Barely four days to Eid-El-Kabir festival, some ram sellers on Wednesday in Osogbo, Osun State, lamented low sales, attributing it to the prevailing economic situation. SAHEL STANDARD correspondent who visited some areas where ram are being sold in Osogbo metropolis reports that the cost of rams varies. At the Powerline ram market a big ram…
The Executive Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke has described June 12 as a symbol of Nigerians strength and determination to building a better future for themselves and the nation. He acknowledged the sacrifices of the heroes who fought for the freedom, rights and privileges that all Nigerians are enjoying today, urging everyone to take…
The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has highlighted free and fair elections as the best way to honour the memory of the acclaimed winner of the June 12 Presidential election, Bashorun MKO Abiola and other democratic heroes. Describing free and fair elections as the lifeline of any virile democracy, Governor Adeleke acknowledged…
•Exercise to hold in 332 electoral wards in Osun. Osun State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has urged lovers of the party in the state who already attained the constitutional age of 18 years to troop out en-mass and register as bonafide members of the party in Osun State. Similarly, the party has directed…
Osun State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has urged lovers of the party in the state who already attained the constitutional age of 18 years to troop out en-mass and register as bonafide members of the party in Osun State. Similarly, the party has directed all existing members to also make use of the…
The Department of the State Services (DSS) has alerted the general public about a planned protest by some individuals in some parts of the country on 12th June. The protests are designed with sinister objectives to coincide with the Democracy Day Celebration, the DSS stated This was disclosed in a statement signed by Peter Afunanya,…
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, delivered the 2024 Democracy Day speech, addressing a variety of issues affecting the country. Tinubu pledged to implement democracy as Nigerians’ way of life. Read the full text below: My fellow Nigerians, let me begin by congratulating all of us for witnessing the celebration of another Democracy Day today, the…
Veteran Nollywood actor, Dayo Adewunmi, popularly known as Sule Suebebe, is dead. The Yoruba actor died on Wednesday morning at an undisclosed hospital in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The news of his death was announced by a popular Ibadan-based cleric, Pastor Ademola Amusan, also known as Agbala Gabriel, who had been caring for the…
The first and most important leadership choice is Virtuous Service, without which service can never deliver for public good… On this day the government declares as Democracy Day, I will draw heavily from a piece I wrote titled the crisis of political leadership that was published on this day in 2021. After the annulment of…
Protesters, on Wednesday morning, stormed the Ikeja Underbridge in Lagos as the country marks the 2024 Democracy Day. There is, however, a heavy security presence, as policemen and officials of the Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Corps are sighted at the venue. The protesters, in their number, chanted solidarity songs as they wielded placards and banners. Some…
