The leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress and the two opposition parties – the Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party –have expressed confidence that they will secure victory as the Supreme Court delivers judgment on the February 25 presidential election today. The PDP and the LP are challenging the declaration of President Bola…

An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ogbomoso, on Wednesday, nullified the selection of Oba Ghandi Olaoye as the new Soun of Ogbomoso. Recall that Ghandi was installed as the new Soun of Ogbomosho on September 8, 2023, months after the throne had become vacant following the death of the late Oba Jimoh Oyewumi on…

Former member of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dotun Babayemi is ignorant of governmental process in Osun state, hence his imbecilic statement on alleged governance from private homes. Mallam Olawale Rasheed, who is the Spokesperson to Governor Ademola Adeleke, in a statement on Wednesday evening said the former PDP member has been in political oblivion for…

The Nigerian Army says it will conduct the disposal of recovered unexploded ordnances from the site of the 2002 Ikeja cantonment bomb blast at the Nigerian Army Range in Owode, Ajilete, Ogun State, on Friday, October 27. The exercise which will take place from 10 am to 4 pm., will “produce a loud bang that…

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday appointed Munirudeen Oyebamiji as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, National Inland Waterways Authority, and Mr. Akutah Ukeyima as Executive Secretary/CEO of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council. ⁣⁣The two new CEOs were appointed in line with the recommendations of the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola.⁣⁣Special Adviser to the President…

The Oyo State High Court sitting in Ogbomoso, on Wednesday, upturned the appointment of the new Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Ghandi Olaoye. The PUNCH had reported that the state government announced Redeemed Pastor, Olaoye as the new Soun and made him king, on September 8, 2023. Details later…

A cleric, Prophet Adegoke Jeremiah, aka Billion Dollars Prophet, has slammed a N22 million defamatory suit against popular chef, Damilola Adeparusi, better known as Chef Dammy. Recalled that Chef Dammy recently called out Billion Dollars Prophet on social media, saying he should be held responsible if anything happens to her. According to her, Billion Dollars…

Israeli strikes killed eight soldiers in southern Syria early Wednesday, Syrian state media reported, in what the Israeli army said was a response to earlier rocket fire. Persistent rocket and artillery exchanges with Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and allied Palestinian factions across Israel’s northern borders with Lebanon and Syria have raised fears of a new…

The Israeli Army has again attacked several suspected terrorists, and the infrastructure of the Palestinian Islamist organisation Hamas in the Gaza Strip, it said on Wednesday. The military said that tunnels, headquarters, weapons depots and weapons themselves were targeted. Positions of the so-called security apparatus of Hamas, which controls the coastal region, were also attacked,…

The Executive Chairman, Osun Internal Revenue Service (OIRS), Prince Adesola Adewumi has reiterated that it is the collective responsibility of all and sundry to build up the State IGR, charging staff and management of the Agency not to relent in their efforts as major stakeholders. Prince Adewumi stated this during a meeting with all the…