available by some of his colleagues and the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Council, which has been thrown into mourning in the […]
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By John Dike, jOsogbo Marine and Blue Economy minister, Gboyega Oyetola, has withdrawn from the coming governorship election in Osun State. This has rested the speculations about his purported comeback bid. The minister’s supporters in the All Progressives Congress (APC) have all along been pushing for his return to the the Abere Government House. His […]
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Nigerians in Diaspora Commission chairman, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has tackled United Kingdom Conservative leader of Nigerian descent, Kemi Badenoch, over alleged false claims about Nigerian women and their citizenship status. Badenoch, in an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria had said she is unable to transfer her Nigerian citizenship to her children because of her gender. She […]
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Attorney General of the Federation and Justice Minister, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN The Federal Government has asked the Supreme Court to compel Osun State Government to refund seven months’ local government allocations to the Finance Minister. Attorney General of the Federation and Justice Minister, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, made the request in a response filed through his […]
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Northern socio-political groups, including the Arewa Consultative Forum, the Coalition of Northern Groups, Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, the League of Northern Democrats, and Arewa Youth Consultative Council, have thrown their weight behind former Kano State Governor and national leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, following his claims that the President Bola […]
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