The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ila Local Government, Osun State, has reacted to the resignation of one of its members, Akin Titiloye, describing his exit as insignificant and it carries no weight on the party’s strength or growing influence in the area. In a statement signed by the Ila PDP Chairman, Alhaji Ganiyu Olaitan…
Justice A. L. Akintola, the presiding judge, gave the order on Monday after hearing an ex parte application filed by Folahan Malomo Adelabi. AHigh Court sitting in Oyo State has ordered the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, to proceed with the party’s national convention scheduled for November 15 in…
President Bola Tinubu has written to the Senate requesting the screening and confirmation of Dr. Kingsley Tochukwu Ude, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) from Enugu State, as a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The letter conveying the President’s request was read on the floor of the Senate by Senate President Godswill Akpabio…
That earthquake, the deadliest in Afghanistan’s recent history, was a shallow one, and hit remote mountainous areas where poorly built homes collapsed. An earthquake in northern Afghanistan has killed at least 27 people and injured nearly 1,000, the health ministry said Tuesday, announcing the end of rescue operations. Most of the casualties from the 6.3-magnitude…
The EFCC is prosecuting Mompha and his company, Ismalob Global Investment Limited, over alleged money laundering and operating an unlicensed bureau de change. Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja has ruled that a prima facie case has been established against Nigerian social media personality, Ismaila Mustapha, popularly known…
The Osogbo Concerned Youths have distanced themselves from a recent statement credited to a group known as the Coalition of Osogbo Indigenous Groups, which reportedly demanded that political parties zone the 2026 Osun State governorship ticket to Osogbo. In a release issued in Osogbo, the youths described the coalition as “self-styled, politically motivated, and unrepresentative…
A former presidential candidate, Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has said that the responsibility for the ongoing diplomatic crisis between Nigeria and the United States over alleged Christian genocide lies squarely with the inept and corrupt administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, not with U.S. President Donald Trump, who is also facing mounting pressure from his political…
By Chief Reuben Fasoranti Today, at 99 years of age, I stand before you not in body, but in spirit – carried by the voice of my beloved brother, Senator Dr Femi Okurounmu. My physical frame may be weakened by the weight of nearly a century, but my commitment to our people burns as fiercely…
