*Consumer loans up 34% as inflation, naira depreciation eat up households’ income Consumer loans booked by banks’ customers rose by 34 per cent, year-on-year, to N2.64 trillion in the first half of this year, H1’23, driven by increased demand from households compelled to depend more on borrowing to survive higher cost of living. The pressure…

A police inspector attached to the Kebbi State Command has died and nine other officers injured following a lone accident involving a police vehicle conveying officers on investigative duties. Police spokesperson, Nafi’u Abubakar, said in a Sunday statement that the crash occurred along Koko-Jega Road after a tyre burst, causing the Toyota Land Cruiser to…

To the excitement of Osun State residents, the administration of Senator Ademola Adeleke has commenced the dualisation of the Old Garage/Okefia/LAMECO Junction road. Speaking on Monday while supervising the commencement of the project, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works, Engr. Bashir Bello commended theGovernor Adeleke for approving the project which he said will definitely change…

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has lauded the Shola Agboola Goodwill Ambassador, SAGA Foundation, for its generous contribution of multi-billion naira worth of medical equipment and supplies to Ede community. The Governor expressed the commendation on Saturday during the official launching of the medical equipment at Springfield Development Foundation along hospital road, Ede. Adeleke who…

Call him the performer you won’t be wrong, this is because Governor Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke has taken his achievements in one year in office since becoming Osun State Governor to an enviable height. Much to the chagrin of his detractors, Adeleke’s good governance in just one year in office has been amazing as developments…

By: Blessing Adegbite When the history of Osun State is written, it will be recalled that a true navigator of the Adeleke political dynasty upstaged the ruling party, winning against the incumbent party’s candidate by 403,371 votes to emerge as the 6th Civilian Governor of Osun State. It was tagged a victory for the people,…

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has declared that his administration surpassed the annual good governance target it set while assuming office in November 27, 2022. A statement by Mallam Olawale Rasheed, his Spokesperson on Sunday disclosed that the Governor made this assertion in a special interview granted to some journalists before embarking on a working…

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Bio has vowed to protect democracy after a security breach near the presidential lodge in Freetown. President Bio revealed that some unidentified individuals aimed to destabilise the country. In a statement shared on his X account on Sunday, Bio informed the public that the unidentified individuals who attacked the military armoury…

Iran has executed a 17-year-old convicted of murder, two rights groups said on Saturday, expressing outrage that the Islamic Republic continues to hang people for crimes committed as minors. Hamidreza Azari was executed on Friday in prison in the eastern town of Sabzevar in Razavi Khorasan province, the Norway-based Hengaw and Iran Human Rights (IHR)…

Sheila, the estranged wife of Davido’s logistics manager, Israel Afeare, known as Israel DMW, has accused him of using their wedding ceremony that happened a year ago, as a means to gather money for himself. The former beauty queen, in a lengthy post on Instagram on Saturday, said she never wanted an elaborate wedding and…