Oyebamiji celebrates Osun ex-Speaker Owoeye at 53

says he “is a rare gift to humanity” By John Dike Osogbo The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji, popularly known as AMBO, has extolled the virtues of the immediate past Speaker of  Osun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Timothy Owoeye, on the […]

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5-year-old girl rescued after prolonged abuse by aunt in Osun

By John Dike, Osogbo A five-year-old girl, names withheld, been rescued from the hands of her aunt, after enduring prolonged physical, emotional, and verbal abuse. The case unfolded in the Owode-Ede area of the state, where the child had reportedly been living under harsh and inhumane conditions. She was discovered with multiple bruises and visible […]

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PDP governors meet in Zamfara

Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are currently holding a closed-door meeting at the Zamfara State Government House in Gusau. Although the agenda has not been officially disclosed, sources suggest the meeting is linked to the ongoing zoning debate ahead of the party’s 102nd National Executive Committee (NEC) session scheduled […]

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Dangote continues dominance in Africa on Forbes’ Billionaires List

Dangote Aliko Dangote has once again cemented his place as Africa’s wealthiest man, topping Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires List with a net worth of $24.4 billion and ranking 88th globally. The latest ranking, released on Saturday, underscores Dangote’s unmatched dominance in Africa’s wealth hierarchy, where he stands far ahead of his Nigerian peers. Abdulsamad Rabiu follows […]

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Datti Baba-Ahmed’s claims are personal, untrue – ADC fires back

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has dismissed recent remarks by Senator Datti Baba-Ahmed, the 2023 Labour Party vice-presidential candidate, describing his criticism of the opposition coalition as “personal opinions” that do not reflect the ADC’s position. In a statement signed by Jackie Wayas, the party’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, the ADC reaffirmed its commitment to […]

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2027: ADC, a grand deception, says Obi’s running mate, Datti Ahmed

Senator Datti Baba-Ahmed, the 2023 vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party and running mate to Peter Obi, has dismissed the coalition-backed African Democratic Congress ADC as a grand deception, alleging that many of those who ruined Nigeria under the President Muhammadu Buhari administration are now seeking refuge in the party ahead of the 2027 elections. […]

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Defence chief Musa clarifies self-defence comment, says ‘I didn’t ask Nigerians to bear arms’

CDS, Gen Christopher Musa urges citizens to learn karate, boxing The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has clarified remarks made by the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Christopher Musa, on the need for Nigerians to learn self-defence skills, following mixed interpretations of his statement. Speaking through the Director of Defence Information, Brigadier General Tukur Gusau, the military […]

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Otedola: Before setting up Zenon, I was selling diesel in drums from door to door

Can you picture Femi Otedola, son of a former governor of Lagos state, sitting beside a driver in a pick-up van and going from door to door to sell diesel in drums? Before setting up the monstrous Zenon Oil — which later became a monopoly in the Nigerian diesel market — that was exactly what […]

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Aftermath of by-elections heightens fears for 2027

The August 16 supplementary elections that held in 18 constituencies in 12 states of the country has heightened the fears of Nigerians about the 2027 elections. Reports from the constituencies where the elections held indicate that the exercise, though conducted across a fraction of the country’s voting sphere which should have made for easier monitoring, […]

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Olaopa urges varsity workers to embrace decentralised industrial relations

Federal Civil Service Commission chairman, Prof. Tunji Olaopa, has urged university workers to embrace decentralised industrial relations for development. Delivering the second Distinguished Personality Lecture of the Emmanuel Alayande University of Education, he decried a development whereby workers, especially in the university system make a case for federalism but they do not extend it to […]

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