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…

An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Tuesday, ordered the remand of two suspects Adekunle Fatai, 40, and Sabitu Kolapo, 33, in a correctional facility in Ibadan, for allegedly cutting a dead woman’s breast and unlawfully possessing a gun. The duo whose addresses were not given were charged with conspiracy, interfering with…

The management of the Federal Polytechnic Ede, Osun State, has announced the expulsion of 27 students following their alleged role in a protest that occurred on the campus during which properties were vandalised. According to Punch report, some students of the polytechnic, displeased with the arrest of some of their colleagues, living in Owode, a…

Following the recent judgement by the Supreme Court granting financial autonomy to the 774 Local Governments in Nigeria, Osun State House of Assembly today has begun the process of amending its existing laws. The bills slated for amendments include the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (Amendment No 1) Bill, 2024, and the Osun State Local…