Following the unanimous Supreme Court verdict that reaffirmed his election, the Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has stated that he has forgiven all those who might have offended him during his struggle to assume the leadership of the state. Governor Adeleke stated this during his thank you visit to the Palace of…
The Osun State Police Command of Wednesday announced the arrest of a 24-year-old woman for impersonation The suspect allegedly impersonated as a police officer to rob different Point of Sale (POS) operators in Osogbo, the capital. Police Public Relations Officer, SP Yemisi Opalola told newsmen that she was taken into custody on Tuesday after her…
The leadership of the Traditional Religious Worshippers Association in Osun State has said necessary rites to further make the reign of the state governor, Ademola Adeleke, to be more peaceful would be done, assuring the state helmsman of their support. This was contained in a congratulatory message of the religious group to Adeleke on his…
Nine royal families which were excluded from the selection process of a new Alaafin have protested their exclusion from the process. The excluded royal families insist they are also entitled to the new seat. The Alaafin of Oyo stool became vacant as a result of the death of the 45th Alaafin, Oba Lamidi Atanda Olayiwola…
The majority shareholder of Geregu Power Plc, Femi Otedola, has sold over 2.8 million units of his shares in the power generation company, it was learnt. According to a corporate filing on the Nigerian Exchange Limited on Wednesday, Otedola offloaded the shares in transactions that took place on Monday and Tuesday. Otedola sold a tranche…
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has clarified that the Bank Verification Number, BVN, has no expiry date. CBN’s spokesman, Dr. Isa AbdulMumin, made the clarification in a statement last night. He was reacting to media reports that the BVN expires after 10 years. He said: “The attention of the CBN has been drawn to…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has issued approved guidelines for the regulation of representative offices of foreign banks in Nigeria. This, it said, is in furtherance of the bank’s mandate to promote financial system stability. According to a statement obtained from CBN’s website, the Guidelines for the Regulation of Representative Offices of Foreign Banks…
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, and ex-National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Lai Olurode, on Wednesday, congratulated Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, on his victory at the Supreme Court which affirmed his election. A congratulatory statement signed by Ooni’s spokesperson, Moses Olafare, then urged Adeleke to develop a robust partnership…
The President-elect Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, afternoon left Nigeria for Europe to avoid unnecessary pressures and distractions while he fine tunes transition plans and programmes, and also his policy options with some of his key aides. A statement signed by his media aide, Tunde Rahman, said the President-elect would also spend his stay in Europe…
Osun State office of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, on Wednesday, said it shut as many as 75 filling stations for various infractions in the state within one month. NMDPRA State Coordinator, Mr Kunle Adeyemo, who disclosed this while speaking with journalists on Wednesday on the activities of the agency in the…
