Accord Party demands EFCC chair’s resignation over Osun account freeze

Accord Party has demanded the immediate resignation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Chairman, Ola Olukoyede over the freezing of a bank account of Osun State Government. Simultaneously, it commended President Bola Tinubu for directing the agency to unfreeze the account. It asked the president to sack Olukoyede if he failed to resign […]

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Osun election: IGP assures adequate protection

Police Inspector General, Mr Tunji Disu has assured the voters and people of Osun State of adequate protection before, during and after the August 15 governorship election in the state. According to him, each of the 3,000 polling units will be manned by at least four policemen, while the state generally will also be adequately […]

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Fake agency probe: ICPC report clears Presidency, indicts embattled DG

ICPC chairman, Musa Aliyu The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has cleared the Presidency of any wrongdoing in the controversial Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council saga, while recommending the prosecution of the council’s promoter, Adeniyi Adeyemi. President Bola Tinubu received the commission’s interim investigation report on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. […]

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APC tells Adeleke: Apologise to Tinubu, Oyetola over allegations on account freeze

By John Dike, Osogbo Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on Governor Ademola Adeleke to tender a public apology to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, over what it described as “unfounded allegations” linking them to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s […]

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Osun account freeze: EFCC boss faces public fury, as Tinubu reverses order

EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede. Photo: EFCC: President Bola Tinubu’s directive ordering the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to reverse the freezing of an Osun State Government account has triggered fresh political controversy, with opposition parties questioning the President’s explanation, lawyers and civil society groups backing the intervention, the Osun State Government dragging the commission to […]

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After Obey and KSA, will Fuji bury Jùjú? (1)

By Tunde Odesola Across the world’s seven continents and among its eight billion inhabitants, every creation story bears the same themes of void, force, and formation. The ancestries differ, the myths diverge, but the trilogy is forged on the same anvil of chaos-creation-calm. At the dusk of creation, even before the creative heat simmered, cackling, […]

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Osun 2026: Davido, Adeleke preach peace at flyover inauguration

Governor Ademola Adeleke and Davido. Photo credit: Adeleke Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, on Thursday inaugurated the newly constructed Oke-Fia flyover in Osogbo, as his cousin, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, urged electorate in the state to be peaceful during the August 15 governorship poll. The Afrobeat superstar, while addressing the crowd at the […]

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The other side of xenophobic experience

By Abdu Rafiu My attention has been drawn to publications in the BusinessDay, Nigeria’s leading and compelling business newspaper today. I said last week, horrendous as the experiences of our people were in the hands of South African mobs, Nigerians themselves were not, to a large extent, without blame. To every effect there must be […]

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