Senegalese President Macky Sall officially nominated his Prime Minister, Amadou Ba, as the candidate representing his party in the upcoming February 2024 presidential election. This significant announcement was jointly made by the presidency and the government coalition. President Sall, who had been in office since 2012 and secured re-election in 2019, declared in July that…

With the masses and business owners scampering to share a meagre 3,500 megawatts load offtake in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI), President Bola Ahmed Tinubu may be starting on a very sluggish note in the power sector, despite the push by some stakeholders for a state of emergency. With a politician as a minister…

The Osun State Government has ordered the closure of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree Campus for two weeks following the return of suspended Rector, Dr. Tajudeen Odetayo. This was contained in a statement signed by the commissioner for education, Hon. Dipo Eluwole and made available to journalists in Osogbo, Osun State capital. The statement reads in…

Some Members of Osun State chapter of Nigerian Hunters and Forest Security Service have rescued a middle-aged man, whose identity remains undisclosed, from a suicide attempt in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State. The incident unfolded around 1am on Wednesday when the distraught individual tied a rope around his neck and secured the other end…

The operatives of the Osun Amotekun Corps have arrested a 40-year-old man, Rufai Wasiu, for burglary and phone theft. The suspect was arrested in Osogbo after burgling a house and stole phones. Confirming the arrest to journalists in Osogbo on Thursday, the Corps Commander, Brigadier General Bashir Adewinmbi, said the suspect, who specialises in house…

The suspended Rector of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, Dr Tajudeen Odetayo, on Thursday returned to office. Recall that Odetayo’s suspension was made known by the state government in a letter signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Kehinde Jimoh, on Monday, July 24. Kehinde Alabi, a lecturer in the institution, was appointed as Acting…

A suspected serial killer has been arrested after the discovery of more than 10 corpses in a pit dug in the kitchen of his Kigali home, Rwandan police and media reported on Wednesday. Police said the 34-year-old suspect met his victims – men and women – in bars and lured them to his rented accommodation…

Japan on Thursday successfully launched a rocket with a lunar lander at its fourth try this year, after previous attempts were foiled by bad weather. The lander, dubbed the “moon sniper”, is expected to attempt a Moon landing in February if all goes well. Japan has twice failed to reach the lunar surface in the…

A former Vice President and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has vowed to approach the Supreme Court to set aside the election of President Bola Tinubu. Atiku, said he was dissatisfied with the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, that affirmed President Tinubu as the valid winner of…

JUDGMENT HIGHLIGHTS…Obi, LP failed to prove rigging, over-voting…Portions of Obi’s petition vague, imprecise, nebulous, bereft of particular materials…Obi validly nominated by LP…Shettima validly nominated as APC vice presidential candidate…No evidence Tinubu was convicted in the US for drug trafficking…Tinubu not indicted, arraigned, tried or convicted in the US…$460,000 forfeiture is a civil matter, not a…