One person has died and 61 others have been rescued after an overloaded migrant boat disintegrated in the English Channel during an attempted crossing overnight, according to French maritime authorities, Sky News reported on Monday. The Maritime Prefect of the Channel and the North Sea confirmed the vessel had collapsed in the water, prompting a…
Former England football captain Gary Lineker will leave the BBC at the end of the season, it was confirmed on Monday, days after he shared a social media post that contained anti-Semitic imagery. “Gary Lineker will leave his presenting role following the conclusion of Match of the Day for the 2024/25 season,” the BBC said…
… Spends night coordinating security logistics Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has appealed to the Federal Government to deploy decisive strategies that would ensure that Marte town does not fall to Boko Haram/ISWAP insurgents. Zulum, who was actively involved in coordinating security logistics till late in the night on Saturday, undertook a tour to…
Let me start with this insight by K.T. McFarland, President Donald Trump’s Deputy National Security Advisor during his first term. “Eight years ago, during the first few days of President Donald Trump’s first term, I joined his other senior advisers in the White House Situation Room to discuss our approach to Saudi Arabia, which was…
Aduramigba Progressive Group has expressed satisfaction with the intervention of Governor Ademola Adeleke on the controversial road project in the community, warning Kehinde Raaji to take his vendetta mission elsewhere. In a statement which attacked the Osogbo businessman as a revenge seeking interloper who is bitter over his failed pressure on the Adeleke government to…
Spokesperson to Governor Ademola Adeleke, Mallam Olawale Rasheed has again accused Senator Ajibola Bashiru of deploying fake news as a tool to attack the state government. According to a statement signed by Olawale on Sunday said; “We put it to the opposition scribe that Governor Adeleke never sack any teachers or health workers. The former…
By Segun Amure “A man who calls his kinsmen to a feast does not do so to save them from starving. They all have food in their own homes. We come together because it is good for kinsmen to do so.”— Chinua Achebe There comes a time when people must look beyond the noise and…
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State has once again refuted the claim made by former Senator Ajibola Basiru of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) regarding the status of certain individuals allegedly employed into the civil service at the tail end of the immediate past administration. The PDP described the remarks as…
● SRJ Suffers from Adelekephobia The National Secretary of All Progressive Congress (APC), Ajibola Bashiru suffers from Adelekephobia syndrome, a form of political disease now afflicting many within the rank and file of the opposition party in Osun State Spokesperson to Governor Ademola Adeleke, Mallam Olawale Rasheed made the assertion while responding to attacks on…
By Familusi Oladele Isaiah FOI The new Owa Obokun Adimula and Paramount Ruler of Ijesaland, Owa Clement Adesuyi Haastrup, Ajimoko III, on Friday, 16th May, 2025 cast a retrospective look at his philanthropic activities over the decades, and revealed that becoming King never crossed his mind. Owa Haastrup, whose grand coronation comes up next Friday,…
