A civil society group, Osun Democrats for Democracy (ODD) has called on the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun to withdraw the mobile policemen deployed to the state from Abuja, declaring that Osun State is peaceful and police service should not be a source of instability in the state. The coalition also appealed to the…
Suspended Labour MP Mike Amesbury has been sentenced to 10 weeks in jail for assaulting a man in the street, after a confrontation over a local infrastructure issue turned violent. The Runcorn and Helsby MP, 55, pleaded guilty in January to assault by beating of 45-year-old Paul Fellows in Frodsham, Cheshire, in the early hours…
Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has been inaugurated as the governor of Ondo State, marking the beginning of his first full four-year term after replacing Governor Rotimi Akeredolu who died in office in December, 2023. The ceremony, which is ongoing at the Ondo State Sports Complex in Akure, the state capital on Monday, is taking place two…
Germany’s conservative election winner Friedrich Merz faced an uphill struggle to build a coalition government on Monday, a day after an election which saw a record performance by the right. Merz has warned against more paralysis in Berlin at a time US President Donald Trump is driving head-spinning change, the German economy is in recession,…
The Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation has announced the postponement of the National Council for Art, Culture, Tourism, and Creative Economy meeting, originally scheduled to be held in Osun State from February 25 to 27, 2025. The decision comes in response to heightened political tensions in the state following the local government crisis….
OGUN, Nigeria’s top investment destination, is set to reap huge benefits as the largest protein producer in the world, JBS of Brazil, has indicated interest in investing $2.5 billion in the livestock subsector of Nigeria’s economy. The Controlling Shareholder of the company, Mr. Wesley Batista, gave this indication when officials of his firm, led by…
As Muslim faithfuls worldwide prepare for the holy month of Ramadan which begins in few days, the Consumer Goods index of the Nigerian Exchange maintained bullish performance last week with the benchmark NGX All-Share Index (ASI) rising by 0.41 percent week-on-week (WoW) to close at 108,497.40 basis points. Across the sectoral front, market performance was…
Pope Francis remains in serious condition, according to the Vatican, with blood tests revealing mild indications of kidney failure “which is currently under control,” the Vatican stated on Sunday, as the 88-year-old pontiff battles pneumonia in both lungs. It further noted that Francis, who was hospitalized for over a week, has not experienced additional respiratory…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) to stop lending money to governments that are not accountable to their citizens. NLC President Joe Ajaero made the plea at the 2025 high-level meeting of the global labour movement, IMF, and World Bank at the World Bank office…
Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on Monday, marked his swearing-in with a bold act of clemency, granting freedom and reduced sentences to 43 prisoners. Acting on the recommendations of the State Advisory Council on the Prerogative of Mercy, Aiyedatiwa ordered the immediate release of eight convicts, while 15 death row inmates had their sentences commuted…
