By John Dike, Osogbo An Osun State High Court sitting in Ile-Ife has sentenced a middle-aged labourer, Agboola Taiwo, to death by hanging for the gruesome murder of a 62-year-old woman, Jadesola Olubayo, at a palm oil processing site in Ifetedo area of the state. The trial judge, Justice Dapo Adeniji of Court 3, Ile-Ife […]
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By Olubunmi Adebayo *You may be having your burdens to face.* *You may be having your own load to carry.* *It may be tough for you going forward, but you must learn to seek the good of others.* *I am sure Joseph was greatly burdened by his prevailing status of being a prisoner. This was […]
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The Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Ondo State Council, Prince Leke Adegbite, has been honoured with a Leadership Award by the Social Sciences Students’ Association (SOSSA) of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA) He received the award on Thursday 21st May, 2026 during a public lecture and leadership award series organised by the students’ […]
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By Tunde Odesola Except for its motto and morality, there is hardly anything wrong with the Nigeria Police Force. If burnished in the furnace of grammar, the statement, “Police is your friend,” which is the motto of the Nigeria Police, is wrong because ‘police’ is a plural noun, and so, cannot legally coexist with ‘is’, […]
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By Abdu Rafiu What a relief! I was alarmed following a video making the rounds that another incursion into the Ogbomoso-Oriire axis by bandits was only minutes away and students began to flee their school. Women in panic headed frantically for the school, Are-Ago High School, Ogbomoso, to fetch their children. It turned out to […]
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By Banji Ayoola Anger tempts the victim it possesses, to destroy, to cause havoc, to harm the other person, and indeed yourself. How do you harm yourself? When you allow yourself to entertain anger, and be possessed by it, a wave of strange power streams into you continuously endlessly from sources you do not understand. […]
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President Bola Tinubu What was once dismissed as a distant Northern crisis is slowly being entrenched into Nigeria’s economic heartland in the South-West. Kidnappings on highways once considered safe, attacks on farming communities, school invasions, violent incursions into forests, routine assaults on traditional rulers, and growing criminal networks exploiting porous interstate borders are evidence of […]
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday concluded senatorial primary elections in several states ahead of the 2027 general election, with serving governors, former governors, and incumbent lawmakers dominating the contests. Seven serving governors emerged as senatorial candidates of the ruling party during the exercise. They are Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa, Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe, […]
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Prof Segun Aina. Photo: State House President Bola Tinubu has appointed 39-year-old Prof Segun Aina as the new Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB. He is succeeding Prof Ishaq Oloyede, whose tenure expires on July 31, 2026. Aina’s appointment was announced in a statement issued on Thursday by the President’s Special Adviser […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo Organised labour movement in Osun State on Thursday declared total support for the re-election bid of Governor Ademola Adeleke ahead of the August 15 governorship election, citing improved workers’ welfare and infrastructural development under his administration. They gave the endorsement during a sensitisation programme jointly organised by the Nigeria Labour Congress, […]
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