The supreme Court on Friday ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Accountant General of the Federation to stop releasing Monthly Allocation to the Rivers State Government. The Apex Court it’s ruling added that the allocation should be stopped until the Rivers State Government present the Appropriation Bill to the State House of Assembly under…
Suspected herdsmen on Thursday killed two farmers identified as Lucky Salami and Julius Arewa in Eware village Etsako West local government area with machetes while a third person identified as Omokhagbon Abu popularly known Udugboya is said to be battling to survive in an undisclosed hospital. This fresh killing is coming less than three days…
Aminat Lawal, the sister of the abducted National Youth Service Corps member, Rofiat Lawal, who was kidnapped along the Benin-Ore Expressway on Tuesday, Feb. 25, has claimed that her sister was handed over to the abductors by the driver conveying them. Aminat told Punch on Thursday, Feb. 27, that Rofiat was abducted while returning to…
Thirty-five lawmakers of the Lagos State House of Assembly in favour of Mudashiru Obasa’s removal as Speaker have arrived the Lagos State High Court for the hearing of a matter brought by the latter. Obasa had gone to court to challenge his removal by at least 36 of his colleagues on January 13, 2025. In…
Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the senator representing Kogi central, has alleged that her trouble in the senate began after she rejected sexual advances from Senate President Godswill Akpabio. Akpoti-Uduaghan made the accusation during an interview with Arise TV on Friday. “My case is a case of a student being punished by a lecturer for refusing to sleep…
Two friends, Oluwashina Wakeel and Yusuf Adewale, have been sentenced to seven years imprisonment for conspiracy and assault of a road user in Osun State, AbdulSalam Oyewale. Wakeel and Adewale, who were arraigned before an Osun State High Court sitting in Ede, during the attack on Oyewale, left him with serious injuries in the eye….
The newly elected Chairman of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, Osun State Branch, Comrade Ranti Okerinde extends his appreciation to the Governor, Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke, the Head of Service, Mr Samuel Ayanleye Aina, his newly elected Exco Members, Permanent Secretaries, Delegates from all MDAs and Parastatals, Unit Executives and most…
Spokesperson to Governor Ademola Adeleke, Mallam Olawale Rasheed has urged opinion leaders and commentators to read the Court of Appeal judgement for unbiased opinion on the local government face off, referring the public to the legal opinion of Jubril Okutepa, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria SAN. Speaking while receiving members of the Osun Democratic Coalition…
●Inauguration Holds March 4th – HC Dosu Babatunde Governor Ademola Adeleke has approved the constitution of a panel of enquiry on the recent chieftaincy dispute involving Esa Oke and Ido Ayegunle towns of Obokun local government of Osun state. The state Governor had promised to set up the committee when he visited both Esa Oke…
The Osun Amotekun Corps has announced that the screening of applicants seeking employment in the corps will take place from Monday, March 3 to Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at the corps headquarters in Osogbo. In a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the Osun Amotekun Corps, Yusuf Idowu, obtained in Osogbo on Thursday, the…
