By John Dike, Osogbo Suspected gunmen have abducted a retired officer of the Nigeria Customs Service, Emmanuel Owolabi, during a violent attack on Ora, a border community between Osun and Kwara states, leaving one person dead and residents gripped by fear. The incident occurred along Akisa Road, Ora, Osun State, a few minutes before 7:00 […]
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A former Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad (retd.), has died. He reportedly passed awayin the early hours of Tuesday at a hospital in Saudi Arabia, where he had been receiving medical attention. News of his death has sparked widespread reactions across Nigeria, especially within legal, judicial, and religious communities. A senior […]
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The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has asked President Bola Tinubu to call the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to order over the enforcement of the Tinted Glass Permit. It described the planned resumption of enforcement of the suspended tinted glass permit policy from January 2, 2026, as an affront to the authority of the […]
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Mr Jimoh Abayomi Kazeem, a deputy superintendent, has been appointed as the new spokesman of the Ondo State Police Command. He succeeds the outgoing Olushola Ayanlade, also a DSP. Kazeem was util his new appointment, attached to the Counter-Terrorism and CBRNE Unit of the INTERPOL Section at the Force Criminal Investigation Department, Abuja. He is […]
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Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa is mobolising the people of the state in support of the reelection bid of President Bola Tinubu in the coming 2027 election. Also, he has promised more developmental projects statewide as he began his thank-you tour of the state’s 18 councils. The tour kicked off on Monday with his visit […]
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Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke; Chief Mrs Folorunso Alakija; former Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo; and Dr Modupe Alakija, at the commissioning of the Modupe and Folorunso Alakija Medical Research and Training Hospital at Osun State University (UNIOSUN) By John Dike, Osogbo Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has called on eminent Nigerians and philanthropists to […]
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Proceedings in the prosecution of former Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, took a dramatic turn on Monday as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the defence engaged in a heated legal battle over an allegedly missing international passport and whether the ex-minister should be granted bail. Federal Capital Territory High […]
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Former First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has opened up on a troubling period during the presidency of her departed husband, Muhammadu Buhari, revealing that rumours within the Presidential Villa once led him to believe she was plotting to kill him. She made the disclosure in a newly released biography titled From Soldier to Statesman: The […]
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Najeem Salaam By John Dike, Osogbo The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has picked a former speaker of Osun State House of Assembly, Dr. Najeem Salaam, as its governorship candidate in the coming election in the state. He was picked on Monday at at the party’s governorship primary held on in Osogbo, the state capital, by […]
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By Lasisi Olagunju General Sani Abacha was a great teacher. He pioneered the doctrine of consensus candidacy in Nigeria. He founded a country of five political parties and when it was time for the parties to pick their candidates for the presidency, all the five reached a consensus that the man fit for the job […]
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