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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said he stands by the action he took against some Yoruba traditional rulers from Iseyin in Oke Ogun area of Oyo State last Friday when he ordered them to stand up. Obasanjo said he would remain firm, unapologetic and uncompromising on the position that the…
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By Michael Adeyemo A socio-cultural group operating under the aegis of Osun Renewal Forum has cautioned Governor Ademola Adeleke over the continuous trend of his ‘lopsided’ appointment to his kinsmen in Ede. The group who rose from its quarterly meeting in a statement released by the President, Wale Salami, warned…
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In a race to beat the deadline for the planned commencement of an indefinite strike that may lead to the shutdown of the economy, the Federal Government on Monday held a meeting with organised labour on post-subsidy removal palliatives for workers. The parley, hosted by the Minister of Labour, Simon…
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Gunmen led by a man simply identified as Naim gruesomely killed a young man, Ibrahim Qudus at the palace of Olokanla of Okanla in Irepodun Local Government Area of Osun State on Sunday. The gunmen then proceeded to put his remains inside a car parked at the palace, then set…
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The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal on Wednesday struck out several paragraphs of the petitions presented by the People Democratic Party’s presidential candidate in the February polls, Atiku Abubakar, to nullify Tinubu’s victory as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission. Also, the tribunal rejected and discountenanced exhibits including witnesses’ statements…
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has directed civil servants to go back to work after the completion of the two-day warning strike. The union, in a statement on Wednesday, asked its members across the country to resume work on Thursday. “As we mark the end of the two-day nationwide warning…
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Cristiano Ronaldo said his rivalry with Lionel Messi “is gone” having both already “changed the history of football.” The pair have dominated the sport for over a decade, winning a combined 79 trophies and being the only two players to have scored over 800 goals each. “I don’t see things…
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Comments ranging from the sarcastic to the acerbic, have continued to trail a post by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on X, the social media platform formerly called Twitter. The post has to do with immigration officials in Osun state warmly welcoming and attending to Adedeji Adeleke, dad of superstar…
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President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday commended Indian investors for significant investment pledges amounting to nearly $14 billion committed during the Nigeria-India Presidential Roundtable and Conference in New Delhi, India. In pitching for investment, Tinubu said: “We are ready to give you the best returns for investment possible, there’s nowhere else…
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The Labour Party has rejected the judgement of the five-man panel of the Presidential Election Petition Court led by Justice Haruna Tsammani which dismissed the petition of the party against the election of President Bola Tinubu.The party, in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh noted that…
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