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The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has said only leaders who emerge through free, fair and credible elections deserve to be addressed as “Excellency.” Obi made the declaration during the NDC Obi-Talks town hall meeting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, where he interacted with party…
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President Bola Tinubu is scheduled to address world leaders at the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 81) in New York on Wednesday, September 23. Tinubu is expected to speak as the 10th speaker during the morning session on the second day of the high-level General Debate….
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The APC Governorship Candidate in the August 15 Osun State election, Mr Bola Oyebamiji, has hailed Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Barrister Kunle Adegoke, on his 57th birthday. Oyebamiji made this known in a congratulatory statement issued in Osogbo on Saturday, describing the celebrant as “highly cerebral, a renowned legal icon,…
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Spokesperson of the Ademola Adeleke Campaign Council and House of Representatives candidate for Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency, Pelumi Olajengbesi, has called on the lawmaker representing Osun East, Senator Francis Fadahunsi, to publicly apologise to the people of his constituency and the families of those who lost their lives during the last…
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Operatives of the Osun State Police Command have arrested three suspects and intercepted a Toyota Sienna bus allegedly conveying substances suspected to be Indian hemp along the Moro-Ife Road. The arrest was made on Saturday, August 30, 2026, at about 1:30 p.m. by officers of the Command’s Violence Crime Response…
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The Senator representing Osun East, Francis Fadahunsi, has congratulated Governor Ademola Adeleke on his re-election in the August 15 poll. The lawmaker, who was elected under the Peoples Democratic Party but decamped to the All Progressives Congress in 2025, in a statement on his Facebook page, described Adeleke’s victory as…
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The spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar presidential campaign, Kenneth Okonkwo, has said a coalition is the only way opposition parties can defeat President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election. Okonkwo stated this during an interview with Ibeju Upgrade Media, shared on YouTube on Thursday, where he also dismissed the…
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Yoruba leaders, under the aegis of Yoruba Leaders of Thought (YLT), have lauded the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the last election in Osun State, Mr Bola Oyebamiji, for accepting the outcome of the election YLT welcomed the victory of Governor Ademola Adeleke, saying his victory reflected the…
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The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed reports alleging that hundreds of police personnel deployed to Osun State for the August 15, 2026 governorship election have remained in the state for weeks without adequate food and basic welfare provisions. The Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja, CSP Ani Iniedu, stated…
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, UNIOSUN branch, has rejected the proposed extension of tenure for the Vice-Chancellor of Osun State University, Prof. Clement Adebooye, saying the university’s establishment law makes no provision for it. The branch Chairman, Dr Wende Olaosebikan, stated this while speaking with journalists in Osogbo…
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