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A 31-year-old man, Rotimi Orowole, was on Wednesday sentenced to three years imprisonment with hard labour by an Osun State Magistrates Court sitting in Osogbo for false accusations. Orowole had claimed the former Registrar of the Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Osun State, Dr Alhassan Ogunleye, contracted him to assassinate the then Rector of the institution, Dr….
The New Nigeria Peoples Party has condemned President Bola Tinubu’s state of emergency imposed in Rivers State. PUNCH Online reports that the President had on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in Rivers following the prolonged political crisis in the state. The president also suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Ngozi Odu, and state assembly…
A 53-year-old farmer, Oloyede David, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly stealing three bags of pineapples from a fellow farmer’s plantation in Orile-Ilugun, Odeda Local Government Area. It was gathered on Wednesday that another farmer spotted the suspect harvesting pineapples from a fellow farmer’s plantation in the community. A community…
THE Ogun State Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, through its Department of Veterinary Services, has set March 31 as the deadline for the registration of herders in the state. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports, its permanent secretary, Mrs Kehinde Jokotoye, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abeokuta. Jokotoye…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised the alarm over a looming shortage of HIV drugs in eight countries, including Nigeria. The development, which affects six African nations, follows the United States government’s recent decision to halt foreign aid. The warning comes in the wake of an executive order issued by US President Donald Trump…
Suspended Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara has blamed the FCT Minister, Nyseom Wike for frustrating all efforts at peacefully resolving the crisis. In a press statement signed on his behalf by the sacked Commissioner for Information and Communications, Joseph Johnson, Gov. Fubara stated that all steps taken to foster peace, unity and stability in…
Two members of the House of Representatives, Marie Ebikake and Blessing Amadi, on Wednesday engaged in a heated argument over the declaration of emergency rule in Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday. Ebikake and Amadi, who represent Brass/Nembe Federal Constituency of Bayelsa and Port Harcourt Two Federal Constituency of Rivers State respectively, started…
A bipartisan group, named Osun Leaders of Thought has praised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for demonstrating statesmanship and commitment to rule of law by rejecting pressure on him to declare a state of emergency in Osun state. Rising from its emergency leadership meeting today at Osogbo, the group composed of top leaders from the Peoples…
…President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a Democrat, wise enough not to be rail roaded into such The Osun state Government is miffed and constrained to react to a statement credited to the APC National scribe, Senator Ajibola Basiru in which he urges the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu to extend…
