Suspended Labour MP Mike Amesbury has been sentenced to 10 weeks in jail for assaulting a man in the street, after a confrontation over a local infrastructure issue turned violent. The Runcorn and Helsby MP, 55, pleaded guilty in January to assault by beating of 45-year-old Paul Fellows in Frodsham, Cheshire, in the early hours…
Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has been inaugurated as the governor of Ondo State, marking the beginning of his first full four-year term after replacing Governor Rotimi Akeredolu who died in office in December, 2023. The ceremony, which is ongoing at the Ondo State Sports Complex in Akure, the state capital on Monday, is taking place two…
Germany’s conservative election winner Friedrich Merz faced an uphill struggle to build a coalition government on Monday, a day after an election which saw a record performance by the right. Merz has warned against more paralysis in Berlin at a time US President Donald Trump is driving head-spinning change, the German economy is in recession,…
The Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation has announced the postponement of the National Council for Art, Culture, Tourism, and Creative Economy meeting, originally scheduled to be held in Osun State from February 25 to 27, 2025. The decision comes in response to heightened political tensions in the state following the local government crisis….
Osun State ruling party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been declared winner of the 30 Chairmanship and 332 Councilship seats of all the Local Government Areas in the State. The Chairman of Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC), Hashim Abioye stated this while declaring the results of the election to newsmen in Osogbo on Saturday.
The Chairman of the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission, Hashim Abioye, has claimed that operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested staff of the commission who are on election duty across the state. Abioye made the claim in a statement issued via the commission’s official X page on Saturday. While commending the electorates for…
The Osun State Local Government Council Election is underway, with voters exercising their civic rights in a peaceful and orderly manner. Security personnel are on the ground to ensure a smooth process, while electoral officials facilitate voting across various polling units.
The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has cast his vote in the ongoing local government election. The governor, who arrived at his polling unit in Sagba/Abogunde Ward 2, Unit 9, Ede, was accredited before exercising his civic duty. The election, which is expected to determine the leadership at the grassroots level, has witnessed a significant…
Popular singer Ahmed Ololade, known professionally as Asake, has opened up on the reason he is using his mother’s name as his stage name. He explained that while he was in a cultural group people used to refer to him as Omo Asake because his mother’s name is Asake. He explained that later the ‘Omo’…
As part of its ongoing efforts to combat economic and financial crimes, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has returned a total sum of $120,548.43 and N70,602,841.46 to victims of fraud from the United States, Spain, and Switzerland. The funds, recovered from local fraudsters, were handed over to the foreign victims as part of…
