West Africa is facing a quiet collapse of regional order as foreign non-state actors exploit weak governance, fragile security sectors, and international neglect, new analysis warns. Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah and Russia’s Wagner Group/Africa Corps are accelerating instability across the region by embedding themselves in local power structures, using West Africa as a base for…
Osun State is standing at a pivotal moment, transitioning from a power consumer dependent on the often-failing national grid to an emerging regulatory and generation hub. With the recent passage of the Osun State Electricity Market Regulatory Bill 2025, the state has signalled a robust readiness to seize control of its electricity destiny, setting the…
…inaugurates protocols sub-committee The Executive Governor of Plateau State and Chairman of the Protocol Sub-Committee for the forthcoming People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Elective Convention, His Excellency, Barr. Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang, has expressed confidence that the party is fully prepared for the convention scheduled to hold in November 2025. Governor Mutfwang reaffirmed the commitment of patriotic…
The Omoluabi Progressives have accused the Federal Government of violating the Nigerian Constitution through the alleged diversion of Osun State’s local government funds into private accounts operated by individuals they described as “illegal chairmen.” Speaking at a press briefing held at the Oranmiyan House, Osogbo, on Monday, the Chairman of the group said democracy in…
The President of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Osun State Chapter, Dr. Nathaniel Kehinde Ogungbangbe, has commended all local government workers across the 30 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the state for their exceptional discipline, unity, and steadfast adherence to the union’s sit-at-home directive. In a statement released on Monday, Dr. Ogungbangbe…
The Osun State government has reiterated its commitment to strategic medical care for its citizens. The government stated this on Monday through the Special Adviser on Public Health to the Governor, Dr Adekunle Akindele, at the “Osun State 2026 Annual Operational Plan Development, Harmonization, and Finalization Workshop.” While welcoming every participants to the one-day workshop…
The men are the first to be jailed for violent disorder in relation to the series of protests in July and August, which broke out in Epping after an asylum seeker living in the Bell Hotel was accused of sexual assault. Three men were jailed in the UK on Monday for violent disorder during anti-immigration…
Bayo Ojulari, who is the Group Chief Executive of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, says the industrial action halted operations for several days and produced an “artificial” increase in prices. The Group Chief Executive of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Bayo Ojulari, has attributed the recent scarcity in cooking gas to a…
Reports from across the 30 local governments and Area Council indicated that local government workers shunned directive to resume work by an APC sponsored group within the state NULGE. Checks across the state confirmed that the workers rejected the group labelled Concerned Members of Osun NULGE. In some LGAs, some hired hands were seen parading…
Members of the Osun State House of Assembly, led by the Deputy Speaker, Akinyode Oyewusi, on Sunday, visited Akinlalu community to commiserate with the victims of last Tuesday’s attack by operatives of Osun Amotekun. OSUN DEFENDER reports that residents of Akinlalu, a community in Ife North Local Government Area of the state, accused the operatives…
