The 2025 Henley Passport Index reveals a significant reshuffle in global mobility rankings. While the United States holds 10th place—with visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 182 destinations—several other countries now offer wider travel freedom. ContentsSingapore – 193 DestinationsJapan – 190 DestinationsSouth Korea – 190 DestinationsGermany – 189 DestinationsFrance – 189 DestinationsItaly – 189 DestinationsSpain –…
The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology (OYSCATECH), Igboora, has suspended the 24-day-old indefinite strike action embarked upon by its staff unions—Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics (SSANIP). The affected workers…
The Senior Special Adviser on Media to Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, Hezekiah Bamiji, has described the defection of two senators from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress as a political miscalculation. Bamiji, who spoke on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Thursday, said the lawmakers, Francis Fadahunsi (Osun East) and Olubiyi…
Defection appears to be the biggest business going on in Osun state at the moment. Some politicians elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are falling over themselves to switch to the All Progressives Congress (APC), the same party that did almost everything to stop their election in the 2023 general election….
Former Presidential Candidate, Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has declared that the PDP is poised for a national comeback, asserting confidently that “The PDP will rise again.” Speaking during a high level engagement with the PDP National Working Committee (NWC) at the party’s Wadata Plaza headquarters in Abuja, Dr. Hashim said that despite past challenges, internal divisions,…
Niger flood disaster, Mokwa flash flood victims, Niger state safe, Niger scholarship board, Niger govt rescues 17 kidnap victims across borders, youths involvement in political thuggery A cholera outbreak has been reported in parts of Niger State, claiming no fewer than 12 lives and leading to the hospitalisation of about 236 patients. An investigation by…
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have neutralised a top Boko Haram commander, Ibn Khalid, and scores of other terrorists including their camera man in Borno state The feat follows a successful operations conducted by the army across remote communities in the state which led to the recovery of a significant cache of weapons, ammunition, and…
Members of Osun Assembly elected on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party have debunked the news that some of its members are planning to defect from the party. Speaking on behalf of other members while addressing newsmen in a press conference at the House of Assembly on Wednesday, Speaker of the House, Hon Adewale…
In a call to unity and renewal, Ambassador Umar Iliya Damagum, Acting National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday reaffirmed the party’s resolve to reclaim its place at the centre of Nigeria’s political leadership. He made the declaration during his opening remarks at a high-powered Consultative Conference of the party’s founding fathers…
Muhammed Babangida has officially accepted his appointment as Chairman of the Bank of Agriculture (BOA), expressing deep gratitude to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the trust reposed in him. In a press statement released Monday, Babangida dismissed as false and malicious the reports circulating online suggesting he had rejected the appointment. He described such claims…
