Year: 2024
Governor Adeleke to unveil 2025 Budget Proposal on Wednesday
The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke is set to present the 2025 Appropriation Bill to the House of Assembly on Wednesday, November 13, 2024. In a significant move for Osun State’s fiscal future, this eagerly anticipated event will take place at the House of Assembly Complex in Osogbo, where lawmakers will gather to review the…
Lagbaja’s Burial: Governor Adeleke Hosts Military Delegation, Commends State Burial for late General
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun state has received high powered military delegation in preparation for the burial of late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja, describing planned state burial for the deceased as right and fitting. Receiving General Kamar Ishola Yusuf who led other seven serving Generals in his office, Governor Adeleke described…
Monday Okphebolo sworn in as Edo Governor
Monday Okpebholo has been inaugurated as the governor of Edo, marking an end to the eight-year stint of Godwin Obaseki at the helm of affairs in the South-South state. The ceremony took place on Tuesday at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City, the state capital, two months after the All Progressives Congress (APC) clinched…
Equatorial Guinea to arraign ex-anti-corruption chief over sex tape scandal
The Government of Equatorial Guinea has filed a lawsuit against Baltasar Engonga, the former Director General of the country’s National Financial Investigation Agency, for alleged misconduct in connection with a sex tape scandal. The government stated that the actions of the ex-anti-graft agency chief “violate the ethical and moral values of noble Equatorial Guinean society.”…
Stop Castigating, Harassing Alapomu, Osun PDP warns APC
The Osun State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has issued a stern warning to the All Progressives Congress (APC) to stop harassing and intimidating the Alapomu of Apomu land, Oba Kayode Adenekan Afolabi for supporting his son in the 2023 election. This warning comes amid calls from Osun APC for the monarch’s investigation…
US offers $25,000 bounty on Nigerian man wanted for Child abuse, murder
A Nigerian man sought by Rhode Island authorities on charges of murder, serious bodily harm to a child, and unlawful flight to avoid prosecution has been added to the U.S. Marshals Service’s “15 Most Wanted” list. A reward of up to $25,000 is offered for information leading to his arrest. According to a report on…
Man claiming to be Christ kills priest in monastery
A 76-year-old monk died on Monday after being attacked by a man shouting “I am Jesus Christ” in a monastery in southeastern Spain, the religious order said. Two others were injured in the rampage on Saturday morning on the Santo Espiritu del Monte monastery in the hills above Gilet, a village 30 kilometres (19 miles)…
APC is busy chasing shadows– Osun PDP
The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lambasted the All Progressives Congress (APC) for its immoral act of using the unfortunate loss of Lt. General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, the late Chief of Army Staff, to play its usual irresponsible politics, saying the party has become so rudderless that it now label…
Ondo 2024 Governorship Election: Why Agboola is the Right Choice for Ondo State
By Shina Adewoye As Ondo State prepares for its highly anticipated governorship election, the choice for the people is clear. In a contest between APC’s Aiyedatiwa and PDP’s Agboola, Ondo needs a leader who can bring real change, hope, and sustainable development. Agboola stands as the candidate of integrity, accountability, and a vision that directly…