The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit has said it is acting within the confines of the law concerning the guidelines on cash withdrawals from all government accounts. The Director, NFIU, Modibbo Tukur, made this known on Saturday in response to a statement made by the Nigerian Governors Forum regarding the ban. The governors’ forum after a…
The Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State has advised the opposition Apc to stop using fasting and prayers as decoy for their relentless attempts to invade the election petition tribunal with their habitual corruption baits, saying, God Almighty is not a man that He be mocked on the platter of fraudulent politics. The PDP described…
A Non-Governmental Organisation, Coalition for Good Governance (C4GG) has described statement credited to a group called Osun Masterminds on the 100 days programme of the Osun State Government as a disservice to activism and advocacy, wondering what moral right a group that worked for Mr Gboyega Oyetola for four years has to criticise water provision…
OSUN: 10 reasons Adeleke was right on Atiku’s victory– Atiku/Okowa campaign council The Atiku/Okowa Campaign Council in Osun State has backed Governor Ademola Adeleke on his pronouncement that the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar will win South-West landslide in the February 25 election, dismissing the statement credited to the…
The Osun Baptist Conference of the Nigerian Baptist Convention, on Friday, hailed the Governor of Osun state, Senator Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke over the role the state government played in the release of their kidnapped church members. Recall that Governor Adeleke had earlier in the week ordered all security agencies to swing to action secure…
The convoy of Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue was involved in an accident in Utokon community of Ado Local Government Area of the state on Friday. Ortom and his entourage were heading for the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) governorship campaign rally in Igumale, headquarters of Ado, when the unfortunate incident occurred. Our correspondent reports that…
By Jubril Akintayo Onseyoo The Osun State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC), in its newest episode of comedy, ordered its members to fast for seven days in anticipation of the tribunal judgement, but this decision raises serious questions about the party’s true intentions. Apart from the fact that this is a futile mission as…
The state of Osun House of Assembly is not currently settled, findings have revealed. Speaker of the Assembly, Hon. Timothy Owoeye, is facing a turbulent time as some lawmakers are accusing him of cheating them on a N40m Christmas gift by Governor Ademola Adeleke. The lawmakers, who are about 15 in number, alleged that Owoeye…
Save a Child’s Heart, a charity organisation in Israel, says it is open to partnership with Nigeria to offer free medical surgery for Nigerian children suffering from various heart diseases. The Deputy Executive Director of the organisation, Tamar Shapira, said this during a tour to the Legacy Heritage Children’s Home of “Safe the Child’s Heart”…
The federal government on Thursday lifted the ban on wood and charcoal exportation. Minister of Environment, Mohammed H. Abdullahi, mentioned this in Abuja during a stakeholders’ consultative meeting on the review of ban on charcoal and suspension of the export of processed wood and other allied products. Abdullahi narrated that many businesses had been affected…
