A northern youth group, the National Youth Alliance, has strongly condemned the ongoing treason trial of protesters from the August 2024 #EndBadGovernance, with its President, Aliyu Bin Abbas, describing their treatment as “kidnapping”. Recall that protesters, mostly minors, are being tried for treason and other offences, with bail set at an unaffordable N10 million each,…
The Abia State Police Command, on Sunday, confirmed the arrest of a 70-year-old man, Mr Nwokocha Stephen Irobunda, over the alleged shooting to death of a 30-year-old man, Mr Bright Odizuru, in Ohokobe Ndume, Umuahia North LGA of Abia State. The Police Public Relations Officer, Maureen Chinaka, said following information to the Ehimiri Police Station,…
A man, simply identified as Saidi, has been arrested for allegedly killing his father, Bale, whom he reportedly accompanied to his farm located in Ilusi, Osun State. Bale was said to have been decapitated on his farm on the day he was to begin harvesting his produce. Sources in the village who spoke with our…
…Pledges N76 thousand naira Minimum Wage for Civil servants , Free Education. The Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate in the Ondo state scheduulegaming d gubernatorial election, HE, Agboola Ajayi, has pledged a minimum wage of N76,000 to Civil servants in the state, even as he promised free primary and secondary education if elected governor. The former…
An Iranian Revolutionary Guards general and pilot were killed in a helicopter crash during an anti-terror operation in the country’s restive southeast, state media reported on Monday. The “ultra-light gyroplane” of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps “had an accident while conducting combat operations” in a border area, the IRNA news agency said. It said the…
Osun State Governor, Sen. Dr. Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke remains positive to his commitment to explore and exploit the commercial and industrial landscape of Osun State for the benefit of all and sundry. This assertion was made by the Honourable Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Rev. Bunmi Jenyo, at the Osun State Pavilion, while speaking…
The National Vice Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (SW), Engineer Kamoru Toyese Ajisafe, Esq. has applauded the Oyo State Governor, His Excellency, Engineer Seyi Makinde for putting in place a Zonal Secretariat for the party in Southwestern Nigeria to immortalize the late Zonal Vice-Chairman of the party in the region, Late Hon. Olusoji Adagunodo. Ajisafe…
I’ve been inundated with inquiries of what I would have done differently if I were at the helm of affairs of our country. I am not the president, Tinubu is. The focus should be on him and not on me or any other. I believe that such inquiries distract from the critical questions of what…
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has urged unity and harmony within the Southwest chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to deepen and widen the electoral fortunes of the party. Speaking at the commissioning of the South West Secretariat of the party at Ibadan which was named after the late zonal Vice Chairman, Hon…
Born in Wimbledon and raised in Nigeria, Kemi Badenoch became leader of the opposition on Saturday. Sir Keir Starmer could face a rough time. Many leading politicians are fond of talking about having been on a journey. But Kemi Badenoch’s journey has been longer and more eventful than most. From the leafy London suburb of…
