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…
Special Adviser to the Governor on Public Health, Dr Akindele Adekunle has described the recent visitations by APC’s Chairmen to Public Health Care Centres across the state as unlawful and unauthorised. In a public alert message signed personally by Akindele, emphasised that “No local government official has the authority to inspect or interfere with the…
The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned one Barrister Ifeanyichukwu Okonkwo before Justice E. N. Oluedo of the Enugu State High Court sitting in Independence Layout, Enugu for fraud. The EFCC disclosed this in a statement on X.com on Thursday. The statement partly read, “He is facing prosecution on…
