Inside the centuries-old tradition that keeps faith, culture and hope alive at the Osun-Osogbo Festival By John Dike, Osogbo As dawn broke over the ancient town of Osogbo on Friday, a long procession of pilgrims was already winding its way towards the Osun Sacred Grove. Some came barefoot, while others balanced plastic kegs, bottles, calabashes […]
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By Olusola Adeyegbe Sometimes what you call a failed plan is simply a different route to a life you could not yet see. We all make plans. We plan our careers, businesses, marriages, finances, families and futures. Yet life has a way of disrupting even our most carefully constructed plans. A business fails. A relationship […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo The Imole Campaign Council has dismissed speculation that the recent visit of the re-elected Osun State Governor, Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke, to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was a prelude to his defection from the Accord Party to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). It described the governor’s visit to the President […]
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has carpeted the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, over the latter’s stance on restoring the fuel subsidy regime scrapped three years ago by the incumbent administration. Speaking when he met with Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, who paid him a visit at the State House, […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will conduct a nationwide mock accreditation exercise in November 2026 as part of measures to test its readiness for the 2027 general elections, Chairman of the commission, Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan, has said. Amupitan disclosed this on Friday in Abuja when he received the Chargé d’Affaires of the Canadian […]
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Kidnapped victims The Kaduna State Police Command has rescued 75 travellers, including women and children, after they were abducted by armed men in the Birnin Gwari area of the state. The victims were reportedly taken from commercial buses near Folwaya Village on Wednesday and hidden inside a cave in a mountainous forest. Police operatives, acting […]
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The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Peter Obi has challenged all candidates seeking to contest the 2027 presidential election to publicly defend their records and subject their plans for Nigeria to scrutiny. Obi made the call on Friday at a press conference to formally kick-start his campaign for the 2027 presidential […]
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The Imole Campaign Council has dismissed speculation that Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke is planning to defect to the All Progressives Congress, saying his recent visit to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was a customary engagement following the conclusion of the state’s governorship election. Adeleke, who contested the August 15 governorship election on the platform of […]
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INEC ballot box. Photo: INEC By John Kokome As Nigeria gradually enters the political season ahead of the 2027 general elections, there is a growing temptation among politicians to return to the familiar playbook: aggressive campaigns, endless promises, political propaganda, ethnic calculations, religious sentiments and the mobilisation of money and machinery. But if the political […]
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The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, August 25, 2026, a public holiday to mark this year’s Eid ul Mawlid, commemorating the birth of Prophet Mohammed. Interior Minister, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, announced the holiday on behalf of the Federal Government in a statement issued on Friday by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Dr Magdalene Ajani. Congratulating […]
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