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The Independent National Electoral Commission has indefinitely suspended its Electoral Officer in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, Mrs Akole Mobolade, over alleged incompetence, absenteeism and failure to discharge her official responsibilities. The commission’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Dr Mutiu Agboke, also directed Electoral Officers I and III in the local […]

US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Washington is ending a 10-year security assistance deal with Israel that allowed $3.8 billion in annual assistance to its ally until 2028. Trump said Israel was “fine” with him ending the assistance, which began in 2019 and was signed under his predecessor, Barack Obama, three years earlier. “We’ll […]

The Federal Government has commenced the disbursement of N50,000 cash assistance to vulnerable Nigerians under its National Emergency Relief and Stabilisation Intervention. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr Bernard Doro, disclosed this in a statement dated October 30 and sighted by PUNCH Online on Tuesday, describing the scheme as a presidential initiative […]

By John Dike Osogbo …Urges monarch to promote peace, unity, cultural preservation The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has congratulated Oba Mayowa Aroloye on his emergence as the new Owa of Idanre Kingdom in Ondo State, expressing optimism that his reign would usher in peace, unity and accelerated development. The Ooni, who is […]

By John Dike Osogbo …Alerts police, accuses labour leaders of partisan interference The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to shelve its planned three-day sympathy strike and proposed picketing of United Bank for Africa (UBA) branches across the state over the lingering dispute surrounding […]

By John Dike Osogbo …95 per cent of students reside on campus, VC tells police chief The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 11 Headquarters, Osogbo, Bassey S. Ewah, has assured the management of Fountain University, Osogbo, of increased security attention around the institution following concerns raised over the safety of students […]

By Ade Oyeyemi The dethroned Apetumodu of Ipetumodu, Oba Joseph Oloyede, has approached an Osun State High Court in Ile-Ife, seeking an order restraining Governor Ademola Adeleke from appointing a successor to the vacant traditional stool. Oloyede, who was convicted in the United States of offences bordering on fraud, is challenging the process leading to […]