Deputy Governor of Taraba State, Aminu Abdullahi Alkali has expressed optimism that the People’s Democratic Party PDP and governor Kefas Agbu will emerge victorious in a legal battle against them at the Supreme Court. The New Nigeria People’s Party NNPP and its governorship candidate, Prof Yahaya Sani are contesting the victory of the governor and…
Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has commiserated with his Oyo state counterpart, Governor Seyi Makinde, Oyo state government and the people of Oyo state over the Ibadan explosion. The Governor while describing the incident as sad and unfortunate in a condolence message by his Spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed added that it is a big…
Apparently piqued by the non-committance of the different tiers of the government to their plights, families of victims of the abducted Kaduna-Abuja travellers have resorted to source for ransom fee from well-meaning Nigerians. Arewa PUNCH investigations reveal that the broken-hearted relatives say they are taking their collective destiny into their hands so that they could…
The Governor of Osun State, His Excellency, Sen. Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke has reiterated that his administration is to industrialize the State in order to make Osun an industrial hub for the South West. This was made known by the Honourable Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Rev Bunmi Jenyo during the State Council meeting on…
Three suspected armed robbers lost their lives during a gun duel with a combined security team comprising police operatives from the Osun State Police Command and members of Nigeria Forest Security Service otherwise known as hunters at a robbery scene in Osogbo on Tuesday. Five members of the gang were also reportedly injured and taken…
The newly deployed Osun State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, Dr Adaralewa Akintayo has declared zero tolerance to act of indiscipline from the Corps’ officers in the state. He promised that officers who bring the image of the corps to disrepute would be dealt with in accordance to the extant rules….
Some residents of Ibadan, Oyo State, on Tuesday, said there was an explosion in parts of the state capital. There were also videos online that showed a dusty cloud and burning houses and cars. A University of Ibadan student, who spoke with our correspondent on the telephone said, “It is true. We all heard the…
The Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja on Monday ordered the remand of one Monday Odeh in the Nigerian Correctional Service Facility, over the alleged murder of a 54-year-old man, Abdulahi Yinusa. Justice Adenike Coker made the remand order of Odeh after he was arraigned on a count of murder preferred against him by…
President Bola Tinubu is currently in a closed-door session with service chiefs at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Tinubu who departed Transcorp Hilton, where he had been attending a book launch, around 3pm, is currently meeting the service chiefs led by the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa. Others attending the meeting include the Chief…
Seven people, including three school children, on Tuesday, lost their lives in multiple road accidents that occurred in Osogbo, Osun State. The Head of Operations, Osun Emergency Ambulance Service, Elizabeth Arowosafe, told The PUNCH that the agency responding to a distress call from the scene of the accident evacuated both the dead and injured victims…
