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Tinubu pays last respect as Buhari buried in Daura: Credit: X | Bayo Onanuga President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima led a galaxy of Nigeria’s elite, including former Presidents, to Daura, Katsina State on Tuesday to pay their final respects as the nation laid to rest the ex-military Head of State and two-term […]

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday discharged and acquitted former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, of all charges in his long-standing money laundering case brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The court, presided over by Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke upheld the ex-gobernor’s no-case submission, on the grounds that the […]

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 […]

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 […]