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By John Dike, Osogbo A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Osun State, Chief Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has described as reckless the alleged call for violence ahead of the 2027 election by a former  Transportation minister, Rotimi Amaechi, Besides he said the ex-minister’s alleged statement was “unpatriotic and dangerous” The politician warned that such […]

The Awujale and paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, died on Sunday July 13, 2025. The respected monarch died at 91, just hours after the announcement of the death of his longtime friend, former President Muhammadu Buhari. Mourning his passage, a prince of Ijebu, Prince Adedoyin Alatishe wrote on X, “Baami Ogbagba agbatewole. […]

A joint team of military pallbearers comprising nine senior officers seen with the casket, draped with the Nigerian flag, on a trolley…Photo Credit: State House The body of former President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived at his residence in Daura, his home town in Katsina State. The body will be interred according to Islamic rites after […]

President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday received the remains of former President Muhammadu Buhari at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Airport on Katsina. According to a statement signed by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Tinubu arrived the airport from Abuja at 1:42 p.m. and inspected a guard of honour before the […]

By John Dike Osogbo The Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools Nigeria (ASUSS) has criticised the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), as an umbrella organisation of hypocrisy over its stance on workers’ right to freedom of association. The reaction followed a five-point communiqué released by the NLC on July 4, 2025, in which the congress decried […]

By John Dike, Osogbo Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has expressed pain over the passing of former President Muhammadu Buhari, describing him as a patriot who contributed immensely to national development. In a statement by his spokesman Olawale Rasheed, he extended his heartfelt condolences to President Bola Tinubu on this devastating loss, saying that Nigeria […]

The Vice President, Alhaji Kashim Shettima has arrived London to accompany the remains of the departed former President Muhammadu Buhari back home. He was there on President Bola Tinubu’s directive following the former President’s passing at a London hospital where he had gone for a check. The Vice President, accompanied by the President’s Chief of […]

The National Assembly has suspended all legislative activities in honour of former President Muhammadu Buhari, who passed away in London, United Kingdom, on Sunday. Kamoru Ogunlana, the Clerk to the National Assembly, announced the plenary rescheduling in a statement on Monday. According to him, the leadership of both the Senate and the House of Representatives […]

Group CEO, NNPC Ltd, Mr Bashir Bayo Ojulari addresses the staff of the company during his inaugural town hall meeting held at the NNPC Towers, on Thursday. Credit: NNPCL Oil marketers and industry stakeholders have thrown their weight behind the proposed sale of Nigeria’s refineries under the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, […]