…condoles community members The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has commiserated with the Muslim Community in Osogboland on the passing of a prominent cleric, Imam Abdulafeez Haroon Samonigongo, the Chief Imam of Islahudeen Central Mosque, Alekuwodo, Osogbo. Governor Adelekeb in a statement signed by his Spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed also condoles the family…
The Government of Osun State, through the Ministries of Education, Economic Planning, Budget and Development, and Federal Affairs, is set to convene a high-level stakeholders conference focused on the sustainability of the O’Meals programme, Osun’s homegrown school feeding initiative. The event, themed “Sustainability of O’Meals for Improved Child Nutrition in Osun State,” will bring together…
Faith Zaba, editor of the Zimbabwe Independent newspaper, is the latest journalist to be charged in court over what the government claimed undermined the authority of 82-year-old Mnangagwa A prominent Zimbabwean journalist was detained Wednesday over a satirical article critical of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, in a charge media groups decried was another attack on freedom…
The former Anambra governor said that members of the coalition have committed to work together towards the 2027 general elections. The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has explained that he joined the opposition coalition to challenge the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 general elections. In…
A Kano State High Court sitting on Miller Road and presided over by Justice Maryam Sabo has sentenced one Aminu Muhammad to death by hanging for the gruesome murder of a three-year-old girl, Rafi’atu Junaidu, in 2018. The judgment, delivered by Justice Sabo, brings to a close a protracted legal battle that began seven years…
Following heightened insurgency in some remote areas of Yobe State, the government has taken steps to safeguard the lives of people in the affected areas by temporarily closing down weekly markets in Katarko, Kukareta, and Buni Yadi. The action was contained in a statement signed by the Special Adviser on Security Matters to the State…
The Provost of Harvarde College of Science and Management Studies, Obada, Abeokuta, Dr Oluwatosin Adebayo, has faulted the call for the extension of Nigeria Education Loan Fund to students of private institutions in the country. Dr Adebayo argued that parents who send their children to private institutions in the country are not often poor and…
Renowned constitutional lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Prof. Mike Ozekhome, SAN, has faulted a letter authored by his learned colleague, Mr. Kunle Adegoke, SAN, over claims regarding the status of the sacked Local Government Chairmen in Osun State. In a detailed rejoinder made available to journalists, Prof. Ozekhome described Adegoke’s widely circulated seven-page letter,…
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control has warned users of bleaching creams to desist from using products with excess hydroquinone to safeguard their health. NAFDAC Bauchi State Coordinator, Mr Hamis Yahaya, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Bauchi on Tuesday. Hydroquinone is a skin-lightening…
The Senate has passed a bill seeking the establishment of the Bitumen Development Commission, to advance harnessing of the country’s vast bitumen resources. The bill, sponsored by Senator Jimoh Ibrahim (APC, Ondo South), received third reading approval on Wednesday following the adoption of a report presented by the Senate committee on Solid minerals development. Presenting…
