The Supreme Court has upheld the ruling by the Appeal Court that a candidate does not need to get at least 25 percent of votes in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to be declared as the country’s president. Justice Inyang Okoro led the panel of justices to determine Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar’s appeal against…
A non-governmental organization, DKT International has donated N24 million worth of family planning kits to health care centres across Osun state. The donation was made on Tuesday in Osogbo, during a 5-day training programme organised for family planning service providers in the State. The organization stated that the training is geared towards sensitization on the…
UN refugee agency says no fewer than 114 million people worldwide have been forced to flee their homes by the end of September, due to conflict, persecution, and human rights violations. War in Ukraine and conflicts in Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Myanmar, drought, floods, and insecurity in Somalia, as well as…
The leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress and the two opposition parties – the Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party –have expressed confidence that they will secure victory as the Supreme Court delivers judgment on the February 25 presidential election today. The PDP and the LP are challenging the declaration of President Bola…
An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ogbomoso, on Wednesday, nullified the selection of Oba Ghandi Olaoye as the new Soun of Ogbomoso. Recall that Ghandi was installed as the new Soun of Ogbomosho on September 8, 2023, months after the throne had become vacant following the death of the late Oba Jimoh Oyewumi on…
Former member of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dotun Babayemi is ignorant of governmental process in Osun state, hence his imbecilic statement on alleged governance from private homes. Mallam Olawale Rasheed, who is the Spokesperson to Governor Ademola Adeleke, in a statement on Wednesday evening said the former PDP member has been in political oblivion for…
The Nigerian Army says it will conduct the disposal of recovered unexploded ordnances from the site of the 2002 Ikeja cantonment bomb blast at the Nigerian Army Range in Owode, Ajilete, Ogun State, on Friday, October 27. The exercise which will take place from 10 am to 4 pm., will “produce a loud bang that…
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday appointed Munirudeen Oyebamiji as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, National Inland Waterways Authority, and Mr. Akutah Ukeyima as Executive Secretary/CEO of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council. The two new CEOs were appointed in line with the recommendations of the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola.Special Adviser to the President…
The Oyo State High Court sitting in Ogbomoso, on Wednesday, upturned the appointment of the new Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Ghandi Olaoye. The PUNCH had reported that the state government announced Redeemed Pastor, Olaoye as the new Soun and made him king, on September 8, 2023. Details later…
A cleric, Prophet Adegoke Jeremiah, aka Billion Dollars Prophet, has slammed a N22 million defamatory suit against popular chef, Damilola Adeparusi, better known as Chef Dammy. Recalled that Chef Dammy recently called out Billion Dollars Prophet on social media, saying he should be held responsible if anything happens to her. According to her, Billion Dollars…
