Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has declared that democracy can only survive in Africa when leaders allow free and fair elections and elected leaders serve the interest of the citizenry. In a statement signed by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, on Friday, Adeleke asserted this during a three-day executive retreat organized by the African office…
The Commissioner affirms readiness of government to upscale, resuscitate, and rehabilitate dilapidated facilities The Osun state government, under the administration of Governor Ademola Adeleke, has reaffirmed its readiness to upscale, resuscitate, and rehabilitate the dilapidated facilities in all the water corporation facilities across the state. The state government stated this through the Commissioner of Water…
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister, Nyesom Wike has ordered the immediate identification and arrest of the owner of a two-storey building which collapsed in Abuja on Wednesday night. The building, located at Lagos Crescent, Garki Village in the Garki District of the nation’s capital, was one of the first-storey buildings in the area, collapsed around…
There was palpable tension at the national headquarters of the All Progressives Congress on Thursday following the arrival of Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello hours before the inauguration of the new zonal officers of the party’s National Working Committee. Bello, who stormed the secretariat in the company of his loyalists and the heavy presence…
Russian mercenary group Wagner’s chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was reported dead on Wednesday in a plane crash in Russia. He was said to be among the ten people on board a jet flying from Moscow to St. Petersburg. All seven passengers and three crew members were reported killed in the crash. Here are 10 things you…
A Chief Magistrate Court of Nasarawa State has quashed and set aside a warrant of arrest and remand against the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Duport Midstream Company Limited, Dr Akintoye Akindele. In Suit No: CMC/MG/CR/175/2023, the court on August 23, 2023, gave the order in the case between Akindele (defendant) and the Inspector General…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities following a National Executive Council meeting held at the University of Maiduguri has asked the Federal Government through the office of the Accountant General of the Federation to release outstanding promotion arrears owed its members in the interest of industrial peace and harmony in Nigerian universities. The ASUU in…
There was panic in Tinumola area of Osogbo, the capital of Osun State on Wednesday when a tenant reported to be an officer of the Directorate of State Security Service (DSS) allegedly stabbed his caretaker, Omosola Oladele after an argument over payment of an electricity bill. The crisis ensued on Tuesday night when fellow neighbours…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has banned street trading in Abuja. Wike revealed that corn sellers on the streets of Abuja serve as informants to criminals. The former Rivers State governor spoke during a meeting with the management staff of the Federal Capital Territory Administration and the Federal Capital Development Authority….
The Deputy Minority Leader of the Senate, Senator Kamorudeen Lere Oyewumi has facilitated the provision and installation of solar-powered street lights-up projects in Ikire. This was contained in a press statement, signed by his media unit and obtained by SAHEL correspondent on Thursday. According to the statement, The project is meant to light up dark…
