Dr. Adekunle Akindele is the Special Adviser to Osun State governor on Health Matters, and a former Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party ,PDP, in the state. In his interview, he speaks about the state of the nation and its impact on Osun. How do you see the composition of the recently constituted federal cabinet? I…
Osogbo – Governor Ademola Adeleke’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, has alleged sabotage over the averted air plane crash involving the Governor and some of his aides. Governor Adeleke was scheduled to fly from Lagos to Abuja on his elder brother, Dr Deji Adeleke’s private jet but the pilot had to call it off after discovering fault…
*Why Senate President is in trouble – Aggrieved senators list sins*…accuse him of manipulating ministerial nominees’ list*‘They took us as a conquered territory’*No rancour in upper chamber—-Leadership Following reports about a plot by some aggrieved senators to impeach Senate President Godswill Akpabio, sources have revealed the issues at stake. While reports had claimed that Akpabio’s…
The United Kingdom government has announced over 600 per cent increment in student and visiting visas which will now cost £115 (about N111,878.28 ) as opposed to £15 (14,592.70) for visitors, and £127 (N123,537.58) to £490 (N476,677.59) for students, effective October 4. The Home Office’s announcement on the prices of the new visas had an…
*Protagonists to float hybrid party *Two ex-govs, three others meet in Saudi Arabia, Ilorin to perfect strategies Top politicians strongly opposed to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, plan to oust him when the Senate resumes later this month. The forces are reported to be upset that the former Akwa Ibom State Governor is playing the…
Two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut docked with the International Space Station on Friday after blasting off amid raging tensions between Moscow and Washington over Ukraine. Earlier Friday Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub and NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara lifted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft. The…
There was mild drama on Friday when former President Olusegun Obasanjo, in a trending video on social media, ordered some Yoruba monarchs to stand up and greet him. Obasanjo who was in Oyo state on the invitation of Governor Seyi Makinde made the remarks during the commissioning of a 34.85 km Oyo-Iseyin Road and the…
The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, IBEDC, has said that about 1,200 customers of the company within Osun region had been arrested in the last six months for energy theft related offences. Speaking with journalists in Osogbo on Friday, the IBEDC Senior Communication Officer, Osun region, Kike Owoeye said the company would sustain its clampdown on…
ADA – A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Osun state, Dele Agboola has been reportedly shot dead by unknown gunmen. The deceased, it was gathered was killed while eating in front of his wife’s shop in Ada, Boripe local government area of the state on Thursday evening. The 42-year-old deceased was killed…
… To woo multinational firms, CEOs on investment options in Nigeria President Bola Tinubu will on Sunday, depart Abuja, to attend the United Nations General Assembly, UNGA in New York, United States of America. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents on…
