OSUN: Swearing-In of Commissioners Set to Hold Wednesday
Governor Ademola Adeleke has fixed tomorrow, Wednesday 19th of July for the inauguration and swearing in of the newly appointed commissioners. This was confirmed in a press statement, issued by the spokesperson to the governor, Olawale Rasheed, which was made available to newsmen on Tuesday. According to the statement, the event is billed to hold…
NNPC increases fuel pump price to N617 per litre
The price of Petrol has reportedly increased to about N617 per litre. A visit to an NNPC filling station in the Central area of Abuja by Dailytrust confirmed that the fuel price has now been adjusted from N539 to N617 per litre. Another Customer who confirmed this development to the publication simply said “It is…
Conlog Says Unupgraded Prepaid Meters Will Stop To Function By November 2024
Conlog, the manufacturer of prepaid meters utilized by Ikeja and Kaduna Electric companies, has issued a warning stating that these unupgraded meters will cease to function from November 2024. In a statement published on Conlog’s website on Monday, it was announced that the meters must be upgraded prior to November 24, 2024, as the TID…
Fuel Subsidy: Petrol Price Increases to N617 Per Litre
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has further increased pump prices of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), known as petrol, from N537 to N617 per litre. This is the second increase following the official removal of petrol subsidy by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in his inaugural speech in May, when the pump price first jerked…
Osun Assembly Passes Anthem Crest, Flag Bill into Law
The Osun State House of Assembly has approved a bill that changes the name of the state back to “Osun State” from the previous “State of Osun.” The bill, called the “Osun State Anthem, Crest and Flag Amendment Bill 2023,” received positive feedback from the Assembly and was passed during Monday’s session. The Speaker of…
APC’s Threats to PEPC Subversive, Pre-emptive Move to Intimidate Judiciary
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) asserts that the threat contained in the written address by lawyers to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) is a pre-emptive move to intimidate the judiciary. The statement by the lawyers in the said written address threatening crisis and…
Two sentenced to death by hanging over killing of LASU student, Favour
An High court sitting in Ikire, Osun State has sentenced Philip Segun of Cherubim and Cherabuim Church, Solution Chapel, Ikoyi-Ile over the killing of Lagos State University final year student, Favour Daley-Oladele. The court also sentenced her boyfriend, Owolabi Adeeko, 23, to death by hanging for the brutal murder of the final year Sociology student…
89th BIRTHDAY:Soyinka Calls for Public Holiday To Honor Traditionalists, Urges Reopening of Deborah’s Murder
Celebrating his 89th birthday, renowned Nigerian playwright and Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, made three demands of the Federal Government. He called for the reopening of unresolved cases of religious killings, the imposition of visa bans on those promoting religious violence, and the creation of a public holiday for traditionalists. Soyinka’s appeal was motivated by…
Housewife arrested for luring, pouring hot water on husband’s worker in Ondo
A food seller and house wife, Mrs Esther Godwin, has been arrested by Ondo police command for allegedly pouring hot water on a nursing mother, Samuel Endurance, who she accused of having an affair with her husband. Esther was arrested last weekend after luring her husband’s alleged lover to their residence at Olofin community of…