Former Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma has been charged with four counts of treason in connection with an attempted coup. Last November, gunmen broke into a military armoury and several prisons in Freetown, freeing almost 2,000 inmates. He has denied any involvement in the attack which killed about 20 people. West African leaders had…
The Rivers State Police Command has arrested a 35-year-old notorious Iceland cult leader, terrorising Eleme Area of the state, Barikui Amanyie, aka ‘Lawyer’ in Eleme. The arrest was in response to a directive given by the Commissioner of Police, CP Olatunji Disu, to tactical units and Divisions to intensify efforts to apprehend all wanted criminals…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Osun State Command, on Wednesday rescued a middle aged woman who jumped into Osun river at Gbodofon area of Osogbo in a bid to commit suicide. A statement by the Osun NSCDC Spokesperson, ASC Adeleke Kehinde, said officers of the NSCDC command pulled the woman out of…
Osun state government on Wednesday approved the appointment of six new traditional rulers and elevated eleven others. The government, in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi, gave the approval yesterday, at its 2024 first Executive Council meeting, held in Osogbo. According to the statement, all the appointments take…
An influential Ugandan pastor and outspoken supporter of President Yoweri Museveni was hospitalised after a shooting attack which killed his bodyguard, police said Wednesday. Aloysius Bugingo was shot on Tuesday evening when “unidentified assailants opened fire on (his) vehicle… before swiftly escaping the scene on a motorcycle”, said Ugandan police. They said an investigation had…
Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, on Tuesday, declared Osun State traditional rulers full support for Governor Ademola Adeleke’s administration and it’s continuation for second term. The Monarch disclosed this during the inter-religion service held at the State Secretariat, Osogbo to usher in the government and the people into the new year. While giving his…
The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, on Monday, confirmed that the passport application automation process will begin operation on January 8, 2024. The minister had announced in December that the Federal Government was working to ensure a full automation system of passport application in the country. At the time, the minister said the automated application…
••• Showers her with monetary and non monetary gifts Wife of Osun State Governor, Titilola Adeleke on Monday welcomed the first baby of the year 2024 in grand style. The baby was named Abiodun, by Mrs Adeleke shortly after its arrival to the world,at exactly a minute into the year 2024. The baby girl, who…
The national body of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria has dissolved the Osun State leadership of the union and replaced it with a three-man caretaker committee. The Osun JUSUN, under the leadership of Gbenga Eludire, had since November 22, 2023, declared an indefinite strike, leading to the paralysis of judicial activities in the state….
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, has said over 163,000 passengers benefited from the Federal Government subsidised inter-state trips for the end-of-the-year festive period. Alake, who is the Chairman of the Committee on the Implementation of the End of Year Transportation Subsidy Programme of President Bola Tinubu, disclosed this in a progress report…
