The Olubadan-designate, Oba Rasidi Ladoja, will be crowned as the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oyo State capital, at a coronation ceremony slated for Friday, 26th September 2025. Tribune Online exclusively gathered that his nomination has been approved by the state governor, Engr Seyi Makinde. Our correspondent confirmed that the state delegation met with Ladoja and…
Inflation in the United Kingdom climbed to 3.8% in the month of July, its highest level since January 2024, according to new figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The figure came in slightly above expectations, with the Bank of England projecting inflation to peak at 4% in September before easing back towards…
The duty, which applied to mobile voice and data services, had sparked significant backlash from both industry stakeholders and consumer advocacy groups. President Bola Tinubu has permanently abolished the controversial 5% excise duty on telecommunications services, a move aimed at easing financial pressures on consumers and businesses in Nigeria’s digital economy. The announcement was made…
The party said the suspensions were based on the members’ failure to cooperate with the investigation and their attempts to pressure party members to withdraw petitions against them. All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun has suspended two members of the party, including a former governor of the state, Gbenga Daniel, and Kunle Folarin. Ogun APC…
The Association stated that its ad-hoc committee on the Osun Local Government impasse had carefully reviewed relevant court judgments, statutes, and constitutional provisions and concluded that the withholding of the funds “will amount to a violation of the Constitution, a disregard for the Rule of Law and an affront on clear pronouncements of the Courts.”…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Thursday, 21st August 2025, for the supplementary by-elections at Kaura Namoda South in Zamfara state. Speaking on Tuesday during a stakeholders meeting on supplementary elections held at INEC headquarters in Gusau, Zamfara state, the resident electoral commissioner in charge of Zamfara, Dr Mahamud Isah, disclosed that INEC…
Traditional rulers across Osun State, under the aegis of Osun Council of Obas have called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, to as a matter of public importance intervene and resolve all matters obstructing the prompt payment of Local Government allocations across Osun State. The situation they said have paralyzed activities across the state. Speaking…
Former Chief Corporate Communications Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), Mr. Femi Soneye, has called on the Federal Government to support the Nigerian media with targeted incentives, including tax reliefs and import duty waivers on essential media tools. Soneye made the appeal in Abuja on Tuesday after receiving the NUJ FCT…
The Osun State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has raised alarm over an alleged plot by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) to transfer a case on local government allocations in the state to an Abuja vacation court. It would be recalled that the Osun State Attorney General, Oluwole…
By Muhammad Suwidi Yusha’u In a region where poverty, insecurity, and underdevelopment remain daily realities, the choices of Arewa’s state governors tell a painful story. Each budget cycle is filled with grand announcements, multi-billion naira flyovers, new government houses, convoys of exotic cars, and endless ceremonies. Yet, step outside these prestige projects, and one finds…
