The government of Osun state has denied rumors being spread on social media that it is plotting to subvert the death sentence judgement on Dr Rahman Adedoyin, affirming that there is no plan to pardon the Hilton Honors Hotel owner. This was contained in a release issued by the Spokesperson to the Governor, Mallam Olawale…

Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has celebrated with the Chief of Staff to the President, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila on his birthday anniversary, describing the former House Speaker as “a patriot and friend from our days at Atlanta, Georgia” The Governor also used the occasion to congratulate the Chief of Staff on his appointment…

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria has confirmed the deaths of five Nigerian pilgrims participating in the ongoing Hajj in Saudi Arabia. The head of NAHCON Hajj medical team, Usman Galadima, made this known on Saturday during a meeting of the commission in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, adding that 30 patients also have mental health challenges….

…We are working on the situation – Pilgrim welfare board Osun State’s pilgrims in Saudi Arabia for this year’s Hajj at the weekend lamented against poor feeding provided by the state organisers in the holy land. The protesters were seen in a viral video rejecting food dinner brought to their hotel in Madinah, shouting that…

Popular Nigerian singer-cum-clergyman, Bankole Wellington, aka Banky W, has seemingly responded to the cheating allegations against him. Recalls that a controversial blog, Gistlover, had insinuated that the singer is cheating on his wife, actress Adesua Etomi-Wellington with his former signee, Niyola. But addressing his congregation at the Waterbrooks church in Lagos on Sunday, the rapper-turned-preacher…

No fewer than 30 Civil Society Organisations and human rights groups have called for the arrest and prosecution of the immediate past governor of Ebonyi State and Senator representing Ebonyi South Zone, for allegedly forging the BVAS report of the Independent National Electoral Commission. Rising from their press conference, on Friday, in Abuja, the CSOs…

With every passing day, things continue to look more and more bleak for Tinubu at the Presidential Election Petition Court. And today, the candidate of the PDP in the last general elections, Atiku Abubakar, seemed to have saved the best for last as he presented what can be tagged a bombshell in court as he…

British heavyweight boxer Dillian Whyte has changed his mind and announced his readiness to accept the financial terms for a rematch with two-time world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua on August 12 at Wembley Stadium. “Earlier, we heard that our proposal was far from what they expected, so we didn’t even begin to do the second…

A year after the US Supreme Court scrapped the constitutional right to abortion, President Joe Biden on Saturday vowed to fight against the “extreme and dangerous” effort by Republicans to curb access to the procedure nationwide. The high court’s decision to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision passed the regulation of abortion back to…

Rebel mercenaries advanced north towards Moscow after seizing a key military base Saturday, just as Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin’s vowed to defeat the revolt and head off the threat of civil war. The rapidly escalating events mark the most serious challenge yet to the Russian president’s rule — and Russia’s most serious security crisis since…