Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Service, NHFSS, Osun State chapter has disclosed its readiness to deploy 700 personnel for the Friday Grand Finale of the annual Osun-Osogbo cultural festival. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the chairman of the group, Ahmed Nureni, obtained in Osogbo on Thursday. Nureni, who said the personnel that…
Commissioner for Culture and Tourism Osun State, Hon. Abiodun Ojo, received Oba Matthew Oluwole Akintoye (Alakinde 1), The Olutedo Of Tonkere Oluwatedo, and the Council of Chiefs of Tenkere Oluwatedo in his office. During the visit, which according to the Kabiesi was a congratulatory visit to their son Hon. Abiodun Bankole OJO in his office…
The Executive Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, presented a bond certificates to contributory pensioners at all levels of government. The certificates distribution took place at Government secretariat, in Osogbo the state capital on Thursday. Sahel recalls that during Adeleke’s governorship campaign, he promised to put workers’ welfare as number one on his governance agenda….
Chairperson of the Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS), President Bola Tinubu, says it is crucial to prioritise diplomatic negotiations to resolve the crisis in Niger Republic. According to the Nigerian President, the regional bloc must engage the coup leaders in the neighbouring country to reinstate President Mohamed Bazoum. Tinubu spoke on Thursday in…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) heads of states have gone into a closed door meeting in Abuja, Nigeria to discuss the recent coup d’état in Niger Republic. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the meeting is attended by the ECOWAS Chairman and President of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, as well as the presidents of Sierra…
The Operative of Osun Amotekun Corps have arrested an Ibadan-based man, Sola Ajibade, 37, for burgling into a house at Ode-Omu and stole one 32-inch Plasma TV set. The suspect who specializes in house burgling and stealing was arrested at Ode-omu, after a complaint was lodged at Irewole area command, the Amotekun operatives swung into…
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria said the price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as fuel would continue to increase as long as the US Dollar rose in the foreign exchange market. Chinedu Okoronkwo, the National President of IPMAN, disclosed this to DAILY POST exclusively while reacting to speculation of further fuel pump…
The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Student Loans and Access to Higher Education is meeting with the National Universities Commission (NUC), Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), students’ representatives, and other stakeholders to discuss the proposed student loan scheme of the federal government. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the meeting is convened by the committee chairman,…
Veteran Nollywood actress Kate Henshaw has claimed that the only ‘prayers’ going into the ‘mailboxes’ of poor Nigerians are more taxes and burdens. Henshaw was reacting to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio’s assurance to colleagues during Wednesday’s plenary session that “prayers” had been sent to them as they embark on a recess. “In order to…
There was pandemonium and confusion along the Badagry-Seme Expressway, yesterday, as Police officers believed to be under the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Special Squad arrested some Policemen and operatives of the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, during a raid on illegal checkpoints on the Seme-Badagry Expressway. Vanguard gathered that the IGP squad chased and arrested…
