His Royal Highness, Oba Dr Ademola Makinde, Onigemo 1, on Friday celebrated his coronation as the new Owa of Igbajo, Iloro land. The coronation ceremony held at Community High School Ijemu, Igbajo, Osun state. Sahel Standard earlier reported that, the Governor of Osun state, Senator Ademola Adeleke had presented Staff of office and instruments of…
The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has congratulated a former governor in the state, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, on the occasion of his 67th birthday, describing him as a courageous and pragmatic leader. Governor Adeleke celebrates the ex–Interior Minister’s life of impacts and contributions to state and national building, noting that Aregbesola had…
Barely hours after reinstating HRH Muhammadu Sanusi II as Emir of Kano, the Governor of Kano State, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, has ordered the immediate arrest of the former Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero. A statement issued by the spokesperson to the Governor, Sanusi Bature, said the Governor gave the order for the arrest…
Kehinde Bankole was born on March 27, 1985 in Ogun State as the fourth child, out of six children of Architect Babatunde Bankole and Titilayo Bankole, an administrative secretary. She has a twin sister, Taiwo, who also acts occasionally. She completed her primary education at Tunwase Nursery and Primary School, Ikeja before studying Mass Communication…
Naysayers must be in trouble, ruminating on what to say as the world celebrates Governor Ademola Adeleke as the Infrastructure Governor of the Year. From far and near, the authentication of Asiwaju of Edeland is streaming in with opposition in pain as to how to manage this phenomenon called Ademola Adeleke. The Vanguard newspaper established…
Spanish fire crews picked through the wreckage of a beachfront restaurant on the holiday island of Mallorca on Friday, searching for clues after it partially collapsed, killing four people and injuring 16. Authorities, who declared three days of mourning, gave no immediate indication as to the cause but said the excessive weight of the building…
Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has said the supporters of the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and others who are averse to contrary views can’t stop him from speaking truth to power. He said despite the attack on his personality by Obi’s supporters who are known as ‘Obidents’, during the build-up to the…
A Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered the interim forfeiture of $4,719,054, N830,875,611, and several property linked to the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. The order was issued on Friday, by Justice Yellim Bogoro after an ex-parte motion by EFCC counsel Bilkisu Buhari and C.C. Chineye. The forfeited…
A resident of the Kubwa area in the Bwari Local Council in Abuja identified as Onyebuchi Anele was reportedly shot in the face with a tear gas canister by a police officer. The incident occurred on Wednesday, May 22. An eyewitness recounted to Leadership Newspaper that the deceased was on his way home from work…
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has presented the letter of reinstatement to 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II. Presenting the letter on Friday, the governor said, “We return Sanusi out of conviction that he was victimized in 2019. “We also return him as the rightful Emir of Kano, to continue the good job he was…
