In an interview on The Exchange Podcast, hosted by Olufemi Soneye, leadership coach and former presidential candidate Fela Durotoye shared deeply personal reflections on his origins, upbringing and formative experiences, revealing how they shaped his identity and commitment to Nigeria. Addressing widespread assumptions about his name and background, Durotoye began with a story that often…
By Pelumi Olajengbesi Esq. In all the crisis now swirling around Rivers State, the action that seems to have truly triggered Wike is perhaps the voice of the National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Dr Ajibola Basiru. While other players have largely tried to manage their positions with quiet signals and coded statements, Basiru…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has clarified reports alleging the involvement of one of its personnel in the abduction and defilement of a minor, confirming the arrest of a serving officer over alleged misconduct. In a statement issued on Friday, signed by the Deputy Director, Public Relations and Strategic Communications, Favour Dozie, the Service…
Ifeanyi Festus, a personnel of the Department of State Services (DSS), has been accused of abducting and defiling a minor (name withheld). In a petition dated January 4 and submitted at the DSS headquarters, the family of the girl, through their lawyers at Gamji Lawchain, said their daughter went missing in November 2023 in Hadejia,…
The Osun State Government has debunked allegations of alleged cover up of ghost workers’ indictment within the state public service by Sally Tibbot Limited, describing the press briefing by the company as a subtle blackmail to force a fraudulent staff audit report on the state. Responding to the statement from the company, the state government…
The Osun State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has congratulated a former President of the Congress and renowned labour leader, Comrade Hassan Adebayo Sunmonu, as he marks his 85th birthday. In a congratulatory message signed by Comr. Christopher Arapasopo, Osun NLC chairman on behalf of workers and pensioners in the state, the NLC…
By Danladi Adamu It is a known fact that illegality cannot beget legality; it can only beget illegality, and that is currently what the sacked Osun state APC Council Chairmen and councilors, as well as the All Progressives Congress, APC, are doing in the state in connivance with the instruments of the police. As it…
The Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke, has commissioned a newly installed 500KVA transformer at the Irepodun Community in Ilesha, further reinforcing his administration’s commitment to rural electrification across the state.The commissioned transformer serves several communities within the Irepodun axis, including SENIK, Alafiatayo, Testing Ground, and Irepodun Barakat, bringing much-needed relief and…
The Burkina Faso military government has announced that a coup plot to assassinate its leader, Captain Ibrahim Traore has been foiled. According to the security minister, Mahamadou Sana, in a late-night statement, explained that Lt Col Damiba, who was ousted by Traore in Sept 2022, masterminded the plot. “Our intelligence services intercepted this operation in…
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has admitted former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, to bail in the sum of N500 million and two sureties in like sum pending his trial. Malami, his son, Abdulaziz Malami, and his wife, Hajia Asabe Bashir,…
