SOME lawmakers-elect in the Osun State House of Assembly, yesterday, challenged the rule of the Assembly allowing only ranking members to vie for the speakership of the House. The lawmakers-elect, including Lawal Rasheed, representing Osogbo Constituency, and Oyewusi Akinyode of Ife-North Constituency, have dragged the House of Assembly, the Speaker, Timothy Owoeye, and the Clerk…
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi; Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila amongst many others have congratulated Muslims across the country on the occasion of this year’s Eid-el-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan. Buhari, in his Sallah message by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and…
Nigerian singers, Davido, Burna Boy, and Wizkid verification badges have been removed on the microblogging platform, Twitter. Checks by our correspondent on Thursday showed that the verification badges on their account had been removed. This new development may be connected to the non-payment of their verification subscription fee announced by Twitter Chief Executive Officer, Elon…
Saudi Arabia announced the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, will begin on Friday in the kingdom. “Tomorrow, Friday, is the first day of Eid al-Fitr for this year,” with Thursday the last day of Ramadan, the official Saudi Press Agency said on its Twitter account…
The Osun State Government under the leadership of Governor Ademola Adeleke on Wednesday lauded the kind gesture of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency(NIMASA) towards the vulnerable indigenes of Osun state. The commendation came to mark another humanitarian gestures valued at several millions of naira via the provision of relief materials and medical equipment…
•••frowns at drivers using earpiece while driving The Osun State Government has warned motorists, especially commercial minibus drivers popularly known as ‘Korope’ against arbitrary parking of vehicles by the road sides. This is just as the government frowns at the use of earpiece or earphones by drivers while driving, saying it causes distraction which eventually…
Hiba Abouk, ex-wife of Paris Saint-Germain defender Achraf Hakimi has broken silence following their rocky divorce. Abouk said that despite the rape charges against Hakimi, she was at peace with the situation but needed time to come to terms with the shock. She also revealed that the couple had been going through a divorce since…
The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has announced a 13-man Presidential Inauguration committee comprising of eminent Nigerians to plan a week-long presidential inauguration event that will usher him and his VP-elect, Senator Kashim Shettima in as the President and Vice-President of the country. Tinubu, in a letter to the Secretary to the Government of Federation, Mr….
SpaceX’s Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, exploded on Thursday during the first test flight of the spacecraft designed to send astronauts to the Moon, Mars and beyond. The gigantic rocket successfully blasted off at 1:33p.m. from Starbase, the private SpaceX spaceport in Boca Chica, Texas. The Starship capsule had been scheduled to separate…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has denied meeting with Adamawa State Government officials to rig the rerun governorship election. The denial came following a report that its officials, deployed to supervise the governorship rerun, paid a nocturnal visit to the state Government House ostensibly to rig the polls for incumbent Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri. The National…
