President Muhammadu Buhari shares in the joy of the occasion as Gov. Ademola Nurudeen Adeleke of Osun State celebrates his 63rd birthday, May 13, 2023. President Buhari affirms that the Senator, who represented Osun-West in the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly, solidified his base and gradually built a formidable network of friends and political…
A Nigerian Catholic priest serving in Gambia, Fr Kelvin Ugwu, on Friday, prayed that the killers of Deborah Emmanuel, a female student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto State, would never know peace. Deborah was burnt alive on May 12, 2022, by her schoolmates over alleged blasphemy against Prophet Mohammed. In a post…
President Muhammadu Buhari has shared in the joy of the occasion as Governor Ademola Nurudeen Adeleke of Osun celebrates his 63rd birthday. According to a statement issued on Friday by presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, the President affirmed that the Senator, who represented Osun-West in the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly, solidified his base and…
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola says state governments will now be feeding and accommodating inmates in their states. He said this followed the recent consultational amendment which placed Correctional Services on the concurrent list. Aregbesola gave the insight while speaking at a 2-day High-Level Conference on Decongestion and Corrections Management, on Thursday in Abuja….
Senegal, Burkina Faso, Morocco and Mali will represent Africa at the 2023 FIFA U17 World Cup. The four sides sealed their places following the conclusion of the quarter-final matches at the U17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup will be…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday declared that the multi-country outbreak of the mpox virus, which began around a year ago was no longer a public health emergency of international concern. WHO Director General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, said this while speaking to journalists in Geneva, a day after the emergency committee which made the emergency…
The Osun State Chapter of Online Media Publishers Association, has felicitated with the Executive Governor of the State, Senator Ademola Adeleke on his victory at the Supreme Court. The court case was put to a close on Tuesday when the Supreme court judgement affirmed Senator Adeleke as the duly elected governor of the state during…
Singer Davido’s first baby mama, Sophia Momodu, has spoken out about how men financially bully women into staying in relationships with them, especially when children are involved. She said this in a series of tweets via her Twitter handle on Thursday. Momodu went on to question why a man would force a woman to handle…
A chef from Akwa Ibom State, Hilda Baci, is on a mission to break the Guinness World Record for the longest cooking time. In an attempt to clinch this record, the 27-year-old graduate on Thursday set up a four-day ‘cook-a-thon’ at Amore Gardens, Lekki, Lagos State. She is set to cook multiple dishes for an…
Justice Abiola Soladoye of Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Lagos State on Thursday sentenced 26-year-old electrician, Sunday George, to life imprisonment for defiling his neighbour’s 12-year-old daughter. Soladoye held that the prosecution sufficiently proved the charge of defilement against the convict who is “an irresponsible adult and a pathological liar whose testimony…
