No fewer than four persons died, Wednesday night while watching the semi-final match between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and Bafana Bafana of South Africa, in the ongoing African Cup of Nations, AFCON, in Cote D’Ivoire. They include a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Dr. Cairo Ojougboh; Deputy Bursar, Kwara State University,…
A 21-year-old man, Justice Ikeocha, on Thursday, appeared before a Tinubu Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, for allegedly accumulating ₦304,500 while lodging in a hotel and refused to pay. Ikeocha is facing a two-count charge of obtaining by false pretences and incurring debt by false pretences. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The prosecutor, ASP…
A group of youths on Friday staged a peaceful protest in Osogbo, Osun State, decrying the rising cost of living, with a call on the government to immediately intervene. The protesters, who wielded placards with inscriptions such as ‘change the unfavourable policies’, ‘Nigerians are suffering, we can’t cope again’, and ‘We are humans, stop mistreating…
Government only approves recruitment of 5,000 new teachers and 250 education officers. Osun state government under the leadership of His Excellency,Senator Ademola Adeleke,is currently not carrying out mass recruitment into the Civil Service as being wrongly assumed with the on going sales of employment forms by the Civil Service Commission The sales offorms by the…
It was a political grenade disguised as a 345-page report. The pyrotechnics were delivered on Thursday afternoon in the findings of special counsel Robert Hur’s investigation into Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents after he left the vice-presidency in 2017. The top-line conclusion was that the president would not face criminal charges for his actions,…
The pyrotechnics were delivered on Thursday afternoon in the findings of special counsel Robert Hur’s investigation into Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents after he left the vice-presidency in 2017. The top-line conclusion was that the president would not face criminal charges for his actions, despite evidence that he had “wilfully retained and disclosed classified…
Reports indicate that there have been multiple fatalities in the recent clashes between rival fraternities in Ilesa, Osun State, with as many as six people reportedly killed. According to security sources, the killings took place in different locations in Ilesa and Osu towns between late Tuesday and Wednesday evening. The state police command’s spokesperson, Yemisi…
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has sympathized with the Ilupeju family over the passing into eternal glory of their patriarch, Pa Williams Ayangboyega Ilupeju, noting that the deceased lived a life full of impacts The Governor in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed describes Pa Ilupeju as a remarkable individual who made…
Popular business Mogul and the owner of award winning Nigeria local pain relief balm, Alhaja Falilat Oyetunji, who is the Chief Executive Officer Olokemeji Nigeria Limited and the producer of Ero Arike has commissioned an her Shopping Complex and Mosque In Osogbo on Thursday. During the commissioning of the shopping complex and Mosque around Ilesha…
Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Ikot Ibritam, Oruk Anam Local Government Area of the state has sentenced one Akaninyene Sunday Ekwere, to life improvement for raping a four-year-old girl in the community. Ekwere, a trader in engine oil, electrical appliances and recharge cards, reportedly lured the minor to his shop, where he defiled…
