Year: 2024

By Wale Bolorunduro, PhD (The subsidiaries are Segilola Resources Operating Limited (SRIOL or Segilola) & Segilola Gold Limited (SGL), Operators of Segilola Gold Project (SGP) by Osun State Government) Today, Thursday 26th September, 2024, the Government of Osun State has no choice than to inform the Osun public about our findings on the Thor Explorations…

The Osun State Government has raised serious concerns about the operations of the Segilola Gold Project, managed by subsidiaries of Thor Explorations Ltd, a UK-based company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. According to Prof. Lukman Jimoda, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Mining and Mineral Resources, the state’s investigation revealed various unethical business…

Justice Haleemah Salman of the Kwara State High Court has found the five suspects involved in the Offa robbery guilty of illegal possession of firearms, armed robbery, and culpable homicide. Justice Salman in about five hours of judgement she delivered in Ilorin on Thursday stated that these offences are punishable by death and therefore sentenced…

One of the Mbadiwe twins, Ozee has sweet-tongued fellow housemate in the ongoing ninth season of the Big Brother Naija reality TV show themed: ‘No Loose Guard’, Victoria, calling her the Apple of his eyes. Ozee made this confession on Thursday while making breakfast in the kitchen. Victoria walked into Ozee soliloquizing a song with…

The Senate has confirmed Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria. The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, announced Kekere-Ekun’s confirmation during plenary on Wednesday after she was cleared by voice votes. The new CJN was screened for almost two hours as lawmakers threw various questions at her, particularly on judicial reforms. Kekere-Ekun was…

The Federal Government has approved the increment of corps members’ monthly allowance from N33,000 to N77,000, effective from July 2024. The increment was announced Wednesday evening in a statement posted by the National Youth Service Corps on its official Facebook page. The statement read, “The Federal Government has approved the increment of Corps Members’ monthly…

Kayode Lawal, The Federal High Court in Abuja, has restrained the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Governors, National Working Committee (NWC) and Board of Trustees (BoT) of the party from tampering with or dissolving the Executive Committees of the party in Rivers State. The court also restrained them from constituting any interim committee to replace the…

Governor Ademola Adeleke on Tuesday hosted Osun State indigenes in Abuja and delivered an extensive brief on his stewardship in a mini – ‘Ipade Imole’ hosted by the Ministry of Federal Affairs in Abuja. The event attended by leaders of various towns and professional associations witnessed advice, suggestions and questions on governance issues to which…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has given the Federal Government a 14-day ultimatum to resolve several lingering issues. ASUU is seeking the conclusion of the renegotiation of the 2009 FGN/ASUU Agreement based on the Nimi Briggs Committee’s Draft Agreement of 2021, as well as the release of withheld salaries due to the 2022 strike…

A single mother, Rebecca Ako, living in Owenna, Osun State, arrested for spending fake currency, has been paraded by Osun Amotekun Corps. Ako was among suspects nabbed for various offences across the state by Osun Amotekun Corps, paraded by the security organisation. A statement signed by the spokesperson for Osun Amotekun Corps, Yusuf Idowu, obtained…