The Awujale and paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, died on Sunday July 13, 2025. The respected monarch died at 91, just hours after the announcement of the death of his longtime friend, former President Muhammadu Buhari. Mourning his passage, a prince of Ijebu, Prince Adedoyin Alatishe wrote on X, “Baami Ogbagba agbatewole. […]
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Agency report Some opposition political parties in Lagos State have called for outright cancellation of the Saturday’s Local Government Elections in the state, describing the exercise as undemocratic and daylight robbery. The parties, including the Labour Party, Young Progressives Party, African Action Congress, Action People’s Congress, and the Accord Party made the call at a […]
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A joint team of military pallbearers comprising nine senior officers seen with the casket, draped with the Nigerian flag, on a trolley…Photo Credit: State House The body of former President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived at his residence in Daura, his home town in Katsina State. The body will be interred according to Islamic rites after […]
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By John Dike Osogbo Omoluabi Progressives, a leading political group in Osun State, has accused the administration of Governor Ademola Adeleke of deliberately twisting historical facts surrounding the tenure of former Governor Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, now the Interim National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). In a statement signed by the group’s Organising and […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo At least 3,600 girls of adolescent age in Osun State are stepping up to challenge the deeply rooted practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). The girls are to champion the new wave of advocacy powered by courage, education, and community engagement. Leading this transformation campaign is Value Re-Orientation for Community Enhancement […]
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President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday received the remains of former President Muhammadu Buhari at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Airport on Katsina. According to a statement signed by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Tinubu arrived the airport from Abuja at 1:42 p.m. and inspected a guard of honour before the […]
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Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke By John Dike Osogbo Osun State Government has postponed the 2025 Unified Promotion Examination (UPE),which was initially scheduled to hold on Tuesday, July 15, 2025. This is to observe the public holiday declared on Monday by the Federal Government to mourn the passing of the departed President Muhammadu Buhari. In […]
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By John Dike Osogbo The Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools Nigeria (ASUSS) has criticised the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), as an umbrella organisation of hypocrisy over its stance on workers’ right to freedom of association. The reaction followed a five-point communiqué released by the NLC on July 4, 2025, in which the congress decried […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo Osun Amotekun Corps commander, Dr. Adekunle Omoyele, has bagged an award of excellence for his outstanding contributions to security, youth empowerment, and the entertainment industry in the state. It was bestowed on him during the Gbagede Iyin 2025 event held at Osogbo Grammar School Hall and hosted by gospel minister, Apostle […]
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Dr. Kunle Olajide By John Dike, Osogbo Elderstatesman and the Aare of Efon Kingdom in Ekiti State, Dr. Kunle Olajide, has called on the Federal and Ekiti State Governments to urgently rehabilitate all federal roads across the state. The neglect of the federal roads passing through state, he lamented, poses risks to human movement, economic […]
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