The Curator/Site Manager of Osun-Osogbo Grove, Joseph Aworeni has advised devotees and residents of the state not to drink from the Osun River due to contamination. Aworeni, who advised in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Osogbo on Wednesday, said illegal mining activities in the state had contributed to the pollution…

As part of efforts to promote agriculture and ensure food security in the Osun state, Governor Ademola Adeleke has acquired over 100 tractors to support farmers in the state in a bid to banish hunger. The tractors were received on Tuesday by the Special Adviser to Governor Adeleke on Agriculture, Hon. Olaniran Akanfe Atidade on…

A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has remanded a Rivers State monarch, the Eze Risi Ohia-Emeri Abali of Rebisi, Cyprian Amadi-Worenwu, in the Port Harcourt correctional facility following his arraignment on a one-count charge of cybercrime. The traditional ruler allegedly transmitted a threatening message to retired Justice Adolphus Enebeli, placing him in fear…

The United Kingdom Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, faces his first House of Commons grilling on Wednesday after suspending seven of his own Labour MPs for rebelling over a controversial welfare policy. Starmer suspended the Labour rebels late Tuesday after they backed a motion demanding the removal of the contentious two-child limit on benefits introduced by…

The family of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad, has conducted a fresh autopsy seeking to determine the cause of his death. The Magistrate of the Coroner Court sitting in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, T.A. Shotobi had on June 26, granted an order to the father of the deceased, Mr. Joseph Aloba,…

Justice Shamsudeen Jafar of the Kebbi High Court, on Tuesday, sentenced to life three men, Amiru Sani, Aliyu Umar, and Bashar Dan-Inno of Wararin Zaromawa village, for raping an 18-year-old deaf woman in the state. The convicts faced two counts of criminal conspiracy and rape, offences punishable under sections 259 and 60 of the Kebbi…

Two people have been confirmed dead in the crises that erupted in Araromi Owu, Osun State, over a vacant stool in the agrarian community. The Special Adviser to Osun State Governor on Security, Mr Samuel Ojo, confirmed this in an interview with journalists on Tuesday. He said the crisis started on Saturday. Ojo, who said…

… Directs Security Operatives To Maintain Law And Order Based on the communal clash between Orile Owu and Araromi Owu communities in Ayedaade local Government, which had led to loss of properties, Osun state Government has called for calm in the two communities. On the same premise, Governor Ademola Adeleke has approved and directed that…

In a formal demand, Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s Presidential Candidate in the 2023 general elections, has called on Mr Bayo Onanuga, the president’s Special Adviser on Communication and Strategy, to retract an allegation linking Obi to an impending mass protest. Obi’s counsel, Chief Alex Ejesieme of MADIBA Chambers, issued the demand following Onanuga’s July…

Amid the lingering dispute between Dangote Refinery and the national oil regulator, Nigerian billionaire, Femi Otedola, has called on the Federal Government to support local investors and visionary leaders in the business sector like Aliko Dangote. In a lengthy post on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, Otedola made a case for the government’s support for Dangote…