The Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN), codenamed Amotekun, says the corps, in conjunction with the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Army, Department of State Service (DSS) and other sister security agencies in Ondo state, has commenced another set of clearance operation across forests in the state to arrest criminals using the forests as a hiding place. […]
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Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has cautioned the Economic Community of West African States against military intervention in Niger Republic. Categorically, he told the regional bloc that any move in that direction would mean a declaration of war on Nigerians in the North who have relationships with citizens of the embattled country. Dialogue, he […]
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Nigeria Union of Journalists, Osun State Council will on Wednesday hold its 2nd Quarterly Intellectual Discourse at the NUJ Press Centre, Iwo/Ibadan Road, Osogbo by 10 am. A statement by the Chairman of the Union, Comrade Wasiu Ajadosu and Secretary, Comrade Adeyemi Aboderin indicates that the Rector, Osun State College of Technology, Esa Oke, Dr […]
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Osun State Givernor Ademola Adeleke tatsuspended Rector of Osun State Polythenic Iree, OSPOLY, Dr Tajudeen Odetayo has alleged that he was refused fair hearing by the panel that investigated allegations against him. The investigation panel was set up by the state government to investigate the allegations leveled against Odetayo. Findings revealed that up till the […]
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Oyo State Government in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture over the weekend trained about 50 disease surveillance agents on accurate reporting of animal diseases in the state. This was in a statement by Prince Dotun Oyelade, the state’s Commissioner for Information and Orientation. Declaring the 3-days training open in Ibadan, the Commissioner for […]
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In his quest to reposition the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Osun State, the immediate past Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has launched Omoluabi Caucus of the party. He restated his commitment to progressive ideals and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State even as he stated that political parties are amalgamation of […]
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By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Democracy is a very evocative notion. In the name of restoring or defending it, presidents have wielded bayonets, levied war, and executed coups. On August 10, 2023, a summit of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) rose from its convening […]
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Kanu The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), yesterday, accused the Supreme Court of using the instrumentality of adjournments to subvert the cause of justice in the case of its detained leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The group described this development as part of efforts for Kanu’s continued detention in Department of State Services (DSS) solitary confinement in […]
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Appeal by the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, urging political parties to keep the peace and eschew violence in the campaign for the November 11 off-season gubernatorial elections in Bayelsa, Kogi, and Imo states is timely. But it should be backed by a tougher stance, considering that political parties […]
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Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan (Photo by Julien De Rosa / AFP) • 100m women’s hurdles begins today Thousands of fans stormed the Budapest Stadium, yesterday, to cheer world record holder, Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan, who started training ahead of her women’s 100m hurdles title defence at the ongoing World Athletics Championships. Amusan will begin her title defence […]
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